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> [As long as I have been playing internationally as a cricketer, no-one has ever come up to me, nor mentioned anything to me, nor offered me anything when it comes as regards these open flowing but stupid allegations of fixing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wasim-akram/as-long-as-i-have-been-playing-internationally-as-a-cricketer-no-one/)

[Wasim Akram](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wasim-akram/)

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> [At 15, I was a tape-ball 'professional' and would take ten rupees per game to win matches for different teams.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wasim-akram/at-15-i-was-a-tape-ball-professional-and-would-take-ten-rupees-per/)

[Wasim Akram](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wasim-akram/)

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## Other authors on Matches

## More by Wasim Akram

> [You have to be prepared to go along the way life takes you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wasim-akram/you-have-to-be-prepared-to-go-along-the-way-life-takes-you/)

[Wasim Akram](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wasim-akram/)

> [People think you get tired quickly when you are a diabetic. But I have taken about 190 wickets in One Day International matches after…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wasim-akram/people-think-you-get-tired-quickly-when-you-are-a-diabetic-but-i-have/)

[Wasim Akram](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wasim-akram/)

> [Coaching is a very different skill. You need patience, you need a lot of organisation. I don't have any.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wasim-akram/coaching-is-a-very-different-skill-you-need-patience-you-need-a-lot/)

[Wasim Akram](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wasim-akram/)

> [Whenever you see Indian first class cricket on television, you see only a white wicket in a four-day game. And you have after five…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wasim-akram/whenever-you-see-indian-first-class-cricket-on-television-you-see/)

[Wasim Akram](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wasim-akram/)

> [As a bowler you need to keep an eye on what the batsman is trying to do till the last moment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wasim-akram/as-a-bowler-you-need-to-keep-an-eye-on-what-the-batsman-is-trying-to/)

[Wasim Akram](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wasim-akram/)

> [Green wickets. That is why everybody wants to be a fast bowler instead of being a spinner or a batsman.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wasim-akram/green-wickets-that-is-why-everybody-wants-to-be-a-fast-bowler-instead/)

[Wasim Akram](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wasim-akram/)

> [I don't judge a player by T20 performance, I judge them from their performances in longer version of cricket.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wasim-akram/i-don-t-judge-a-player-by-t20-performance-i-judge-them-from-their/)

[Wasim Akram](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wasim-akram/)

> [When you become the coach, you need to give at least 200 to 250 days a year to the team and that's a lot of work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wasim-akram/when-you-become-the-coach-you-need-to-give-at-least-200-to-250-days-a/)

[Wasim Akram](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wasim-akram/)

> [I dont know what to bowl at him. I bowled an inswinger and he drove me through covers of the front foot. Then I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wasim-akram/i-dont-know-what-to-bowl-at-him-i-bowled-an-inswinger-and-he-drove-me/)

[Wasim Akram](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wasim-akram/)

> [It's things that you find difficult as a bowler in matches that you have to practise more. Some people don't, they just think line…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wasim-akram/it-s-things-that-you-find-difficult-as-a-bowler-in-matches-that-you/)

[Wasim Akram](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wasim-akram/)

> [I have toured Bangladesh plenty of times and the pitches were unbelievable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wasim-akram/i-have-toured-bangladesh-plenty-of-times-and-the-pitches-were/)

[Wasim Akram](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wasim-akram/)

> [As long as I have been playing internationally as a cricketer, no-one has ever come up to me, nor mentioned anything to me, nor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wasim-akram/as-long-as-i-have-been-playing-internationally-as-a-cricketer-no-one/)

[Wasim Akram](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wasim-akram/)

> [I think most of the people don't remember that we defeated Australia in the preliminary round match in 1999.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wasim-akram/i-think-most-of-the-people-don-t-remember-that-we-defeated-australia/)

[Wasim Akram](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wasim-akram/)

> [Coach isn't the one playing. The players do that. The coach can only help with planning so if the team loses, I don't think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wasim-akram/coach-isn-t-the-one-playing-the-players-do-that-the-coach-can-only/)

[Wasim Akram](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wasim-akram/)

> [You know, in pressure games everyone tests your skills on and off the field.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wasim-akram/you-know-in-pressure-games-everyone-tests-your-skills-on-and-off-the/)

[Wasim Akram](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wasim-akram/)

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