Hayden impressed with PSL fast bowling talent

Hayden impressed with PSL fast bowling talent

SHARJAH: Former Australia great Mathew Hayden has shown great delight in watching exciting talent of fast bowling in the ongoing HBL Pakistan Super League and singled-out Lahore Qalandars’ Haris Rauf as one for the future.

Hayden is here to commentate on the HBL PSL matches and was impressed with Rawalpindi-born Lahore’s 25-year-old Rauf, who took a match winning four for 23 in Lahore’s 23-run win over Karachi Kings in Dubai on Saturday. Hayden said he particularly enjoyed the fast bowling talent.

“The talent of the players, guys like Haris Rauf, to be discovered from basically non-traditional development programme and then come to the high level and performing and showing his talent at a higher level, is amazing,” he said.

Rauf is regarded as the latest Rawalpindi Express (Shoaib Akhtar was first called Rawalpindi Express for his express bowing) after discovered in a talent hunt camp in Gujranwala in September 2017. He was later part of the Lahore’s development tour to Australia.

Rauf said he loves to bowl fast and his primary goal is to play for Pakistan after good showing in the HBL PSL.Hayden, who briefly held the record for the highest Test score of 380 he made against Zimbabwe at Perth in 2003, reckons Rauf could be a fear factor for Pakistan at the international level. Hayden believes the main objective through HBL PSL is to get international cricket back to Pakistan.

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