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00:17, - He is known as Sultan of Swing, the king of all rounders, has represented Pakistan around the world and made us all very, very proud.
00:47 With me for a core cup is Wasim Akram.
00:51 (speaking in foreign language)
00:54 Good to be here.
01:01 Good to have you here, Wasim.
01:02 - Thank you, thank you, buddy.
01:03 Good to be here.
01:04 - Good to be here, good to be here.
01:05 (speaking in foreign language)
01:09 (laughing)
01:11 - Are you taking the piss?
01:18 - Of course.
01:19 (laughing)
01:20 I know, but like it's phenomenal, man.
01:22 Just ridiculously phenomenal.
01:24 (speaking in foreign language)
01:28 Where did that come from?
01:30 - Look, I started off with a long run.
01:32 (speaking in foreign language)
01:36 17 steps.
01:37 (speaking in foreign language)
01:41 So 87 tour, I think old Trafford test.
01:49 (speaking in foreign language)
01:53 So I noticed.
01:59 (speaking in foreign language)
02:02 (speaking in foreign language)
02:06 17 steps.
02:07 (speaking in foreign language)
02:12 Instead of slowly.
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02:21 (speaking in foreign language)
02:25 - Yeah.
02:50 (speaking in foreign language)
02:54 - So your young days, you had a local mentor, local coach.
03:18 - Yes, very much so.
03:19 (speaking in foreign language)
03:23 (speaking in foreign language)
03:27 I never thought I'll play Pakistan,
03:52 but yeah, that was the start as a young kid.
03:54 - So transition,
03:55 (speaking in foreign language)
03:58 What happened really?
04:02 (speaking in foreign language)
04:06 - Moral Town, Nadim used to play cricket with me
04:09 in the garage.
04:09 (speaking in foreign language)
04:13 - Okay, that's a good one.
04:31 - That's the first time I batted in front of him.
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04:54 - Yes.
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05:27 (speaking in foreign language)
05:30 - Once I got the hang of it, four, five days,
05:55 I kind of got the hang of it.
05:57 (speaking in foreign language)
06:01 (speaking in foreign language)
06:05 (speaking in foreign language)
06:09 - Wow.
06:24 (speaking in foreign language)
06:34 - You know, those days, these guys,
06:35 people don't remember their sacrifices for cricket.
06:39 Sadiq Khan, Saud Khan.
06:41 (speaking in foreign language)
06:45 - The school, I had the best time in my school.
06:52 (speaking in foreign language)
06:56 - Cathedral School, Lahore.
06:59 - Yes.
07:00 - Nice, please tell us more.
07:01 (laughing)
07:03 - It was a great school, great environment.
07:05 Teachers were very friendly,
07:07 although I was the most Nakamma student.
07:09 Barely.
07:11 (speaking in foreign language)
07:15 (laughing)
07:27 (speaking in foreign language)
07:32 (speaking in foreign language)
07:35 - I disagree with that.
07:37 I think I would not give you that.
07:39 (speaking in foreign language)
07:43 - How did you deal with the separation?
07:51 How did you, because I know
07:52 (speaking in foreign language)
07:56 I come from a broken home as well.
08:00 How did you deal with it?
08:01 - I was 12 or 13.
08:03 I didn't even know what was happening.
08:04 Nobody told me.
08:05 I think, I suppose,
08:07 (speaking in foreign language)
08:10 - Because you actually, well, you didn't have a war,
08:17 but you had another tragedy in your life,
08:18 much later in life,
08:19 and you had to take, you know,
08:20 talk to your sons and all that.
08:22 We're gonna come to that in a bit,
08:25 but I'm just gonna take you back here.
08:26 (speaking in foreign language)
08:30 (speaking in foreign language)
08:34 - All that (speaking in foreign language)
08:50 all the way up didn't work, man.
08:52 (laughing)
08:54 (speaking in foreign language)
08:58 (speaking in foreign language)
09:02 - Tennis ball, yes.
09:09 - Tennis ball, table tennis.
09:10 - Yeah, I was professional at the age of 15.
09:13 (speaking in foreign language)
09:17 - So batting or bowling, (speaking in foreign language)
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09:41 - Yes.
09:47 (speaking in foreign language)
09:51 - Yeah.
09:57 (speaking in foreign language)
10:02 (speaking in foreign language)
10:06 - Amazing.
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10:23 (laughing)
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10:43 (speaking in foreign language)
10:44 - That's okay.
10:46 Very, very (speaking in foreign language)
10:48 (speaking in foreign language)
10:52 - It was a massive deal.
10:57 - Massive deal.
10:58 (speaking in foreign language)
11:02 - All these test cricketers are playing that game.
11:07 Ramiz Raja, Salim Malik, I think,
11:11 (speaking in foreign language)
11:18 - The proper side just before the test series
11:20 against New Zealand.
11:21 I got seven wickets and two wickets.
11:23 I had no idea how.
11:24 - Nine wickets in the whole game.
11:25 (speaking in foreign language)
11:29 - Well, hold that thought, Wasim.
11:30 (speaking in foreign language)
11:34 Welcome back.
11:40 (speaking in foreign language)
11:41 Brought to you by Tapaal Danedar
11:43 and with me, Wasim Akram.
11:44 (speaking in foreign language)
11:45 - Funny story, New Zealand tour.
11:48 (speaking in foreign language)
11:52 - Hang on a minute.
12:10 (speaking in foreign language)
12:14 (laughing)
12:17 (speaking in foreign language)
12:20 He started laughing.
12:21 (laughing)
12:22 (speaking in foreign language)
12:26 Hang on a minute.
12:27 That's something is wrong here.
12:29 (laughing)
12:30 And then we knew you're gonna get paid.
12:32 (speaking in foreign language)
12:36 - That's great.
12:39 Incredible, Wasim.
12:40 And then, no looking back.
12:41 You go to New Zealand.
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13:36 (speaking in foreign language)
13:39 Still like Tabasco sauce?
13:40 - Yes.
13:40 (speaking in foreign language)
13:44 - I just hope, Wasim, no looking back.
13:48 (speaking in foreign language)
13:50 (speaking in foreign language)
13:54 You just keep conquering.
13:58 You just keep going strong.
14:00 And everybody finds this new Wasim Akram
14:03 that we all know.
14:04 - When I was a young kid,
14:05 as a 17 year old kid,
14:07 I had that one scare in my life.
14:09 (speaking in foreign language)
14:13 (speaking in foreign language)
14:18 - Very important magazine for all of us.
14:29 (speaking in foreign language)
14:33 - Asif Iqbal, Majid Khan.
14:34 I remember these big five names.
14:36 (speaking in foreign language)
14:40 - Wow.
14:54 (speaking in foreign language)
14:58 (speaking in foreign language)
15:02 (speaking in foreign language)
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15:10 (speaking in foreign language)
15:15 (speaking in foreign language)
15:18 (speaking in foreign language)
15:48 - Riding your room.
15:49 (speaking in foreign language)
15:52 - And I think it was myself, Rashid Khan,
16:06 Rashid Khan, Tahir Nakash,
16:09 (speaking in foreign language)
16:13 So I got 10 wickets, five in each innings.
16:16 And that was it.
16:17 And then I got people like Javed Mianad,
16:21 Mudassir Nazar, then Imran Bhai.
16:24 They were very instrumental.
16:25 (speaking in foreign language)
16:29 - Now let's talk about you in Australia.
16:45 (speaking in foreign language)
16:49 - I think we have a second game against Australia, yeah.
16:53 First ODI.
16:54 - 21 for five.
16:56 - 21 for five.
16:57 First five batters I got out,
16:58 it was Robbie Kerr, Dean Jones, Kepler Vessels,
17:03 the great Kim Hughes, and the greatest of all time,
17:07 Alan Border, one of my favorite--
17:09 - Sir Alan Border.
17:09 - Person, Sir Alan Border.
17:10 - Yeah, amazing, yeah.
17:11 (speaking in foreign language)
17:13 - So, and then you end up on a very important tour in India.
17:17 - '87.
17:18 - '87, yes, yes.
17:19 How was that?
17:20 (speaking in foreign language)
17:22 - Imran Bhai started liking me, and he was Skipper.
17:25 (speaking in foreign language)
17:29 You do your work, work hard,
17:35 whatever he's doing, do exactly the same.
17:39 (speaking in foreign language)
17:43 (speaking in foreign language)
17:47 - It's out of respect.
17:56 - It's out of respect.
17:57 - But he was very fit.
17:58 - Yeah, he was super fit.
17:59 (speaking in foreign language)
18:04 - But (speaking in foreign language)
18:09 Then he started liking me, my work ethics, my talent.
18:16 - Let's now go to another key moment, a very big moment,
18:19 1992 World Cup Finals.
18:20 - Yes.
18:21 (speaking in foreign language)
18:24 - Those two balls that you delivered,
18:26 those were magical deliveries, unplayable.
18:28 Take us through that, that over of yours.
18:32 - I think before the finals, I remember when we walked,
18:36 it was a walking distance from the hotel to the ground,
18:38 about six minutes, seven minutes walk, Victoria.
18:42 Oh, sorry, (speaking in foreign language)
18:47 (speaking in foreign language)
18:51 I felt very light, because the pressure (speaking in foreign
19:08 language)
19:09 Oh, you feel heavy, so I felt very light.
19:12 (speaking in foreign language)
19:15 I slept, (speaking in foreign language)
19:18 I felt like flying, literally.
19:20 (speaking in foreign language)
19:21 I was like flying.
19:22 I was throwing at Neil Fairbrother.
19:25 (speaking in foreign language)
19:25 (laughing)
19:26 (speaking in foreign language)
19:28 Oh, because you played for Lancashire for three years.
19:29 (speaking in foreign language)
19:30 He said, "It's a World Cup Final."
19:32 I said, "Who cares?"
19:33 (laughing)
19:35 - You were already playing mind games.
19:37 (speaking in foreign language)
19:39 (laughing)
19:40 (speaking in foreign language)
19:44 - You go to your side.
19:46 So I felt like, you know, I just felt relaxed.
19:48 (speaking in foreign language)
19:52 I don't know, simple or to the point.
19:55 - Keep it simple.
19:57 Keep it simple, keep it easy.
19:58 - It's not that complicated, that game.
20:00 - So that over, those two deliveries.
20:02 - It was the 35th over.
20:02 (speaking in foreign language)
20:06 Australia (speaking in foreign language)
20:12 There were two balls.
20:12 - Two balls.
20:13 - Two white balls.
20:14 (speaking in foreign language)
20:18 I think 34 over water break.
20:22 (speaking in foreign language)
20:26 So obviously we knew
20:29 (speaking in foreign language)
20:33 and the best one day player at the time was Alan Lamb.
20:38 (speaking in foreign language)
20:42, so.
20:43 (speaking in foreign language)
20:47, so.
20:47 (speaking in foreign language)
20:51 Around the wicket.
20:53 (speaking in foreign language)
20:55 - Right.
20:56 (speaking in foreign language)
21:00 So I think he told Neil Fairweather, I'll handle him.
21:19 So I went around the wicket.
21:20 I was like fitness.
21:22 (speaking in foreign language)
21:23 24 year old young kid.
21:26 I sprinted in and the ball.
21:27 (speaking in foreign language)
21:31 I think people talk about Lewis delivery.
21:43 - Lewis delivery was so.
21:45 - But for me, this was the delivery.
21:46 - This was because you had taken a very settled batsman.
21:49 - Yeah.
21:50 (speaking in foreign language)
21:54 That was it.
22:18 - That was it.
22:19 That was the World Cup for us.
22:19 - That's where it all turned around.
22:21 And that's how this happened.
22:24 There is a lot more.
22:25 (speaking in foreign language)
22:29 - Yeah.
22:32 (speaking in foreign language)
22:36 How did you deal with that?
22:37 How does that affect you as a player on tour
22:41 and you're reading the media or.
22:42 (speaking in foreign language)
22:43 - You know on a serious note, we weren't bothered.
22:45 - On a serious note, you weren't bothered.
22:47 - We didn't even look at the newspapers.
22:49 - Right, right.
22:50 - We were too busy partying.
22:51 - Right.
22:51 (laughing)
22:52 - We got so much attention after the World Cup.
22:54 (speaking in foreign language)
22:58 - Welcome back, "Ek Aur Cup" brought to you
23:16 by the (speaking in foreign language)
23:18 - You go into the '99 World Cup,
23:20 you take the team all the way to the final.
23:22 - Yes.
23:23 - And after that one shock that we all got
23:26 with the Bangladesh game that we lost to the Bangladesh team.
23:29 '99 World Cup final, what went wrong there, Basim?
23:34 - Nothing, we just, I think got froze for the occasion.
23:37 - One of those days.
23:39 - One of those days.
23:39 And you know people this generation not knowing anything,
23:42 lot of random people on social media.
23:45 (speaking in foreign language)
23:48 (speaking in foreign language)
23:51 - Actually, this is embarrassing.
23:52 - This is embarrassing.
23:53 (speaking in foreign language)
23:57 - You think that the PCB could have given you
24:10 a more respectable and a better send off into your retirement?
24:14 - You see, our culture unfortunately
24:16 is very ego oriented culture.
24:18 Ego.
24:19 (speaking in foreign language)
24:21 Who cares?
24:22 (speaking in foreign language)
24:26 (speaking in foreign language)
24:30 (speaking in foreign language)
24:34 (speaking in foreign language)
24:37 (speaking in foreign language)
24:54 (speaking in foreign language)
24:58 (speaking in foreign language)
25:02 - Great guy as well.
25:17 (speaking in foreign language)
25:22 - People used to look after it and obviously they were
25:24 managing it as well.
25:26 (speaking in foreign language)
25:30 - Huma was about 18, 19, I was about 20, 21 maybe.
25:38 So I met her, saw her, her sister Sonia,
25:42 my sister-in-law Sonia.
25:43 I was also very young and then we got to know each other.
25:47 (speaking in foreign language)
25:51 Huma was a very busy girl.
25:53 You know, she was a very kind of pretty and funny
25:58 and right in the thick of things.
26:00 (speaking in foreign language)
26:03 She was the, you know, John of that party.
26:05 And eventually we started liking each other.
26:08 (speaking in foreign language)
26:12 - That's so sweet.
26:17 That's very, very sweet.
26:18 How did you propose to her?
26:20 - I think I didn't propose to her.
26:22 She was studying in England in UCL,
26:26 University College London, doing her psychology major.
26:31 So, (speaking in foreign language)
26:34 (speaking in foreign language)
26:38 - Oh! - (speaking in foreign language)
26:39 - Wow! - (speaking in foreign language)
26:43 We used to meet, walk around here, there.
26:46 (speaking in foreign language)
26:49 - Blessing in disguise for me, not for her.
27:03 - I know, I know.
27:04 - Yeah.
27:05 So yeah, and then I speak, (speaking in foreign language)
27:10 He just left us last year, he's no more.
27:15 But I miss him a lot.
27:16 And Auntie Katisa, she's Yugoslavian.
27:18 My mother-in-law, she lives here.
27:20 Great, great family, great people, very easygoing people.
27:24 I learned a lot from them.
27:25 - Yeah.
27:26 - And yeah, Huma has changed my life.
27:28 - Yes, she did.
27:29 She basically sanded out all the rough edges.
27:31 - What I am today, as a person,
27:35 it's because of her efforts.
27:37 (speaking in foreign language)
27:41 (speaking in foreign language)
28:00 - It's tough, last memory.
28:03 (speaking in foreign language)
28:05 - So she kept the rozas, (speaking in foreign language)
28:10 So she kept all the rozas.
28:13 (speaking in foreign language)
28:14 I used to take her for a drive.
28:16 (speaking in foreign language)
28:20 Let's try to be a good husband,
28:22 and you know, not to pain her unnecessarily.
28:25 So I used to walk her around.
28:26 (speaking in foreign language)
28:33 And then I went to South Africa, I think.
28:35 (speaking in foreign language)
28:36 For a Champions Trophy final.
28:39 (speaking in foreign language)
28:43 (speaking in foreign language)
28:48 (speaking in foreign language)
28:52 She was in Karachi to see her parents.
28:54 Taimur was about eight, nine.
28:58 Akbar Baba was seven, or six, seven maybe.
29:01 So the three of them came back from Karachi.
29:03 (speaking in foreign language)
29:07 (speaking in foreign language)
29:11 (speaking in foreign language)
29:35 I said, "Hang on, Amrit, we can't talk, you had a bad throat."
29:39 - So they were hiding it from you?
29:40 - No, it was a bad throat.
29:42 - Right.
29:43 - Nobody knows what happened, that's the problem.
29:45 (speaking in foreign language)
29:50 And I came back.
29:54 (speaking in foreign language)
29:55 My mind was there.
29:57 Then I came, landed in Karachi,
29:59 airport, went straight to the hospital in defense.
30:02 And she didn't look very good.
30:05 She couldn't talk.
30:06 She said, (speaking in foreign language)
30:08 tummy started bloating.
30:10 (speaking in foreign language)
30:34 So yeah, it's a long story, but those were the worst days.
30:39 - So if I remember correctly,
30:42 (speaking in foreign language)
30:45 (speaking in foreign language)
30:49 (speaking in foreign language)
30:53 (speaking in foreign language)
30:58 (speaking in foreign language)
31:26 They just wanted to, okay.
31:27 (speaking in foreign language)
31:31 (speaking in foreign language)
31:59 And this will resonate with a lot of families
32:01 that have gone through this.
32:03 So you were with her in that air ambulance.
32:05 You were doing this with her?
32:06 - Yeah, I remember her last words
32:07 before she kind of passed out.
32:10 She said, (speaking in foreign language)
32:13 And she said, "Where is my husband?"
32:14 (speaking in foreign language)
32:15 My brother-in-law, Amir, was with me.
32:17 (speaking in foreign language)
32:28 And I started crying.
32:31 So did my, Amir was holding me.
32:34 And obviously, (speaking in foreign language)
32:38 They tried to revive her.
32:39 (speaking in foreign language)
32:44 But I didn't know what happened.
32:47 And then we landed in Chennai.
32:48 (speaking in foreign language)
32:54 (speaking in foreign language)
32:58 I came out, I started, I was crying, like howling.
33:02 And these people, it's hard to recognize me.
33:06 (speaking in foreign language)
33:07 What happened?
33:07 (speaking in foreign language)
33:08 My wife isn't there.
33:09 She just, you know, (speaking in foreign language)
33:14 (speaking in foreign language)
33:20 (speaking in foreign language)
33:24 (speaking in foreign language)
33:31 But three, four days, five days we were there.
33:35 And yeah, she never regained conscious.
33:37 - I'm very sorry for that.
33:38 That perhaps was one of the most difficult moments.
33:42 - For anyone, my kids were seven and 10.
33:43 And I was a typical Pakistani dude.
33:47 (speaking in foreign language)
33:48 (speaking in foreign language)
33:52 Lot of people helped me afterwards,
33:55 but yeah, (speaking in foreign language)
33:57 - How did you break the news to the kids?
33:59 (speaking in foreign language)
34:03 I think they also moved to England now.
34:08 (speaking in foreign language)
34:13 (speaking in foreign language)
34:17 They were too young.
34:22 - I understand.
34:24 I'm sorry about that,
34:25 to bring out such a difficult thing to you.
34:29 But this was obviously a very difficult part
34:33 of your journey.
34:34 (speaking in foreign language)
34:36 Low part of your life.
34:38 Your cricket is behind you.
34:39 Your wife has left you.
34:40 - Yeah.
34:41 - You are on your own.
34:42 - Yeah.
34:43 - And now you're moving forward.
34:45 How does a person move forward from this, Wasim?
34:48 - Yeah.
34:48 I suppose,
34:51 (speaking in foreign language)
34:56 Like any mom would.
35:03 I was depressed for a long time.
35:08 And then it just be,
35:11 I don't remember.
35:11 (speaking in foreign language)
35:15 These boys helped me a lot.
35:16 (speaking in foreign language)
35:20 Life has to go on for the kids' sake.
35:23 And that was it.
35:25 - And then you rebuilt everything.
35:26 - I rebuilt from scratch.
35:28 (speaking in foreign language)
35:29 - Yes.
35:30 (speaking in foreign language)
35:33 - Yes, I did.
35:34 (speaking in foreign language)
35:37 (speaking in foreign language)
35:39 - Let's talk about this transition.
35:40 - Yeah.
35:41 - Cricket is behind you.
35:42 - Yes.
35:43 (speaking in foreign language)
35:46 Now we are seeing a new Wasim Akram.
35:48 The commentary, the expert, the father, the single father.
35:53 All the way.
35:55 (speaking in foreign language)
35:59 That transition,
36:01 what was the most spectacular part of this transition?
36:04 (speaking in foreign language)
36:08 (speaking in foreign language)
36:12 - That's very sweet.
36:16 - That was the only reason.
36:18 (speaking in foreign language)
36:22 (upbeat music)
36:26 (speaking in foreign language)
36:33 (speaking in foreign language)
36:37 - I know, but I'm honored that you actually shared this
36:42 with me here.
36:43 So transition.
36:45 (speaking in foreign language)
36:46 And then came this wonderful new person in your life.
36:50 - I talk about got lucky twice.
36:53 - Yes.
36:54 (speaking in foreign language)
36:55 - And in love.
36:56 - In love.
36:57 - God has been very kind.
36:58 - Yeah.
36:59 - So I met Shanira in Melbourne at a friend's barbecue.
37:02 She had no idea who I was.
37:04 - Oh, seriously?
37:05 - Not a clue.
37:06 - Oh, wow.
37:07 - Australian chick, Aussie rule football key fan.
37:10 - Right.
37:11 (speaking in foreign language)
37:15 (laughing)
37:17 She said, "Beg your pardon?"
37:18 (speaking in foreign language)
37:19 (speaking in foreign language)
37:19 I have a kind of a big deal back home.
37:21 She said, "Yeah, right."
37:22 (laughing)
37:23 Yeah, sure you are.
37:23 Of course you are.
37:24 (laughing)
37:25 (speaking in foreign language)
37:29 (speaking in foreign language)
37:33 She said, "Who are you?"
37:42 (laughing)
37:44 I said, "I've told you, I have a kind of a big deal back home."
37:47 But yeah, it was great meeting Shanira.
37:49 (speaking in foreign language)
37:52 - How did the kids react to Shanira?
37:53 - I told my kids, she's a friend.
37:55 - Yeah.
37:56 - And kids now, they're up to (speaking in foreign language)
37:58 - You're right.
37:59 - She said, "Tata, you thought we didn't know?"
38:01 - Yeah.
38:02 - I said, "Beta, you were 10 and you were like 12 and eight."
38:05 So, (speaking in foreign language)
38:09 (laughing)
38:11 So, she got along very well with the kids.
38:13 - Yeah.
38:14 - I think I suppose she realized
38:16 that she can't be their mother,
38:17 instead she should be their friend.
38:18 - That's a very good approach.
38:20 - Yeah.
38:21 - That's a great approach.
38:21 - That should be it.
38:22 - But not only that, then you got a little angel,
38:25 you and Shanira brought into this world.
38:26 - Oh yeah.
38:27 - A little Aila.
38:28 - Come on man, how can we not talk about Aila?
38:29 - Aila Akram.
38:30 - Yeah, yeah.
38:31 - Incredible.
38:32 Shanira has been a godsend in general.
38:34 Lifestyle organized (speaking in foreign language)
38:39 You know, she loves this country, she loved the people.
38:41 - Oh yeah.
38:42 - She lived here for 10 years.
38:43 (speaking in foreign language)
38:44 - Yeah, (speaking in foreign language)
38:45 - National (speaking in foreign language)
38:46 - National (speaking in foreign language)
38:46 - We had Aila in 2015, 14 December,
38:50 during the World Cup, 2015 World Cup.
38:53 And she's almost nine years old.
38:55 Incredibly funny girl, like her brothers,
38:59 they get along very well.
39:00 - That's amazing.
39:01 - All three of them.
39:02 - Amazing.
39:03 - Yeah.
39:03 - That's just, you know what?
39:05 Well done.
39:06 - Thank you.
39:07 - Well done.
39:08 (speaking in foreign language)
39:12 'Cause you've done far more than that, my friend.
39:17 You've done, anyway, let's say,
39:19 I'm gonna ask you a few questions.
39:20 I've got some things for you.
39:21 - Sure.
39:22 - Some future stars.
39:23 (speaking in foreign language)
39:24 Who do you think will make it big?
39:26 (speaking in foreign language)
39:28 - Babar is one of the biggest--
39:29 - But who do you think will make it big?
39:30 Out of the, you know,
39:31 (speaking in foreign language)
39:33 - I think Naseem and Shaheen,
39:36 they have the potential to be big,
39:39 they are big stars already.
39:40 - Already.
39:41 - To get even bigger.
39:42 - To a long career ahead of them.
39:43 - Yeah.
39:44 - Okay.
39:44 (speaking in foreign language)
39:48 (speaking in foreign language)
39:52 (speaking in foreign language)
39:56 - I think Ijaz and me got along well,
40:03 and Salim, Salim Yusuf was my roommate as well.
40:05 (speaking in foreign language)
40:09 - Best travel partner?
40:13 - I suppose best travel partner,
40:15 (speaking in foreign language)
40:17 It's fun.
40:18 - Best food partner?
40:19 (speaking in foreign language)
40:21 (speaking in foreign language)
40:25 - I have some trivia for you.
40:31 - Yeah, sure, go nuts.
40:32 - Let me ask you this.
40:33 (speaking in foreign language)
40:37 Let's see.
40:41 How many test matches did Wasim Akram play?
40:44 - One of four.
40:45 (speaking in foreign language)
40:50 (laughing)
40:51 - Your best ODI bowling figures?
40:53 (speaking in foreign language)
40:57 - Five four something, 15, 16 against him.
41:00 - Oh, well done.
41:01 1993 against Zimbabwe, good job.
41:04 - Karachi.
41:05 - Against Zimbabwe.
41:06 - In Karachi.
41:07 - In Karachi, 1993.
41:08 Who was your first test wicket?
41:10 - The great John Wright.
41:11 - Cat.
41:12 - New Zealand.
41:13 (speaking in foreign language)
41:14 - Oh, nice, all right.
41:16 Apart from you,
41:17 which other bowler has 500 plus ODI wickets?
41:21 (speaking in foreign language)
41:22 No question about that, Wasim Akram.
41:23 You are dot on.
41:25 Well done.
41:26 - Thank you, buddy.
41:27 - I am honored to have shared this space with you
41:29 and I'm honored (speaking in foreign language)
41:33 Really appreciate your time
41:34 and thank you for opening your heart.
41:36 You're so--
41:37 - Yeah, it was tough, buddy, but thanks.
41:38 (speaking in foreign language)
41:40 - Yeah, I know.
41:41 (speaking in foreign language)
41:42 - Well, you've been a great Godsend for all of us,
41:44 for inspiring all of us, right?
41:46 - Thank you, buddy.
41:46 - I appreciate it.
41:47 - (speaking in foreign language)
41:48 - And may you shine on.
41:49 - Thank you.
41:50 - And may I get to tease you
41:51 and bother you more in the days ahead.
41:52 (speaking in foreign language)
41:54 - Love you, man.
41:54 - Thank you, love you.
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