Shoaib Akhtar calls for unlimited bouncers in Tests

Shoaib Akhtar. Pic/AFP

Former Pakistan pace bowler Shoaib Akhtar has asked the International Cricket Council (ICC) to remove restrictions on the number of bouncers that can be bowled in the wake of two drawn Tests in the ongoing Pakistan v Australia three-match series.

Akhtar, who has the fastest recorded legal delivery in Test cricket, added that modern-day cricketers are soft and that he was keen to hurt batsmen in his playing days. "Nowadays, they [cricketers] are very soft. I don't think the aggression is as much. I'm old school, like Ian Chappell. I want unlimited bouncers. Why not? I want some character," Akhtar was quoted as saying by dailymail.co.uk on Saturday.

Akhtar also hopes someone can break his 161.3kmph record. "I want to believe that someone out there is ready to break my record. I'll be the first person to hug them," he said.

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