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    "excerpt": "Karachi, April 21:\u00a0Former Pakistan speedster Shoaib Akhtar made a stunning claim, saying he would have taken Wasim Akrams life if the latter made an approach regarding match-fixing. \"I was watching f",
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    "editor1": "<p><strong>Karachi, April 21:<\/strong>&nbsp;Former Pakistan speedster Shoaib Akhtar made a stunning claim, saying he would have taken Wasim Akrams life if the latter made an approach regarding match-fixing.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;I was watching few matches of the 1990s and I was amazed to see how Wasim Akram got Pakistan through impossible situations with his brilliant bowling,&quot; Cricket Pakistan quoted Akhtar as saying during a television show.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;I will say it very clearly that if Wasim Akram had asked me to do match-fixing, I would have destroyed him or even kill him. But he never said such a thing to me,&quot; he added.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The Rawalpindi Express also thanked Akram for supporting him during the early days of his cricketing career.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;I played with him for seven to eight years and I can quote many instances where he gave me cover by taking the responsibility of picking up the top-order wickets while leaving the tail-enders for me,&quot; said the 44-year-old.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;He even let me bowl from my preferred bowling even though he had a lot more wickets that I did,&quot; he added.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Akhtar represented Pakistan in 46 Tests, 163 ODIs and 15 T20Is in which he scalped 178, 247 and 19 wickets respectively.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Akram, on the other hand, played 104 Tests and 356 ODIs in which he bagged 414 and 502 wickets respectively.<br \/>\r\n&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n",
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