Raja Azeem Hafeez (born 29 July 1963) is a former Pakistani

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by str ...

er who played 18 Test matches between 1983 and 1985. A left-arm fast bowler, Hafeez was known for his

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: he has two fingers missing on his right (non-bowling) hand. Hafeez never established himself in the Pakistani team, predominantly because of the strength of its fast bowling at that time, anchored by

Wasim Akram Wasim Akram HI (; born 3 June 1966) is a Pakistani cricket commentator, coach, and former cricketer and captain of the Pakistan national cricket team. Akram is widely regarded as one of the greatest fast bowlers of all time, and several crit ...

and

Waqar Younis Waqar Younis Maitla HI (Punjabi, ur, ; born 16 November 1971) is a Pakistani cricket coach, commentator and former cricketer who captained Pakistan national cricket team. A right-arm fast bowler, Waqar Younis is regarded as one of the great ...

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