1.   Akhtar, the fastest bowler in international cricket, sat out of training on Wednesday with a sore knee.

2.   Akhtar, the Pakistani fast bowling sensation, is the quickest in the world at the moment and expected to become the fastest bowler of all time.

3.   Akhtar, nicknamed the Rawalpindi Express, and South African paceman Donald, nicknamed White Lightning, are the two fastest bowlers in the World.

4.   Once touted as the fastest bowler in the world, back injuries have reduced Bishop to seven Tests in the last four-and-a-half years.

5.   Shoaib Akhtar, the fastest bowler going around world cricket, picked up two wickets and completed a run-out to cap a valuable contribution to the win.

6.   He nominated Englishman Frank Tyson as the fastest bowler he had seen.

7.   Astute observers also say he is the fastest bowler from the former powerhouse of English cricket since Trueman was scattered stumps from Bradford to Brisbane.

8.   But Lee and Akhtar will have the same conditions and same measuring apparatus next month to decide the fastest bowler in a sideshow to the series.

9.   They say he is the second fastest white bowler in the world behind Allan Donald.

10.   Opening batsman Nathan Astle took his eyes off a short-ball from Patterson Thompson, the fastest bowler in the Caribbean, and was struck in the chin.