I d say both Hameed and Shapoor are better than our quicks. Both would easily walk into our teams.
Hameed is quick, can comfortably bowl at 140 without overstretching. And he hits the deck, plus has the height. His natural physical attributes are such that he can get more down by putting much less effort than a Shafiul Islam.
Shapoor on the other hand reminds me of a medium pace version of Shoaib Akhter. Very aggressive, and can back his stares and looks with good bowling, unlike Shahadat who gets hit.
Its not very difficult for Afghans to be better than us in any physical sport. Their strength, stature automatically does quite a lot of the work. I remember the Afghanistan football team after the war. They ve come up very fast to now be the best team in SAFF.
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