Which Pakistani fast bowler did young Usain Bolt admire?

Which Pakistani fast bowler did young Usain Bolt admire? Waqar Younis was the Pakistani fast bowler admired by young Usain Bolt.

Cricket was Bolt’s first sporting passion in Jamaica, and he has said that he might have become a fast bowler if he had not pursued sprinting. As a child, he followed Pakistan’s cricket team and particularly admired Younis’s explosive pace and inswinging yorkers.

Younis was one half of Pakistan’s famous fast-bowling partnership with Wasim Akram during the 1990s. His trademark delivery was a late, sharply moving yorker that targeted the batsman’s toes, making him an especially memorable model for a young aspiring bowler.

Bolt later remained a prominent cricket fan. He has praised players including Sachin Tendulkar, Chris Gayle, Matthew Hayden and Shane Warne, but those later associations should not obscure the specific childhood answer: Waqar Younis.