#RespectForWahab, praises showered over quicky worldwide

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It was a joy 2 watch Wahab Riaz bowling today his stats will never reveal how great a spell of fastbowling that was from d Pakistani. #CWC15

— Brian Lara (@BrianLara) March 20, 2015

Sri Lankan great Russel Arnold praises Riaz s effort.

Jeez... Wahab deserves a bit of luck #AUSvPAK

— Russel Arnold (@RusselArnold69) March 20, 2015

Tom Moody calls Riaz s spell as one of greats.

This is one of the great spells in #WorldCup2015 #wahabRiaz #ClassAct

— Tom Moody (@TomMoodyCricket) March 20, 2015

Indian Harsha Bhogle tags him as Topclass.

Wahab Riaz would make any team in the world. And yet he plays so infrequently for Pakistan. #Topclass

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) March 20, 2015

Terrible shot from Maxwell. Terrible effort from Sohail. Pakistan fielders need to line up and apologise to Wahab Riaz.

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) March 20, 2015

Glenn Maxwell expressed his views about Wahab Riaz s bowling.

Shane Watson is class. To survive that spell from Wahab and win the game for your country is incredible. #thatswhy #class @ShaneRWatson33

— Glenn Maxwell (@Gmaxi_32) March 20, 2015

Kevin Pietersen admires Riaz s.

Best spell of bowling by a foreigner on Aussie soil for years...#Wahab

— Kevin Pietersen (@KP24) March 20, 2015

When a Pakistani stunned Aussies by his performance then how can Wasim Akram not say anything about it.

Enjoying the spell from Wahab he is pumped up big time .

— Wasim Akram (@wasimakramlive) March 20, 2015

Melinda Farell praised Riaz in her unique way.

Wahab Riaz just told me Watson came up to him when he was batting and said "Are you holding a bat?" #CWC15 #AUSvPAK

— Melinda Farrell (@melindafarrell) March 20, 2015

Wahab was also incredibly gracious in defeat & still smiling. Said he s bowled better spells but not many. #CWC15 #AUSvPAK

— Melinda Farrell (@melindafarrell) March 20, 2015

Wahab also got some fabulous press across the globe.

UAE s The National said that everyone felt bloodlust in Wahab Riaz s spell. It said Wahab wanted Watson s blood and did all but get it, courtesy dropped catch by Rahat Ali.

Indian NDTV Sports calls Riaz s spell  Nasty 

Zee News said Wahab Riaz made Aussies  life miserable

IBN Cricket Next tags Riaz s spell as  unforgetable 

Sky Sports said that Australian skipper Michael Clarke saluted Riaz s performance