AUS vs PAK | Naseem Shah charged in like young Mohammad Amir, feels David Warner

Australia find themselves in pole position as big hundreds from David Warner and Marnus Labuschangne have propelled Australia's first-innings lead above 300 and are on their way to bat Pakistan out of the game. Although all the Pakistan bowlers were below par, David Warner believed that Naseem Shah showed a lot of promise and he even got Warner out only to later know that it was a no-ball. Warner compared the 16-year-old Naseem to a young Mohammad Amir who was tormenting batsmen at the age of 17 back in 2009.

"He's quite skiddy, got a nice fluent action, but he won't get a harder Test debut than out there and bowl at the Gabba. To keep coming back in, having to back up the overs, that heat. You ask any Test fast bowler who's played here and had to keep coming back, it's very challenging out there, and our job as batsmen is to try and keep them coming back. I think he kept his speed up quite a lot throughout the whole day, " Warner told ESPNCricinfo.

Mohammad Amir had burst on to the international scene helping Pakistan win their first T20 World Cup and was absolutely on fire on tours to Australia and England tormenting the batsmen, before sadly being caught into a spot-fixing scandal. Warner saw a similar spark in Naseem and has deemed him to be a future superstar.

"He charged in, and there's a superstar there. Like when Mohammad Amir came on the scene, the first time, he was rapid and had us all in a pickle. He was a world-class bowler, and if you add him to the Test lineup as well, their depth is ridiculous and having these other young guys like Musa and Hasnain as well, who I faced in the T20s," Warner asserted.

"If Waqar Younis can get a hold of them and get their lines and lengths and their engines going, they're going to be a force to be reckoned with in the future."