Warner calls Naseem Shah a future 'superstar', compares him to a young Amir

Australia’s David Warner nearly became Naseem Shah’s first-ever Test victim on Friday when he edged one back to the wicketkeeper, only to earn a second life as the 16-year-old had overstepped.

While Naseem and co toiled the entire day, and Warner smashed an unbeaten 150, the Australian opener saw enough from the teenage quick to call him a superstar in the making and compare him to a young Mohammad Amir.

“He's quite skiddy, he's got a nice, fluent action but he won't get a harder Test than his debut," Warner is quoted as saying by cricket.com.au.

"To go out there and bowl at the Gabba, to keep coming back in and having to back up the overs in that heat … you ask any Test bowler who's played here and had to keep coming back, it's very, very challenging

"He kept his speed up quite a lot throughout the whole day. Obviously at the back end he cramped up a little bit, but he charged in and there's a superstar there.”

Warner said that Naseem’s emergence is similar to how Amir had burst onto the scene a decade ago.

"Just like Mohammed Amir when he came on the scene for the first time, he was rapid and had us all in a pickle – he was a world-class bowler,” he said.

The diminutive Aussie batsman could not help but admire Pakistan’s young pace battery, saying that future could be bright for Pakistan if their teenage tearaways could be nurtured.

"Their depth is ridiculous, and having other guys like Musa (Khan) and (Muhammad) Hasnain who I faced in the recent Twenty20s as well,” said Warner.

"If Waqar Younis (Pakistan bowling coach) can get a hold of them and get their line, and lengths, and engines going, they're going to be a force to reckon with in the future."