Former New Zealand first-class cricketer James Pamment might not have got the chance to represent his country in the international arena, but he surely knows what it was like to come up against a world-class international bowler like Wasim Akram.

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The ex-Auckland batsman recently narrated an interesting story about smashing Akram for a first-ball boundary and regretting even before going through his shot completely.

Speaking on Between Two Beers Podcast, Pamment recalled the incident from 1995-96 and said: "Sort of halfway through executing that shot, I thought why did you do that? What a silly ting to do."

"I knew what was coming. Next ball he ran in exactly the same but it was 35 kmph faster, hit me flush on front of my helmet, the badge exploded and landed on the floor right next to me, so I casually picked it up and put it in my pocket and set myself for the next ball," he added.

Pamment missed the next ball by metres and on the subsequently delivery he managed to get a knick which was caught by Inzamam-ul-Haq in the slip cordon.

While walking back to the pavilion, the Kiwi cricketer had started feeling the effects of Wasim Akram's ferocious bouncer.

"I put my bat under the arm and set off walking, must be walking for about 30 seconds, pretty closed to the boundary edge and I get this noise 'Hey you are walking the wrong F*****g way. Instead of turning around and going towards the pavilion, I walked straight into the groundsmen shed. I thought what should I do? turn around and walk all the way back again? So I casually walked into the groundsmen shed," Pamment said.

On Sunday (May 3), the Pakistan pace legend reacted over Pamment’s anecdote and also apologised for the concussion.

"Haha don’t remember it but it sounds like me! What was going through your head to think it was a good idea to drive me on the first ball anyway haha?? Sorry about the concussion mate," Wasim Akram tweeted.