Some players who produced reverse swing in balls as few as 15 overs old are Wasim Akram , Waqar Younis , and Shoaib Akhtar .
When the ball becomes very old—around 40 or more overs old ( although Irfan Pathan , Andrew Flintoff and Simon Jones have produced reverse swing in balls as few as 15 overs old ) —it can begin to swing towards the polished side rather than the rough side .