Mahela Jayawardene: “I would say Babar Azam has an opportunity”
Ricky Ponting: “If anything, he’s probably got better and better in the last couple of years”
Younis Khan: “I hope he focuses on the game and makes his technique even better”
Younis Khan: “We need to back players like Fawad Alam and Azhar Ali”
Younis Khan: “He should take full advantage of his good form and make lots of runs”
Younis Khan: “Abdullah Shafique has made a dream start [to his career]”
Ramiz Raja: “This is pure frustration that gets to a player. They start blaming everyone”
Babar Azam on Abdullah Shafique: “I feel very proud of him and performed at such a young age”
Abdullah Shafique: “Our skipper Babar Azam used to watch me a lot and give me so much information about cricket”
Ricky Ponting: “I saw him up close and personal a couple of years ago out here in a Test series against Australia and I said it then, I thought the sky was the limit for this guy as far as Test match batting [was concerned]”
Pakistan spinner Shadab Khan: “I want to play Test cricket but to be honest I think I can’t take my place in the Test squad right now”
Asad Shafiq: “The year Mohammad Yousuf set a record in Test cricket, I saw every innings of him”
Tauseef Ahmed: “He is a good bowler but taking two to three wickets”
Asad Shafiq: “A comeback for Pakistan has not been made a matter of life and death for me”
Aaqib Javed: “He has [the] capability of scoring big runs and has the best ratio of scoring centuries among current Test batters”
Pakistan opener Abdullah Shafique: “We are eagerly waiting for the series against England. It will be a challenge for us”
Tauseef Ahmed on Abdullah Shafique: “There were talks that he was promoted to [the] international level without prior domestic performance but now he has shut everyone [up] and no one must point out whether he has experience or not”
Tauseef Ahmed: “It is not expected from him to concede so many runs on pitches like these”
Babar Azam: “The way Abdullah showed his patience and focus, you need this in Test cricket”
Nadeem Omar: “Look, how our team was struggling against pace while Sarfaraz uses the paces and I am well aware of it”
Tauseef Ahmed: “Azhar has so many performances for Pakistan that we can’t ignore it, but everyone has their time”
Tauseef Ahmed: “The way Abdullah Shafique batted, it was brilliant. So cool and calm”
