Haroon Rasheed: “Shaheen has been unfit for the last one-and-a-half years, so when a player comes back from injury, he needs more cricket in terms of active cricket, not nets. In nets, you can come and simply bowl. However, match fitness is different”
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Haroon Rasheed, the former chief selector, believes pace spearhead Shaheen Shah Afridi needs a bigger workload even though he has been “unfit for the last one-and-a-half years.”
Misbah-ul-Haq: “Be it franchise cricket or the last time he played for Pakistan, Malik has performed during the last one-and-a-half years”
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Misbah-ul-Haq, the former Pakistan captain, said veteran all-rounder Shoaib Malik has done well for the last 18 months.
Pakistan batsman Ahmed Shehzad: “After the gap of one-and-a-half years, I was not even sure whether I will be able to make a comeback or not”
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Pakistan top order batsman Ahmed Shehzad has admitted that he was unsure if he would return after being sidelined for 18 months.
Ahmed Shehzad: “I had surgery on my left hand which meant 32 stitches and it took me a year-and-a-half to recover. I did not take any sympathies from the world and I managed all the recovery myself. I even hired my own physios”
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Pakistan batsman Ahmed Shehzad said he required 32 stitches and needed 18 months to recover after undergoing surgery on his left hand.
Pakistan opener Imam-ul-Haq: “I was working hard for the last one-and-a-half years to get back into the Test side. I had belief that if I got an opportunity I would make it count”
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Pakistan opener Imam-ul-Haq said he knew he would make his opportunity count when given the chance to play in the Test series against Australia.
Pakistan batsman Imam-ul-Haq: “To be honest, I’m very disappointed [in not finishing the game]. I’ve been waiting one-and-a-half years since my last hundred”
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Pakistan batsman Imam-ul-Haq was kicking himself over missing out on a hundred and not finishing the game in the first ODI against South Africa.
Rashid Latif: “Zero tolerance is ‘0’, no 3 months [or] 6 months, 1-2-3 years or five years banned… life ban full stop”
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Former Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Rashid Latif believes Umar Akmal should be banned for life.
Danish Kaneria: “Zero tolerance policy only [applies] on Danish Kaneria [and] not on others, can anybody answer the reason why I [got a] life ban [and] not others? Are [policies applied] only on cast, colour and powerful backgrounds?”
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Former Pakistan spinner Danish Kaneria has accused the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) of not helping him with his life ban after Umar Akmal’s ban was reduced from three years to 18 months.
Kamran Akmal: “It is a big relief for us to be honest that the ban has reduced from three years to 1.5 years. Still, it is too long and harsh for Umar as he wants to play cricket as soon as possible”
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Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Kamran Akmal has said that his brother Umar’s ban is still “too long and harsh” even though it was reduced from three years to 18 months.
Umar Akmal: “I will decide about the remaining sentence and try to get it reduced further”
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Pakistan batsman Umar Akmal may look to get his ban decreased further after it was reduced from three years to one-and-a-half.
