Waqar Younis: “Whilst Nauman is a good spinner, we felt that the pitch did not have so much support [if] we would have played a finger spinner”
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Pakistan bowling coach Waqar Younis said spinner Nauman Ali was not picked for the first Test against the West Indies for one specific reason.
Waqar Younis: “He was beating the bat but no edges were happening but that is part of the game”
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Pakistan bowling coach Waqar Younis said fast bowler Mohammad Abbas looked dangerous in the first Test against the West Indies as he beat the bat numerous times.
Waqar Younis: “There are some days in Test cricket where luck deserts you and I feel that the way Abbas bowled, he should have taken a lot more wickets than he did”
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Pakistan bowling coach Waqar Younis said seamer Mohammad Abbas should have taken a lot more wickets in the first Test against the West Indies.
Fawad Alam: “Credit should be given to the openers [Imran Butt and Abid Ali], the way they played and laid a solid foundation for the others. They might have scored slowly, but it helped us later on, allowing us to dominate”
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Pakistan batsman Fawad Alam said openers Abid Ali and Imran Butt allowed the national team to dominate in the first Test against Zimbabwe as they “laid a solid foundation”.
Hasan Ali: “We have some good spinners such as Sajid who was a top wicket-taker in domestic and Nauman Ali who did so well against South Africa”
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Pakistan pace bowler Hasan Ali lavished praise on Sajid Khan and Nauman Ali, saying they are “good spinners”.
Hasan Ali: “He is a lovely guy and I am really enjoying bowling alongside him, [and] especially watching him bowl with so much aggression”
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Pakistan fast bowler Hasan Ali admitted that he enjoys bowling with left-arm seamer Shaheen Shah Afridi since he bowls with so much aggression.
Hasan Ali: “This is great for the Pakistan team and no amount of appreciation is enough for Shaheen as he is putting in brilliant match-winning performances for Pakistan”
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Pakistan pace bowler Hasan Ali heaped praise on left-arm seamer Shaheen Shah Afridi for his “brilliant match-winning performances”.
Rassie van der Dussen: “In the first innings, our field placings were really good to an extent that Pakistan almost copied some of our field placings”
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South Africa batsman Rassie van der Dussen has claimed that “Pakistan almost copied some of our field placings” in the first Test in Karachi.
Misbah-ul-Haq: “It would be an injustice to judge Hasan Ali based on just one performance because he is making a comeback on the back of good performances in domestic cricket”
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Pakistan pace bowler Misbah-ul-Haq has said “it would be an injustice to judge Hasan Ali based on just one performance”.
Fawad Alam: “Our spin bowling was the real difference. They [pulled] the match in our favor”
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Pakistan batsman Fawad Alam believes spinners Yasir Shah and Nauman Ali were the real heroes in the first Test against South Africa.