Shahid Afridi: “Son, give performances. In tough times, we stood by you. You didn’t play aggressive cricket, yet you still made it back into the Pakistan team. Now respond with performances so that we also become silent”
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Legendary Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi has urged spin-bowling all-rounder Shadab Khan to start performing consistently so that he can silence his critics.
Aaqib Javed: “Shan likes playing aggressive cricket so it is exciting for us”
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Pakistan interim red-ball head coach Aaqib Javed said Test captain Shan Masood likes to play an aggressive brand of cricket.
Ahmed Shehzad: “If this continues, even putting Iftikhar in the one down position won’t help you”
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Pakistan batsman Ahmed Shehzad believes that if the national team don’t follow through with their promise to play a more aggressive brand of cricket, then even promoting power-hitter Iftikhar Ahmed to number three in T20Is won’t help.
Shoaib Akhtar: “We should play aggressively. Babar should bat with a strike rate of around 120”
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Iconic 161.3 kph Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar has had enough of former captain Babar Azam’s slow batting, saying he has to boost his strike-rate to “around 120.”
Abdul Razzaq: “When Abdullah Shafique was playing, he was aggressive but when Babar came in to bat, he was stopping his shots, which means he got guidelines to not hit the shot. He tried to stop the ball or play a half-hearted shot”
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Former Pakistan all-rounder Abdul Razzaq has accused ex-captain Babar Azam of stopping opening batsman Abdullah Shafique from playing aggressive cricket.
Pakistan fast bowler Haris Rauf: “We know that England likes to play aggressive cricket, and we are preparing accordingly in order to tackle it during the series”
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Pakistan speedster Haris Rauf said he and the team knows that England like to play aggressive cricket and are prepared to counter that in the three-Test series.
Inzamam-ul-Haq: “Pakistan batsmen were scared of playing their shots. If you look at most of their dismissals, their bat was behind their leg”
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Former captain and chief selector Inzamam-ul-Haq has lashed out at the Pakistan batsmen for being “scared of playing their shots” in the ongoing second Test against England.
