Fawad Alam: “When a batter knows he’s up against a smart bowler, he’s aware that the bowler understands his weaknesses. And Amir makes full use of a batter’s shortcomings”
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Pakistan batsman Fawad Alam has praised left-arm fast bowler Mohammad Amir, saying he uses batsmen’s weaknesses to his advantage.
Ahmed Shehzad: “Khurram Shahzad bowled well… hitting the weak areas of the Bangladesh batsmen, exposing their weak techniques and dismissed them”
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Pakistan batsman Ahmed Shehzad likes what he has seen from up-and-coming fast bowler Khurram Shahzad, saying he exposed the weaknesses of the Bangladesh batsmen during their recent two-Test series.
Wasim Akram: “I think that he will only pick wickets when batters go after him”
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Legendary Pakistan left-arm seamer Wasim Akram believes fast bowler Haris Rauf only gets wickets “when batters go after him.”
Abdul Razzaq: “When Babar bats slowly it has an adverse effect on other batters who then can’t play their natural game”
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Former Pakistan all-rounder Abdul Razzaq has blamed ex-captain Babar Azam for forcing other batsmen in the team to deviate from playing their natural game.
Shaun Tait: “We just talked about being more consistent in his areas and bowling in the right areas that were going to make it difficult for the batsman and be more consistent doing that”
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Pakistan bowling coach Shaun Tait said he has already talked to 150 kph fast bowler Haris Rauf about how to make life more difficult for the opposition batsmen.
Aamer Sohail: “There is definitely room for improvement in Test cricket. We used to rattle opposition batting with our reverse swing in the middle overs”
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Former Pakistan captain Aamer Sohail said it is important for the current pace attack to learn the art of reverse swing as back in the day, the national team used it to “rattle” the opposition batsmen.
Mohammad Hafeez: “For the fourth and fifth spots, we have to take decisions by showing a lot of maturity and not by making random guesses”
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Pakistan power-hitter Mohammad Hafeez said the national selectors and team management have to stop “making random guesses” when it comes to the right players to fill the “fourth and fifth spots”.
Pakistan legend Shoaib Akhtar: “I bowled bouncers because watching batters jump like monkeys was heartening to see”
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Legendary Pakistan pace bowler Shoaib Akhtar said he loved bowling bouncers to see batsmen “jump like monkeys”.
Shoaib Akhtar: “If you make fast pitches where batters will get a blow, blood running from the nose, youngsters will look to become a pacer”
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Pakistan pace demon Shoaib Akhtar has called for better pitches to be prepared, whereby they provide more support to fast bowlers.
Shahid Afridi: “The batsmen used to be under so much pressure while facing him”
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Former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi said batsmen used to be under so much pressure when they faced Shoaib Akhtar.