Shoaib Malik: “He also plays with the minds of the bowlers. He knows what the bowler will bowl: this one will be outside off, this one will be short or at me”
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Veteran Pakistan big-hitter Shoaib Malik said India batsman Suryakumar Yadav plays mind games with the opposition bowlers as he almost knows what to expect from them.
Mohammad Asif: “Matthew Hayden and Adam Gilchrist were formidable opponents as they wanted to dominate the bowlers and were always looking to attack you”
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Pakistan pace bowler Mohammad Asif has admitted that the legendary Australian duo of Matthew Hayden and Adam Gilchrist were “formidable opponents”.
Rassie van der Dussen: “Babar is a world-class player. He is a guy who has many boundary options”
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South Africa batsman Rassie van der Dussen said Pakistan captain Babar Azam is a “world-class player” with “many boundary options”.
Wahab Riaz: “The young fast bowlers selected for the tour of South Africa and Zimbabwe do not even have experience of 10 first-class matches. We do not tolerate the failure of [a] player”
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Pakistan left-arm seamer Wahab Riaz has slammed the national selectors’ decision to pick inexperienced bowlers for the tour of South Africa and Zimbabwe, saying “we do not tolerate the failure of [a] player”.
Former Pakistan captain Salman Butt: “I don’t know from where this obsession for bowlers bowling at 140 [kph] has come. People talk about this like we never had such bowlers in the past”
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Former Pakistan captain Salman Butt has questioned where this obsession with bowlers who can bowl at 140 kph has come from.
Shahid Afridi: “Luckily you [are] not here in PSL otherwise bowlers could have struggled [a] bit more if you were here”
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Iconic Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi joked that it’s lucky West Indies power-hitter Chris Gayle is not in the Pakistan Super League (PSL) anymore as bowlers would have struggled to bowl to him.
Mohammad Asif: “It is written as 17-18 years on paper, but they are actually 27-28 years old”
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Pace bowler Mohammad Asif has claimed that many of the youngsters in the national team are 10 years older than the age given on their birth certificates.
Misbah-ul-Haq: “If New Zealand have [Lockie] Ferguson as their main pacer who clocked around 150 kph, then we have three to four fast bowlers with a similar knack”
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Pakistan head coach Misbah-ul-Haq has sent a warning to New Zealand, saying three to four Pakistan bowlers are capable of bowling around 150 kph.
Mohammad Wasim: “I have always rated him as an excellent player in red-ball cricket because he is an attacking batsman who can play with a good strike rate and loves to dominate bowlers”
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Northern head coach Mohammad Wasim believes that batsman Haider Ali has the skills and ability to dominate bowlers in Test cricket.
Waqar Younis: “He plays according to [the] demands of modern day cricket. He is aggressive and he likes to get on with the job”
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Pakistan bowling coach Waqar Younis admitted that he loves the aggression Haider Ali bats with as it puts the opposition’s bowlers under pressure.
