Pakistan speedster Abdur Rauf: “The most pathetic was the fitness level of the team and coaching staff”
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Former Pakistan pace bowler Abdur Rauf has blasted the players in the national team for their “pathetic” fitness levels.
Pakistan speedster Mohammad Irfan: “They (coaching staff) were totally clueless about how to train a player with a big height like me. I was subjected to [the] same training [regimen] as being done by a 5 [foot] or a 6 [foot] guy”
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Former Pakistan left-arm fast bowler Mohammad Irfan believes the coaching staff “were totally clueless” about how to train him during his playing career.
Ramiz Raja: “The big problem is Fakhar Zaman”
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Ramiz Raja, the former Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman, believes that opening batsman Fakhar Zaman is “the big problem” for the national team right now.
Zaka Ashraf: “Currently, we have no intentions to change the coaching staff or players”
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Zaka Ashraf, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman, has made it abundantly clear that there are “no intentions” to replace Babar Azam as captain or the current coaching staff.
Kamran Akmal: “It’s up to the selection committee, coaching staff, and skipper Babar Azam to recognise his potential and consider him for the team”
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Kamran Akmal has urged Pakistan captain Babar Azam, the national team coaching staff and the selectors to consider selecting Umar Akmal in the side.
Shoaib Akhtar: “This is a very important series for the management sitting in the dressing room. If results don’t go Pakistan’s way, they will surely be removed from their roles”
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Legendary Pakistan pace bowler Shoaib Akhtar has said that the team management “will surely be removed from their roles” if the national team fails to win their series against South Africa.
Azhar Mahmood on head coach Misbah-ul-Haq and the rest of the coaching staff: “I don’t see any vision [from the] current team management. The talent is there but no one is guiding them towards the right path”
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Former Pakistan all-rounder Azhar Mahmood believes that head coach Misbah-ul-Haq, bowling coach Waqar Younis and the rest of the coaching staff lack “any vision” whatsoever.
Aamer Sohail: “Take the example of Naseem Shah who clearly has a problem in his action, but it seems that no one is able to fix it which is the kind of technical input one would have expected from our coaches”
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Former Pakistan captain Aamer Sohail has pointed out that teenage pace bowler Naseem Shah “clearly has a problem” with his bowling action.
Former Pakistan captain Aamer Sohail: “Coaches should be there to help fix player’s problems, not to just say ‘shabash’ and clap”
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Former Pakistan captain Aamer Sohail has hit out at the coaching staff, saying all they do is “say ‘shabash’ and clap”.
Former Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Najam Sethi: “That’s why top coaches are rarely top ex-stars with big egos”
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Former Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Najam Sethi has seemingly taken a shot at the national team’s coaching staff.