Sharjeel Khan: “The conditions were a little tough for batting early on. Khurram and I discussed them and decided that we have to spend time at the crease and bat deep, which paid dividends for us”
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Pakistan batsman Sharjeel Khan said the conditions were tough in Sindh’s National T20 Cup match against Central Punjab, but he and Khurram Manzoor battled through it to lead the team to victory.
Shaheen Shah Afridi: “The weather is hot and pitches also stay low but then you have to give your heart out to take success out of these pitches”
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Pakistan left-arm pace bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi has admitted that it will be hard work taking wickets in the upcoming domestic season.
Former Pakistan spinner Iqbal Qasim: “They are getting acclimatized to the conditions and will know the behaviour of [the] pitches. Now they should have no excuse to fail in England”
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Former left-arm spinner Iqbal Qasim believes that the Pakistan batsmen have no excuse not to do well in the upcoming series against England.
Basit Ali: “I think Yasir Shah will be Pakistan’s trump card. It is very important for Pakistan that he should perform well”
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Former Pakistan cricketer Basit Ali firmly believes that spinner Yasir Shah will be the national team’s “trump card” during the upcoming series against England.
Mohammad Yousuf: “Anderson will be major threat as he has close to 600 Test wickets and if the conditions favour him, he will be very tough to handle”
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Legendary Pakistan batsman Mohammad Yousuf firmly believes that England pace bowler James Anderson will pose a major threat to the Pakistan team during the upcoming Test series.
Mohammad Asif: “Our bowlers had best conditions for swing and seam bowling, but they did not make use of them”
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Pakistan pace bowler Mohammad Asif noted that the national team failed to win the 2019 World Cup since their bowlers didn’t take advantage of the conditions.
Ramiz Raja: “It was because of home conditions, home crowd and support which encouraged and motivated them to win”
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Former Pakistan captain Ramiz Raja believes playing at home was the reason why the national team bounced back from their loss to Australia and beat Sri Lanka.
Shahid Afridi: “Pakistan failed to take advantage [of] the fact that they are the only team after the hosts who were in England well before the start of the mega event”
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Legendary Pakistan all-rounder and former captain Shahid Afridi believes that the national team failed to take advantage of the fact that they had more team than any other international team to get accustomed to the conditions in England ahead of the World Cup.
Azhar Mahmood: “Yes, there is some grass on it but we are still two days away from the game”
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Pakistan bowling coach Azhar Mahmood believes that the national team are capable of beating Australia in their World Cup match on Wednesday, even though conditions in Taunton may be tough.
Jalaluddin: “Imam, Fakhar, Asif and Babar played well. They seem to have learnt how to play in the English conditions”
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Former Pakistan pace bowler Jalaluddin has admitted that he is highly impressed with the way in which batsmen Imam-ul-Haq, Fakhar Zaman, Babar Azam and Asif Ali have gotten accustomed to the conditions in England.
