Mohammad Hafeez: “Whenever the government changes in Pakistan, they bring their chairman. The earlier management gave me a contract of 4 years. No one saw how good the team was in Australia, they just wanted to sack me”
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Former Pakistan all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez revealed that when the new management of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) took over, they “just wanted to sack me”.
Shadab Khan: “The purpose behind leaving the Big Bash contract is to first improve my bowling by playing four-day cricket, and secondly, to perform well and make a comeback into the Test team”
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Pakistan spinner Shadab Khan revealed that he rejected his Big Bash League (BBL) contract for two key reasons.
Iftikhar Ahmed: “I had a contract in the T10 league but I cancelled it to play here in domestic cricket. I have played for Pakistan after playing domestic cricket, and playing for Pakistan is what has earned me respect”
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Power-hitter Iftikhar Ahmed revealed that he decided to cancel his contract to play for the Bangla Tigers in the Abu Dhabi T10 league since he felt it was more important to play domestic cricket in Pakistan.
Mohammad Hafeez: “In the Haris Rauf case, he has shown unavailability for red-ball cricket, so with central contracts any decision will be taken keeping Pakistan’s FTP commitments in mind”
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Pakistan team director Mohammad Hafeez said it remains to be seen if fast bowler Haris Rauf’s central contract will be affected by his decision to withdraw from the ongoing three-match Test series against Australia.
Pakistan fast bowler Hasan Ali: “Every player wants to play IPL and it is my wish to play there. It is one of the biggest leagues in the world and I will definitely play there if there is an opportunity in the future”
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Pakistan fast bowler Hasan Ali is eager to play in the Indian Premier League (IPL) at some point and hopes to land a deal with one of the franchises.
Pakistan batsman Umar Akmal: “I didn’t read my contract with Janbaz as Afridi had called me before signing”
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Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Umar Akmal has admitted that he didn’t read his contract before signing to play for Jammu Janbaz in the Kashmir Premier League (KPL).
Mohammad Wasim: “Double promotion, however, is not the criteria, which means a player cannot be promoted by two categories”
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Pakistan chief selector Mohammad Wasim said that players cannot be promoted twice when it comes to central contracts.
Mohammad Wasim: “He was in Category C in the last year’s contracts, so he got promoted”
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Pakistan chief selector Mohammad Wasim has defended the decision made to give opening batsman Imam-ul-Haq a Category B white-ball contract even though he has been one of the prominent run-scorers in ODI cricket.
Former Pakistan cricketer Atiq-uz-Zaman: “It is amazing isn’t it? Wondering how on earth Mustafi is still there while we let Sokratis go. I probably don’t know nothing about the football business”
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Former Pakistan cricketer Atiq-uz-Zaman has questioned how defender Shkodran Mustafi is still at Arsenal while Sokratis Papastathopoulos was let go.
Najam Sethi: “If I had been there (in the PCB), I would have extended Mickey Arthur’s contract. Mickey and his coaching team gave good results and they were able to prepare the players”
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Former Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Najam Sethi believes it was a massive mistake for the board to let Mickey Arthur go as head coach after the 2019 World Cup.
