Saud Shakeel: “To be honest, the fitness levels of some of our players went down in the last couple of months, and they accepted it too”
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Pakistan Test vice-captain Saud Shakeel has admitted that some players in the national team know their fitness levels have fallen.
Ramiz Raja: “This is beyond me. Cricketers should be paid, simple as that. They have a limited career and PCB has a lot to give to the cricketers. If you decrease or withhold the salary of a workforce then it will result in the workforce leaving the job”
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Former cricketer Ramiz Raja has urged the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) not to decrease limited overs captain Babar Azam or wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Rizwan’s salary.
Shoaib Akhtar: “He is also right when he says that Amir’s pace has gone down. There is nothing wrong with that assessment”
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Pakistan legend Shoaib Akhtar agreed with head coach Misbah-ul-Haq that left-arm fast bowler Mohammad Amir’s pace has dropped.
Pakistan pace bowler Junaid Khan: “Not getting to play consistently”
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Pakistan left-arm fast bowler Junaid Khan expressed his frustration at his lack of game time, asking how his bowling speed can increase if he is not playing regularly.
Azhar has returned back to Pakistan
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Pakistan batsman Azhar Ali will miss the second Test against England in Dubai as he returned home following the death of his mother-in-law.
“The provision for gross revenue share payable to the players has gone down from Rs 49 crore to Rs 11 crore in the current year”
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The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) have announced that the national team’s wages will be cut due to a decrease in revenue from media rights.
“Sports need competition and opportunities for every one.”
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United Arab Emirates head coach Aaqib Javed has slammed the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) decision to decrease the number of teams that will participate in the 2019 World Cup from fourteen to ten.
“What they are saying is that there is no need for so many nations playing cricket”
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The International Cricket Council (ICC) will take over all regional cricketing activities across the world, limiting the involvement of regional bodies like the Asian Cricket Council (ACC).
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“His [Irfan’s] fitness wasn’t compromised at all”
Pakistan bowling coach Mohammad Akram has announced that he believes the national team’s bowling attack will benefit from a rotation policy as it will limit their workload and decrease their chances of getting injured.
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“What Mitchell Johnson did in this Test match and in the Ashes is add a new dimension to what you’ve seen over the past five or six years in Test cricket”
Legendary West Indies pace bowler Michael Holding has announced that Australia left-arm seamer Mitchell Johnson has brought batsmen back to reality with his lethal pace.
