Ramiz Raja: “Similarly, Babar Azam needs to be seated and encouraged because when captaincy is taken away from you, you tend to go low [on motivation]”
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Former Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ramiz Raja believes Babar Azam needs to be encouraged right now as his motivation may be low.
Shahid Afridi: “I told Malik (Shoaib Malik). ‘Mera dil chaah raha hai main idhar patch bana du. Ball toh turn ho! (I want to create a patch on this pitch so badly. I want the ball to turn!)”
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Legendary Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi admitted that he was guilty of pitch tampering during a Test match against England in Faisalabad in 2005.
Fawad Alam: “Misbah has given me a lot of confidence and encouragement”
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Pakistan batsman Fawad Alam said he is grateful to head coach Misbah-ul-Haq as he has always encouraged and instilled confidence in him.
Naseem Shah: “I have always been inspired and encouraged by watching videos of Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis and Shoaib Akhtar”
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Naseem Shah, highly regarded as the next big thing in Pakistan cricket, has revealed that he gets “inspired and encouraged” when watching videos of Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis and Shoaib Akhtar.
“We are paid very well and looked after by the ECB and the PCA”
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Chris Woakes is confident that England won’t experience the same kind of pay dispute that is going on between the Australian players and Cricket Australia.
The dates of three Hobart Hurricanes matches have been changed
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Cricket Australia have announced that four Big Bash League (BBL) matches have been rescheduled due to the new dates for the fourth Test between Australia and India in Sydney.
“We can definitely use technology as long as it is standardised”
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Iconic India batsman Sachin Tendulkar believes that the Decision Review System (DRS) has to be standardised and must start being used by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).
“He always looked to promote attacking ideas to win matches”
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Former England batting coach Graham Gooch has rubbished the comments Kevin Pietersen made about ex-head coach Andy Flower in his autobiography.
“There’s going to be a generation of cricketers in the subcontinent who are going to struggle to bowl with a legal action”
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Cricket Australia spin coach John Davison believes that the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) crackdown on illegal bowling actions has come too late.
“There are rules there for a reason and it seems the ICC have now drawn a line in the sand”
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Australia pace bowler Ryan Harris has applauded the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) decision to ban Pakistan spinner Saeed Ajmal after his bowling action was found to be illegal.
