Aaqib Javed: “Shaheen Shah Afridi’s exclusion from the Test squad is a strategic decision to ensure he remains physically and mentally fresh for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025”
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Interim Pakistan red-ball head coach Aaqib Javed said the decision to exclude Shaheen Shah Afridi for the two-Test series against South Africa was necessary as he wants the left-arm seamer fully fit for the 2025 Champions Trophy, which will take place from February to March.
Ahmed Shehzad: “Tayyab Tahir was brought in, he wasn’t welcome and was excluded”
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Ahmed Shehzad has claimed that Pakistan middle order batsman Tayyab Tahir “wasn’t welcome” when he was called up to the national team and was even “excluded.”
Pakistan pacer Junaid Khan: “I got in the bad books of selectors, which resulted in my exclusion”
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Pakistan left-arm pace bowler Junaid Khan has revealed that he got in the bad books of the national selectors.
Dean Jones: “With 2 x T20 World Cups in a short time? Bizarre”
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Former Australia batsman Dean Jones has slammed Pakistan for dropping the pace trio of Mohammad Amir, Wahab Riaz and Hasan Ali from their central contract list for the 2020-2021 season.
Shoaib Malik, Shaheen Shah Afridi and Mohammad Hasnain have reportedly been excluded from the 12-man squad for Pakistan’s World Cup opener against the West Indies
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Veteran Pakistan all-rounder Shoaib Malik is likely to miss the team’s World Cup opener against the West Indies on Friday as he has not been included in the 12-man squad for the match, according to sources.
“I don’t care about criticism from those who are simply warming chairs”
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An investigation has been launched against Sri Lanka pace bowler Lasith Malinga after comparing the country’s sports minister, Dayasiri Jayasekera, to a monkey.
“To be honest, we knew it was coming”
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West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo has admitted that he was not surprised when he was excluded from the World Cup squad.
Chanderpaul will not feature in the first Test against Australia
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Veteran West Indies batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul has been excluded from the national team for the first Test against Australia, which begins on June 3 in Dominica.
“He has a very good cricketing brain and has the makings of a very good leader”
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West Indies pace bowler Jason Holder has replaced all-rounder Dwayne Bravo as the country’s ODI captain.
“It was unfortunate, I think unnecessary, especially the timing”
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Former England head coach Ashley Giles has announced that the comments made about him by batsman Michael Carberry earlier this year were “unfortunate” and “unnecessary”.
