Waqar Younis: “He bowled well but could not take as many wickets as we expected him to take and that is fine with me”
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Pakistan bowling coach Waqar Younis said Mohammad Abbas didn’t take as many wickets as was expected of him in the first Test against the West Indies.
Kamran Akmal: “Umar Akmal can also be selected, his case and punishment is now out of the way as well. We need to quickly start his rehab rather than delaying it”
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Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Kamran Akmal said the selectors should get his brother Umar back in the T20 team.
Pakistan batsman Usman Salahuddin: “He said that my technique was fine, my defensive game was very good, but It was just my strike-rate that they felt was my weak point”
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Pakistan batsman Usman Salahuddin has revealed that head coach Misbah-ul-Haq told him to increase his strike-rate while batting as it was his weak point.
Pakistan all-rounder Shoaib Malik: “I am perfectly all right everybody. It was just a happenstance accident and [the] Almighty has been extremely benevolent. Thank you to each one of you who’ve reached out. I am deeply grateful for all the love and care”
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Pakistan all-rounder Shoaib Malik has confirmed that he is “perfectly all right” after crashing his car.
Yasir Shah was one of the Pakistan players who failed to achieve the minimum requirement on the first day of the fitness tests
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Pakistan spinner Yasir Shah, batsman Haris Sohail and all-rounder Imad Wasim failed to achieve the minimum requirement on the first day of the fitness tests held at the National Cricket Academy in Lahore.
Mickey Arthur: “I think Babar will be fine as captain, he’ll figure it out”
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Ex-Pakistan head coach Mickey Arthur believes Babar Azam will “be fine” as Twenty20 captain and isn’t doomed to fail.
Brian Lara: “I’m fine and I’m recovering and I’ll be back in my hotel room tomorrow”
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Legendary West Indies batsman Brian Lara has confirmed that he is “fine” and “recovering” after being hospitalised with chest pain on Tuesday.
Sarfraz Ahmed: “The atmosphere in the dressing room is very fine”
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Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed has revealed that the “atmosphere in the dressing room is very fine”.
Mashrafe Mortaza was docked 20 percent of his match fee
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Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza was fined 20 percent of his match fee and Sri Lanka opener Danushka Gunathilaka was reprimanded for their actions during the ODI tri-series final on Saturday.
Faf du Plessis has been docked 40 percent of his match fee
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South Africa captain Faf du Plessis has been fined 40 percent of his match fee for maintaining a slow over-rate in the second Test against India in Centurion.
