Pakistan spinner Yasir Shah: “My performances were good. Earlier I had a knee injury, and they assumed it had returned. I told them that if fitness was the issue, then they should conduct a fitness test. But no such reason was officially given”
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Pakistan spinner Yasir Shah was unable to explain why he was dropped from the national team, saying “no such reason was officially given.”
Pakistan spinner Usama Mir: “When I’m available, I don’t get selected – so what’s left to say about anything else? I just don’t understand it”
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Pakistan leg-spinner Usama Mir has vented his frustration at the fact that he doesn’t get picked when he’s available to play for his country.
Misbah-ul-Haq: “Tummies are visible… and they can’t move. The reason behind this is there has not been a single fitness test, there is no benchmark”
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Former Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq has criticised the team’s poor fitness, saying the tummies of many players are showing.
Moin Khan: “If players chose to stay idle then it will affect their physical and mental health; you need to keep yourself active. You don’t need a big space to workout, even your bedroom is enough to do some exercise”
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Former Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Moin Khan has advised the national players to work on their fitness and “keep their focus” during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Misbah-ul-Haq: “Obviously if we are fit enough, if we maintain our fitness levels, we can regain our form or skill quickly”
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Pakistan head coach and chief selector Misbah-ul-Haq has urged the national players to work on their fitness while they remain at home during the coronavirus pandemic.
Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Kamran Akmal: “It becomes really difficult to give fitness tests after every two or three months during the season”
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Veteran Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Kamran Akmal has lashed out at the national team’s regular fitness tests, saying it can “cause injury to bowlers and also results in loss of stamina for batsmen”.
Shahid Afridi: “These guys aren’t happy so Misbah should sit down [with] these senior players and get the trainer who likes to do these fitness tests to attend this session and talk about a plan for fitness”
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Legendary Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi has hinted at a potential rift forming between the national player and Misbah-ul-Haq, who is the team’s head coach and chief selector.
Misbah-ul-Haq: “I’m spending around 120 to 150 minutes in a day on my training routines, and I think I’m ready again to undergo fitness test along with the national players”
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Pakistan head coach and chief selector Misbah-ul-Haq made a hilarious remark about his fitness, saying “I think I’m ready again to undergo [the] fitness test along with the national players”.
The Pakistan cricket team’s fitness test has been postponed indefinitely due to the coronavirus pandemic
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The Pakistan cricket team’s fitness test has been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The PCB concluded that the incident involving Umar Akmal “happened due to a misunderstanding”
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The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has concluded that the incident where batsman Umar Akmal allegedly completely exposed himself to a trainer during a fitness test “happened due to a misunderstanding”.