Umar Gul: “Our spinners should have performed better but the pitches were extremely flat”
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Former Pakistan pace bowler Umar Gul believes spinners Nauman Ali and Sajid Khan should have performed better in the three-Test series against Australia.
Saeed Ajmal: “To take wickets, you need temperament. You need to bowl a good 8-10 overs to play mind games with the batsmen and then you will be able to execute your plan. If you want to complain about flat pitches then you should quit cricket”
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Legendary Pakistan spinner Saeed Ajmal said those who complain about flat pitches should quit cricket.
Aaqib Javed: “It will be very easy for Hafeez to perform on the flat and batting pitches of Abu Dhabi. We are hopeful of him performing with the bat”
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Lahore Qalandars head coach Aaqib Javed believes it will be easy for veteran big-hitting all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez to perform in the remaining Pakistan Super League (PSL) matches.
Imad Wasim: “I always believe he [Mohammad Amir] is the best bowler in the world, not just in Pakistan. Even on flat tracks, he’s bowling so well”
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Pakistan spin-bowling all-rounder and Karachi Kings captain Imad Wasim believes left-arm seamer Mohammad Amir is the best bowler in the world.
Junaid Khan: “I have played 22 Test matches and 18 of those were in Asia mostly on very flat pitches in Sri Lanka, UAE and Bangladesh, taking five wickets in an innings five times, yet people still criticise me”
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Pakistan seamer Junaid Khan has blasted his critics, saying they have no right to criticise him.
Darren Gough: “Pakistan have never struggled for fast bowlers and never will. These youngsters like Shaheen and Naseem are talented, they have raw pace and they do things on flat pitches that a lot of other bowlers cannot do”
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Former England pace bowler Darren Gough believes that the Pakistan pace duo of Shaheen Shah Afridi and Naseem Shah can “do things on flat pitches that a lot of other bowlers cannot do”.
Wasim Akram: “After losing two initial wickets, the players had to stay on the wicket but they couldn’t”
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Legendary Pakistan left-arm seamer Wasim Akram attributed the national team’s World Cup loss to the West Indies to the fact that they constantly play on flat wickets and were not able to stabilise their innings when batting.