Kamran Akmal: “What hurts is that the new generation seems focused on personal milestones instead of playing for the team. Winning or losing is part of cricket – but where is the fight, the pride of representing Pakistan”
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Former wicketkeeper-batsman Kamran Akmal has lashed out at the current generation of Pakistan players, claiming they are more focused on personal milestones than team success.
Jason Gillespie: “Babar is a very driven individual. He works so hard on his game; he’s an elite player. A fantastic player, one of the best players I’ve been fortunate enough to work with. I really enjoyed working with him”
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Former Pakistan red-ball head coach Jason Gillespie has heaped praise on Babar Azam, saying the star batsman is “one of the best players I’ve been fortunate enough to work with”.
Andy Flower: “He is a guy who sets very high standards, he is very consistent but we all have our fluctuations. You can’t be at the top of your game all the time”
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Former Multan Sultans head coach Andy Flower said Pakistan white-ball captain Babar Azam holds himself to “very high standards”, but pointed out that the 29-year-old can’t score runs all the time as every player goes through rough patches.
Qasim Akram on Babar Azam: “As a world number one batter, he has set such high standards in Pakistan cricket that I would like to meet”
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Former Pakistan Under-19 captain Qasim Akram said captain Babar Azam is the “world number one batter” right now.
Pakistan batsman Fakhar Zaman: “Sorry that I still haven’t been able to meet the high standards of those ex-cricketers who criticise me but I will work hard, and perform well so that even they will say that my innings aren’t flukes”
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Pakistan opener Fakhar Zaman has apologised for not meeting the high standards of the ex-Pakistan cricketers who have criticised him.
Herschelle Gibbs: “He is not going through a bad patch, it’s just that his standards are so high that people expect him to score 50-plus runs whenever he goes out to bat and that is a little bit unfair”
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Karachi Kings head coach Herschelle Gibbs said people need to stop expecting Pakistan captain Babar Azam to score 50-plus runs every time he walks out to the crease.
Donald will continue to press the issue until all the bowlers are capable of bowling swinging yorkers
South Africa’s pace bowlers are constantly referred to as being the best in the world at what they do, which is bowling at lightning fast speeds and being masters at delivering bouncers, but bowling coach Allan Donald has identified a new problem within the pace attack, one that will require strenuous work to fix.
Sehwag has been in dismal form as of late
Former India batsman Rahul Dravid has announced that the national selectors must come to a final decision on whether they want Virender Sehwag opening the batting in Test matches by the start of the South Africa tour at the end of the year.
Clarke believes Ponting will play a vital role in helping Australia become the top Test team once again
Australian captain, Michael Clarke feels that his predecessor, Ricky Ponting has become a victim of his own high standards.
