Mohammad Wasim on Abdullah Shafique: “We’ve looked at this guy and we feel that he is someone who we can invest in and who has potential. I hope that over the course of time he will prove his worth”
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Pakistan chief selector Mohammad Wasim said the country has a lack of good opening batsmen, but Abdullah Shafique is proving to be an exception.
Younis Khan: “If you look at a player like Saeed Anwar, [he] made a pair in his first Test but became a great batsman after that”
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Pakistan batting coach Younis Khan said legendary batsman Saeed Anwar made two ducks in his Test debut, but the team and selectors continued investing in him.
Misbah-ul-Haq: “Zahid in terms of control is better but in terms of spin, bounce, googly, flippers, leg-break, I think Usman is a better option. That’s why we played him. We could have picked only one of them”
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Pakistan head coach Misbah-ul-Haq believes that overall spinner Usman Qadir is better than Zahid Mahmood.
Aamir Sohail: “I was also impressed with Ahsan Ali from Quetta Gladiators and this is exactly the type of talent that needs to be recognised and developed to serve Pakistan in the future”
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Former Pakistan captain Aamir Sohail believes that batsman Ahsan Ali has an extremely bright future ahead of him.
“They’re not unbeatable”
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South Africa captain AB de Villiers has made it clear that England are “not unbeatable” as the Proteas head into the fourth and final Test searching for a consolation win.
McBrine is one of two new players to be given a Category A contract
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Ireland have rewarded spinner Andy McBrine and pace bowler Peter Chase with Category A contracts for the 2015 season.
“Compared to the IPL, the Big Bash…I think we’re nowhere”
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England batsman Michael Lumb, who is renowned for being a Twenty20 specialist, has announced that “the UK is crying out for a city-based franchise”.
“I think England coach Peter Moores is keen to get Kerrigan back into the team, but I’d love to see him get a lot more wickets under his belt”
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Former England off-spinner Graeme Swann has announced that it is hard to believe the national team cannot find a frontline spinner.
Scotland and Netherlands became the second and third Associate Member nations to receive funding
Scotland and Netherlands will both receive $1.5 million from the International Cricket Council (ICC) over the next three years as part of the Targeted Assistance and Performance Programme (TAPP), which is aimed at improving cricket standard across the world.