Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Azam Khan: “It’s sad that people judge you on your body but it gives me more motivation to be better every day”
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Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Azam Khan said he feels “sad” and disappointed about being body-shamed.
Pakistan batsman Usman Salahuddin: “You can never judge a player after just one performance. You have to give a player a run of matches to see if that player can cope in international cricket and stand up to the demands of that level”
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Pakistan batsman Usman Salahuddin has questioned why he was dropped after playing just one Test match.
Shoaib Akhtar: “I agree that Azhar [Ali] made a mistake in the second innings of the first Test against England, while fielding, for which he was criticised but to remove him from captaincy, based on that match, would be unfair”
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Iconic Pakistan pace bowler Shoaib Akhtar believes it is unfair that Azhar Ali should be sacked as Test captain based on one mistake.
Ahmed Shehzad: “He has his own life, I have mine. I request that we be not get lumped together as a duo”
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Pakistan batsman Ahmed Shehzad has called on people not to compare him to Umar Akmal, saying “I should be judged on what I do and he on his own conduct”.
“My performances over the past five years have been pretty consistent and I think my captaincy’s been pretty consistent over that period as well”
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A plethora of former Australia captains have voiced their support for Michael Clarke after people began questioning whether he should continue leading the national team following their 2-0 whitewashing at the hands of Pakistan.
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The failure of the national team’s batting line-up has been a common theme for Pakistan over the past year
Outgoing Pakistan head coach Dav Whatmore has announced that the national team desperately need a full-time batting coach if they are going to start showing real signs of improvement.
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“I assure you that both Sehwag and Zaheer are not yet finished”
Former India captain Sourav Ganguly has announced that he believes opening batsman Virender Sehwag and veteran left-arm pace bowler Zaheer Khan “must immediately be brought back into the Test side”.
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Dravid is confident Kohli will learn to control his temper as time goes by
India batting great Rahul Dravid has called on the cricketing community to stop trying to make comparisons between vice-captain Virat Kohli and captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni as they are “two very different people”.
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Taufel used the ongoing Ashes series as an example where technology was being overused
Umpires are often criticised for making the wrong decisions during matches, but former international umpire Simon Taufel believes that they should be confident in the decisions they give and take a more “pragmatic” approach when it comes to the use of technology.
Dravid wants the BCCI to give Fletcher more authority and influence during the team selection process
India batting legend Rahul Dravid has called on the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to give head coach Duncan Fletcher more power and influence within the Indian team.
