Salman Butt: “Babar and Rizwan have done great service for Pakistan. It is also important to highlight where they are lacking and it is also important for them to upgrade themselves, and this is for every player in the world”
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Former Pakistan captain Salman Butt said batsmen Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan need to “upgrade themselves” in areas where they are lacking at the moment.
Shoaib Malik: “Travelling is an excuse. The whole world is travelling. Look at India’s calendar. Their pacers didn’t lose pace and swing. It is the professionalism, which is missing in our team”
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Veteran all-rounder Shoaib Malik has put the entire Pakistan team on blast for making excuses about why their 2023 ICC Cricket World Cup campaign went so horribly wrong.
Shahid Afridi: “We are short of fast bowlers, keeping in mind all three game formats”
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Former interim chief selector Shahid Afridi said Pakistan are lacking quality fast bowlers across all three formats of the game.
Mohammad Wasim: “Spin is the department which I have admitted before and I will say it again, we are lacking”
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Pakistan chief selector Mohammad Wasim said the national team is lacking when it comes to quality spinners.
Saleem Jaffar: “It would have been ideal for us if we had a batting all-rounder in our side who could bowl medium pace”
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Former Pakistan left-arm seamer Saleem Jaffar believes that the national team are lacking a batting all-rounder that can bowl pace.
Misbah-ul-Haq: “Pakistan are mentally very down at this time. They need a little bit of a spark”
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Ex-Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq believes that the national team “need a little bit of a spark” ahead of their World Cup clash with England.
Mickey Arthur: “I’ve got my eye on three players we need to work on to perform that role”
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Pakistan head coach Mickey Arthur has admitted that his side are lacking a quality finisher going into the World Cup later this year.
Mendis celebrates after scoring his third Test century
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Despite India asking them to follow-on, Sri Lanka finally displayed some of the fighting spirit they had been lacking as Kusal Mendis and Dimuth Karunaratne made 110 and 92 not out respectively on the third day of the second Test in Colombo.
“The main aim is to qualify for the next World Cup”
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West Indies head coach Stuart Law has insisted that his main goal is to see the national team automatically qualify for the 2019 World Cup.
“Quinton de Kock is a possibility for us in the last game, depending on the medical committee”
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South Africa wicketkeeper-batsman Quinton de Kock might make his international comeback during the fifth ODI against the West Indies on January 28 in Centurion.
