Waqar Younis: “Rizwan always has a big smile on his face. Doesn’t matter who is winning or losing, that’s him. Players respect that and I think to gain respect, you must have that big smile on your face. He’s a very good leader”
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Legendary Pakistan fast bowler Waqar Younis has heaped praise on wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Rizwan’s captaincy skills, saying he is “a very good leader.”
Misbah-ul-Haq: “Regarding T20Is, Pakistan was number 1, but when I came, we had a losing streak. We lost in South Africa and other places, we lost in England and the team had started going down”
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Misbah-ul-Haq has seemingly taken a shot at his predecessor Mickey Arthur, saying that when he came in as head coach, the Pakistan team “had a losing streak”.
Misbah-ul-Haq: “If I summarize this tour, as a team and as a coach, we regret the results. We should have won the Test series 1-0 and T20I series 2-0 and that’s the biggest regret”
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Pakistan head coach and chief selector Misbah-ul-Haq has admitted that not winning the Test and T20 series against England was the biggest regret of the tour.
Misbah-ul-Haq: “We have lost eight of our last nine T20Is and as the number-one ranked side, this is unacceptable”
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Pakistan head coach and chief selector Misbah-ul-Haq noted that it is “unacceptable” the national team has lost eight of their last nine Twenty20 Internationals.
“There have just been too many times when we as a team go, gulp, ‘Vern might be injured again'”
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South Africa all-rounder Vernon Philander will work on his fitness and conditioning ahead of the Proteas’ summer at home.
“I think the time is right to go”
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Angelo Mathews will no longer captain Sri Lanka in all three formats after he stepped down from the leadership role.
Philander went on to score 52 after being hit on the hand
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South Africa will be relieved after pace bowler Vernon Philander was found not to have fractured his right hand.
The West Indies have retained their squad from the ODI series against Afghanistan
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The West Indies have opted against making any changes to their ODI squad for the first two matches against India.
“I think all we can do now is keep looking towards that World Cup and use this as a really good platform”
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Joe Root has backed England for World Cup glory in 2019 even though they were recently eliminated from the Champions Trophy, which is being played in their backyard.
“I must say they have improved a lot”
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Former Australia batsman Michael Hussey has admitted that Bangladesh earned their spot in the semi-finals of the Champions Trophy after emerging from an extremely tough group.
