Azhar Ali: “The way Naseem and Shaheen have bowled in recent series, I as captain fell very lucky to have them in my squad”
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Pakistan Test captain Azhar Ali has revealed that he feels “very lucky to have” the pace duo of Naseem Shah and Shaheen Shah Afridi in his team.
Tamim Iqbal: “We are very lucky, Wasim bhai. I don’t want to face you anyway. We are very lucky that you are not playing”
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Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal has admitted that he is lucky he won’t have to face legendary Pakistan left-arm seamer Wasim Akram.
Ahmed Shehzad: “If you look at the backgrounds of Virat (Kohli), Rohit Sharma, Joe Root, Kane Williamson and Babar Azam, they have been really lucky as well”
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Pakistan batsman Ahmed Shehzad believes that limited overs captain Babar Azam has been “really lucky” to have been constantly supported since making his international debut in 2015.
Shaheen Shah Afridi: “Waqar Younis is a legendary bowler and so to be able to learn from him is like a dream come true for me”
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Pakistan left-arm seamer Shaheen Shah Afridi has called bowling coach Waqar Younis a “legendary bowler”.
Azhar Mahmood: “The young guy gets a lot of encouragement from the other two”
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Pakistan bowling coach Azhar Mahmood believes that left-arm seamer Shaheen Shah Afridi is very fortunate to have two senior left-armers in Wahab Riaz and Mohammad Amir to help him.
Shoaib Akhtar on Sarfraz Ahmed’s four-match ban: “It could have been much worse”
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Legendary Pakistan pace bowler Shoaib Akhtar believes that captain Sarfraz Ahmed should consider himself lucky that he only received a four-match ban for his racial comment against South Africa all-rounder Andile Phehlukwayo.
“I think Rubel narrowly escaped serious injury because it could have been severe had it hit the eye”
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Bangladesh pace bowler Rubel Hossain underwent surgery after colliding with a door and breaking his jaw.
“The helmet did its job and probably saved my life”
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England captain Eoin Morgan has admitted that the helmet he was wearing when he was hit on the head during the ODI series against Australia “probably” saved his life.
Raza was named Man of the Match for his game-winning knock of 60 not out
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Zimbabwe all-rounder Sikandar Raza and batsman Craig Ervine both made 60 to lead their side to a two-wicket win over Ireland in the first ODI in Harare.
Vettori finished with figures of 4-18 off 10 overs
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New Zealand left-arm spinner Daniel Vettori took four wickets and opener Martin Guptill scored 57 as New Zealand breezed past Afghanistan by six wickets in Napier.
