A match-winner with the ball, Mickey Arthur selects superb Pakistan spinner who also bats and fields very well

Mickey Arthur said Pakistan spin-bowling all-rounder Shadab Khan is a match-winner with the ball

Mickey Arthur: “Shadab Khan gives you incredible depth. Great fielder, very good batsman, great cricket thinker, and on his day, a match-winner with the ball”

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Former Pakistan head coach Mickey Arthur has called spin-bowling all-rounder Shadab Khan a “match-winner with the ball”.

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They aren’t T20I players, Mickey Arthur makes brutally honest admission about two excellent Pakistan batsmen

Mickey Arthur said Pakistan batsmen Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan are not T20I players

Mickey Arthur: “Both Babar and Rizwan are excellent players, but cricket has evolved. They are not perfect for the kind of cricket needed to play in T20s today”

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Former Pakistan head coach Mickey Arthur has made a brutally honest admission about batsmen Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan, saying they aren’t T20I players.

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Make the most of his abilities, Mickey Arthur thinks Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman has a role to play

Mickey Arthur said Pakistan should make the most of wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Rizwan's abilities

Mickey Arthur: “If Rizwan is your best wicketkeeper, then he has a role to play. He can adapt his game to fit wherever the team needs him. It’s about making the most of his abilities”

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Former head coach Mickey Arthur believes Pakistan should make the most of ODI captain Mohammad Rizwan’s abilities as “he has a role to play” in the team.

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I don’t understand the PCB’s logic, Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman frustrated with Azhar Mahmood being named interim red-ball head coach

Kamran Akmal said he doesn't understand the PCB's logic after Azhar Mahmood was appointed as Pakistan's interim red-ball head coach

Kamran Akmal on Azhar Mahmood: “I just don’t understand the logic behind this decision”

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Former wicketkeeper-batsman Kamran Akmal said he doesn’t understand the Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) logic after they named Azhar Mahmood interim red-ball head coach.

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Class players don’t come around very often, Mickey Arthur confident Pakistan batsman will adapt his T20I game

Mickey Arthur said class players like Pakistan batsman Babar Azam don't come around very often

Mickey Arthur: “Babar Azam is a class, class player. Class players don’t come around very often. Class players are good enough to adapt their games as well and I think in the right environment, I think Babar Azam will certainly adapt his game”

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Former Pakistan head coach Mickey Arthur said class players like batsman Babar Azam “don’t come around very often”.

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I would never drop him, Mickey Arthur says wonderful Pakistan player is absolute class

Mickey Arthur said he would never drop Pakistan batsman Babar Azam

Mickey Arthur: “It’s an interesting one. I would always have Babar Azam in the team. I think he’s a wonderful player. I’m not sure what’s happened over the past couple of years, but the Babar I know is absolute class”

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Former Pakistan head coach Mickey Arthur has made it clear that he would never drop batsman Babar Azam as he is “absolute class”.

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Pakistan cricket continues to shoot itself in the foot, Mickey Arthur fuming over recent coaching decisions

Mickey Arthur said Pakistan cricket continues to shoot itself in the foot after Jason Gillespie and Gary Kirsten both resigned as head coach

Mickey Arthur: “Jason Gillespie is a wonderful coach, a wonderful man. Pakistan cricket just continues to shoot itself in the foot. It is its own worst enemy”

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Mickey Arthur said “Pakistan cricket just continues to shoot itself in the foot” after Jason Gillespie and Gary Kirsten both resigned as red-ball head coach and white-ball head coach respectively.

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Not sure if he has lost that hunger, Mickey Arthur still sees Pakistan player as one of the best in the world

Mickey Arthur said he is not sure if Pakistan batsman Babar Azam has lost that hunger

Mickey Arthur: “I still think Babar Azam is in the top echelon of ODI batting in the world, all batting. He hasn’t put it together for a bit and that happens with players… whether they lose that little edge or they lost that little bit of hunger”

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Former Pakistan head coach Mickey Arthur questioned if batsman Babar Azam has “lost that little bit of hunger”, but stressed that he is still “in the top echelon of ODI batting in the world”.

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He brings a power game, Mickey Arthur names Pakistan batsman who scores runs in a hurry

Mickey Arthur said Pakistan batting all-rounder Khushdil Shah brings a power game

Mickey Arthur: “What he provides is a power game, but he also provides a left-handed option at the back end of the innings, which is quite crucial”

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Former Pakistan head coach Mickey Arthur said big-hitting all-rounder Khushdil Shah brings a power game to the national team.

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