Mike Hesson: “Babar Azam is not being considered as a wicketkeeping option. There’s been a lot of chatter around this, but Babar is working to secure his place in the side as an opening batter”
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Pakistan white-ball head coach Mike Hesson has ruled out any chance of batsman Babar Azam becoming a wicketkeeper in the T20I team.
Mike Hesson: “Very selfless and often puts the team ahead of himself. He is better suited for number 3 or 4, but in this team, we bat him at 4 or 5. He’s respected in the group because of these things”
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Pakistan white-ball head coach Mike Hesson admitted T20I captain Salman Ali Agha is “very selfless” as he bats lower down the order instead of number three or four, where he is “better suited.”
Mike Hesson: “Saim Ayub is a key player for us. When he scores runs, Pakistan genuinely wins”
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Pakistan white-ball head coach Mike Hesson has insisted opening batsman Saim Ayub is a “key player for us” as he has the ability to be a genuine match-winner.
Shoaib Akhtar: “The coach should be asked the questions – where are his brains? It is just senseless coaching and senseless selection of the team. It is beyond me – it feels like I am the one who is a fraud”
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Iconic Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar has called out the decisions made by white-ball head coach Mike Hesson, asking “where are his brains?”
Kris Srikkanth: “You’ll go nowhere with Mike Hesson as your coach”
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Former India batsman Kris Srikkanth doesn’t think Mike Hesson is the right man to be coaching Pakistan, saying the men in green will “go nowhere” with him in charge in white-ball cricket.
Mike Hesson: “He’s been exceptional”
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Pakistan white-ball head coach Mike Hesson really likes what he has seen from big-hitting batsman Hasan Nawaz.
Mike Hesson: “Mohammad Nawaz, meanwhile, has been exceptional. He has been outstanding with bat, ball, and in the field”
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Pakistan white-ball head coach Mike Hesson has lauded spin-bowling all-rounder Mohammad Nawaz for being “outstanding” in all three departments – batting, bowling and fielding.
Mike Hesson: “There’s no doubt Babar’s been asked to improve in some areas around taking on spin and in terms of his strike-rate. Those are things he’s working really hard on”
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Pakistan white-ball head coach Mike Hesson said batsman Babar Azam is working on two key areas when it comes to his game in T20Is.
Mike Hesson: “They both are very fine players. Both those players will be involved in the white-ball plans”
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Pakistan limited overs head coach Mike Hesson has confirmed that batsmen Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan “will be involved in the white-ball plans” going forward.
Mike Hesson: “Look, Saim is a key player for us and we know that if Saim scores runs, we generally win”
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Pakistan white-ball head coach Mike Hesson said the national team generally wins matches if opening batsman Saim Ayub scores runs.