Shoaib Akhtar: “Blaming here and there, this is Misbah’s style maybe”
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Legendary Pakistan seamer Shoaib Akhtar has lashed out at head coach Misbah-ul-Haq, saying “blaming here and there” is his style.
Misbah-ul-Haq: “Wahab faced some problems due to COVID but eventually he made good progress there. But he couldn’t get ready for [the] Test matches”
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Pakistan head coach and chief selector Misbah-ul-Haq has revealed that left-arm seamer Wahab Riaz didn’t feature in the Test series against England simply because he wasn’t ready.
Misbah-ul-Haq: “For Asad, this was a tough tour but he has time to get back in form in domestic cricket and we’ll see what happens. I think he can still perform well for Pakistan in [the] future”
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Pakistan head coach and chief selector Misbah-ul-Haq still thinks veteran batsman Asad Shafiq can “perform well for Pakistan in [the] future”.
Misbah-ul-Haq: “It’s not like we gave him one match because we want to get rid of him after that, he’s still in our plans going forward”
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Pakistan head coach and chief selector Misbah-ul-Haq has made it clear that former captain Sarfaraz Ahmed is “still in our plans going forward”.
Misbah-ul-Haq: “Naseem is the best of the lot and looking for the future, we try and make the best decisions”
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Pakistan head coach and chief selector Misbah-ul-Haq has heaped praise on teenage pace bowler Naseem Shah, saying he is “the best of the lot”.
Misbah-ul-Haq: “Naseem Shah was the best fast bowler in the QEA Trophy by far. So we took him. It’s not like we discarded some best bowler and brought him”
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Pakistan head coach and chief selector Misbah-ul-Haq has revealed that he had to pick teenage pace sensation Naseem Shah in the national team since he “was the best fast bowler in the QEA Trophy by far”.
Misbah-ul-Haq: “We’re just trying to find the right balance with Amir”
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Pakistan head coach and chief selector Misbah-ul-Haq has said that he’s “trying to find the right balance with” left-arm seamer Mohammad Amir.
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.
Ehsan Mani on Misbah-ul-Haq: “he very much remains accountable and as part of his appraisal process, he will be interviewed by the PCB Cricket Committee in the coming weeks”
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Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ehsan Mani has confirmed that he will hold Misbah-ul-Haq “accountable” for his performance as head coach and chief selector thus far.
Akmal no longer has a central contract
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Pakistan batsman Umar Akmal has been omitted from the list of centrally contracted players for the 2017/18 season.
