Mohammad Amir: “Usman Tariq will now start getting exposed. He doesn’t bowl with much pace… I said the same about Saim and Abhishek too – international cricket exposes you immediately”
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Pakistan left-arm seamer Mohammad Amir has predicted that mystery spinner Usman Tariq will start getting exposed in the near future.
Mohammad Amir: “I was the best bowler for Pakistan in the [2024 T20 World Cup] but after that no one contacted me. They said leave him”
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Pakistan left-arm speedster Mohammad Amir has claimed that “no one contacted me” even though he was the best bowler for the men in green in the 2024 T20 World Cup.
Pakistan pace bowler Mohammad Amir: “Let me tell you my honest opinion. Forget about the rest. I myself am saying that we don’t have talent”
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Pakistan left-arm seamer Mohammad Amir has delivered a brutally honest assessment of cricket in the country, saying “we don’t have talent”.
Mohammad Amir: “Shaheen was a great bowler before his injury. His rehab was completely messed up. Now, because he avoids putting weight on his knee, his brain, spine, and glutes are stiff”
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Mohammad Amir believes fellow Pakistan left-arm seamer Shaheen Shah Afridi’s “rehab was completely messed up” after he suffered back-to-back knee injuries.
Mohammad Amir: “When Saim came into the PSL, he was hitting no-look shots and nobody knew his weakness. Now, on third or fourth stump, he can’t decide what to do”
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Pakistan left-arm seamer Mohammad Amir has expressed disappointment at opening batsman Saim Ayub’s slump in form, saying that he used to hit “no-look shots” and “nobody knew his weakness” when he first came into the Pakistan Super League (PSL).
Mohammad Amir: “I want to invest properly in domestic cricket – better match fees, better prize money. A player earning PKR 5,000 a day can’t even cover a meal in the hotel they stay in. How can he play freely?”
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Pakistan left-arm seamer Mohammad Amir has revealed that one of his priorities, should he become chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), would be to reform domestic cricket.
Mohammad Amir: “When Mickey Arthur and Sarfaraz Ahmed were removed from their positions, I predicted that it would be the beginning of a dark era for Pakistan cricket”
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Left-arm fast bowler Mohammad Amir believes the decline of Pakistan cricket began with the removal of Sarfaraz Ahmed as captain and Mickey Arthur as head coach.
Mohammad Amir: “Khawaja Nafay should replace Babar Azam or Usman Khan in [Pakistan’s] T20 line-up”
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Pakistan pacer Mohammad Amir believes batsman Khawaja Nafay can replace Babar Azam or Usman Khan in the T20I team.
Mohammad Amir: “Take out all of Shaheen’s ICC events except the 2021 T20 World Cup, where he had an impact – besides that, show me a single ICC event where Shaheen performed impactfully”
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Mohammad Amir has taken aim at fellow Pakistan left-arm fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi, saying he hasn’t performed in any other ICC event other than the 2021 T20 World Cup.
Mohammad Amir: “Look at Agha – he was a middle-order batter and has now moved to number three, while an opener has been pushed down to number four”
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Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Amir has questioned T20I captain Salman Ali Agha’s decision to promote himself to number three while pushing an opener down to number four.
