Sarfaraz Ahmed: “The team also has power-hitters and rising stars – Saud Shakeel is in great form, Salman Ali Agha is playing well, Haris Rauf is there, Shaheen Shah Afridi is leading the pace attack, and Naseem Shah bring additional strength”
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Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Sarfaraz Ahmed has named T20I captain Salman Ali Agha, Saud Shakeel, Haris Rauf, Shaheen Shah Afridi and Naseem Shah as “power-hitters and rising stars”.
Wahab Riaz: “I am working with the fast bowlers on their line and length – and I will not stop until their bowling is spot on”
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Former Pakistan left-arm seamer Wahab Riaz is working with the current fast bowlers to make sure their “bowling is spot on”.
Former Pakistan batsman Mudassar Nazar: “Unfortunately, our pacers are not generating as much reverse swing as they should. I feel they lack confidence, and the fact that they don’t play enough first-class cricket is a major reason behind it”
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Former Pakistan batsman Mudassar Nazar has criticised the pace attack for not “not generating as much reverse swing as they should”.
Pakistan white-ball vice-captain Salman Ali Agha: “Our pace attack is outstanding and our pacers have the ability to bowl at 140”
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Pakistan middle order batsman Salman Ali Agha has called the pace attack “outstanding”, saying they can bowl at speeds of 140 kph.
Iqbal Qasim: “We don’t have bowlers of the calibre of Sarfaraz Nawaz, Imran Khan, Wasim Akram, Waqar or Shoaib now. So, we should be banking on our spinners to win us Tests at home”
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Former Pakistan left-arm spinner Iqbal Qasim has conceded that the men in green don’t have any fast bowlers that are at the level of Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis, Shoaib Akhtar, Imran Khan and Sarfaraz Nawaz.
Ramiz Raja: “Since Pakistan did not have an out-and-out fast bowler on that track, even Bangladesh, with that line-up stood tall against our pacers with speeds around 125 to 135 kph”
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Former captain Ramiz Raja expressed his disappointment at the bowling speed of Pakistan’s pace bowlers, saying it hovered between 125 and 135 kph.
Matthew Hayden: “Their fast bowling stocks are amazing with Shaheen Shah Afridi and Naseem Shah, who wasn’t available for selection in the last World Cup. That’s a big comeback. With Mohammad Amir and Haris Rauf, they form a pretty strong pace attack”
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Legendary Australia opening batsman Matthew Hayden has lauded Pakistan’s pace attack, saying the country’s “fast bowling stocks are amazing”.
Mohammad Amir: “With Shaheen and Naseem, I think we can form one of the best fast bowling combinations. Pakistan is lucky to have such a pace attack going into the World Cup”
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Pakistan left-arm seamer Mohammad Amir believes he, Shaheen Shah Afridi and Naseem Shah can become “one of the best fast bowling combinations” in the world.
Waqar Younis: “I’m seeing medium-pacers or slow-medium pacers, all-rounders, there’s no real pace. People used to come and watch Pakistan pace bowlers really running in hard and bowling 150 clicks [kph], and that’s what I’m not seeing there”
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Legendary Pakistan fast bowler Waqar Younis has admitted that he is extremely concerned about how slow the current pace attack is bowling.
Wahab Riaz: “Naseem has bowled well in quite a lot of matches”
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Newly-appointed Pakistan chief selector Wahab Riaz admitted that fast bowler Naseem Shah had been bowling well prior to suffering his shoulder injury in the Asia Cup.