Misbah-ul-Haq: “Our batters can’t play quality spin bowling, they lack the skills to do it. They have no release shot, can’t read the hand, no sweeps and can’t even rotate strike”
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Former Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq has conceded that the current batsmen are unable to “play quality spin bowling” as “they lack the skills to do it.”
Shoaib Malik: “When facing quality spinners, our players freeze and no strike rotation, no boundary options. And these are Pakistan’s representatives? It’s time to open our eyes”
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Veteran all-rounder Shoaib Malik has bemoaned the fact that Pakistan’s batsmen “freeze” when facing “quality spinners.”
Pakistan speedster Shoaib Akhtar: “If the ball moves even a little bit our batters are in trouble. They need to realise that you can’t carry the Rawalpindi pitch everywhere with you”
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Fast bowling great Shoaib Akhtar said if the ball moves a little bit, the Pakistan batsmen “are in trouble”.
Mohammad Yousuf: “It is not acceptable to just swing the bat blindly”
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Pakistan batting coach Mohammad Yousuf has slammed the batsmen in the national team for swinging the bat blindly instead of playing proper cricket shots.
Basit Ali: “I will give you an inside story. Jason Gillespie has handed a shut-up call to Pakistan batters. He wants the pitch to remain the same that has been prepared by the groundsman”
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Former Pakistan cricketer Basit Ali has claimed that red-ball head coach Jason Gillespie basically told the batsmen to shut up after they wanted all the grass to be cut off the pitch during their Test series against England.
Bazid Khan: “In Pakistan, Shahid Afridi became a big name and most of our batters started to follow him which somehow was damaging for us”
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Former Pakistan cricketer Bazid Khan has urged the current crop of batsmen to stop following iconic power-hitter Shahid Afridi as it has been “damaging for us.”
Wasim Akram addressing Mohammad Yousuf: “360 is a bit too much to ask for, just play 180 degrees. This is the practice you do, and if you do [it], then why don’t you apply in the match”
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Pakistan swing king Wasim Akram told batting coach Mohammad Yousuf to focus on getting the batsmen to play 180-degree shots first before talking about 360 degrees.
Salman Butt: “All their lives they have played tape ball cricket. How can they not read Hasaranga’s variations from the finger?”
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Former Pakistan captain Salman Butt has questioned how it is possible that the batsmen in the team are struggling to read different types of variations.
Inzamam-ul-Haq: “Pakistan batsmen were scared of playing their shots. If you look at most of their dismissals, their bat was behind their leg”
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Former captain and chief selector Inzamam-ul-Haq has lashed out at the Pakistan batsmen for being “scared of playing their shots” in the ongoing second Test against England.
Former Pakistan spinner Iqbal Qasim: “They are getting acclimatized to the conditions and will know the behaviour of [the] pitches. Now they should have no excuse to fail in England”
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Former left-arm spinner Iqbal Qasim believes that the Pakistan batsmen have no excuse not to do well in the upcoming series against England.
