Basit Ali on Abdullah Shafique: “Explain to Abdullah that balls at shoulder height are for the pull shot, and balls above the head are for the hook shot – but he even tries to pull those above the head. These are the things you need to teach – which ball to pull and which to hook”
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Former Pakistan cricketer Basit Ali believes top order batsman Abdullah Shafique needs to be told which balls to pull and which ones to hook.
Basit Ali: “Saim Ayub – batting coach, look at his backlift and work on it”
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Former Pakistan cricketer Basit Ali is aware that opening batsman Saim Ayub has a backlift problem and urged batting coach Hanif Malik to work on it with him.
Wasim Akram: “Younis Khan can be a good option as a batting coach for red-ball cricket. A new coach can help change the mindset of younger players”
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Pakistan fast bowling legend Wasim Akram believes iconic batsman Younis Khan would be a “good option as a batting coach for red-ball cricket”.
Shahid Afridi: “Mohammad Yousuf was teaching a player that an off-stump ball should be played on the off-side, and a middle-stump ball should be played straight. It seemed as though it was an under-14 team, not the Pakistan team”
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Former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi has lashed out at the national team, saying it looks as if batting coach Mohammad Yousuf is teaching an Under-14 side.
Mohammad Yousuf: “Those who will not follow instructions will not remain in the team”
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Pakistan batting coach Mohammad Yousuf has made it abundantly clear that players who “will not follow instructions will not remain in the team”.
Mohammad Yousuf: “Someone has to talk to Babar Azam, it’s sad [a] great talent like him is getting wasted”
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Pakistan batting coach Mohammad Yousuf said he hates to see a “great talent” like Babar Azam “getting wasted”.
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.
Younis Khan: “I am ready to serve Pakistan and help strengthen the team’s batting”
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Pakistan great Younis Khan said he is ready to “help strengthen the team’s batting” if he is given the opportunity to do so.
Atiq-uz-Zaman: “I’m really disappointed because Yousuf Bhai is a bigger name than Shaheen Afridi. So, he got to understand that there is something called respect”
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Former Pakistan cricketer Atiq-uz-Zaman said fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi’s alleged disrespect towards Mohammad Yousuf shouldn’t have happened, saying the batting coach is a “bigger name” than the 24-year-old.
Salman Butt: “No one complained about the behaviour of Shaheen Afridi, I was there in the meeting with PCB chairman Mohsin Naqvi”
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Former Pakistan captain Salman Butt has insisted that no one complained about the behaviour of left-arm seamer Shaheen Shah Afridi during a meeting held with Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Mohsin Naqvi.
