Abdur Rauf: “Waqar Younis, Misbah, Aaqib and thousands of cowards like them are ruining Pakistan cricket for personal gain. Sometimes they hide behind bogus wickets and sometimes they make the worst selection for their own purpose”
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Former speedster Abdur Rauf has called out current head coach Aaqib Javed, saying he is one of the “cowards” who are “ruining Pakistan cricket”.
Atiq-uz-Zaman: “Dropped because of personal disliking of that time head coach and bowling coach. I had heard it from my ears”
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Former Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Atiq-uz-Zaman has claimed fast bowler Mohammad Abbas was dropped from the Test squad in 2021 due to “personal disliking”.
Shaun Tait: “Pakistan has a seriously good pace bowling attack. Once you get Shaheen Shah Afridi, Naseem Shah and Haris Rauf together, they are tough to beat”
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Former Australia speedster Shaun Tait said Pakistan have a “seriously good pace bowling attack” and picked Shaheen Shah Afridi, Naseem Shah and Haris Rauf as his go-to seamers.
Vernon Philander on the Pakistan players: “It’s just to have the composer to really calm those big ego players and make sure that they go out there and clarity of thought comes to mind”
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Former South Africa fast bowler Vernon Philander has admitted some of the Pakistan players have big egos that need to be calmed down.
Shaun Tait: “I think he is a fantastic player. He is mature beyond his years as well”
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Shaun Tait, the former Australia pace bowler, believes that Pakistan seamer Naseem Shah is a “fantastic player” who is “mature beyond his years.”
Morne Morkel: “The intensity that Shaheen Afridi trains with is always there at 100% and you know as a coach or mentor that is what you expect”
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Former Pakistan bowling coach Morne Morkel said T20I captain Shaheen Shah Afridi always trains at 100 percent and never gives anything less.
Waqar Younis: “He used to bowl 145-150kph and used to swing that ball. What I’m seeing now, yes there’s a little bit of swing but his pace is way down… and that is not going to get him wickets”
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Former Pakistan bowling coach Waqar Younis believes left-arm seamer Shaheen Shah Afridi’s wickets will dry up if he doesn’t rectify his falling bowling speed.
Wasim Akram: “Unhone to laddoo khilaaya hai hum sab ko (we are just being fooled)”
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Legendary left-arm seamer Wasim Akram despises Pakistan’s love affair with foreign coaches, saying everyone is just being fooled.
Morne Morkel: “He’s a guy who always gives 100%. I can’t fault him for anything”
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Former Pakistan bowling coach Morne Morkel has refused to question fast bowler Haris Rauf’s effort and commitment, saying he “can’t fault him for anything” as he always “gives 100%.”
Morne Morkel: “It’s [a] slightly new role for Hasan Ali and Haris Rauf bowling with the new ball in powerplays. These guys used to bowl sort of outside the powerplay. But I think, with the opportunity we’ve given them, they are standing up to the occasion”
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Former Pakistan bowling coach Morne Morkel said the pace duo of Hasan Ali and Haris Rauf were given a “slightly new role” of “bowling with the new ball in powerplays” during the 2023 ICC Cricket World Cup.
