Basit Ali: “Red-ball head coach, Misbah-ul-Haq. Congratulations”
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Former batsman Basit Ali has predicted that ex-captain Misbah-ul-Haq will become Pakistan’s red-ball head coach.
Atiq-uz-Zaman: “Since he was sacked, he is… exposing insiders to the public. Lack of education”
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Former Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Atiq-uz-Zaman said ex-team director and interim head coach Mohammad Hafeez has a “lack of education” after he exposed “insiders to the public”.
Mohammad Hafeez: “PCB Selection Committee has done a deal with three players and picked them for T20 World Cup”
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Former Pakistan team director and interim head coach Mohammad Hafeez claimed that the national selectors made a deal with three players to pick them for the 2024 T20 World Cup.
Mohammad Hafeez: “This is not the right thing to even think to change [the] T20 captain of Pakistan”
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Former Pakistan team director and interim head coach Mohammad Hafeez had urged the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) not to even think of removing Shaheen Shah Afridi as T20I captain.
Mohammad Hafeez: “Who was the best bowler? For me, it would be Naseem Shah and then Shaheen Shah Afridi. Amir was away from Pakistan cricket for four years. Don’t try to compare international T20 leagues to international cricket”
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Former Pakistan team director and interim head coach Mohammad Hafeez doesn’t think left-arm seamer Mohammad Amir is the country’s best bowler.
Mohammad Hafeez: “I think Saim needs to see that focusing only on one shot isn’t allowing him to play other good options well. He needs to pay attention to his range of shots”
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Former Pakistan team director and interim head coach Mohammad Hafeez has advised batting powerhouse Saim Ayub to “pay attention to his range of shots.”
Mohammad Hafeez: “I accepted the new role as a Director PCB with great passion to make positive reforms but unfortunately my designated tenure which was offered by the Pakistan Cricket Board for 4 years was cut short for 2 months on the account of new chairmanship”
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Former all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez has revealed that he had a four-year deal in place as Pakistan team director, but he ended up leaving the role after just two months.
Mohammad Hafeez: “We’ve given clarity to him (Azam Khan) that he is not going anywhere”
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Former Pakistan team director and interim head coach Mohammad Hafeez revealed that he and the team management vowed to stick with big-hitting wicketkeeper-batsman Azam Khan, and even conveyed that message to him.
Mohammad Hafeez: “I had planned for Shadab Khan to play as a batter who can bowl in T20 for Pakistan. He should bat in [the] top order in T20”
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Former Pakistan team director and interim head coach Mohammad Hafeez wants spin-bowling all-rounder Shadab Khan to bat in the top order in T20Is.
Mohammad Hafeez: “What wrong did he (Shaheen) do and what right did he (Babar) do to come back again? I think decisions like these are taken as a popular decision, it is harmful, not beneficial”
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Former Pakistan team director and interim head coach Mohammad Hafeez has taken aim at Babar Azam, saying the decision to appoint him as limited overs captain was a harmful one.