Pakistan batsman Saud Shakeel: “I can play aggressive cricket as well and I like to play according to the situation of the match”
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Pakistan middle order batsman Saud Shakeel has made it clear that he is more than capable of playing “aggressive cricket”.
Tanvir Ahmed: “Where are the selectors, where is Sajid Khan, what kind of drama is this, why is he not in the Test team, if there is any fitness issue then tell me”
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Former Pakistan speedster Tanvir Ahmed has expressed his anger over the decision to drop spinner Sajid Khan for the ongoing two-Test series against South Africa.
Basit Ali: “How many domestic matches did Babar Azam play after being dropped from the Test team, on [what] basis did he return to the squad?”
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Former Pakistan cricketer Basit Ali has blasted the decision to select Babar Azam for the upcoming two-Test series against South Africa.
Mike Haysman: “No Shaheen Shah Afridi… in the conditions expected for the 2 Tests [it] sure is an interesting omission! My initial reaction is that [the] SA batsmen will be pleasantly surprised”
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Renowned cricket commentator Mike Haysmen said the South African batsmen “will be pleasantly surprised” by Pakistan’s decision to exclude left-arm seamer Shaheen Shah Afridi for the upcoming two-Test series.
Mohammad Hasnain: “My focus is on red-ball cricket and playing Tests for Pakistan. After this tournament, we’ve a whole four-day season ahead of us and I would like to play all the matches to be able to raise my hand for the Test squad”
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Pakistan seamer Mohammad Hasnain, who recently made his international comeback, has confirmed that he wants focus on Test cricket.
Pakistan opener Imam-ul-Haq: “No, there are better ones”
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Pakistan cricketer Imam-ul-Haq has admitted that he isn’t the best Test opener in the country, saying “there are better ones”.
Abdullah Shafique: “Saim [Ayub] scored two 50s in the last two Tests, if we’d dropped him after the first Test, I’ve had that happen to me; it’s not nice”
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Abdullah Shafique has admitted that it would not be nice to drop fellow opening batsman Saim Ayub after he has shown signs of improvement.
Saeed Ajmal: “If we look at our spin bowling stocks then there are not many options. Noman Ali was selected again because there is no young spinner in Pakistan who is ready to play Tests”
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Saeed Ajmal believes Noman Ali was only recalled to the Test team because “there is no young spinner in Pakistan”.
Pakistan pace bowler Khurram Shahzad: “I am aiming to play a lot of Test cricket for Pakistan and try to become one of Pakistan’s main bowlers in red-ball cricket”
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Pakistan speedster Khurram Shahzad is determined to become “one of Pakistan’s main bowlers” in Test cricket.
Shan Masood: “We have an abundance of talented openers. Unfortunately, Imam-ul-Haq is not part of this series, but he remains a vital member of our Test squad”
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Pakistan Test captain Shan Masood still considers opening batsman Imam-ul-Haq a “vital member of our Test squad”, even though he was dropped for the two-match series against Bangladesh.
