Shaheen Shah Afridi: “For me, Pakistan comes first. Then the team, and then me”
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Pakistan pace spearhead Shaheen Shah Afridi said he priorities the country first and then the national team before thinking about himself.
Mohammad Wasim: “From 40 to 50 and 90 to 100, our players prefer personal milestones over team. They take singles and doubles to reach personal milestones which cost [the] team”
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Former chief selector Mohammad Wasim has accused the Pakistan players of prioritising personal milestones over team wins.
Mohammad Yousuf: “I’m sure he will improve but what he needs to do to work on is to analyse the match situation and what his team needs ahead of his own desire to hit big sixes”
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Legendary Pakistan batsman Mohammad Yousuf said wicketkeeper-batsman Azam Khan has to stop prioritising his desire to hit big sixes.
Rashid Latif: “If Pakistan had left out their five main players, would South Africa have still played with us? Then why are we playing with them?”
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Former Pakistan captain Rashid Latif has questioned why the national team are even playing a T20 series against South Africa since most of their key players will be absent as they will be participating in the Indian Premier League (IPL).
Ramiz Raja: “I just hope that he has the understanding to think of Test cricket as his number one format and the rest of the formats come on second and third”
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Ex-Pakistan captain Ramiz Raja has urged young pace bowler Shahnawaz Dhani to prioritise Test cricket.
Shahnawaz Dhani: “I am getting positive energy from your words and will definitely prioritise Test cricket as my first choice”
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Pakistan rising star Shahnawaz Dhani has confirmed that he will prioritise Test cricket should he get the chance to play international cricket.
Usman Salahuddin: “four-day cricket is the highest level of domestic cricket which tests your fitness, technique and I would urge our younger players to pay more attention to this format than the shorter formats”
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Pakistan batsman Usman Salahuddin has admitted that he has spotted a worrying trend among the young players in the country, whereby they are more interested in playing T20 cricket rather than four-day cricket.
Ramiz Raja: “One should think about Pakistan instead of being selfish because nobody will back you”
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Former Pakistan captain Ramiz Raja has slammed power-hitter Mohammad Hafeez for being so selfish.
Danish Kaneria: “The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) supported Mohammad Amir but when we needed him in Test cricket, he retired and started focusing on league cricket”
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Former spinner Danish Kaneria has accused left-arm seamer Mohammad Amir of prioritising “league cricket” over playing for Pakistan.
“It doesn’t seem playing for our country is paramount where these players are concerned”
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West Indies chief selector Clive Lloyd believes that the country’s cricket structure has been “messed up” by Twenty20 cricket.
