Mansoor Amjad: “Azan Awais is very close to playing for Pakistan”
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Sialkot head coach Mansoor Amjad is confident that opening batsman Azan Awais is “very close to playing for Pakistan”.
Kamran Akmal: “I have to say this, if you are preparing a second wicketkeeper then you should go with a specialist and it can be Rohail Nazir”
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Former cricketer Kamran Akmal believes Rohail Nazir should be Pakistan’s back-up wicketkeeper-batsman.
Shan Masood: “Aamer Jamal could have brought a clear difference in the team”
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Pakistan Test captain Shan Masood has admitted that he is missing the services of fast bowler Aamer Jamal as he would have “brought a clear difference in the team”.
Imam-ul-Haq: “I felt there was a missing element in my batting – whether in one-day cricket, four-day cricket, or any format. So I’ve worked on how to play match-winning innings for Pakistan”
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Pakistan opening batsman Imam-ul-Haq has worked on playing match-winning knocks as he considered if a missing piece of his game.
Mike Hesson: “I wouldn’t say his career is over, but he needs to improve his decision-making with the bat. Even in domestic cricket, his batting average is around 17, the same as in international cricket”
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Pakistan white-ball head coach Mike Hesson has made it clear that batsman Mohammad Haris’ international career isn’t over after he was dropped from the national team.
Rashid Latif: “Haris was encouraged to play modern-day cricket and was picked ahead of Rizwan, Usman, and Haseeb. But once in the team, his batting position was dropped too low, and he was reduced to just a slogger”
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Former Pakistan captain Rashid Latif believes wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Haris was “reduced to just a slogger” as he was batting too low down the order.
Vernon Philander: “He’s one of those bowlers you know will attack your toes and not give you many loose balls. You need to be cautious against him”
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Former South Africa pace bowler Vernon Philander has admitted that batsmen have to “be cautious” when facing Pakistan spinner Noman Ali as he does not “give you many loose balls” when bowling.
Rashid Latif: “He has been performing well for quite some time, yet he has never been given a proper chance in the national team”
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Former Pakistan captain Rashid Latif wants to know why wicketkeeper-batsman Bismillah Khan keeps being ignored by the national selectors despite putting up solid numbers in domestic cricket.
Mike Hesson: “He is a young player and needs to improve his batting in domestic cricket”
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Pakistan white-ball head coach Mike Hesson has admitted big-hitting batsman Mohammad Haris needs to keep playing domestic cricket to further refine his batting skills.
Pakistan opener Imam-ul-Haq: “I have been working a lot on my shot development because you can’t afford to get slow or bogged down in the middle of an innings and this has happened with us and cost us matches”
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Pakistan opener Imam-ul-Haq has worked on increasing his scoring options as he doesn’t want to get “bogged down” when he finds himself at the crease.
