Mohammad Hafeez: “Whenever the government changes in Pakistan, they bring their chairman. The earlier management gave me a contract of 4 years. No one saw how good the team was in Australia, they just wanted to sack me”
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Former Pakistan all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez revealed that when the new management of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) took over, they “just wanted to sack me”.
Inzamam-ul-Haq: “What does this mean? That the PCB had already decided in advance what they wanted to do?”
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Former Pakistan chief selector Inzamam-ul-Haq has questioned if the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) had already “decided in advance” to sack Babar Azam as captain and Mickey Arthur as team director.
Aamer Sohail: “I do not agree that change in captaincy will bring any significant progress. Is there a guarantee that a new skipper will result in improved showing by the team?”
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Former Pakistan batsman Aamer Sohail said sacking Babar Azam as captain will not necessarily result in the national team performing better.
Ramiz Raja: “They received their full payments for two years. They were given full respect. As a chairman, it was my right to dismiss them”
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Former Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ramiz Raja said it was his right to get rid of Misbah-ul-Haq and Waqar Younis as head coach and bowling coach respectively.
Mohammad Asif: “Sacking of both coaches have definitely made the dressing room happier”
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Pakistan seamer Mohammad Asif said the Pakistan team is a much happier place after head coach Misbah-ul-Haq and bowling coach Waqar Younis resigned.
Pakistan pace bowler Mohammad Amir: “I’m not saying that PCB should remove them from their respective roles but I can’t play for the national side with the current mindset of the coaching staff”
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Pakistan left-arm seamer Mohammad Amir has said he can’t represent his country again “with the current mindset of the coaching staff”.
Ehsan Mani: “It (sacking Sarfaraz) was purely my decision”
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Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ehsan Mani has said that it was purely his decision to sack Sarfaraz Ahmed as captain and it had nothing to do with Prime Minister Imran Khan.
Misbah-ul-Haq: “I do not have the power to select or remove a captain. It is a prerogative of the chairman PCB and he made the final call”
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Pakistan head coach and chief selector Misbah-ul-Haq has seemingly blamed Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ehsan Mani for the decision to sack Sarfaraz Ahmed as captain.
The PCB official said that the board doesn’t plan to remove Azhar Ali as Test captain
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A Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) official has made it clear that the board has no intentions of sacking Azhar Ali as Test captain.
Inzamam-ul-Haq: “He should have been given more time as captain by the board but it acted in haste and didn’t give him confidence or patience”
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Former Pakistan captain and chief selector Inzamam-ul-Haq believes the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) acted too hastily in sacking Sarfaraz Ahmed as captain.
