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”
Image taken by: Bimal Mirwani
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.
Sohaib Maqsood: “Faisal Akram, with a little more pace [in] his bowling speed, can be one of the best white-ball wrist-spinners in future in the world, but he still needs to add some pace to his bowling, a bit slow at the moment”
Image taken by: Bimal Mirwani
Pakistan big-hitting batsman Sohaib Maqsood believes up-and-coming talent Faisal Akram can become “one of the best white-ball wrist-spinners” in the world.
Ramiz Raja: “Already, Babar’s reflexes would have been slow due to the time spent in quarantine as it is not easy to time the ball straightaway. To middle the ball would have been difficult, even for a player like Babar Azam”
Image courtesy of: Ary Sports
Former Pakistan cricketer Ramiz Raja said captain Babar Azam’s reflexes were slow due to the time spent in quarantine and could have partially been the reason why he sustained a fractured right thumb.
Ramiz Raja: “If you make 92 and your team still loses than that means your pace was slow”
Image courtesy of: Ary Sports
Former Pakistan captain Ramiz Raja has blasted opening batsman Imam-ul-Haq, saying his slow batting cost Balochistan dearly in their National T20 Cup match against Sindh.
Shoaib Akhtar: “I have always raised concerns over Imam’s strike-rate. Scored 53 off 75 balls, put the whole team under pressure”
Image courtesy of: Zimbio
Legendary Pakistan left-arm seamer Shoaib Akhtar seems to have blamed opener Imam-ul-Haq for the national team’s World Cup loss to Australia.
Misbah-ul-Haq: “Your premium first bowler comes on to bowl the first over and his average speed is 81mph, no swing, no zip”
Image courtesy of: ESPNcricinfo
Former Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq was less than impressed with left-arm seamer Mohammad Amir’s performance against the West Indies, even though he took three wickets.
Gunathilaka has represented Sri Lanka in 19 ODIs thus far
Image courtesy of: Zimbio
Sri Lanka have called up opener Danushka Gunthilaka after batsman Chamara Kapugedara was ruled out for the rest of the Champions Trophy with a knee injury.
“I won’t be bowling, but I’m fully fit to play as a batsman”
Image courtesy of: Zimbio
Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews has confirmed that he will be feature in his side’s Champions Trophy match against India on Thursday, but won’t bowl.
“They should express their talent and play a really positive brand of cricket”
Image courtesy of: Zimbio
Kumar Sangakkara has admitted that Sri Lanka have to play with “arrogance” if they want to have a chance of beating India in their Champions Trophy match on Thursday.
De Villiers was fined 20 per cent of his match fee
Image courtesy of: Zimbio
South Africa captain AB de Villiers was docked 20 per cent of his match fee for maintaining a slow over-rate during the first ODI against England at Headingley on Wednesday.
