Misbah-ul-Haq: “In crucial matches, while defending a target, Babar doesn’t have the shrewdness and street smartness you need”
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Former Pakistan head coach and chief selector Misbah-ul-Haq remains unconvinced about Babar Azam as captain, saying he “doesn’t have the shrewdness and street smartness you need”.
Mohammad Hafeez: “Babar Azam is [the] number one batter. He handles every situation superbly. Pakistan has a weak middle order hence Babar batting at number three is the solution for Pakistan”
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Former Pakistan team director Mohammad Hafeez believes white-ball captain Babar Azam must bat at number three since the team “has a weak middle order”.
Mohammad Hafeez: “I felt Saim Ayub as an opener was a solution for us. Why current team management has retained Saim as an opener if I was wrong?”
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Former Pakistan team director Mohammad Hafeez said he was right about Saim Ayub being an ideal opener for the national team.
Mohammad Haris on speaking to Virat Kohli: “I talked to Virat bhai and asked him about how to build [an] innings. I lack temperament and asked being that being a batter what could I do”
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Pakistan big-hitting batsman Mohammad Haris admitted that he lacks temperament and spoke to India run machine Virat Kohli to find a solution.
Mohammad Abbas: “I think our fast bowlers should play domestic cricket to improve their fitness. They play Test matches directly after featuring in T20 cricket which leads to fitness issues”
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Mohammad Abbas admitted he is genuinely concerned about the poor fitness of Pakistan’s current fast bowlers and feels they need to do something to solve the problem.
Misbah-ul-Haq: “We are just concerned about our middle-order in white-ball cricket. We have to do something in that regard”
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Pakistan head coach Misbah-ul-Haq has admitted that the team’s middle order woes in limited overs cricket is a big concern.
“It’s the greatest crisis of cricket at the moment”
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Legendary New Zealand pace bowler Sir Richard Hadlee has announced that drastic action must be taken against individuals who are indicted in spot-fixing and corruption scandals.
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“You’re getting a kind of two-tiered system at the moment”
Former England captain Mike Atherton has called on the sport’s powerhouses to lend a helping hand to the smaller and weaker nations.
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“We have to go in with the attitude that we are not going to lose this series”
South Africa vice-captain AB de Villiers has admitted that the Proteas “dipped big time” in their first Test against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi.
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“There is no easy solution”
Legendary India batsman Rahul Dravid and former England captain Nasser Hussain have both called for the Champions Trophy to be restored and a restriction on the number of bi-lateral ODI series played.
