Aaqib Javed: “Shaheen’s approach is positive and he plays fearless cricket. I think he should lead the T20 side as the captain. And Babar should continue in Tests and ODIs”
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Aaqib Javed, the Lahore Qalandars head coach, believes Pakistan should adopt a split captaincy model involving Babar Azam and Shaheen Shah Afridi.
Shahid Afridi: “I am not in favour of having three different captains for the different game formats, and instead suggest naming one captain for ODI and Test cricket and a separate captain for T20s”
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Iconic six-hitter Shahid Afridi believes Pakistan needs to split the captaincy, but doesn’t want a separate skipper for each format.
Intikhab Alam on Azhar Ali: “I am not in favour of Azhar as skipper”
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Former Pakistan all-rounder Intikhab Alam has admitted that he never liked Azhar Ali as captain.
Woodhill revealed that Taylor has continued to be treated badly since New Zealand’s tour of the West Indies last year
Former New Zealand assistant coach Trent Woodhill has announced that he used to be “really frustrated with the way Ross Taylor was being treated” during his time with the national team.
Taylor has responded well since making his comeback
Former New Zealand all-rounder Sir Richard Hadlee has become the latest cricketer to voice his remarks about the recent captaincy dispute involving Ross Taylor, head coach Mike Hesson and New Zealand Cricket (NZC), saying that he believes Taylor’s return to the national side after taking a prolonged break would have been one of the hardest things he has had to have faced in his international career.
Jayasuriya has promised to be fair and unbiased when selecting the national team
Former Sri Lanka captain Sanath Jayasuriya, who was recently appointed as the country’s new chief selector, has announced that fair selection will top his list of priorities.
Buchanan is committed to smoothing out his relationship with White
New Zealand have been the centre of attention in the cricketing world for the past number of weeks, most notably for New Zealand Cricket’s (NZC) dispute with former skipper Ross Taylor over the decision to implement a split captaincy, and while things looked as if it could not get any worse, fresh confrontations have occurred within the board as director of cricket John Buchanan admitted that his relationship with chief executive David White has reached an all-time low.
De Villiers does not consider any team to be the favourite in this series
South Africa wicketkeeper batsman AB de Villiers has warned his team-mates that even though they are 1-0 up in the two-Test series, they should not take New Zealand lightly, especially after they were able to fight back and end their recent Test series against Sri Lanka as a 1-1 draw.
Moller has apologised to Taylor and vows to investigate the “additional material” brought to light
New Zealand Cricket (NZC) have issued an apology to former captain Ross Taylor for the manner in which they handled the whole captaincy dispute, but added that the issue needs to be brought to an end.
Dhoni’s form with the bat and gloves has taken a drastic slide due to his captaincy woes
Former India batsman Sourav Ganguly had thrown his support behind the idea of the national team adopting a split captaincy policy in order to take some pressure off Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s shoulders.
