Javed Miandad: “It is useless blaming the system, selectors, and all that. The question is, are these selected players short on anything? Does the PCB not take care of them? Are they not paid enough?”
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Legendary Pakistan batsman Javed Miandad has expressed his frustration with the players in the national team, questioning if they are being paid enough.
Former Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Moin Khan: “There was no visible planning in the cricket team. There is a system under which players come and go. When the system gets flawed, problems arise”
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Former Pakistan captain Moin Khan has attributed the national team’s poor performances to the fact that there is no proper planning.
Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Amir: “For me, this debate is closed. After three years out, I don’t think it would be a sensible decision for me to come back. For now, at least. I don’t know what will happen in the next few years”
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Pakistan pace bowler Mohammad Amir believes it would be unwise for him to come out of retirement and play international cricket again as he is fully aware of the ever-changing system in the country.
Haroon Rasheed: “If a player like Asad Shafiq plays 70 Test matches and is still not able to secure his place in the national side then it is clear that something is wrong with our system”
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Former Pakistan batsman Haroon Rasheed believes there is something wrong with the country’s cricket system since a decorated batsman like Asad Shafiq can’t get back into the national team.
Aamer Sohail: “Your system is totally exposed when a utility player, I don’t want to use the word bits and pieces player, Shadab Khan bats at number five. It exposes your entire system”
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Former Pakistan captain Aamer Sohail has called limited overs vice-captain Shadab Khan a “bits and pieces player”, even though he said that he didn’t want to label him as that.
“With all his experience, there is a lot the batsmen can learn from him”
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Hashan Tillakaratne has been named Sri Lanka’s temporary batting coach and will be with the national team at least until the end of the upcoming Test series against India.
“The claims that CA has managed to lose money on the biggest success story in world cricket must be independently investigated”
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Former Australia opener Simon Katich has lambasted Cricket Australia after they announced a loss of A$33 million over the first five years of the Big Bash League (BBL).
“If they agree to play us then that is great, otherwise we will be taking action against them”
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Najam Sethi has said that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will have to pay the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) $70 million if they fail to honour the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that was signed in 2014.
South Africa implemented the racial quota system in September 2016
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South Africa are trying to revolutionise cricket in their country through a racial quota system, but while the idea has been embraced by some, there are also hard questions that must be asked.
“I have to look at BCB’s interest”
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The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) have voiced their objection towards two of the proposals that will be implemented should the new International Cricket Council (ICC) constitution be passed.
