Hasan Mahmud: “Pakistan is very safe, and you can come here anytime. The weather is lovely, and security here is top-class too”
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Bangladesh fast bowler Hasan Mahmud has praised the country of Pakistan, saying it is “very safe” and “very beautiful”.
Ian Bishop: “Top class, typical of Zaman Khan. In the greatest tradition of Pakistani yorker bowlers”
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Former West Indies pace bowler Ian Bishop has praised “top-class” Pakistan seamer Zaman Khan, saying it is typical of him to bowl unplayable yorkers.
Azeem Ghumman: “Well played Mohammad Rizwan and Mohammad Hafeez bhai”
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Balochistan batsman Azeem Ghumman said Pakistan all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez and wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Rizwan have been playing top-class cricket as of late.
Abid Ali: “Jimmy Anderson is a top class bowler – he is world-class – I considered facing him a challenge and I did what I could for my team”
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Pakistan opener Abid Ali said that England seamer James Anderson is a “world-class” bowler and admitted that facing him is a “challenge”.
Ahmed Shehzad: “Virat Kohli is a proven player and he cannot be compared with any other player; be it me or anyone else”
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Pakistan batsman Ahmed Shehzad has suggested that India captain Virat Kohli is in a league of his own as “he cannot be compared with any other player”.
Mohammad Yousuf: “Babar is a class apart from the others right now. That is why he is in the ICC’s top five rankings in all three formats. Personally I have not seen a finer batsman in Pakistan than Babar since I last played for the national team”
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Former Pakistan batsman Mohammad Yousuf believe that T20 captain Babar Azam “is a class apart from the others right now”.
“Cricket is one of our favourite sports. You get 20,000-30,000 people watching our local league matches”
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Germany has given Afghanistan € 700,000 to build a new cricket stadium in the eastern province of Khost.
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“He is going to have to deal with that tag of being India’s great batsman and that is not an easy thing to deal with”
Former England captain Andrew Strauss has announced that be believes India vice-captain Virat Kohli is under immense pressure to become the next Sachin Tendulkar.
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“When he’s got that quirky smirk on his face, he means business”
Former Australia pace bowler Brett Lee has announced that left-arm seamer Mitchell Johnson is a “silent assassin” and has the potential to inflict some serious damage on England’s mission of winning their fourth Ashes series in a row, a feat which they have not accomplished since the 1890s.
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“Facing a quality England attack on bouncy Australian pitches is a far cry from what Bailey has been relishing in India”
Former Australia captain Ian Chappell believes picking batsman George Bailey for the upcoming Ashes series would be a really bad move on the part of the national selectors.