Pakistan batsman Abdullah Shafique: “There is a lot of competition in the top order but whenever I am given an opportunity, I will try to do my best”
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Batsman Abdullah Shafique has expressed his desire to secure a spot in Pakistan’s top order after he was picked for the Zimbabwe series.
Pakistan batsman Rohail Nazir: “I was waiting for an opportunity to bat high in the order; I had the belief that I will make full use of the opportunity whenever it comes”
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Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Rohail Nazir has said that he belongs in the top order after his impressive National T20 Cup performance on Tuesday.
Pakistan and Central Punjab batsman Abdullah Shafique: “I like playing the fast bowlers and enjoy batting in the top order”
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Pakistan batsman Abdullah Shafique has said that he loves facing fast bowlers and batting in the top order.
Kamran Akmal: “He must concentrate on not only doing well in domestic cricket as a wicketkeeper but also as a captain”
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Kamran Akmal noted that former captain Sarfaraz Ahmed needs to start batting in the top order if he wants to get back into the national team and cement his place in the side.
Azhar Ali: “Looking at their batting, their top-order has been fragile for some time since Alastair Cook retired”
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Pakistan Test captain Azhar Ali has pinpointed England’s “fragile” top order as a weakness and said his side will take advantage of it during the upcoming series.
Aamir Sohail: “Sarfraz is ideally suited for six or seven and he has got runs at that position so why disturb him from his comfort zone”
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Former Pakistan captain Aamir Sohail feels that current skipper Sarfraz Ahmed shouldn’t be a top order batsman as he has enjoyed most of his success batting at six or seven.
Duminy is expected to make a full recovery prior to the start of the Test series
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South Africa all-rounder Jean Paul (JP) Duminy will miss the last two ODIs against India after suffering a hand injury.
“Aggressively is probably the only way I can play in one-day cricket”
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England opener Moeen Ali has announced that the top-order batsmen have to start taking more risks in order put the opposition on the back foot early on in the match.
“The players believe he is the best guy to be their leader in this department”
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South Africa all-rounder Jean Paul (JP) Duminy has been elected as the president of the South African Cricketers’ Association (SACA).
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“Obviously, [I’m] very disappointed with the way we batted”
West Indies head coach Ottis Gibson has announced that the national team’s performance with the bat during their 186-run loss to New Zealand in the first Test in Jamaica was “bitterly disappointing”.
