Wahab Riaz: “He has also worked considerably on his fitness. We have given him a clear message and once he returns from the tour you’ll see a difference in his fitness”
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Pakistan chief selector Wahab Riaz has defended wicketkeeper-batsman Azam Khan, stating that the 25-year-old has been working hard on his fitness.
Waqar Younis: “I’m not really sure what’s wrong with him. If he’s not fit, if he’s got some issues, he needs to go away from the game and fix that because if you are going to carry on like that you are going to become a medium pacer”
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Iconic Pakistan speedster Waqar Younis is concerned about Shaheen Shah Afridi’s drop in pace, saying the spearhead of the bowling attack is in danger of becoming a “medium pacer.”
Wahab Riaz: “Our frontline Test bowling options who bowl 140+ and can create an impact are unfit, all three of them”
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Pakistan chief selector Wahab Riaz said Naseem Shah, Mohammad Hasnain and Ihsanullah are all capable of bowling over 140 kph and “can create an impact” in Test cricket.
Haroon Rasheed: “Shaheen has been unfit for the last one-and-a-half years, so when a player comes back from injury, he needs more cricket in terms of active cricket, not nets. In nets, you can come and simply bowl. However, match fitness is different”
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Haroon Rasheed, the former chief selector, believes pace spearhead Shaheen Shah Afridi needs a bigger workload even though he has been “unfit for the last one-and-a-half years.”
Saeed Ajmal: “These guys play well in one match and then fail in 10. It’s better if you play unfit, fat players instead”
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Former Pakistan spinner Saeed Ajmal said the national team should play “unfit, fat players” rather than those who perform one time and then fail in the next 10 matches.
Pakistan pace icon Shoaib Akhtar: “Now you’ll say that I stayed unfit throughout my career. But even if I was unfit, I bowled in such a way that jaws would drop. Then that is not unfit, that is sheer will and madness for my country”
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Legendary Pakistan pace bowler Shoaib Akhtar said he even when he was unfit, he bowled “in such a way that jaws would drop” as he had “sheer will and madness” to perform for his country.
Shoaib Akhtar: “Ganguly replied (to Buchanan) that he has always been unfit. Don’t worry about him. It will be okay even if he’s half unfit”
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Iconic Pakistan pace bowler Shoaib Akhtar said former India captain Sourav Ganguly backed him when he was half fit.
Mohammad Wasim on Haris Sohail: “I can’t see him standing on the field for 100 overs or even close to 100 overs. I can’t see him batting for 50 overs or thereabouts either”
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Pakistan chief selector Mohammad Wasim has admitted that he has fitness concerns about batsman Haris Sohail, saying “I can’t see him batting for 50 overs or thereabouts”.
Misbah-ul-Haq is reportedly unhappy that Sharjeel Khan was picked as he is 112 kg
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Pakistan head coach Misbah-ul-Haq is allegedly unhappy that opening batsman Sharjeel Khan was picked for the tour of South Africa and Zimbabwe as he weighs 112 kilograms.
Pakistan pace bowler Zia-ul-Haq: “There is absolutely no truth in this at all. With God’s grace, I have been fit for the last 7-8 seasons although some time ago I did suffer a fracture to my thumb after being hit by a ball during a game. Apart from that, I have had no fitness issues”
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Pakistan left-arm seamer Zia-ul-Haq has said that impressions about him being unfit are absolute nonsense.
