Ramiz Raja: “Pakistan didn’t click collectively as a unit because Yasir Shah was off colour”
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Former Pakistan captain Ramiz Raja admitted he was less than impressed with spinner Yasir Shah’s performance in the recent Test series against the West Indies.
Shoaib Akhtar: “Even after playing so many Tests, we have failed to make him a star”
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Iconic Pakistan seamer Shoaib Akhtar has been less than impressed with batsman Asad Shafiq’s performances as of late, saying “we have failed to make him a star”.
Michael Vaughan: “With that technique, he [Fawad] is basically facing the wrong way when the ball is being delivered. If the ball is moving an inch, he is going to get out. I don’t think this was the time to play Fawad Alam”
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Former England captain Michael Vaughan has questioned why Pakistan opted to pick veteran batsman Fawad Alam for the ongoing second Test in Southampton.
Faisal Iqbal on the Pakistan batsmen: “Batting has been a total failure in 3 practise games till now even with so many [batsmen] on the tour”
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Former cricketer Faisal Iqbal has slammed Pakistan’s batsmen ahead of the England series, saying their performance in the practice games has been a “total failure”.
Iqbal Qasim: “By winning matches in the last overs, they didn’t get the much-needed boost in run rate”
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Former Pakistan left-arm spinner Iqbal Qasim has admitted that he was not impressed with the national team’s wins over New Zealand and Afghanistan as he felt they could have finished the games off a lot earlier.
Kamran Akmal: “Pakistan missed it against [New Zealand], where they could have won at least five overs before, if not eight to 10 overs”
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Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Kamran Akmal has revealed that he was not impressed with the national team’s wins over New Zealand and Afghanistan as he felt they could have finished the games off a lot earlier.
Aaqib Javed: “Mohammad Amir is a strike bowler, but he cannot take a wicket in the first 25 overs. He takes wickets when the batsmen are looking for runs”
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Ex-Pakistan pace bowler Aaqib Javed has been unimpressed with left-arm seamer Mohammad Amir, even though he has been in red-hot form in the World Cup.
Rashid Latif: “Mohammad Amir is no doubt taking wickets, but what is the benefit for the Pakistan team when he is not providing wickets upfront?”
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Former Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Rashid Latif is unimpressed with all the wickets left-arm seamer Mohammad Amir has picked up in the World Cup as he has rarely been able to take them early on.
Ramiz Raja: “He (Hasan) has been the most expensive bowler for Pakistan in all World Cups now. Similarly, Wahab Riaz was also unable to bowl even a single yorker [against India]”
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Ex-Pakistan captain Ramiz Raja has admitted that the pace duo of Hasan Ali and Wahab Riaz have failed to live up to expectations in the World Cup.
Sarfraz Nawaz: “Amir did pick up five wickets, but it was all done when the Aussies were in a very comfortable position”
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Former Pakistan pace bowler Sarfraz Nawaz was not at all impressed that left-arm seamer Mohammad Amir took a five-wicket haul in his side’s World Cup match against Australia on Wednesday.