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Misbah-ul-Haq speaking to the media:
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"As I had said before, we are are near to finalizing out combination for the T20 World Cup but obviously we still have problems. These are unfortunately the same problems before as our middle-order is not performing at the same level as our top order. However, about 8-9 players are set in their positions for the T20 World Cup and we know who their replacements will be as well. Of course the results in the recent series was not to our liking but we do know the combination that we need"
"All sports around the world are facing the same scenario [COVID-19 related] and we saw what happened in England in relation to this issue. But we all have to live with this and all of us, Management and players, are concerned about this situation but we know that CWI and PCB are making sure that all measures are being taken to ensure the safety of everyone and that we play in a safe and sound environment. There is always mental pressure of playing during COVID times as we need to quarantine and stay in bubbles. You cannot have normal activities and socialization and you travel bubble to bubble. So difficulties do exist for all of us but we will need to adapt to this as this is how sports is being played everywhere"
"Each and every game is important for us as we head towards the ICC T20 World Cup. We need to improve our performance regardless of what happened in England where we came across a top team playing in their own conditions. We need to improve ourselves now and win this series to gain some confidence after our it was shattered a bit in the last series"
"Results before the England series were very good however, the one area we are struggling a lot is in the performance of the middle-order. Unfortunately, Mohammad Hafeez has not been able to score runs in the way he did last year, and we are not getting good contributions in the 5-6 position as they should be. Overall the team is in a good state but if our middle-order starts functioning along with the top order then it will improve our chances for the future"
"The performances of our 3-dimensional players will be very important. So, the lower middle-order which includes all-rounders such as Shadab Khan and even Hassan Ali's performances along with those of Mohammad Nawaz will be be crucial and will provide stability to the side. Above all the main concern is about our middle-order and especially lower middle-order"
"Azam Khan has really played one proper innings so far and you cannot judge much from that and only when he has played more can we say anything about him. When you come in at the number 5-6 position, where you need to score at close to 12-14 runs/over then you cannot judge him by that one innings. Let's see how he does in the upcoming series but we have to remember that the role of any player batting at that position is to score runs"
"Our bowling did not perform in the same way as it did in South Africa or in during our home series. We have concerns about our bowling where we have given high number of runs during some overs which has changed the outcome of series. There is a lot of room for improvement in this area."
"When we arrived in England for the ODI series we had played T20s at home in PSL and were not prepared that well and it was tough to adjust from 20 over to 50 over format. The difference now in West Indies is that we have come here after playing in T20Is in England and have improved as we played more. We have played a competitive T20I series against a top team and we feel we have a good momentum going as we got to play in conditions that are similar to what we have in Pakistan or UAE. Even in the West Indies we have such pitches and conditions and I feel that we won't have same problems we had in England as have been playing matches in similar format in recent times"
"Talk of us not judging playing conditions in England seem to be based upon after thought. In all matches we have played, we have always made sure that we went in with a balanced team. All this talk is about the 2nd T20I where a lot of people have criticized us saying that in those conditions, England played 2 leg-spinners so why did we not do the same. If you look at our team, we had 2 spinners in every game we played where we had a left-arm spinner and a leg-spinner as well as Mohammad Hafeez - so we had 12 overs of spin available to us. So looking at the team balance we wanted to play 6 proper batsmen. We even played an additional spinner in the next game and even England went in with a similar combination. So we never go into any match with a one-dimensional attack as you may need the services of a fast-bowler as back-up."
"If you don't play good cricket then that is the margin of victory or loss and you cannot blame it on things like batting or bowling first"
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"As I had said before, we are are near to finalizing out combination for the T20 World Cup but obviously we still have problems. These are unfortunately the same problems before as our middle-order is not performing at the same level as our top order. However, about 8-9 players are set in their positions for the T20 World Cup and we know who their replacements will be as well. Of course the results in the recent series was not to our liking but we do know the combination that we need"
"All sports around the world are facing the same scenario [COVID-19 related] and we saw what happened in England in relation to this issue. But we all have to live with this and all of us, Management and players, are concerned about this situation but we know that CWI and PCB are making sure that all measures are being taken to ensure the safety of everyone and that we play in a safe and sound environment. There is always mental pressure of playing during COVID times as we need to quarantine and stay in bubbles. You cannot have normal activities and socialization and you travel bubble to bubble. So difficulties do exist for all of us but we will need to adapt to this as this is how sports is being played everywhere"
"Each and every game is important for us as we head towards the ICC T20 World Cup. We need to improve our performance regardless of what happened in England where we came across a top team playing in their own conditions. We need to improve ourselves now and win this series to gain some confidence after our it was shattered a bit in the last series"
"Results before the England series were very good however, the one area we are struggling a lot is in the performance of the middle-order. Unfortunately, Mohammad Hafeez has not been able to score runs in the way he did last year, and we are not getting good contributions in the 5-6 position as they should be. Overall the team is in a good state but if our middle-order starts functioning along with the top order then it will improve our chances for the future"
"The performances of our 3-dimensional players will be very important. So, the lower middle-order which includes all-rounders such as Shadab Khan and even Hassan Ali's performances along with those of Mohammad Nawaz will be be crucial and will provide stability to the side. Above all the main concern is about our middle-order and especially lower middle-order"
"Azam Khan has really played one proper innings so far and you cannot judge much from that and only when he has played more can we say anything about him. When you come in at the number 5-6 position, where you need to score at close to 12-14 runs/over then you cannot judge him by that one innings. Let's see how he does in the upcoming series but we have to remember that the role of any player batting at that position is to score runs"
"Our bowling did not perform in the same way as it did in South Africa or in during our home series. We have concerns about our bowling where we have given high number of runs during some overs which has changed the outcome of series. There is a lot of room for improvement in this area."
"When we arrived in England for the ODI series we had played T20s at home in PSL and were not prepared that well and it was tough to adjust from 20 over to 50 over format. The difference now in West Indies is that we have come here after playing in T20Is in England and have improved as we played more. We have played a competitive T20I series against a top team and we feel we have a good momentum going as we got to play in conditions that are similar to what we have in Pakistan or UAE. Even in the West Indies we have such pitches and conditions and I feel that we won't have same problems we had in England as have been playing matches in similar format in recent times"
"Talk of us not judging playing conditions in England seem to be based upon after thought. In all matches we have played, we have always made sure that we went in with a balanced team. All this talk is about the 2nd T20I where a lot of people have criticized us saying that in those conditions, England played 2 leg-spinners so why did we not do the same. If you look at our team, we had 2 spinners in every game we played where we had a left-arm spinner and a leg-spinner as well as Mohammad Hafeez - so we had 12 overs of spin available to us. So looking at the team balance we wanted to play 6 proper batsmen. We even played an additional spinner in the next game and even England went in with a similar combination. So we never go into any match with a one-dimensional attack as you may need the services of a fast-bowler as back-up."
"If you don't play good cricket then that is the margin of victory or loss and you cannot blame it on things like batting or bowling first"
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