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"Abbas has been a match-winner for us but he is currently not in his best rhythm" : Waqar Younis
Pakistan bowling coach speaking to the press
"When we talk about Tests, our bowling is a little inexperienced, Australia is a tough place and not an easy place to bowl, but thing is that these guys are learning"
"One guy is debuting, one has played just 3 Tests, and one bowler is making a comeback so its not that easy but we are working on it and Inshallah it will get better"
"Yasir Shah, we all know that he is a match-winner and over the years he has won many games for Pakistan"
"He may not have that good a track record in Australia but we all thought he would perform better, but unfortunately he..." [cuts off]
"I think if we look at all Pakistan bowlers in this game, then Shaheen Shah Afridi has bowled the best so far, unfortunately we were unlucky that he could not get wickets at the right time and they have experienced batsmen who do not waste an opportunity to score"
"Its upto the selection committee, head coach to decide who will or wont play in next game but to say that Imran Khan Snr's inclusion in the 1st Test team was incorrect would be unfair to him"
"This is because his performance in First-Class was good, and he took 5 wickets in the Perth side-game as well so he has been bowling well but unfortunately could not do well in this game"
"Mohammad Abbas has been a match-winner for us over the last 18 months, and has been bowling well but unfortunately he is currently not in his best rhythm"
"In the last tour of New Zealand, he had an injury and he hasnt been bowling as well as he has done in the past against Australia and of course England too but we arent losing hope in him, as he is our main man, we will have a close look at him and once we get into Adelaide we will have think about him"
"Of course you can always learn from your opposition also, but lets not forget Naseem Shah is only 16, and even Shaheen Shah Afridi is a teenager and of course, they will learn a lot from this tour as they proceed further into their careers, and I fully hopeful that these guys and Mohammad Musa are the future of Pakistan cricket; These teenagers need time and we all got to give them time and hope that in the next year or so, they will be a force [to be reckoned with]"
"Its tough to say whats going down in the middle but we sit down every evening and try to teach them what lengths need to be bowled but everyone can see that out lengths were not right with the new ball; We bowled poorly with the first new ball, if we had put balls in the right areas things might well have been different"
"We got carried away, with the young bowling attack, and it happens in Australia"
"We have to be very careful with Naseem Shah, he is very young and we have to manage him well because he bowls very quick so we cannot put too much load on him; He is the future of Pakistan so we need to use him sensibly and smartly and I thought that is what the captain did; Of course he is a wicket taker, lets not forget that, this is his first Test"
"At one stage that was the issue [Spinners bowling a lot of overs], we were behind on over-rate so we didnt want to lose any points because of that; This is the WTC and we have to be watchful and we dont want to lose any points"
"This is a problem for all countries, when Australia goes to the UAE they have the same problem [batting woes], or when they go to India its not easy because they struggle against the turning ball, and so its very much the same when we come to the Australian soil; Australia has tall fast bowlers and they have pace, they bowl in the right areas; It takes a long time for other bowling attacks to get it right which is why most of the teams struggle here"
"To be honest, there should be more Test matches as a 2-match series is difficult when you lose one match then its hard to come back, so I think there should be at least 3-4 Tests and you also need more time to acclimatize as well"
"A couple of months or so ago, Mohammad Amir and Wahab Riaz decided not to play Test match cricket, they wanted to stick to white-ball cricket so we had to bring in some other people to replace them in Tests"
"In my view, the younger you are, you will struggle in the middle a bit but these bowlers will learn; Once they go back and play a few more Tests, and ,more cricket at the top level they will settle better and hopefully produce the goods"
"Of course everyone learns, when you go overseas you learn as well but you do try and win also but yes its a tough tour and not an easy one; But as I said, we missed out on a couple of experienced fast-bowlers before start of this tour and had to bring youngsters in and I feel they are the best youngsters in the country"
Pakistan bowling coach speaking to the press
"When we talk about Tests, our bowling is a little inexperienced, Australia is a tough place and not an easy place to bowl, but thing is that these guys are learning"
"One guy is debuting, one has played just 3 Tests, and one bowler is making a comeback so its not that easy but we are working on it and Inshallah it will get better"
"Yasir Shah, we all know that he is a match-winner and over the years he has won many games for Pakistan"
"He may not have that good a track record in Australia but we all thought he would perform better, but unfortunately he..." [cuts off]
"I think if we look at all Pakistan bowlers in this game, then Shaheen Shah Afridi has bowled the best so far, unfortunately we were unlucky that he could not get wickets at the right time and they have experienced batsmen who do not waste an opportunity to score"
"Its upto the selection committee, head coach to decide who will or wont play in next game but to say that Imran Khan Snr's inclusion in the 1st Test team was incorrect would be unfair to him"
"This is because his performance in First-Class was good, and he took 5 wickets in the Perth side-game as well so he has been bowling well but unfortunately could not do well in this game"
"Mohammad Abbas has been a match-winner for us over the last 18 months, and has been bowling well but unfortunately he is currently not in his best rhythm"
"In the last tour of New Zealand, he had an injury and he hasnt been bowling as well as he has done in the past against Australia and of course England too but we arent losing hope in him, as he is our main man, we will have a close look at him and once we get into Adelaide we will have think about him"
"Of course you can always learn from your opposition also, but lets not forget Naseem Shah is only 16, and even Shaheen Shah Afridi is a teenager and of course, they will learn a lot from this tour as they proceed further into their careers, and I fully hopeful that these guys and Mohammad Musa are the future of Pakistan cricket; These teenagers need time and we all got to give them time and hope that in the next year or so, they will be a force [to be reckoned with]"
"Its tough to say whats going down in the middle but we sit down every evening and try to teach them what lengths need to be bowled but everyone can see that out lengths were not right with the new ball; We bowled poorly with the first new ball, if we had put balls in the right areas things might well have been different"
"We got carried away, with the young bowling attack, and it happens in Australia"
"We have to be very careful with Naseem Shah, he is very young and we have to manage him well because he bowls very quick so we cannot put too much load on him; He is the future of Pakistan so we need to use him sensibly and smartly and I thought that is what the captain did; Of course he is a wicket taker, lets not forget that, this is his first Test"
"At one stage that was the issue [Spinners bowling a lot of overs], we were behind on over-rate so we didnt want to lose any points because of that; This is the WTC and we have to be watchful and we dont want to lose any points"
"This is a problem for all countries, when Australia goes to the UAE they have the same problem [batting woes], or when they go to India its not easy because they struggle against the turning ball, and so its very much the same when we come to the Australian soil; Australia has tall fast bowlers and they have pace, they bowl in the right areas; It takes a long time for other bowling attacks to get it right which is why most of the teams struggle here"
"To be honest, there should be more Test matches as a 2-match series is difficult when you lose one match then its hard to come back, so I think there should be at least 3-4 Tests and you also need more time to acclimatize as well"
"A couple of months or so ago, Mohammad Amir and Wahab Riaz decided not to play Test match cricket, they wanted to stick to white-ball cricket so we had to bring in some other people to replace them in Tests"
"In my view, the younger you are, you will struggle in the middle a bit but these bowlers will learn; Once they go back and play a few more Tests, and ,more cricket at the top level they will settle better and hopefully produce the goods"
"Of course everyone learns, when you go overseas you learn as well but you do try and win also but yes its a tough tour and not an easy one; But as I said, we missed out on a couple of experienced fast-bowlers before start of this tour and had to bring youngsters in and I feel they are the best youngsters in the country"
