- Joined
- Oct 2, 2004
- Runs
- 218,123
Asad Shafiq speaking to the press
"In the morning, early wickets fell so there was pressure on us, then we had a good partnership after that and we should have prolonged it more as such partnerships are only useful when they bring benefits to the team"
"We will need to give credit to the Sri Lanka fast bowler and spinner, as we did not expect the ball to turn on the first day of a Test in Karachi"
"In all the matches I have played here, ball has not turned on first day so you have to give credit to the spinner"
"The regret I have is that if we had made 40-50 runs more then it would have been good for the team; I was trying to take a chance when the bowler would call in the field after 4 balls in the over but unfortunately, I top-edged the ball"
"Its part of being professionalism and teams only come out of problems when they have a good approach, so all we need is a good series or some good matches to get back into the flow"
"We are working hard and its a matter of one series or one/two back to back good game before our flow improves"
"Whatever decision we had about the team make-up based on grass on the pitch was a good decision as the ball is seaming for the fast bowlers until the last over, so we played what was best combination for us"
"Whenever I play with the tail, I always check with the other batsman to see how confident he is so then I can take a single on the first or second ball; But if the batsman is not confident about playing fast bowler or left arm spinner then I try and play them myself
"This is all part of the game, situations such as this arise in cricket where suddenly 2-3 batsmen get out, your professionalism comes into play when you rebuild from that point; Yes when the tail comes in, then its difficult to score runs as the field is pushed back for the set batsman"
"I was standing a little side on (at HS decision time) - I told him that the only way you can be saved is if the ball was turning sharply but from side-on view it looks difficult"
"So he said lets take a chance because if its turning sharply it would be missing - this is what I spoke to him about"
"I always try and score more but sometimes the ball is good or you are batting with the tail, so I will try that if I am in 60-70s I convert that into 100"
Yes, it does effect the side [when we dont score as seniors] and its upto us as senior players to play long innings; We saw how Misbah and YK used to play long innings and how they used to convert the 50s into 100s"
"Azhar Ali is our best batsman and he has performed well in the past, but he is going through a bad patch and we are all supporting him and Inshallah he will come out of it [bad patch]"
"If you look at the history at NSK, its always right to bat first and in matches here teams bat first and get big totals"
"But as I said, we werent expecting turn on the first day and that the ball would seam like this to the end of the day"
"I feel that if we bowl well [tomorrow] then we can get them out before they reach our total"
"In the morning, early wickets fell so there was pressure on us, then we had a good partnership after that and we should have prolonged it more as such partnerships are only useful when they bring benefits to the team"
"We will need to give credit to the Sri Lanka fast bowler and spinner, as we did not expect the ball to turn on the first day of a Test in Karachi"
"In all the matches I have played here, ball has not turned on first day so you have to give credit to the spinner"
"The regret I have is that if we had made 40-50 runs more then it would have been good for the team; I was trying to take a chance when the bowler would call in the field after 4 balls in the over but unfortunately, I top-edged the ball"
"Its part of being professionalism and teams only come out of problems when they have a good approach, so all we need is a good series or some good matches to get back into the flow"
"We are working hard and its a matter of one series or one/two back to back good game before our flow improves"
"Whatever decision we had about the team make-up based on grass on the pitch was a good decision as the ball is seaming for the fast bowlers until the last over, so we played what was best combination for us"
"Whenever I play with the tail, I always check with the other batsman to see how confident he is so then I can take a single on the first or second ball; But if the batsman is not confident about playing fast bowler or left arm spinner then I try and play them myself
"This is all part of the game, situations such as this arise in cricket where suddenly 2-3 batsmen get out, your professionalism comes into play when you rebuild from that point; Yes when the tail comes in, then its difficult to score runs as the field is pushed back for the set batsman"
"I was standing a little side on (at HS decision time) - I told him that the only way you can be saved is if the ball was turning sharply but from side-on view it looks difficult"
"So he said lets take a chance because if its turning sharply it would be missing - this is what I spoke to him about"
"I always try and score more but sometimes the ball is good or you are batting with the tail, so I will try that if I am in 60-70s I convert that into 100"
Yes, it does effect the side [when we dont score as seniors] and its upto us as senior players to play long innings; We saw how Misbah and YK used to play long innings and how they used to convert the 50s into 100s"
"Azhar Ali is our best batsman and he has performed well in the past, but he is going through a bad patch and we are all supporting him and Inshallah he will come out of it [bad patch]"
"If you look at the history at NSK, its always right to bat first and in matches here teams bat first and get big totals"
"But as I said, we werent expecting turn on the first day and that the ball would seam like this to the end of the day"
"I feel that if we bowl well [tomorrow] then we can get them out before they reach our total"
