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"England need 300 balls to get to 480 or 500, we need just 10 wicket-taking balls" : Azhar Mahmood
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"Disappointing result in the first match, we have to move on, it's a different ball game tomorrow. We didn't handle the short ball well but we've practised a lot because we know other teams will also bowl us short balls. I think we need to move on and concentrate on the next game"
"When teams come from the subcontinent, the other teams use these tactics. In SA we had similar issues but we managed well, I'd say it was just one of the bad days"
"At Leeds we bowled a lot of short balls and mixed our pace so we can also use those tactics, we have a bowler who can bowl 150+"
"Really impressed with Archer, he's a really good bowler, he has pace and he's an athlete. He doesn't look like he'll bowl 150 but he has good skills and a good action, I think he's a good bowler"
"It's normal routine for us to have pacers bowl bouncers in the nets to the batsmen, it's not a new thing after what happened against WI. It's not because we were bowled out for 105"
"We know England are the best batting lineup. Lots of debate that it's a 480 pitch, a world record pitch. But they have to play 300 balls to get to that record but we have to bowl 10 good balls to get 10 wickets. We have the skills and ability to do that and hopefully we'll do that tomorrow"
"We can beat England, it wouldn't be an upset, we have the ability to beat them. In the ODI series against England they made 1430, we made 1370 so we're 70 short. Our fielding wasn't up to the mark and we gave away boundaries since we have inexperienced bowlers. They need to learn from their mistake. We know what England can do but we know what we can do"
"We lost 11 in a row but 5 we lost against Australia when we rested 8-9 players so we were trying different players. We lost 4 against England but we weren't far away. We didn't win the crucial moments"
"We're one win away from coming back and that happened in the CT, we lost and we came back hard. When we lose, we come back hard. We have the ability to bounce back. I totally believe in this team, these guys were part of CT so they have enough experience and motivation to go and win the game for Pakistan. It's the World Cup, it won't be an easy ride for any team. It's a long tournament and we need to learn from our mistakes and move on"
"Toss plays a role because of 10.30 starts and overcast conditions. It makes quite a difference"
"We have Wahab Riaz, Amir is making a comeback. If you looking at our bowling lineup we have Hasnain with 5 games, Shaheen with 12 and we had Faheem with 20. Compare with England, Willey had 45 games and our most experienced bowler was Hasan Ali who had 45 games. So we're lacking experience. The difference between experience and inexperience is that you make the right decision on the field when you're under pressure"
"Sarfaraz made 90-odd in Leeds, he's in good form. Hafeez started well against WI, these guys have experience, we have belief in themselves. They have proved themselves before and can do so again"
"England are the strongest team, they're playing at home. They were missing firepower in bowling but now they have Archer. You never know what happens in the knockout stage"
"On the day, any team can beat any team. England can win the World Cup, any team can win the World Cup. In 1992 we lost the first match and won the World Cup, in CT17 we lost against India and won the CT. The team has the ability and everyone wants to do well"
"Mohammad Yousuf and Younis Khan didn't become Mohammad Yousuf and Younis Khan in one day. Babar Azam has a wonderful record, he has all the potential. People talk about Imam but he has an average of 60. Fakhar Zaman has an average of 50 as does Babar. These are young guys, it'll take them time to become like Mohammad Yousuf or Younis Khan. They are Pakistan's future. Mohammad Yousuf took time but he had role models. Unfortunately in this team we don't have seniors like we used to. When I came in the team we had Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis, in batting there was Inzamam-ul-Haq and Saeed Anwar. You can learn a lot from them about playing under pressure. So these guys, when they play 100 matches, they'll have experience about how to build innings, how to make 80s into 100s, 30s in 50s, these players will perform for us"
"If you have 7-8 seniors in the team and they guide 3-4 youngsters, you can groom them but the whole team is young right now. They don't have too many domestic cricket performances, we've picked young guys and they'll only get better from here and in future they'll become better. They won't go down, they will only get better from here"
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"Disappointing result in the first match, we have to move on, it's a different ball game tomorrow. We didn't handle the short ball well but we've practised a lot because we know other teams will also bowl us short balls. I think we need to move on and concentrate on the next game"
"When teams come from the subcontinent, the other teams use these tactics. In SA we had similar issues but we managed well, I'd say it was just one of the bad days"
"At Leeds we bowled a lot of short balls and mixed our pace so we can also use those tactics, we have a bowler who can bowl 150+"
"Really impressed with Archer, he's a really good bowler, he has pace and he's an athlete. He doesn't look like he'll bowl 150 but he has good skills and a good action, I think he's a good bowler"
"It's normal routine for us to have pacers bowl bouncers in the nets to the batsmen, it's not a new thing after what happened against WI. It's not because we were bowled out for 105"
"We know England are the best batting lineup. Lots of debate that it's a 480 pitch, a world record pitch. But they have to play 300 balls to get to that record but we have to bowl 10 good balls to get 10 wickets. We have the skills and ability to do that and hopefully we'll do that tomorrow"
"We can beat England, it wouldn't be an upset, we have the ability to beat them. In the ODI series against England they made 1430, we made 1370 so we're 70 short. Our fielding wasn't up to the mark and we gave away boundaries since we have inexperienced bowlers. They need to learn from their mistake. We know what England can do but we know what we can do"
"We lost 11 in a row but 5 we lost against Australia when we rested 8-9 players so we were trying different players. We lost 4 against England but we weren't far away. We didn't win the crucial moments"
"We're one win away from coming back and that happened in the CT, we lost and we came back hard. When we lose, we come back hard. We have the ability to bounce back. I totally believe in this team, these guys were part of CT so they have enough experience and motivation to go and win the game for Pakistan. It's the World Cup, it won't be an easy ride for any team. It's a long tournament and we need to learn from our mistakes and move on"
"Toss plays a role because of 10.30 starts and overcast conditions. It makes quite a difference"
"We have Wahab Riaz, Amir is making a comeback. If you looking at our bowling lineup we have Hasnain with 5 games, Shaheen with 12 and we had Faheem with 20. Compare with England, Willey had 45 games and our most experienced bowler was Hasan Ali who had 45 games. So we're lacking experience. The difference between experience and inexperience is that you make the right decision on the field when you're under pressure"
"Sarfaraz made 90-odd in Leeds, he's in good form. Hafeez started well against WI, these guys have experience, we have belief in themselves. They have proved themselves before and can do so again"
"England are the strongest team, they're playing at home. They were missing firepower in bowling but now they have Archer. You never know what happens in the knockout stage"
"On the day, any team can beat any team. England can win the World Cup, any team can win the World Cup. In 1992 we lost the first match and won the World Cup, in CT17 we lost against India and won the CT. The team has the ability and everyone wants to do well"
"Mohammad Yousuf and Younis Khan didn't become Mohammad Yousuf and Younis Khan in one day. Babar Azam has a wonderful record, he has all the potential. People talk about Imam but he has an average of 60. Fakhar Zaman has an average of 50 as does Babar. These are young guys, it'll take them time to become like Mohammad Yousuf or Younis Khan. They are Pakistan's future. Mohammad Yousuf took time but he had role models. Unfortunately in this team we don't have seniors like we used to. When I came in the team we had Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis, in batting there was Inzamam-ul-Haq and Saeed Anwar. You can learn a lot from them about playing under pressure. So these guys, when they play 100 matches, they'll have experience about how to build innings, how to make 80s into 100s, 30s in 50s, these players will perform for us"
"If you have 7-8 seniors in the team and they guide 3-4 youngsters, you can groom them but the whole team is young right now. They don't have too many domestic cricket performances, we've picked young guys and they'll only get better from here and in future they'll become better. They won't go down, they will only get better from here"
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