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"Enjoying bowling alongside Shaheen and watching him bowl with so much aggression" : Hassan Ali
Hassan Ali speaking to the media at end of Day 1 of the 1st Test against Zimbabwe
"The two years I suffered due my injury was a hard time for me but the most important thing is that I made a good comeback; I am in the team to put in good performances and it always feels good when you do that for your team"
"We didn't dominate Zimbabwe in T20s in the way we should have, this is something we realized and also analysed coming into the Test series"
"So we knew that if we didn't dominate from Day 1, Zimbabwe could come back hard at us; With 4 wickets from Shaheen and myself and some really good bowling by spinners, we have been able to execute our plan of dominating Zimbabwe from Day 1 of the Test match"
"First of all I would like to congratulate Shaheen Shah Afridi for reaching the milestone of 50 Test wickets, as I didn't know about this achievement"
"This is great for the Pakistan team and no amount of appreciation is enough for Shaheen as he is putting in brilliant match-winning performances for Pakistan"
"He is a lovely guy and I am really enjoying bowling alongside him especially watching him bowl with so much aggression"
"Our pairing is quite good and we are also performing well - we had bowled together before but after my comeback from injury, we are putting in some good performances and enjoying ourselves, and is always good to have this kind of right-hand/Left-hand combination"
"The two years when I was away from the side, I used that time for some batting practice as well and put in hard work for that; I am learning a lot about batting from Younis Khan and Misbah-ul-Haq, and I am hoping that along with my bowling, I also perform with the bat to help Pakistan win"
"Look whenever your are appreciated for good performances, you should also expect to be criticized for bad performances also; Although as a professional, you wish to put in good back to back performances but you cannot always get a 5fer in every game; We just need to work on having consistency in our performances"
"Waqar Younis is my role model and you can just imagine the feeling I have of being in the same squad as my role model; I am learning a lot from him although at the moment he is not with us due to personal commitments"
"Against South Africa during the death overs, we did bowl yorkers which is based upon the match situation and our plans"
"So, its not true that we don't know how to bowl yorkers or slower deliveries"
"Pitches here are slow and I am used to these from my time in domestic cricket; You get some help in reverse swing although we didn't get that today but there are chances of getting that as pitch dries up from tomorrow"
"We have some good spinners such as Sajid who was a top wicket-taker in domestic and Nauman Ali who did so well against South Africa; This is a team game and the idea is that whoever is given the ball does his best; This is a slow pitch and the fast-bowlers aren't the only one who will get wickets; Its quite possible that in the 3rd day and onwards the spinners will also take wickets"
"The plan was to bat first and put up a big total and put Zimbabwe under pressure; However, I feel that if you bowl in the right place, the right line and length then you can destroy any batting line-up in the world; And that is what happened, we bowled according to plans and we were successful"
Hassan Ali speaking to the media at end of Day 1 of the 1st Test against Zimbabwe
"The two years I suffered due my injury was a hard time for me but the most important thing is that I made a good comeback; I am in the team to put in good performances and it always feels good when you do that for your team"
"We didn't dominate Zimbabwe in T20s in the way we should have, this is something we realized and also analysed coming into the Test series"
"So we knew that if we didn't dominate from Day 1, Zimbabwe could come back hard at us; With 4 wickets from Shaheen and myself and some really good bowling by spinners, we have been able to execute our plan of dominating Zimbabwe from Day 1 of the Test match"
"First of all I would like to congratulate Shaheen Shah Afridi for reaching the milestone of 50 Test wickets, as I didn't know about this achievement"
"This is great for the Pakistan team and no amount of appreciation is enough for Shaheen as he is putting in brilliant match-winning performances for Pakistan"
"He is a lovely guy and I am really enjoying bowling alongside him especially watching him bowl with so much aggression"
"Our pairing is quite good and we are also performing well - we had bowled together before but after my comeback from injury, we are putting in some good performances and enjoying ourselves, and is always good to have this kind of right-hand/Left-hand combination"
"The two years when I was away from the side, I used that time for some batting practice as well and put in hard work for that; I am learning a lot about batting from Younis Khan and Misbah-ul-Haq, and I am hoping that along with my bowling, I also perform with the bat to help Pakistan win"
"Look whenever your are appreciated for good performances, you should also expect to be criticized for bad performances also; Although as a professional, you wish to put in good back to back performances but you cannot always get a 5fer in every game; We just need to work on having consistency in our performances"
"Waqar Younis is my role model and you can just imagine the feeling I have of being in the same squad as my role model; I am learning a lot from him although at the moment he is not with us due to personal commitments"
"Against South Africa during the death overs, we did bowl yorkers which is based upon the match situation and our plans"
"So, its not true that we don't know how to bowl yorkers or slower deliveries"
"Pitches here are slow and I am used to these from my time in domestic cricket; You get some help in reverse swing although we didn't get that today but there are chances of getting that as pitch dries up from tomorrow"
"We have some good spinners such as Sajid who was a top wicket-taker in domestic and Nauman Ali who did so well against South Africa; This is a team game and the idea is that whoever is given the ball does his best; This is a slow pitch and the fast-bowlers aren't the only one who will get wickets; Its quite possible that in the 3rd day and onwards the spinners will also take wickets"
"The plan was to bat first and put up a big total and put Zimbabwe under pressure; However, I feel that if you bowl in the right place, the right line and length then you can destroy any batting line-up in the world; And that is what happened, we bowled according to plans and we were successful"
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