- Joined
- Oct 2, 2004
- Runs
- 218,122
Pakistan Test captain Azhar Ali:
"The Australia A side had proper First Class players and 4-5 of their batsmen had also played in Tests and also their bowling side was very good; This is why our players got a very good opportunity to practice; The pitch was also good and we got the practice that we needed"
"Babar Azam's batting on the first day is a great sign for the Pakistan side and also in second innings, Shan and Iftikhar also got runs; In side games such things are important that your players perform and get used to conditions"
"We bowled really well to get them out for 152, and let me say that they are not an easy batting side to bowl at; Imran Khan too five wickets and also Shaheen Shah Afridi bowled really well"
"Despite suffering a personal loss in the passing away of his mother, Naseem Shah bowled brilliantly and all in all, a perfect side game for us"
"Iftikhar Ahmed is in superb form as he has shown in ODIs and T20s and he is batting really well so it was difficult for us to leave him out, so he made use of that opportunity and in second innings he batted really well"
"He played in a positive manner and its a good sign for us that he is continuing with his good form and hopefully in the upcoming Tests he will also perform very well"
"You have to bowl out the opposition twice in a Test match to win so these are good signs for us; Even though we will get tougher challenges in the future, but if we can continue to bowl like this I have no doubt that we will bowl out the opposition twice and win matches also"
"All the guys are very excited, our biggest motivation is that we have never won a series here before, and we are excited because we have a chance of writing our names in history books; We have the ability, potential and talent but we need to execute and implement our plans; We are all thinking in a positive manner and I have no doubts that we can defeat Australia and we would ask for prayers from all so we can create history here"
"The Australia A side had proper First Class players and 4-5 of their batsmen had also played in Tests and also their bowling side was very good; This is why our players got a very good opportunity to practice; The pitch was also good and we got the practice that we needed"
"Babar Azam's batting on the first day is a great sign for the Pakistan side and also in second innings, Shan and Iftikhar also got runs; In side games such things are important that your players perform and get used to conditions"
"We bowled really well to get them out for 152, and let me say that they are not an easy batting side to bowl at; Imran Khan too five wickets and also Shaheen Shah Afridi bowled really well"
"Despite suffering a personal loss in the passing away of his mother, Naseem Shah bowled brilliantly and all in all, a perfect side game for us"
"Iftikhar Ahmed is in superb form as he has shown in ODIs and T20s and he is batting really well so it was difficult for us to leave him out, so he made use of that opportunity and in second innings he batted really well"
"He played in a positive manner and its a good sign for us that he is continuing with his good form and hopefully in the upcoming Tests he will also perform very well"
"You have to bowl out the opposition twice in a Test match to win so these are good signs for us; Even though we will get tougher challenges in the future, but if we can continue to bowl like this I have no doubt that we will bowl out the opposition twice and win matches also"
"All the guys are very excited, our biggest motivation is that we have never won a series here before, and we are excited because we have a chance of writing our names in history books; We have the ability, potential and talent but we need to execute and implement our plans; We are all thinking in a positive manner and I have no doubts that we can defeat Australia and we would ask for prayers from all so we can create history here"
