Abdullah719
T20I Captain
- Joined
- Apr 16, 2013
- Runs
- 44,825
Inzamam-ul-Haq speaking after the Pakistan One Day Cup final:
"We've seen some very good cricket in the Pakistan Cup."
"Since I've become Chief Selector, what I'm trying to do is to make us catch up with other countries who are making 300 scores in one day cricket. After a year, we're finally seeing that."
"We chose young captains for the teams to give them experience and we added coaches from the academies to the teams."
"It was a great tournament to watch and I hope the people enjoyed it too."
"Cricket is not going to stop after the Champions Trophy. After announcing the team for the CT, the selection committee is still here watching the matches (for the future)."
"I was seeing before the tournament that some youngsters like Sami Aslam were playing a little slowly so I spoke to them and told them to play a bit quicker."
"It's great for us that Aamer Yamin has performed as we're lacking quality all-rounders."
"I am happy as a Chief Selector when players in domestic cricket perform well because that will improve our bench strength."
(Regarding Sohail Khan) "I spoke to the coach and captain and the planning is that going forward, we will try to replace some of the older players with youngsters. 35 years is quite an advanced age for a fast bowler. He is a good boy and has given performances but we're trying to go forward according to our policy. There's no need for anyone to be disheartened, this isn't a personal thing."
"Wahab Riaz has been playing constantly but if he doesn't perform then the pressure will increase on him due to performances of players in domestic cricket."
"If we compare to the quality of cricket from decades past then it's not the same nowadays. We can't find players from that era anymore. In those days, players were more focused on technique but nowadays the focus is on hitting. Doesn't matter to me if your technique is a little deficient but what I am working on is to develop a team where I feel that if our opponent scores 325-350, then we chase it as well. I don't think we have reached that stage yet. So we don't want players like the ones from past eras, we need players who can play fast and can start well from the beginning."
"In 1989 I played an innings of 80 runs and I played a lofted shot so the umpire told me 'you played one bad shot'. Today these shots are considered good. So cricket has changed and we need to adjust accordingly."
"We've seen some very good cricket in the Pakistan Cup."
"Since I've become Chief Selector, what I'm trying to do is to make us catch up with other countries who are making 300 scores in one day cricket. After a year, we're finally seeing that."
"We chose young captains for the teams to give them experience and we added coaches from the academies to the teams."
"It was a great tournament to watch and I hope the people enjoyed it too."
"Cricket is not going to stop after the Champions Trophy. After announcing the team for the CT, the selection committee is still here watching the matches (for the future)."
"I was seeing before the tournament that some youngsters like Sami Aslam were playing a little slowly so I spoke to them and told them to play a bit quicker."
"It's great for us that Aamer Yamin has performed as we're lacking quality all-rounders."
"I am happy as a Chief Selector when players in domestic cricket perform well because that will improve our bench strength."
(Regarding Sohail Khan) "I spoke to the coach and captain and the planning is that going forward, we will try to replace some of the older players with youngsters. 35 years is quite an advanced age for a fast bowler. He is a good boy and has given performances but we're trying to go forward according to our policy. There's no need for anyone to be disheartened, this isn't a personal thing."
"Wahab Riaz has been playing constantly but if he doesn't perform then the pressure will increase on him due to performances of players in domestic cricket."
"If we compare to the quality of cricket from decades past then it's not the same nowadays. We can't find players from that era anymore. In those days, players were more focused on technique but nowadays the focus is on hitting. Doesn't matter to me if your technique is a little deficient but what I am working on is to develop a team where I feel that if our opponent scores 325-350, then we chase it as well. I don't think we have reached that stage yet. So we don't want players like the ones from past eras, we need players who can play fast and can start well from the beginning."
"In 1989 I played an innings of 80 runs and I played a lofted shot so the umpire told me 'you played one bad shot'. Today these shots are considered good. So cricket has changed and we need to adjust accordingly."
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