Abdullah719
T20I Captain
- Joined
- Apr 16, 2013
- Runs
- 44,825
Misbah at a presser:
"Many congratulations to Sarfaraz and Babar Azam"
"The team in T20Is in #1, in ODIs we won the CT which was a big achievement, lately the performance has been up and down but I still believe the team has done well. Sarfaraz's performances under my captaincy were very good. I think that he just needs to get the best out of himself as a player and I hope that will happen and the team's performances will also improve. Hopefully we can bring the team on the right track with his leadership"
"We don't have consistency in our performances in ODI cricket. Holding only the captain responsible for this is wrong in my opinion. When your main players, top bowlers are out of form and don't perform and your main players who won you the CT and their performances drop then automatically the team struggles. You have to look at the collective team effort and putting it all on one person is wrong"
"I have also been captain and sometimes you need a little push, you can underestimate yourself and forget your own role as a player. That's an important area where I will work with Sarfaraz. He shouldn't under-utilise himself as a player and a batsman and that will help the Pakistan team"
"Rizwan has done well at #4 with 2 hundreds, he's already there as a batsman. Whenever there's a chance, he will play. Comparing him with Sarfaraz is unjust as they both have different roles in the teams"
"We took unofficial fitness tests of many players who are in the loop. Whichever players are in the 6 provincial teams are going through the same fitness tests according to the protocol of the Pakistan team so that we know every player's physical condition before selection. And that's not just before the start of the season but it will be throughout. Every player will have roles, training sessions, detailing data about fat level etc., so that we don't have to worry about such things on the brink of selection"
"Why shouldn't Abid Ali be given more chances? His fitness levels are very good and he has hit a hundred, every player who has performed will get due chances"
"Understanding local cricket has its advantages. Coaches of teams aren't such that I don't know them and players of the teams are well known to me as well. Even if I am not there in person, we have recordings of matches, I can check them. We will have reports as well and I will use my eyes to assess recommended players myself with videos, etc. The most important thing is coordination. So I will try to remain involved in the domestic teams constantly. There will be 3 matches happening at a time so you can easily keep an eye on them and see whether the reports are serving the purposes or not"
"Many congratulations to Sarfaraz and Babar Azam"
"The team in T20Is in #1, in ODIs we won the CT which was a big achievement, lately the performance has been up and down but I still believe the team has done well. Sarfaraz's performances under my captaincy were very good. I think that he just needs to get the best out of himself as a player and I hope that will happen and the team's performances will also improve. Hopefully we can bring the team on the right track with his leadership"
"We don't have consistency in our performances in ODI cricket. Holding only the captain responsible for this is wrong in my opinion. When your main players, top bowlers are out of form and don't perform and your main players who won you the CT and their performances drop then automatically the team struggles. You have to look at the collective team effort and putting it all on one person is wrong"
"I have also been captain and sometimes you need a little push, you can underestimate yourself and forget your own role as a player. That's an important area where I will work with Sarfaraz. He shouldn't under-utilise himself as a player and a batsman and that will help the Pakistan team"
"Rizwan has done well at #4 with 2 hundreds, he's already there as a batsman. Whenever there's a chance, he will play. Comparing him with Sarfaraz is unjust as they both have different roles in the teams"
"We took unofficial fitness tests of many players who are in the loop. Whichever players are in the 6 provincial teams are going through the same fitness tests according to the protocol of the Pakistan team so that we know every player's physical condition before selection. And that's not just before the start of the season but it will be throughout. Every player will have roles, training sessions, detailing data about fat level etc., so that we don't have to worry about such things on the brink of selection"
"Why shouldn't Abid Ali be given more chances? His fitness levels are very good and he has hit a hundred, every player who has performed will get due chances"
"Understanding local cricket has its advantages. Coaches of teams aren't such that I don't know them and players of the teams are well known to me as well. Even if I am not there in person, we have recordings of matches, I can check them. We will have reports as well and I will use my eyes to assess recommended players myself with videos, etc. The most important thing is coordination. So I will try to remain involved in the domestic teams constantly. There will be 3 matches happening at a time so you can easily keep an eye on them and see whether the reports are serving the purposes or not"
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) The other gem was "we've realised it's a 'performance-oriented' world." I probably should be worried that they've only discovered this aspect of competing. Honestly, you can't make this stuff up.
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