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"Mohammad Amir is the finest exponent of pace and swing when he gets it 100% right" : Mickey Arthur

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"Mohammad Amir is the finest exponent of pace and swing when he gets it 100% right" : Mickey Arthur

Quotes from Mickey Arthur's presser.

"Mohammad Amir is fully fit; he's fine and a 100% [fit] and ready to go"

"We rested Amir out in the Leicestershire game as that was part of rotation [policy]"

"I am not worried at all about them [Azhar & Asad]; They are fine players and their Test records speak for themselves"

"They are big match players and they are all doing well at the moment"

"I am confident that they [Azhar and Asad] will deliver for us"

"England are always good; England in their home conditions are a different team to England abroad"

"We are just worrying about ourselves as we have a young team"

"We have changed our brand of cricket and we have changed the way we want to play"

"Of course we can [prove everyone wrong]; we haven't come here not to win"

"We have an intelligent bunch of skilled cricketers"

"If we get the breaks and things go our way, we will certainly put England under pressure"

"Honestly speaking, Imam-ul-Haq is a totally different character to Inzi"

"Nothing really fazes him [Imam]"

"He played beautifully for us under pressure against Ireland and also scored 100 on his ODI debut"

"We are incredibly fit due to the fact that we train unbelievably hard - which is not to say that we weren't fit in 2016 which was the start of our fitness regime"

"The brand of cricket we are playing is certainly a more attacking brand"

"We felt that we needed to change over time and we felt we needed another bowler in"

"We felt that another bowler will lessen the load, particularly as we don't have Yasir Shah"

"The emphasis [now] is on taking wickets and on scoring"

"We were probably a more negative team in 2016 than we are now"

"But that wasn't a bad thing as it fitted in with what we wanted to do at that time"

"Shadab is a wonderful spinner and like many other young guys, has cut his teeth in Twenty20 cricket"

"[In his initial days] I likened him [Shadab] to Imran Tahir which was leg spin, leg spin, googly googly whereas now he understands what he needs to do"

"He's bowled in pressure situations for us and at times he's controlled the run-rate beautifully for us"

"He's got all the tricks and a wonderful talent, and I hope we all see the best of him"

"Hasan Ali and Rahat are in the twelve and we will decide tomorrow which of those will play; so there will be an Ali playing, depends whether its a Rahat or Hasan"

"Mohammad Amir is the finest exponent of pace and swing when he gets it 100% right"

"We've used the spell by Trent Boult in Auckland [as an example] and had a look at the lengths"

"We believe that Amir bowls really well at the left-handers and there will be 3 of them in the top 4 for England"

"Amir has been unlucky at times if you look at the amounts of dropped catches"

"He is ready, fit, determined, strong excited so I just hope it goes really well for him"

"It's good that Shadab has put pressure on Yasir as it needed someone to put pressure on him"

"When we have Australia/New Zealand in Dubai and the ball turning square then having these 2 there will be very exciting"

"Faheem has some bit to go with his batting, we need to polish him a bit and he needs to work on his defense"

"Faheem is just a happy go lucky jovial guy and I am not sure he feels pressure"

"Outside the sub continent we cannot play 5 bowlers unless we have a seam bowler all-rounder which is why we have groomed him"

"Shadab's pace is 100% right at the moment, he has slowed his pace a hell of lot down"

"His pace is right for these conditions"

"What we want him to do is to have his variations a gear up instead of a gear down"

"When he is under pressure, he goes a little bit quicker"

"I am quite happy and I would like to keep on going with Pakistan as long as they will have me"

"It's one of the best dressing room environments I have ever been in"

"Our second choice wicket-keeper [Mohammad Rizwan] is here playing in the leagues so we have covered that" [regarding what happens if captain breaks a finger]

"With those runs and wickets comes a lot of accountability" regarding England's experience
 
"Our second choice wicket-keeper [Mohammad Rizwan] is here playing in the leagues so we have covered that" [regarding what happens if captain breaks a finger]


why do our journalist ask such dumb questions
 
"Our second choice wicket-keeper [Mohammad Rizwan] is here playing in the leagues so we have covered that" [regarding what happens if captain breaks a finger]


why do our journalist ask such dumb questions

haha
bhai masala bikta hai :p

Another journalist asked Inzi what if Sarfaraz gets cold :p Their concern for 2nd keeper might be genuine but the way they ask such questions.. hadd hai :p
 
Well we are waiting for him to get a 100 percent right more often.

Also worrying that the final spot is between Hassan and Rahat. There shouldn't be a debate . Hassan Ali must start.
 
Yes, he is.

Some don't know that though, but can't blame then for not knowing bowling.
 
"Hasan Ali and Rahat are in the twelve and we will decide tomorrow which of those will play; so there will be an Ali playing, depends whether its a Rahat or Hasan"

Ohh the 12 is decided :o
Probably the same 10 from last match and a toss between Hasan and Rahat.
 
What else the Phenom need to prove to get out of Pak XI??? I mean really, they are still unsure whether his Majesty should be kicked out or not.
 
"Mohammad Amir is the finest exponent of pace and swing when he gets it 100% right"

"We've used the spell by Trent Boult in Auckland [as an example] and had a look at the lengths"

"We believe that Amir bowls really well at the left-handers and there will be 3 of them in the top 4 for England"

I hope he's right about that. Amir is obviously a massively talented bowler when he's on song, but he hasn't been getting it right often enough. Fans are not going to hear excuses for too much longer, he needs to be hitting the right areas more consistently.
 
i hope he gets his line and length right on this tour otherwise i dont see rahat ali taking a single wkt in both tests .. i hope abbas and amir take the maximum no. of wkts to share the burden of rahat ali :P
 
Wait a minute . If i am not wrong rizwan is playing ramadan cup in karachi.
 
haha
bhai masala bikta hai :p

Another journalist asked Inzi what if Sarfaraz gets cold :p Their concern for 2nd keeper might be genuine but the way they ask such questions.. hadd hai :p

I agree. It's almost as if they are cursing Sarfaraz
 
Arthur has his favorites and he can look the other way against them.

He has shown the players that if they are not in his good books, they will be kicked out and treated like Trash.
 
Some interesting comments there. He says Pakistan have groomed Faheem Ashraf, the guy has just played 19 international games overall, how is that grooming a player? I don't even think he bowls that many overs for Pakistan.He bowls less than 6 overs in ODI's, less than 3 over in T20 and about 10 overs an innings in the only test he played. That is not grooming a player. A player is groomed over the years, not in 19 international games. Whatever he has achieved is due to his domestic performances.
 
Isn't that starting next week? He is probably in the UK at this moment.

SNGPL captain Muhammad Rizwan – Pakistan discard, won the toss and elect to bat first. They recovered from 97-5 to post a competitive total of 163 for six wickets. Khurram Shahzad made a late recovery with a fighting unbeaten 36 off 20 balls laced with four boundaries and a massive six. Rizwan himself top-scored with a steady 41 after facing 38 deliveries with three fours and a six.

This match was on 21st may. So he is in karachi. You can check his name in ramadan cup thred .
 
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