Abdullah719
T20I Captain
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"Next time I won't give players permission to play in foreign leagues during domestic season" : Inzi
Inzamam-ul-Haq speaking on TV:
"No doubt that Pakistan has played badly in the first Test vs NZ, we should have done better."
"The main reason for that is that we are not regularly touring overseas. We are playing mostly in UAE and not arranging A tours. So it will always remain difficult for us."
"You don't find fast wickets in Asia like you do in Australia. Our strong point is playing in Asia. But we want to be the best team. We need to improve our first class system and arrange regular U19, A tours. Once we do that, we'll start performing better on green wickets etc."
"We need to be temperamentally strong. After a loss, we shouldn't rush into too many changes. We need to be patient and give our players confidence."
"It's not my place to tell anyone to retire (Shahid Afridi). If anyone shows good performances and the team needs them, they can be selected."
"Some players often have good performances but they don't get a chance because others are already performing. There isn't any space to include them in the team."
"There are a lot of players like Fawad Alam, Khurram Manzoor, Mohammad Abbas and Tabish Khan who have performed at domestic level for a long time. It is perfectly valid to ask about them. The thing is that we used to try out such players in side matches against strong teams to test them out. Nowadays there isn't much time for many of these matches. We gave a chance to Fawad and Khurram, however, in the side match against WI."
"Anyway, what we (selectors) have decided is: When the QeA season finishes, the 14-15 top performers will be called to a camp at the academy and we will train them and see if there is anything that is lacking such as fitness and we will work on that to ready them for international cricket. We get the feeling that we might need a couple of batsmen and bowlers in the team in the distant future."
"I did punish Umar Akmal and Ahmed Shehzad for discipline issues. That is now over. The leagues that they are playing in, that is with my permission. If I wanted, I wouldn't allow them. There is no punishment now."
"It is a valid concern as to why players are playing in leagues when our domestic tournament (QeA) is going on. I have spoken to the PCB and next time I will not give players permission to play in foreign leagues during domestic season."
"Our best 15 players are in NZ. The next best ones are playing in foreign leagues. So the best 30 players are missing from FC cricket. Someone like Ahmed Shehzad who wants to make a comeback - well, I can't pick him for his performance in Bangladesh. I will look at his performance in our FC cricket."
"Another thing I have changed is that in the contracts, the rule was that any former captain, regardless of performance, will get an A contract. This won't happen."
"I learnt a lot from Javed Miandad. He practised mainly according to how he would score in real match conditions. So I would bat at #4 and often slip fielders move out after a little while - so I practised the late cut a lot."
"Favourite players - Asad Shafiq is a very good player. He hasn't done justice to his talent. Hasan Ali has a lot of potential. There is a lot of talent in Pakistan but it needs to be organised."
"In our days there was no concept of a dietitian but now players are careful and they take care of themselves and what they eat."
"Kohli, de Villiers and Amla are amongst the players I enjoy watching nowadays."
"Amir is a fantastic bowler. But it's true that he hasn't been able to perform to our expectations yet. He can perform better than he has been doing. But to return to cricket after 5 years is a big thing. He needs to play for another 6-8 months."
"I started off as a left-arm bowler. People don't know that I took 27 wickets in a domestic cricket in a season too. But then ICC eliminated chucking... so I focused on my batting."
"Hafeez is an experienced player. If we look at the past few years, he has been amongst the top run-scorers. But the question about him struggling with the moving ball is fair and this goes back to the lack of practice for our players in foreign conditions. They don't play in overseas conditions enough."
"I have no interest in politics at all."
"Talking as a player, I look at our openers in the previous Test. One played 175 balls and made 30 runs. Another score 13 from 113 balls. This makes around 47 overs - in that many overs I think we should play a bit positively. The time to score at 2 runs per over has gone."
"Sharjeel is a player with talent and good technique. Before I came, he was playing T20s. I brought him into ODIs also. People only see what is on TV. In the recent 4-day matches, he was averaging 80 and he has performed in previous seasons too. Such players who are aggressive and can attack bowlers are needed. I would be very confortable while batting with Saeed Anwar, he would make it easy for me with his aggression."
"The best ever batsmen in my view are Viv Richards and Brian Lara, I enjoyed watching them bat."
"In the Pakistan team, I really enjoyed Saeed Anwar and Mohammad Yousuf's batting."
"The toughest bowlers of my time were in our own nets. Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis. One of the reasons behind our batting being good at the time was that the 2 Ws were in the nets so we would find other fast-bowlers easy to play."
"In 93, there was a Test match in Karachi. I had a world record last wicket partnership in a win with Mushtaq Ahmed. He made 20-odd so he hit a couple of fours - I went up to him and asked him 'are you the main batsman or am I?'"
"Wasim bhai often talks about the run-out (against Australia). We had decided to take a single and get him on strike. The ball was a yorker and it hit me on my foot and I fell down but he ran anyway. So I asked him whether he blindfolded himself after we decided to take a run?! If I fell down then it wasn't still wise to go for the run."
"PCB is making a lot of effort to bring cricket back to Pakistan. Bringing PSL final to Lahore is a major first step for that. The board is also trying other things to bring the cricket back."
"We are trying our best to polish talent in rural Balochistan and Sindh. We recently had a team that did trials in Balochistan and another team also conducted trials in FATA. They have found very good players with a lot of talent there. For example, we had decided to bring one leg-spinner from the trials to work with our coaches and ended up getting seven!"
"Junaid Khan was a very good bowler. But after that, he has underwent a knee operation. I don't think that his career is finished but he needs time to recover from that. He needs to perform in domestic cricket. He is a very good bowler and hopefully he can get back to having the same rhythm he used to have."
"Regarding Imam-ul-Haq, I will not do injustice with him by not selecting him simply because he is my brother's son. Nor will I give him a favour. If I feel his performances are good and that there is room for him in an A side, for example, I will give him a chance."
"Younis and Misbah are great players but they are close to their retirements. Azhar Ali is the vice-captain since a long time so it's better that he is the captain. I don't think it would be right to make Younis captain ahead of him but he will still be there to provide advice and support for Azhar."
"We have a habit of making hasty decisions. We knew we will face difficulties in NZ and Australia but I don't intend to suddenly change players overnight. I told the players to play with confidence."
Inzamam-ul-Haq speaking on TV:
"No doubt that Pakistan has played badly in the first Test vs NZ, we should have done better."
"The main reason for that is that we are not regularly touring overseas. We are playing mostly in UAE and not arranging A tours. So it will always remain difficult for us."
"You don't find fast wickets in Asia like you do in Australia. Our strong point is playing in Asia. But we want to be the best team. We need to improve our first class system and arrange regular U19, A tours. Once we do that, we'll start performing better on green wickets etc."
"We need to be temperamentally strong. After a loss, we shouldn't rush into too many changes. We need to be patient and give our players confidence."
"It's not my place to tell anyone to retire (Shahid Afridi). If anyone shows good performances and the team needs them, they can be selected."
"Some players often have good performances but they don't get a chance because others are already performing. There isn't any space to include them in the team."
"There are a lot of players like Fawad Alam, Khurram Manzoor, Mohammad Abbas and Tabish Khan who have performed at domestic level for a long time. It is perfectly valid to ask about them. The thing is that we used to try out such players in side matches against strong teams to test them out. Nowadays there isn't much time for many of these matches. We gave a chance to Fawad and Khurram, however, in the side match against WI."
"Anyway, what we (selectors) have decided is: When the QeA season finishes, the 14-15 top performers will be called to a camp at the academy and we will train them and see if there is anything that is lacking such as fitness and we will work on that to ready them for international cricket. We get the feeling that we might need a couple of batsmen and bowlers in the team in the distant future."
"I did punish Umar Akmal and Ahmed Shehzad for discipline issues. That is now over. The leagues that they are playing in, that is with my permission. If I wanted, I wouldn't allow them. There is no punishment now."
"It is a valid concern as to why players are playing in leagues when our domestic tournament (QeA) is going on. I have spoken to the PCB and next time I will not give players permission to play in foreign leagues during domestic season."
"Our best 15 players are in NZ. The next best ones are playing in foreign leagues. So the best 30 players are missing from FC cricket. Someone like Ahmed Shehzad who wants to make a comeback - well, I can't pick him for his performance in Bangladesh. I will look at his performance in our FC cricket."
"Another thing I have changed is that in the contracts, the rule was that any former captain, regardless of performance, will get an A contract. This won't happen."
"I learnt a lot from Javed Miandad. He practised mainly according to how he would score in real match conditions. So I would bat at #4 and often slip fielders move out after a little while - so I practised the late cut a lot."
"Favourite players - Asad Shafiq is a very good player. He hasn't done justice to his talent. Hasan Ali has a lot of potential. There is a lot of talent in Pakistan but it needs to be organised."
"In our days there was no concept of a dietitian but now players are careful and they take care of themselves and what they eat."
"Kohli, de Villiers and Amla are amongst the players I enjoy watching nowadays."
"Amir is a fantastic bowler. But it's true that he hasn't been able to perform to our expectations yet. He can perform better than he has been doing. But to return to cricket after 5 years is a big thing. He needs to play for another 6-8 months."
"I started off as a left-arm bowler. People don't know that I took 27 wickets in a domestic cricket in a season too. But then ICC eliminated chucking... so I focused on my batting."
"Hafeez is an experienced player. If we look at the past few years, he has been amongst the top run-scorers. But the question about him struggling with the moving ball is fair and this goes back to the lack of practice for our players in foreign conditions. They don't play in overseas conditions enough."
"I have no interest in politics at all."
"Talking as a player, I look at our openers in the previous Test. One played 175 balls and made 30 runs. Another score 13 from 113 balls. This makes around 47 overs - in that many overs I think we should play a bit positively. The time to score at 2 runs per over has gone."
"Sharjeel is a player with talent and good technique. Before I came, he was playing T20s. I brought him into ODIs also. People only see what is on TV. In the recent 4-day matches, he was averaging 80 and he has performed in previous seasons too. Such players who are aggressive and can attack bowlers are needed. I would be very confortable while batting with Saeed Anwar, he would make it easy for me with his aggression."
"The best ever batsmen in my view are Viv Richards and Brian Lara, I enjoyed watching them bat."
"In the Pakistan team, I really enjoyed Saeed Anwar and Mohammad Yousuf's batting."
"The toughest bowlers of my time were in our own nets. Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis. One of the reasons behind our batting being good at the time was that the 2 Ws were in the nets so we would find other fast-bowlers easy to play."
"In 93, there was a Test match in Karachi. I had a world record last wicket partnership in a win with Mushtaq Ahmed. He made 20-odd so he hit a couple of fours - I went up to him and asked him 'are you the main batsman or am I?'"
"Wasim bhai often talks about the run-out (against Australia). We had decided to take a single and get him on strike. The ball was a yorker and it hit me on my foot and I fell down but he ran anyway. So I asked him whether he blindfolded himself after we decided to take a run?! If I fell down then it wasn't still wise to go for the run."
"PCB is making a lot of effort to bring cricket back to Pakistan. Bringing PSL final to Lahore is a major first step for that. The board is also trying other things to bring the cricket back."
"We are trying our best to polish talent in rural Balochistan and Sindh. We recently had a team that did trials in Balochistan and another team also conducted trials in FATA. They have found very good players with a lot of talent there. For example, we had decided to bring one leg-spinner from the trials to work with our coaches and ended up getting seven!"
"Junaid Khan was a very good bowler. But after that, he has underwent a knee operation. I don't think that his career is finished but he needs time to recover from that. He needs to perform in domestic cricket. He is a very good bowler and hopefully he can get back to having the same rhythm he used to have."
"Regarding Imam-ul-Haq, I will not do injustice with him by not selecting him simply because he is my brother's son. Nor will I give him a favour. If I feel his performances are good and that there is room for him in an A side, for example, I will give him a chance."
"Younis and Misbah are great players but they are close to their retirements. Azhar Ali is the vice-captain since a long time so it's better that he is the captain. I don't think it would be right to make Younis captain ahead of him but he will still be there to provide advice and support for Azhar."
"We have a habit of making hasty decisions. We knew we will face difficulties in NZ and Australia but I don't intend to suddenly change players overnight. I told the players to play with confidence."
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