Abdullah719
T20I Captain
- Joined
- Apr 16, 2013
- Runs
- 44,825
"No matter how much criticism I get, I think you need to give players a proper chance" : Misbah
Misbah at a presser today:
"After yesterday's match, people are saying a lot of things about the team we played and what happened in the match. One thing I will say is that when SL came, everyone was saying to rest main players, play new players, it's their 2nd team etc. And after one match where we tried a bit of our bench strength and lost the match, no doubt we played poor cricket, there is a panicked situation. I think when we try something and look to the future, like we're looking to the World Cup, we need to find the answers to some questions and this type of a situation can be created. We're very clear about how we want to go forward and how we want to give chances to players, and we're trying to find answers to those questions"
"When you make changes to a set team then it does make a difference to performances but that's no excuse. I think the players we played yesterday are equally good. Some are making a comeback so there can be pressure. But the belief is that these players can do well against any opposition and win games. SL played good cricket and we made mistakes which is why we lost"
"We will try to give a proper chance to players (Ahmed Shehzad and Umar Akmal), when we take decisions we obviously have some future planning in mind. We look to where we need players going forward or where we can fit in someone. That's the main objective, you also try to win but I think that in the lead up to the World Cup, we will try to explore with players that we need"
"People are thinking that Fakhar has been dropped. He was completely out of form and wasn't scoring but we played him in the ODIs. The thinking was that if we want to give him rest then he should still be given confidence and allowed to perform then we check the others. So we haven't benched him for T20Is, who benches an in-form batsman? Ahmed Shehzad had performed well in PSL so we thought we should give him a chance. So we want to try and get these other players to perform so that the team is confident. When all your batsmen are performing then only you can beat big teams. You shouldn't be over reliant on players"
"Iftikhar Ahmed and Umar Akmal have been brought in the team so that we have some power in the team. When you try out something then you need to have some patience and you shouldn't be so harsh on players, that you give judgement after one innings. If you look at Umar Akmal's performance, over the last year everyone was asking why he didn't get a chance because he scored runs in every format in domestic cricket. So if you bring someone on the basis of that and then after one match you press the panic button and say see what he did 8 years ago etc., I think that's unfair"
"Fielding has been a weak link for us in Karachi also, we are working hard on it. Yesterday's fielding was a lot better than Karachi, there was improvement specially in ground fielding. There was a dropped chance and we need to keep improving and putting in effort"
"Hopefully there is a big crowd for the games, it's not the weekend but people should come to enjoy the games, it's not often that we have international cricket in Pakistan"
"With regards to Ahmed Shehzad, I will try with every player to be fair and to give proper chances so that they know they have been given a fair chance before any decision was taken about them. No matter how much criticism I get, I think you need to give players a proper chance"
"There was a lot of dew, it was like dipping a ball in a bucket. Surprisingly, despite the dew, batting wasn't easy. If you lose 3 wickets in the powerplay this can happen, generally a wet ball favours the batting side. After one hour the conditions are as though it has rained"
"The 16 player squad you have, you have to think of them as the best and you need to rate them. Whichever 11 you pick, you should think you can win the match. We try to win matches but we shouldn't press the panic button and start ringing the changes. These players can perform for Pakistan going forward and win matches"
"No matter how big a player you are, whenever you make a comeback after a long time out from international cricket, no matter the opposition, there is pressure on you and it takes time to recover from that. Sarfaraz is under pressure but as a coach and management team, I try to support him as much as possible so he plays his natural game and the same for the other players. Pressure doesn't help, in T20Is you need to express yourself. I am remaining positive and I am hopeful that the same goes for the players and we do well in the match tomorrow. Whenever you lose as a #1 team it hurts and I think everyone felt that, we will try to make sure the outcome is different"
"If you look at T20 stats, more than 80% of the matches are won in the powerplay. It's rare that you lose the powerplay and then win the match. So that went badly for us"
"Babar Azam is the #1 player and I personally think that your best player should play the maximum number of overs in T20Is so that you can put pressure on the other team. We were looking at Ahmed Shehzad for opening or #3 because we need players here then we thought that since Fakhar has scored, we can give him a break and try Ahmed and also Umar. We will try to make changes wherever needed"
"At the moment, it looks like 80-90% we're playing against Gunathilaka. In the ODI series also it was the same. It's bound to happen with us when we play against SL, sometimes it's Sangakkara and now Gunathilaka. I am pretty impressed by their bowling, their wrist spinners bowled really well with a wet ball. Shanaka also with the bat. Overall it's a good young unit"
"We are hoping that Test cricket also returns to Pakistan. Confidence for SL will be built by this tour and they will get a lot of reassurance. The agencies and the board have done a fantastic job and there is no sign of compromise at all in terms of security. Hopefully there will be Test cricket in Pakistan"
Misbah at a presser today:
"After yesterday's match, people are saying a lot of things about the team we played and what happened in the match. One thing I will say is that when SL came, everyone was saying to rest main players, play new players, it's their 2nd team etc. And after one match where we tried a bit of our bench strength and lost the match, no doubt we played poor cricket, there is a panicked situation. I think when we try something and look to the future, like we're looking to the World Cup, we need to find the answers to some questions and this type of a situation can be created. We're very clear about how we want to go forward and how we want to give chances to players, and we're trying to find answers to those questions"
"When you make changes to a set team then it does make a difference to performances but that's no excuse. I think the players we played yesterday are equally good. Some are making a comeback so there can be pressure. But the belief is that these players can do well against any opposition and win games. SL played good cricket and we made mistakes which is why we lost"
"We will try to give a proper chance to players (Ahmed Shehzad and Umar Akmal), when we take decisions we obviously have some future planning in mind. We look to where we need players going forward or where we can fit in someone. That's the main objective, you also try to win but I think that in the lead up to the World Cup, we will try to explore with players that we need"
"People are thinking that Fakhar has been dropped. He was completely out of form and wasn't scoring but we played him in the ODIs. The thinking was that if we want to give him rest then he should still be given confidence and allowed to perform then we check the others. So we haven't benched him for T20Is, who benches an in-form batsman? Ahmed Shehzad had performed well in PSL so we thought we should give him a chance. So we want to try and get these other players to perform so that the team is confident. When all your batsmen are performing then only you can beat big teams. You shouldn't be over reliant on players"
"Iftikhar Ahmed and Umar Akmal have been brought in the team so that we have some power in the team. When you try out something then you need to have some patience and you shouldn't be so harsh on players, that you give judgement after one innings. If you look at Umar Akmal's performance, over the last year everyone was asking why he didn't get a chance because he scored runs in every format in domestic cricket. So if you bring someone on the basis of that and then after one match you press the panic button and say see what he did 8 years ago etc., I think that's unfair"
"Fielding has been a weak link for us in Karachi also, we are working hard on it. Yesterday's fielding was a lot better than Karachi, there was improvement specially in ground fielding. There was a dropped chance and we need to keep improving and putting in effort"
"Hopefully there is a big crowd for the games, it's not the weekend but people should come to enjoy the games, it's not often that we have international cricket in Pakistan"
"With regards to Ahmed Shehzad, I will try with every player to be fair and to give proper chances so that they know they have been given a fair chance before any decision was taken about them. No matter how much criticism I get, I think you need to give players a proper chance"
"There was a lot of dew, it was like dipping a ball in a bucket. Surprisingly, despite the dew, batting wasn't easy. If you lose 3 wickets in the powerplay this can happen, generally a wet ball favours the batting side. After one hour the conditions are as though it has rained"
"The 16 player squad you have, you have to think of them as the best and you need to rate them. Whichever 11 you pick, you should think you can win the match. We try to win matches but we shouldn't press the panic button and start ringing the changes. These players can perform for Pakistan going forward and win matches"
"No matter how big a player you are, whenever you make a comeback after a long time out from international cricket, no matter the opposition, there is pressure on you and it takes time to recover from that. Sarfaraz is under pressure but as a coach and management team, I try to support him as much as possible so he plays his natural game and the same for the other players. Pressure doesn't help, in T20Is you need to express yourself. I am remaining positive and I am hopeful that the same goes for the players and we do well in the match tomorrow. Whenever you lose as a #1 team it hurts and I think everyone felt that, we will try to make sure the outcome is different"
"If you look at T20 stats, more than 80% of the matches are won in the powerplay. It's rare that you lose the powerplay and then win the match. So that went badly for us"
"Babar Azam is the #1 player and I personally think that your best player should play the maximum number of overs in T20Is so that you can put pressure on the other team. We were looking at Ahmed Shehzad for opening or #3 because we need players here then we thought that since Fakhar has scored, we can give him a break and try Ahmed and also Umar. We will try to make changes wherever needed"
"At the moment, it looks like 80-90% we're playing against Gunathilaka. In the ODI series also it was the same. It's bound to happen with us when we play against SL, sometimes it's Sangakkara and now Gunathilaka. I am pretty impressed by their bowling, their wrist spinners bowled really well with a wet ball. Shanaka also with the bat. Overall it's a good young unit"
"We are hoping that Test cricket also returns to Pakistan. Confidence for SL will be built by this tour and they will get a lot of reassurance. The agencies and the board have done a fantastic job and there is no sign of compromise at all in terms of security. Hopefully there will be Test cricket in Pakistan"
