Abdullah719
T20I Captain
- Joined
- Apr 16, 2013
- Runs
- 44,825
"Now we're giving new players opportunities and we're getting castigated again" : Mickey Arthur
Mickey Arthur at a presser today:
"Amir's form is a worry, there's nobody more worried about it than Amir. He's still an incredibly skilled bowler and has all the attributes to be successful, he's got big match temperament. He's a wonderful bowler and we'll see how we use him going forward"
"The guys who we've brought in here, their attitudes have been outstanding. We've got to realise that we've got our main players to a proper international level, the chaps that we have here are very good cricketers and will become very good cricketers"
"The other guys have been in a tough system for 2 years, these guys are only making their way to it now, I'm talking about Hasnain, Abid Ali, Saad Ali, these guys haven't been around an environment like this. Umar Akmal's back, Rizwan's been in and out of the side. We're trying a lot of players"
"We're trying to increase the depth of Pakistan cricket which is so important. We always get castigated for not trying new players and now we're giving them opportunities and we're getting castigated again. What people need to understand is that we're a very passion cricket team. Everytime we go out there, we want to win for Pakistan. We represent 210 million people"
"We have a plan in place, myself, Inzi and the selectors. The plan is to have our core group of 15 players ready who are going to win Pakistan the World Cup"
"It's been so refreshing to see these guys come down, train, work hard. Yes, they're getting up to the standards but they're not there yet. But if we can get them to where they need to be, it'll be good for Pakistan cricket as they can take over when other players are out of form or injured"
"We wanted Faheem here for 2 games, we wanted to give him a couple of chances at #6. That's why he came in ahead of Imad, Imad's record over the recent past has been very good. We know he could become that finisher. We need Faheem to become better and better. We're not worried about Faheem with the ball, he's outstanding"
"Shinwari and Junaid play tomorrow, Abbas is out. The batting lineup remains the same"
"Every time we play for Pakistan, we want to win. You can ask the guys in the dressing room, I'm a very bad loser. We hate losing, we don't ever want to lose. We represent a very proud cricket nation. We are testing our bench, though and that's important for us as well but we'll never sacrifice the intensity and the will to win"
"I love Umer Khan, but we wanted a wrist-spinner, we wanted to give Yasir an opportunity. Sharjah was incredibly flat and there wasn't much on offer for our seamers or our spinners. I'm hoping here that it grips and turns a little bit more and then we can hopefully see Yasir coming to the game. The key for us is that two spinners need to be challenging both edges, at the moment they're only challenging one edge and that makes them a little predictable"
"Discipline wise there's definitely a difference (Umar Akmal). I can't sit here and fault him, the way he's come into the team, the way he's tried and prepared, he's been very good. He's done a very good job while he's been in this environment. He knows what the standards in this environment are and he knows where he needs to be if he's going to put himself into contention for a berth going forward. I can't fault his attitude. His fitness has got better, but he's still got a bit of work to do there. So have a couple of other guys who are brand new, just coming to our squad. We'll have fitness tests on the 14th of April in Lahore and to be eligible for the World Cup squad, you need to pass that"
"Asif Ali played some good innings through the PSL. We're looking for a guy who can hit it at the back end. We also know that towards the end of the World Cup, we might lose 1-2 senior players in the middle order and we need to find guys who can replace them and that's why we given opportunities. Asif is a wonderful player and hits the ball incredibly well and he'll be back in the reckoning. We're in a really good place. We want to win every game but there's the bigger picture where we want to win the World Cup"
"We've identified the need to have a psychologist with us. He's going home tonight, he's built a really good bond with the players. He'll be joining us up early in England. We don't like the term psychologist, he's a performance enhancement coach. He's been very good, he's built a good rapport with the players and they've responded really well"
Mickey Arthur at a presser today:
"Amir's form is a worry, there's nobody more worried about it than Amir. He's still an incredibly skilled bowler and has all the attributes to be successful, he's got big match temperament. He's a wonderful bowler and we'll see how we use him going forward"
"The guys who we've brought in here, their attitudes have been outstanding. We've got to realise that we've got our main players to a proper international level, the chaps that we have here are very good cricketers and will become very good cricketers"
"The other guys have been in a tough system for 2 years, these guys are only making their way to it now, I'm talking about Hasnain, Abid Ali, Saad Ali, these guys haven't been around an environment like this. Umar Akmal's back, Rizwan's been in and out of the side. We're trying a lot of players"
"We're trying to increase the depth of Pakistan cricket which is so important. We always get castigated for not trying new players and now we're giving them opportunities and we're getting castigated again. What people need to understand is that we're a very passion cricket team. Everytime we go out there, we want to win for Pakistan. We represent 210 million people"
"We have a plan in place, myself, Inzi and the selectors. The plan is to have our core group of 15 players ready who are going to win Pakistan the World Cup"
"It's been so refreshing to see these guys come down, train, work hard. Yes, they're getting up to the standards but they're not there yet. But if we can get them to where they need to be, it'll be good for Pakistan cricket as they can take over when other players are out of form or injured"
"We wanted Faheem here for 2 games, we wanted to give him a couple of chances at #6. That's why he came in ahead of Imad, Imad's record over the recent past has been very good. We know he could become that finisher. We need Faheem to become better and better. We're not worried about Faheem with the ball, he's outstanding"
"Shinwari and Junaid play tomorrow, Abbas is out. The batting lineup remains the same"
"Every time we play for Pakistan, we want to win. You can ask the guys in the dressing room, I'm a very bad loser. We hate losing, we don't ever want to lose. We represent a very proud cricket nation. We are testing our bench, though and that's important for us as well but we'll never sacrifice the intensity and the will to win"
"I love Umer Khan, but we wanted a wrist-spinner, we wanted to give Yasir an opportunity. Sharjah was incredibly flat and there wasn't much on offer for our seamers or our spinners. I'm hoping here that it grips and turns a little bit more and then we can hopefully see Yasir coming to the game. The key for us is that two spinners need to be challenging both edges, at the moment they're only challenging one edge and that makes them a little predictable"
"Discipline wise there's definitely a difference (Umar Akmal). I can't sit here and fault him, the way he's come into the team, the way he's tried and prepared, he's been very good. He's done a very good job while he's been in this environment. He knows what the standards in this environment are and he knows where he needs to be if he's going to put himself into contention for a berth going forward. I can't fault his attitude. His fitness has got better, but he's still got a bit of work to do there. So have a couple of other guys who are brand new, just coming to our squad. We'll have fitness tests on the 14th of April in Lahore and to be eligible for the World Cup squad, you need to pass that"
"Asif Ali played some good innings through the PSL. We're looking for a guy who can hit it at the back end. We also know that towards the end of the World Cup, we might lose 1-2 senior players in the middle order and we need to find guys who can replace them and that's why we given opportunities. Asif is a wonderful player and hits the ball incredibly well and he'll be back in the reckoning. We're in a really good place. We want to win every game but there's the bigger picture where we want to win the World Cup"
"We've identified the need to have a psychologist with us. He's going home tonight, he's built a really good bond with the players. He'll be joining us up early in England. We don't like the term psychologist, he's a performance enhancement coach. He's been very good, he's built a good rapport with the players and they've responded really well"
at the same time lack of batting talent is another reason we are facing this, Iman and Shan are test batsmen, Fakhar is a hack, apart from Babar no one has played reasonable in ODIs. Talat hasn't met the expectations. We have Umar Akmar and Shehzad top performing in PSL 2019, they are average too but still after 10 years they are still better batsmen hence you know we have issues. We are trying to develop alrounders from scratch we do not have any.
