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Pakistan team director Mohammad Hafeez speaking during the post-match press conference after Pakistan's 79-run defeat against Australia in the 2nd Test:
“Yes, we made some mistakes as a team,we will take that, we will address those things, but at the same time I believe inconsistent umpiring, technology curse, really given us a result which should have been different, so I feel like these are areas that need to be addressed rightly."
“Not only (Rizwan) decision but if you see the whole game, the very inconsistent decisions of the umpires."
“We play this beautiful game of cricket with a natural instinct, and we all know the basics of the game, but sometimes it seems like it’s a technology show, it’s not the cricket we are playing instead.”
“Technology, I’m in favour of that, but if it’s bringing some doubts or bringing some curse into the game, it should not be acceptable."
"(The ball hitting the stumps) is always out. Why it’s umpire’s call, I’ll never understand that."
"I spoke to the umpire, and he said that he did not even feel that it was touching any part of the gloves, and what we saw was that there should be conclusive evidence to reverse the decision of the umpire. That is what I know, if the umpire has given it not out and there is no conclusive evidence, the decision should not be turned over. I don't know how to say more than this, but as I said earlier, this technology is basically putting a curse on this beautiful game of cricket."
“The fans will never understand why this technology is inconsistent, and the result of the game basically comes up differently."
“I will sum up, Pakistan team played better than the other team, in general. Our batting intent was better, our bowling was hitting in the right areas.”
“We saw Abdullah wasn’t feeling comfortable out there, obviously as a team, you always back your teammates if something is not going well for him, but we made this decision."
“If he’s not feeling comfortable, Babar is always a better fielder so why not he should take that lead and go into first slip, so I think that also worked out very well for me as a director, that I can see the right person is in the right job."
“(Shafique) used to do the slip fielding very well, different conditions might be disturbing him, but I will still believe he’s a good fielder.”
“Yes, we made some mistakes as a team,we will take that, we will address those things, but at the same time I believe inconsistent umpiring, technology curse, really given us a result which should have been different, so I feel like these are areas that need to be addressed rightly."
“Not only (Rizwan) decision but if you see the whole game, the very inconsistent decisions of the umpires."
“We play this beautiful game of cricket with a natural instinct, and we all know the basics of the game, but sometimes it seems like it’s a technology show, it’s not the cricket we are playing instead.”
“Technology, I’m in favour of that, but if it’s bringing some doubts or bringing some curse into the game, it should not be acceptable."
"(The ball hitting the stumps) is always out. Why it’s umpire’s call, I’ll never understand that."
"I spoke to the umpire, and he said that he did not even feel that it was touching any part of the gloves, and what we saw was that there should be conclusive evidence to reverse the decision of the umpire. That is what I know, if the umpire has given it not out and there is no conclusive evidence, the decision should not be turned over. I don't know how to say more than this, but as I said earlier, this technology is basically putting a curse on this beautiful game of cricket."
“The fans will never understand why this technology is inconsistent, and the result of the game basically comes up differently."
“I will sum up, Pakistan team played better than the other team, in general. Our batting intent was better, our bowling was hitting in the right areas.”
“We saw Abdullah wasn’t feeling comfortable out there, obviously as a team, you always back your teammates if something is not going well for him, but we made this decision."
“If he’s not feeling comfortable, Babar is always a better fielder so why not he should take that lead and go into first slip, so I think that also worked out very well for me as a director, that I can see the right person is in the right job."
“(Shafique) used to do the slip fielding very well, different conditions might be disturbing him, but I will still believe he’s a good fielder.”
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