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[VIDEO] "There's a close resemblance between a young Starc and Shaheen Shah Afridi" : Mickey Arthur
Mickey Arthur at a presser after PZ beat KK in Eliminator 2 of PSL 2018:
"Don't think you can blame those two batters in isolation, I thought they played well but we were chasing 20 too many."
"I thought we bowled well in the first four overs but they got the momentum after Shinwari's over. Amir bowled his four overs for just 16 and did a really good job."
"We had to get 8 overs out of the 2 spinners and Ravi, so we clearly missed Afridi and Imad today. You put them in there and it looks like a pretty useful bowling unit."
"Kamran Akmal player very well today. To play international cricket, you've got to do well in three different disciplines. He's batted outstandingly and is a really good batsman. But the same thing as last time, where does he field? Sarfaraz is the keeper. He was poor in the field in West Indies and I'm not sure too much has changed."
"There's no conflict of interest, I work with young Pakistan players and have seen young players come through."
"We've batted first the whole competition but we fielded first because there was some rain expected later. We would have been in control had that happened and I think Zalmi would've done the same."
"You can't look into a crystal ball and know when a batsman is and isn't going to get out. We knew the top five batsmen would have to take the game deep. Joe and Babar played well. We probably didn't, and couldn't accelerate at the end and the bowling was particularly good. Had we bowled and kept to our plans, we would've been chasing 20 less."
"Hasan Mohsin was close to playing the last game against Islamabad. In terms of our emerging player, we went with Irfan jr and he turned it some fairly good performances earlier in the competition. We tried to back him and stay consistent with selections. I think we were ravaged by injuries, the injuries to Afridi and Imad are massive. When we sat down and made plans, we picked them to control the middle over and for Imad to bowl a couple of overs in the powerplay so we lost two massive international players and that scuppered our plans a bit."
"I wanted to give Mohammad Amir some responsibility. I think part of the PSL is about producing Pakistan cricketers and part of it is about producing Pakistani leaders. By giving Amir an opportunity, I felt we gave an opportunity to another Pakistani player to lead a team and perhaps we'd find something there in terms of his character that we can take forward."
"One of the reasons I'm coaching a PSL team is that I get to see good youngsters at very close quarters. I thought Hussain Talat played some very good innings. Asif Ali has shown to be a very explosive hitter and we need to take a closer look at him. Agha Salman I thought played very well for Lahore."
"That's besides the massive talent of Shaheen. I think he's going to be a very good bowler and he's a guy we need to get into our emerging system so that we can work hard with him. If we can put a couple of years into him, he is going to be very exceptional. I had the privilege of seeing Mitchell Starc when he was very young and there is a very close resemblance between the two of them. Shaheen just needs the right guidance and training and he's going to be a star."
"I've never seen Mukhtar play before today and the intelligence that I got from the team was that he was the right option today."
Mickey Arthur at a presser after PZ beat KK in Eliminator 2 of PSL 2018:
"Don't think you can blame those two batters in isolation, I thought they played well but we were chasing 20 too many."
"I thought we bowled well in the first four overs but they got the momentum after Shinwari's over. Amir bowled his four overs for just 16 and did a really good job."
"We had to get 8 overs out of the 2 spinners and Ravi, so we clearly missed Afridi and Imad today. You put them in there and it looks like a pretty useful bowling unit."
"Kamran Akmal player very well today. To play international cricket, you've got to do well in three different disciplines. He's batted outstandingly and is a really good batsman. But the same thing as last time, where does he field? Sarfaraz is the keeper. He was poor in the field in West Indies and I'm not sure too much has changed."
"There's no conflict of interest, I work with young Pakistan players and have seen young players come through."
"We've batted first the whole competition but we fielded first because there was some rain expected later. We would have been in control had that happened and I think Zalmi would've done the same."
"You can't look into a crystal ball and know when a batsman is and isn't going to get out. We knew the top five batsmen would have to take the game deep. Joe and Babar played well. We probably didn't, and couldn't accelerate at the end and the bowling was particularly good. Had we bowled and kept to our plans, we would've been chasing 20 less."
"Hasan Mohsin was close to playing the last game against Islamabad. In terms of our emerging player, we went with Irfan jr and he turned it some fairly good performances earlier in the competition. We tried to back him and stay consistent with selections. I think we were ravaged by injuries, the injuries to Afridi and Imad are massive. When we sat down and made plans, we picked them to control the middle over and for Imad to bowl a couple of overs in the powerplay so we lost two massive international players and that scuppered our plans a bit."
"I wanted to give Mohammad Amir some responsibility. I think part of the PSL is about producing Pakistan cricketers and part of it is about producing Pakistani leaders. By giving Amir an opportunity, I felt we gave an opportunity to another Pakistani player to lead a team and perhaps we'd find something there in terms of his character that we can take forward."
"One of the reasons I'm coaching a PSL team is that I get to see good youngsters at very close quarters. I thought Hussain Talat played some very good innings. Asif Ali has shown to be a very explosive hitter and we need to take a closer look at him. Agha Salman I thought played very well for Lahore."
"That's besides the massive talent of Shaheen. I think he's going to be a very good bowler and he's a guy we need to get into our emerging system so that we can work hard with him. If we can put a couple of years into him, he is going to be very exceptional. I had the privilege of seeing Mitchell Starc when he was very young and there is a very close resemblance between the two of them. Shaheen just needs the right guidance and training and he's going to be a star."
"I've never seen Mukhtar play before today and the intelligence that I got from the team was that he was the right option today."
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