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"We are one, we are united, we are all Pakistanis, we all care about each other" : Mohammad Hafeez
Mohammad Hafeez speaking to the media today
Obviously as a team we are looking forward to and preparing for our next challenge
Today (in training) the attitude was really good from all players
Yes, for the last couple of days, all of us were very disappointed and all felt pain as our current journey in the World Cup hasnt been that great and as team we have not been able to play well
After that a lot of stuff was discussed in the media and we got to hear about things that caused us a lot of pain
My sympathies for all the players whose families were targeted due to their performances in cricket
I feel that such things should not happen
Whether we win or lose, we are all together as a country and a nation and we should use nice words about each other
You don’t prepare yourself for defeat
All of us have worked very hard and the players have given their 100% in all practice sessions so far
Results haven’t been that good and as a team, collectively, we have not played good cricket
There have been good performances in parts, so someone has bowled well in some spells, someone has batted well but you only win when you perform well as a team
We haven’t played well and the responsibility for that is with all players and supporting staff
First of all it was a team decision – talking about it after the match is easy
As a player, I own the decision of team management and they took the right decision based upon conditions
We didn’t bowl well and capitalize on that decision, we didn’t bowl well and put them under pressure
In my view, toss should not be discussed so much, no one makes decisions after reading Tweets
No one asks for advice and then change their point of view like that
The captain and team management too the best decision they could and we as a team did not perform well
When we all take responsibility and be accountable then the Pakistan team will move forward
Obviously seeing ourselves at the bottom of the table gives us a lot of pain
If you look at the history of Pakistan teams, we have always come up after being down
I have full trust in my teammates that we will play our best game and avail ourselves of whatever opportunity we get
India-Pakistan cricket game is one where there is a lot of involvement of people’s emotions
As a Pakistani, I am as saddened by defeat like any other Pakistani would be
We have to accept this defeat and have to improve on things and not to criticize in a way that will break us down
We still have a chance in this tournament, and this is why our guys are here
The body language of all players is very positive; What has happened has happened
In the last 2 days that we got off, we sat down and discussed matters between ourselves and helped out each other
Results are still not in our hands but are effort is 100%
What I have seen in my 16-17 years career for Pakistan is that whenever we lose, I don’t know why and where such news things come out [talking about groupings]
We are one, we are Pakistani, and we have come here to represent our country
All the players care for each other and there is no issue which seems to only come out when we lose – how come this doesn’t come out after a win?
When we won against England, then no such stuff came to the fore
When we lost to India, then we have talk of groups – all these are useless matters and we are discussing non-issues
The main cricketing issue is that we have not played good cricket so far in the World Cup
We are just looking to win the next game and not thinking too far ahead – we aren’t thinking that we have to win four games in a row, all we care about now is that we have win the match against South Africa
What we have seen is that we have lost matches despite hundreds
But we won the game against England without hundreds
You will see less of individual brilliance – you have to play well as a team
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Mohammad Hafeez "whenever we lose, these stories of groupings start. We beat England there were no stories of groupings, we lose to India & these stories of groupings in the squad start. We are one, we are united, we are all Pakistanis, we all care about each other" <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/cwc19?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#cwc19</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saj_PakPassion/status/1141749743552540673?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 20, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Mohammad Hafeez speaking to the media today
Obviously as a team we are looking forward to and preparing for our next challenge
Today (in training) the attitude was really good from all players
Yes, for the last couple of days, all of us were very disappointed and all felt pain as our current journey in the World Cup hasnt been that great and as team we have not been able to play well
After that a lot of stuff was discussed in the media and we got to hear about things that caused us a lot of pain
My sympathies for all the players whose families were targeted due to their performances in cricket
I feel that such things should not happen
Whether we win or lose, we are all together as a country and a nation and we should use nice words about each other
You don’t prepare yourself for defeat
All of us have worked very hard and the players have given their 100% in all practice sessions so far
Results haven’t been that good and as a team, collectively, we have not played good cricket
There have been good performances in parts, so someone has bowled well in some spells, someone has batted well but you only win when you perform well as a team
We haven’t played well and the responsibility for that is with all players and supporting staff
First of all it was a team decision – talking about it after the match is easy
As a player, I own the decision of team management and they took the right decision based upon conditions
We didn’t bowl well and capitalize on that decision, we didn’t bowl well and put them under pressure
In my view, toss should not be discussed so much, no one makes decisions after reading Tweets
No one asks for advice and then change their point of view like that
The captain and team management too the best decision they could and we as a team did not perform well
When we all take responsibility and be accountable then the Pakistan team will move forward
Obviously seeing ourselves at the bottom of the table gives us a lot of pain
If you look at the history of Pakistan teams, we have always come up after being down
I have full trust in my teammates that we will play our best game and avail ourselves of whatever opportunity we get
India-Pakistan cricket game is one where there is a lot of involvement of people’s emotions
As a Pakistani, I am as saddened by defeat like any other Pakistani would be
We have to accept this defeat and have to improve on things and not to criticize in a way that will break us down
We still have a chance in this tournament, and this is why our guys are here
The body language of all players is very positive; What has happened has happened
In the last 2 days that we got off, we sat down and discussed matters between ourselves and helped out each other
Results are still not in our hands but are effort is 100%
What I have seen in my 16-17 years career for Pakistan is that whenever we lose, I don’t know why and where such news things come out [talking about groupings]
We are one, we are Pakistani, and we have come here to represent our country
All the players care for each other and there is no issue which seems to only come out when we lose – how come this doesn’t come out after a win?
When we won against England, then no such stuff came to the fore
When we lost to India, then we have talk of groups – all these are useless matters and we are discussing non-issues
The main cricketing issue is that we have not played good cricket so far in the World Cup
We are just looking to win the next game and not thinking too far ahead – we aren’t thinking that we have to win four games in a row, all we care about now is that we have win the match against South Africa
What we have seen is that we have lost matches despite hundreds
But we won the game against England without hundreds
You will see less of individual brilliance – you have to play well as a team
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Mohammad Hafeez "whenever we lose, these stories of groupings start. We beat England there were no stories of groupings, we lose to India & these stories of groupings in the squad start. We are one, we are united, we are all Pakistanis, we all care about each other" <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/cwc19?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#cwc19</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saj_PakPassion/status/1141749743552540673?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 20, 2019</a></blockquote>
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