Abdullah719
T20I Captain
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"We are playing these matches keeping Asia Cup in mind where we have to play India" : Faheem Ashraf
Faheem Ashraf speaking after his maiden five-fer:
"I try to hit the right areas while bowling. If there is swing then you can get wickets early but otherwise the aim is to contain and then attack the wickets"
"My seam position was looking good today and I was bowling from the other end. Saifi bhai decides which end who bowls from and everyone does so happily"
"In domestic cricket, Usman Shinwari is often my bowling partner as we play for the same department. For Pakistan, I have different bowling pairs, sometimes it's Usman, sometimes Hasan or Shadab"
"I am doing a lot of hard work on my batting and bowling both. The management tells me that if I bat, I should try to play long innings to get confidence. We have big matches leading up to the World Cup which is what we're looking to. Similarly if I give good performances in bowling, that will benefit me in future"
"Zimbabwe in Zimbabwe is not an easy team, no team is an easy opponent in international cricket. The coach also emphasises that we should be preparing ourselves for the Asia Cup etc. and we should think we're playing against those teams"
"In variation, Ajju bhai tells me in practice to work on it as I have a quick action and variations will benefit me"
"I try to bowl stump to stump and hit the right areas"
Quotes from press conference:
"I would like to thank Allah, my household and Ajju bhai who is the main person behind our bowling attack. He always gives us confidence and tells us to enjoy our bowling and because of him I've taken my first 5fer in ODIs"
"I try to hit the right areas and bowl stump to stump"
"In the last two matches, I was padded up to come in at #4 but our team is doing so well that I haven't got a chance"
"Since we came to Zimbabwe, our focus is on playing the first and last game with the same intensity. If we are leading 3-0 or 4-0, we don't want to become lazy and we want to play every match with a high level of intensity"
"I don't think there will be too many changes for the team as Hasan Ali was rested today due to his neck. If there's any changes, he might come back into the playing XI"
"We are playing keeping the Asia Cup in mind where we have to play India etc., after that we have to play Australia and New Zealand. We are keeping the World Cup in focus as well. This Zimbabwe team is a good team, no international team is bad. We are playing these matches as we would play matches against Australia/England or New Zealand"
"It's cricket and there are ups and downs, you can't take any match lightly. If Zimbabwe is losing 3-0 then they will try to come back hard in the 4th match. We don't take any team lightly regardless of their ranking"
"It's true that we are a very close team and we back each other all the time. Since the CT, we play as one unit and support each other and are happy with each other's performances. That's why we are winning matches in all formats"
Faheem Ashraf speaking after his maiden five-fer:
"I try to hit the right areas while bowling. If there is swing then you can get wickets early but otherwise the aim is to contain and then attack the wickets"
"My seam position was looking good today and I was bowling from the other end. Saifi bhai decides which end who bowls from and everyone does so happily"
"In domestic cricket, Usman Shinwari is often my bowling partner as we play for the same department. For Pakistan, I have different bowling pairs, sometimes it's Usman, sometimes Hasan or Shadab"
"I am doing a lot of hard work on my batting and bowling both. The management tells me that if I bat, I should try to play long innings to get confidence. We have big matches leading up to the World Cup which is what we're looking to. Similarly if I give good performances in bowling, that will benefit me in future"
"Zimbabwe in Zimbabwe is not an easy team, no team is an easy opponent in international cricket. The coach also emphasises that we should be preparing ourselves for the Asia Cup etc. and we should think we're playing against those teams"
"In variation, Ajju bhai tells me in practice to work on it as I have a quick action and variations will benefit me"
"I try to bowl stump to stump and hit the right areas"
Quotes from press conference:
"I would like to thank Allah, my household and Ajju bhai who is the main person behind our bowling attack. He always gives us confidence and tells us to enjoy our bowling and because of him I've taken my first 5fer in ODIs"
"I try to hit the right areas and bowl stump to stump"
"In the last two matches, I was padded up to come in at #4 but our team is doing so well that I haven't got a chance"
"Since we came to Zimbabwe, our focus is on playing the first and last game with the same intensity. If we are leading 3-0 or 4-0, we don't want to become lazy and we want to play every match with a high level of intensity"
"I don't think there will be too many changes for the team as Hasan Ali was rested today due to his neck. If there's any changes, he might come back into the playing XI"
"We are playing keeping the Asia Cup in mind where we have to play India etc., after that we have to play Australia and New Zealand. We are keeping the World Cup in focus as well. This Zimbabwe team is a good team, no international team is bad. We are playing these matches as we would play matches against Australia/England or New Zealand"
"It's cricket and there are ups and downs, you can't take any match lightly. If Zimbabwe is losing 3-0 then they will try to come back hard in the 4th match. We don't take any team lightly regardless of their ranking"
"It's true that we are a very close team and we back each other all the time. Since the CT, we play as one unit and support each other and are happy with each other's performances. That's why we are winning matches in all formats"
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