"We are trying to keep domestic performers like Fawad Alam and Tabish Khan in the picture" : M Wasim
Northern Head Coach (and member of selection committee) Mohammad Wasim at a press conference:
"Australia isn't an easy place to visit for any team to tour. We are disappointed and expected better performances. But to judge our cricket on the basis of this tour is unfair. There were some inexperienced cricketers so we have to give them time"
"We should have some options available for captaincy. The Pakistan team recently has been forced to make players captains. From domestic cricket, we have to bring a system where we have options for captaincy with players having experience of this in domestic cricket"
"The Pakistan team didn't have many options in terms of experienced bowlers. We don't have a long line of fast-bowlers, we didn't have any obvious options who would have gone there and done well. We could have gone back to seniors or picked youngsters. Our thinking was to give chances to youngsters"
"The aim wasn't to play youngsters in Australia and then drop them, they will get proper chances and they are Pakistan's future"
"The batsmen also had performances but we will have to look at things once again when the tour concludes"
"Azhar Ali's form is a concern no doubt. Some of the batsmen's shot selection will also be discussed"
"You can't judge a management after 1.5 series. You need to give them chances, you can't pass judgement so quickly. It's a difficult time for Pakistan cricket, we don't have backup ready for the Pakistan team. We don't have backup pacers, spinners and the batting is also struggling"
"Yasir Shah's bowling is a bigger concern for me than his batting. He batted well, good that he made a hundred but his job is to take wickets and his form in bowling isn't so good. He needs to bowl well. He made a hundred but you can't compare with batsmen because there's a different pressure. The expectations aren't there with lower order batsmen so the pressure is removed. His focus should be on his bowling, he's one of the most senior bowlers in the team but he's struggling, as are the pacers. But Yasir has been the leading bowler in the past, he's struggling now"
"We will review the performances on the Australia tour. We are trying to keep domestic performers in the picture, like Fawad Alam, Tabish Khan and some other players and they will be considered. We will discuss about them and when Misbah comes, these things will be brought up"
Northern Head Coach (and member of selection committee) Mohammad Wasim at a press conference:
"Australia isn't an easy place to visit for any team to tour. We are disappointed and expected better performances. But to judge our cricket on the basis of this tour is unfair. There were some inexperienced cricketers so we have to give them time"
"We should have some options available for captaincy. The Pakistan team recently has been forced to make players captains. From domestic cricket, we have to bring a system where we have options for captaincy with players having experience of this in domestic cricket"
"The Pakistan team didn't have many options in terms of experienced bowlers. We don't have a long line of fast-bowlers, we didn't have any obvious options who would have gone there and done well. We could have gone back to seniors or picked youngsters. Our thinking was to give chances to youngsters"
"The aim wasn't to play youngsters in Australia and then drop them, they will get proper chances and they are Pakistan's future"
"The batsmen also had performances but we will have to look at things once again when the tour concludes"
"Azhar Ali's form is a concern no doubt. Some of the batsmen's shot selection will also be discussed"
"You can't judge a management after 1.5 series. You need to give them chances, you can't pass judgement so quickly. It's a difficult time for Pakistan cricket, we don't have backup ready for the Pakistan team. We don't have backup pacers, spinners and the batting is also struggling"
"Yasir Shah's bowling is a bigger concern for me than his batting. He batted well, good that he made a hundred but his job is to take wickets and his form in bowling isn't so good. He needs to bowl well. He made a hundred but you can't compare with batsmen because there's a different pressure. The expectations aren't there with lower order batsmen so the pressure is removed. His focus should be on his bowling, he's one of the most senior bowlers in the team but he's struggling, as are the pacers. But Yasir has been the leading bowler in the past, he's struggling now"
"We will review the performances on the Australia tour. We are trying to keep domestic performers in the picture, like Fawad Alam, Tabish Khan and some other players and they will be considered. We will discuss about them and when Misbah comes, these things will be brought up"
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