Cricket Highlights

Shaheen Afridi | Lahore captain: (On his promotion to no.6 in batting) Reason was that we lost many early wickets and we needed to lengthen the batting, so I decided to go in there and try my best. There are games like these where you lose a lot of wickets …

Shaheen Afridi: Had the belief in our bowling group and the preparation was good as well. Sam and Abdullah batted really well and we needed to bowl well to defend 180 and our bowlers responded well. We will try and give opportunities to all the players on the bench. We …

Shadab Khan | Islamabad captain: I thought both teams were looking to lose tonight I guess, but we played better and won. But lots to learn, our bowling let them score 180 and we collapsed while batting but cricket is a game where we can learn a lot. As a …

Jos Buttler: “We wanted desperately to win the game today but of course, we’re still delighted to win the series. We got off to a fantastic start but Bangladesh fought back really well. [Curran’s promotion?] It was a great opportunity for Sam to get up the order. He’s someone with huge …

Sarfaraz Ahmed | Quetta Gladiators captain: (On his finger injury) Will go to the doctor for an x-ray, not looking that good at the moment. The kind of combination we have, the wicket was looking a bit difficult, we made a lot of mistakes in the field. Fielding is a …

Babar Azam: When we started, the wicket was good. We played really well. Saim batted well and played his natural game. They executed their plans. We wanted to have a left-hand and right-hand combination. We lost a few wickets in the last five overs. You should improve in every match. …

Shadab Khan | Islamabad captain: The way Faheem played and we know the calibre of him and he is showing it out there. Wasim and Farooqi brought the momentum back in our death overs, at one stage it looked like it will go to 230-240. Our batting is strong but …

Mohammad Nawaz | Quetta captain: Every captain wants a match-winning innings like that. He also won’t forget this for the rest of his life and we as well. The discussion was to show intent from ball one and it was continued by Guptill and Roy. Then Hafeez showed his experience …

Jos Buttler: “Bangladesh finished the innings well, we were in a position to kick on but were 20 short. Had to chase it in the field. Low bounce and a little slow but stayed consistent throughout the game. Bangladesh took the game on and put us under pressure. A different balanced …

Shaheen Shah Afridi | Lahore captain: Fakhar played a brilliant innings, credit to him, whenever he scores big we win. We have belief in our bowling that we can defend. We were talking in the huddle before we went out, that we have 130 to defend and we went about …