Hafeez, who served as each director and period in-between head trainer from November 2023 to February 2024, expressed his issues all the way through an interview with former cricketers Michael Vaughan and Adam Gilchrist at the Membership Prairie Hearth podcast.
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He recounted an incident the place he found out a number of gamers asleep within the dressing room all the way through a Take a look at fit, declaring, “You tell me, Gilly (Gilchrist) if a player is sleeping in the dressing room while we’re playing Test cricket. 4-5 players are sleeping in the dressing room. Should I allow that as a team director?”
He stressed out that gamers’ private lives have been their very own, however all the way through designated crew week, entire willpower to the sport used to be paramount.
“I went into the dressing room and found four-five players sleeping in the dressing room while playing Test cricket. I was like, ‘How come you guys can do that?’ If you do something like this, you cannot be a part of this team. I want you guys to stay focused during the game and off the game, whatever you guys do, it is your own life, I never get involved in it. But in the professional timings of the game, I want you guys to focus on the game,” added the previous Pakistan all-rounder.
Mohammad Hafeez and Michael Vaughan in combination at latter on Membership Prairie Hearth.
Hafeez’s tenure as Director of Cricket ended on February 15, 2024, marking a mutual split-up of the way with the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).
His week coincided with a difficult length for Pakistan cricket, with a 3-0 Take a look at layout defeat to Australia and a 4-1 loss within the T20 layout in opposition to Unused Zealand.
Within the T20 Global Cup 2024, Pakistan confronted consecutive defeats in opposition to the United States and Bharat, eminent to an early removing from the event.
