'I rate Babar Azam very highly,' Andy Flower
Andy backed the idea of having different management in different formats
DUBAI: Former England and PSL team Multan Sultans’ head coach Andy Flower feels that Shan Masood has improved his white-ball game in recent years and termed him a solid captain in shorter format of the game.
Speaking to a group of Pakistani journalists in Dubai where he is currently coaching Gulf Giants’ side in ILT20, Andy flower also praised Pakistan’s captain Babar Azam.
“I rate Babar Azam very highly in all the formats, he has been a superb T20 cricketer, it depends how Pakistani selectors see it and I just think he is a superb cricketer and adds to any XI he is picked in,” he said of Pakistan’s captain.
“I think Shan Masood is a superb cricketer and his white-ball confidence and skills have grown tremendously over the last few years because of the exposure in PSL and also he has played cricket in England as well and I think that has been really good for his game, he has grown his confidence definitely. I think, he is really good captain, I have worked with him as a captain, he is outstanding young man and I don’t know what are the options available in Pakistan but as far as Shan is concerned, he is a solid man,” he said when he was asked to share his thoughts on recent reports that suggested Shan is likely to replace Babar as ODI captain.
Replying to a question, Andy backed the idea of having different management in different formats but added that it mostly depends on circumstances and options available to any certain team.
Andy added that he will not be available to coach Pakistan’s side as he is currently busy with his assignments with various T20 franchises.
“At the moment I am enjoying my franchise experiences and I am quite busy at the moment and I am going to stick doing that,” he said.
“I think they know that I am busy with franchise cricket at the moment,” Andy Flower added.
The former England coach said that anchors can also have an importance to play in T20 format.
“We all like aggression I think but I still think there is role for different types of players in T20s. It depends on selectors, coaches and captains of a particular team that how they want to balance it out. Certainly, power and aggression is important but there are different ways of scoring runs in cricket. Suryakumar Yadav has shown very recently how to do it with skills and innovation. I think there is space of all type of cricketers, you just need to get your balance right,” he said.
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