{"id":53270,"date":"2024-01-28T02:11:06","date_gmt":"2024-01-28T02:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/flower-appreciates-pakistans-fight-in-australia-and-new-zealand-tours\/"},"modified":"2024-01-28T02:11:06","modified_gmt":"2024-01-28T02:11:06","slug":"flower-appreciates-pakistans-fight-in-australia-and-new-zealand-tours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/flower-appreciates-pakistans-fight-in-australia-and-new-zealand-tours\/","title":{"rendered":"Flower appreciates Pakistan&#8217;s fight in Australia and New Zealand tours"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Andy Flower praises Pakistan players in the ILT20, skipping PSL for rest.<\/li>\n<li>He enjoyed Multan Sultans but is taking a break; Abdul Rehman replaces him.<\/li>\n<li>Despite tough tours for Pakistan, Flower sees positives despite losses.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Andy Flower, the former Zimbabwean cricketer, shared his thoughts on the ongoing ILT20 tournament, his absence from PSL 2024, his experience with the Multan Sultans, and Pakistan\u2019s recent performances in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bolnews.com\/sports\/2024\/01\/mitchell-marsh-named-t20i-skipper-for-australia-against-west-indies\/\">Australia<\/a> and New Zealand.<\/p>\n<p>Flower acknowledged the significance of having Pakistan international cricketers participate in the ILT20 tournament, saying, \u201cIt is great to have some Pakistan international cricketers playing in this tournament. Really good for the immediate coverage and the audience interest. I am looking forward to their participation this year and that will be a great thing for the tournament.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Flower revealed that he won\u2019t be participating in the Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2024 due to time constraints and exhaustion. Reflecting on the previous year, where he juggled ILT20, PSL, and IPL without breaks, Flower admitted feeling drained and making mistakes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately, I haven\u2019t got the time or the energy at the moment (for PSL 2024). Last year I did the ILT20, Pakistan Super League and IPL with no breaks at all in between and I found that I was getting drained and making some mistakes,\u201d he further added.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, Flower shared his affection for his time with Multan Sultans, expressing respect for the Tareen family and his enjoyment of working with Alamgir and Ali Tareen. While he won\u2019t be returning this year, Flower praised the appointment of Abdul Rehman as coach.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI loved my time with Multan Sultans. I had tremendous respect from Tareen family. I love working with Alamgir and Ali Tareen. It will be difficult not to go back but they have got Abdul Rehman in charge this year. I really like and respect Abdul Rehman, he is an excellent coach. And hopefully they are gonna have a good season, they are in good hands,\u201d Flower said.<\/p>\n<p>Flower shared his thoughts on Pakistan\u2019s recent tours to Australia and New Zealand. Flower acknowledged the challenges posed by these formidable opponents, emphasizing the need to be at the top of the game to avoid getting punished.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTest series against Australia was an excellent Test series. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bolnews.com\/sports\/2024\/01\/shaheen-shah-afridi-opens-up-after-their-third-defeat-against-new-zealand\/\">Pakistan<\/a> had their chances if they caught a few crucial catches then might have taken some wins away but Australia are good in Australia and know their conditions inside out. They are brilliant and if you give them any gap to go through, they will brutally force their way through their gap and that\u2019s what happened. But I think they [Pakistan] should be proud of the cricket they played in Australia,\u201d Flower said.<\/p>\n<p>Flower also acknowledged that these are tough opponents to come up against and if you don\u2019t ride up on top of your game, you get punished.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not entirely surprising they have had two tough tours,\u201d he further added.<\/p>\n<p>Flower refrained from commenting on Babar Azam\u2019s captaincy changes, citing his lack of access to the dressing room dynamics. However, he praised Babar\u2019s batting form in a recent T20 game, recognizing him as an outstanding cricketer who consistently sets high standards.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would be reticent to comment about that because I am not in their dressing room so I don\u2019t know about the ins and outs of how the leadership is working,\u201d Flower said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI saw him [Babar] batting in the T20 game the other day, he looked in good form. He is a guy who sets very high standards, he is very consistent but we all have our fluctuations. You can\u2019t be at the top of your game all the time. No one is super human. He is an outstanding cricketer,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n<div class=\"alsoread\">\n<h4 class=\"text-uppercase mb-10 mt-20 fs-18\">Also Read<\/h4>\n<div class=\"post-box sty22\">\n<div class=\"post-frame js-ratioHtP\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<h5 class=\"title\">Mohammad Hafeez blames players for Australia, New Zealand series upsets<\/h5>\n<p>Mohammad Hafeez blamed players for recent losses. Hafeez said players are distracted&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bolnews.com\/sports\/2024\/01\/mohammad-hafeez-blames-players-for-australia-new-zealand-series-upsets\/\" class=\"post-link\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andy Flower praises Pakistan players in the ILT20, skipping PSL for rest. He enjoyed Multan Sultans but is taking a break; Abdul Rehman replaces him. Despite tough tours for Pakistan, Flower sees positives despite losses. Andy Flower, the former Zimbabwean cricketer, shared his thoughts on the ongoing ILT20 tournament, his absence from PSL 2024, his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":53271,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.bolnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/FotoJet-2024-01-27T115256.556.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53270"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53270\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}