Hafeez, who served as each director and interim head coach from November 2023 to February 2024, expressed his issues throughout an interview with former cricketers Michael Vaughan and Adam Gilchrist on the Membership Prairie Hearth podcast.
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He recounted an incident the place he found a number of gamers asleep within the dressing room throughout a Check match, stating, “You inform me, Gilly (Gilchrist) if a participant is sleeping within the dressing room whereas we’re taking part in Check cricket. 4-5 gamers are sleeping within the dressing room. Ought to I enable that as a group director?”
He harassed that gamers’ private lives had been their very own, however throughout designated group time, full dedication to the sport was paramount.
“I went into the dressing room and located four-five gamers sleeping within the dressing room whereas taking part in Check cricket. I used to be like, ‘How come you guys can do this?’ Should you do one thing like this, you can’t be part of this group. I would like you guys to remain targeted through the sport and off the sport, no matter you guys do, it’s your personal life, I by no means get entangled in it. However within the skilled timings of the sport, I would like you guys to give attention to the sport,” added the previous Pakistan all-rounder.
Mohammad Hafeez and Michael Vaughan collectively finally on Membership Prairie Hearth.
Hafeez’s tenure as Director of Cricket ended on February 15, 2024, marking a mutual parting of the way with the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).
His time coincided with a difficult interval for Pakistan cricket, with a 3-Zero Check sequence defeat to Australia and a 4-1 loss within the T20 sequence in opposition to New Zealand.
Within the T20 World Cup 2024, Pakistan confronted consecutive defeats in opposition to the USA and India, resulting in an early elimination from the event.
