Hafeez wants sports journalists not to misquote his statements

The former all-rounder has always been in highlights for being vocal with his statements. However, he has opened up more after his retirement

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Former Pakistan captain Mohammad Hafeez is not pleased with the sports journalists misquoting his recent statements.

The former all-rounder has always been in highlights for being vocal with his statements. However, he has opened up more after his retirement and has been forming opinions on the matters of Pakistan cricket.

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In recent interviews, he viewed to improve the standards of Pakistan cricket, infra-structure, and provide financial security to local and uprising cricketers.

He could not see any road map for grass-root cricketers to reach at the highest level.

Regarding current PCB chairman Ramiz Raja, Hafeez suggested focusing on existing grounds and providing proper equipment to curators before making new big moves like bringing in drop-in pitches.

While his views for people in administrative roles were to replace them if they could not deliver. He quoted an example of players where they are dropped after a bad series similarly, administrators should be answerable too for their performance.

When asked about his future plans he replied diplomatically, saying that he will do anything for the betterment of Pakistan cricket and needs power and authority to make changes for future generations.

But it seems like Hafeez was unhappy with the way his statements have been misquoted in media. He showed his displeasure via a tweet and wrote: “My request to all respected sport[s] journalists if you can’t share my full contextual statements, then please don’t share it. Regards.”

My request to all respected sport journalists if u can’t share my full contextual statements then please don’t share it. Regards #Respect
— Mohammad Hafeez (@MHafeez22) March 7, 2022

It must be noted that Hafeez retired from international cricket in January 2021 but he is actively taking part in domestic leagues.

Recently, he was part of the Lahore Qalandars which won the HBL Pakistan Super League (PSL) season seven. The 41-year-old bagged Player of the Final, scoring 69 off 46 balls and bowled a spell of 2/23.