{"id":109786,"date":"2021-08-01T09:36:34","date_gmt":"2021-08-01T09:36:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=109786"},"modified":"2021-08-01T09:56:20","modified_gmt":"2021-08-01T09:56:20","slug":"i-will-always-remember-it-hafeez-happy-to-contribute-with-ball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=109786","title":{"rendered":"I will always remember it: Hafeez happy to contribute with ball"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin: 5px 5% 10px 5%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/arysports.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Hafeez.jpg\" width=\"742\" height=\"486\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Guyana: Veteran all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez is ecstatic after he bagged &#8216;Player of the Match&#8217; award for the first time with the ball in the second T20I against West Indies on Saturday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 40-year-old Hafeez bowled one of the most economical spells in the history of this format as he gave away only six runs in four overs and claimed a wicket of Andre Fletcher.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am very happy, I am thankful to Allah that as a bowler, this is my first man of the match award and I will always remember it for the rest of my life,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Hafeez praised skipper Babar Azam for showing confidence in his abilities and opined that playing in Caribbean Premier League (CPL) helped him to counter Windies&#8217; batters.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/arysports.tv\/holder-bags-four-west-indies-restrict-pakistan-second-t20i\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pooran\u2019s fifty goes in vain as Pakistan beat West Indies by seven runs<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;The captain backed me. I am very happy that I got the chance of bowling against left handers and I am very happy to perform well against West Indies since you know that they have big hitters in their side, so the challenge is always to keep a tight line every time. But still I got my areas right and I am really happy to contribute,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Knowing these conditions and having played cricket here before in the Caribbean Premier League certainly helped as I knew it would be difficult for the batsmen,&#8221; he maintained.<\/p>\n<p>Pakistani restricted the hosts to 150\/4 while defending 158. At one stage, Green Shirts looked set for a 170+ score but batting collapsed badly after the dismissal of Babar Azam (51) and Mohammad Rizwan (46).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe morale is high but we\u2019ll have to strengthen our execution in batting which we are completely capable of. We are capable of scoring 180 here and I am hopeful that we will be better prepared for tomorrow\u2019s game and win the series as well,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan leads the four-match series by 1-0. The third T20I will be played today at the same venue followed by fourth on August 3.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Also Read:<a href=\"https:\/\/arysports.tv\/rizwan-babar-set-another-world-record\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rizwan, Babar set another world record<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Guyana: Veteran all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez is ecstatic after he bagged &#8216;Player of the Match&#8217; award for the first time with the ball in the second <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=109786\" title=\"I will always remember it: Hafeez happy to contribute with ball\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109786"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=109786"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109786\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":109788,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109786\/revisions\/109788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=109786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=109786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=109786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}