Mohammad Hafeez lashes out at media for ‘Negative Propaganda’

35-year old Pakistani veteran batsman Mohammad Hafeez has lashed out at the media for their ‘negative propaganda’ against him. Hafeez, who is ready to bowl once again has been working with Carl Crowe for a while now after serving his one-year suspension from bowling.

“There is a lot of negative propaganda about me in the media but I really don’t care but it does upset me when questions are raised about my cricketing credentials,” he told the “Daily Jang” in an interview in Edgbaston.

“Even when I was bowling I had a very good batting record and average. So there is no extra pressure on me as a batsman just because I can’t bowl,” he said.

“There were doubts raised over the injury when I was ruled out of matches in the World T20 in India. Then there were doubts raised about whether I was fit when I was picked for the England tour,” he said.

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“But now I’m very fit and I’ve started working on the bowling action because I’m keen to play a dual role in limited over series against England as it will be a tough one.”

“I will try to do my best to get my bowling action cleared now from the ICC experts so that I can also bowl in the limited over series in England,” he said.

“They were silenced and forced to acknowledge our performance but after we lost the Old Trafford Test they are again out with the knives. But we acknowledge we played good cricket and couldn’t carry the momentum forward to the second Test. But it does not mean we are out of the series.”

“But I am not worried about it because in cricket the big innings will come if you are feeling good out in the middle. But those who say I am only a batsman on Asian pitches are wrong that I am technically weak. That is not the case. Any batsmen can get out in the slips.”

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