Hafeez was Pakistan team coach and director on tours of New Zealand and Australia this year.
Mohammad Hafeez, the former Pakistan cricketer, made a big expose of the dressing room, revealing that he found 4-to 5 players sleeping during a Test match when he was with the team as the coach and team director.
Pakistan fans are on the edge and raged after the Babar Azam-led side was eliminated from the T20 World Cup 2024 tournament in the group stage itself.
What stunned everyone was Pakistan's opening defeat in the tournament, as they crashed to a Super Over loss against co-hosts USA. The opening defeat turned out to be the defining moment in their campaign and it cost them the Super 8s qualification.
While appearing on the Grand Prairie podcast with Michael Vaughan and Adam Gilchrist, Mohammad Hafeez recalled an incident from a Test match.
"You tell me, Gilly, if a player is sleeping in the dressing room and we are playing Test cricket. 4-5 players are sleeping in the dressing room, should I allow that as a team director?” Hafeez said.
Although the question was asked to Gilchrist, Vaughan replied with a laugh, “Are they tired?”
Hafeez explained, "I really don't know. I went into the dressing room and found 4-5 players are sleeping in the dressing room while playing Test cricket. I was like, "how come you guys can do that?" If you do something like this, you cannot be a part of this team. I want you guys to stay focused during the game and off the game, whatever you guys do, it is your own life, I never get involved in it. But in the professional timings of the game, I want you guys to focus on the game. Stay in touch. If you are a fast bowler, you can have a rest, a good ice bath but you need to concentrate on the game of cricket, like how the other team is also doing. You cannot switch yourself off during the game, but unfortunately, the media didn't like it."
Hafeez was team director and coach on Pakistan's tours of New Zealand and Australia earlier this year but was sacked after Pakistan lost both series.