Azhar, one of many best gamers to have donned Pakistan whites, nonetheless performs first-class cricket and really not too long ago scored his forty ninth first-class hundred.
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“The sort of uneven bounce we saw on the fourth day is no surprise Pakistan was bowled out for 89. It was very difficult coping with that awkward variable bounce all the time,” Azahar said.
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Azhar came down heavily on bowling unit, which he feels over the years had not come to the fore for Pakistan in the past few Test series Down Under.
“How many occasions have the bowlers bowled out Australia for low scores whereas the batsmen have every so often put up good totals?” he questioned.
“Unless you bowl out Australia for below 250-300, you possibly can’t count on to win matches Down Under,” he mentioned.
Azhar, who hit a double hundred on the MCG throughout Pakistan’s 2016 tour of Australia, noticed that Shaheen Shah Afridi and firm bought carried away by the bounce and weren’t disciplined sufficient to hit one size persistently.
“Many times our bowlers get carried away with the bounce and pace but the fact is you have to hit a consistent length to get wickets in Australia,” he added.
He identified that it had been a very long time since Pakistani bowling assault had taken 20 wickets in a match in Australia whereas on this interval many occasions Pakistan did put up massive totals.
“Unless you take 20 wickets how can you expect to win against a tough opposition like Australia in their own backyard.”
Interestingly on the 2010 tour of Australia, Pakistan pacers had bowled out Australia twice for low scores at Sydney however the batsmen could not even chase a gettable whole of 176 runs within the fourth innings.
Azhar opined that Pakistan ought to have performed yet another specialist bowler rather than both Faheem Ashraf or Salman Ali Agha in Perth.
Source: www.hindustantimes.com
