Fielding let us down, says http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Khan-c71319 – Cricket News Update
The Interim coach of the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 at Abu Dhabi and said that his team would have taken
a 1-0 lead in the series had the fielders held on to their chances.
Pakistan was in a commanding position till the first three days of the first Test after they bowled out the visitors for a mere 197 runs on the opening day of the match. The Green Shirts bowled pretty well in the second innings as well
on a very flat track; however, their fielders never responded and dropped some very straight-forward catches to give the Islanders a hope of drawing the match, which they eventually did.
A number of cricket analysts in the world have slammed the management of Pakistan cricket team for playing defensive cricket because they batted a touch slowly in their first innings and decided not to go for a reachable target in the
second innings.
However, Mohsin is not ready to accept that the strategy was negative and said that it is only because of poor fielding that the Green Shirts failed to make a match of it.
“Our fielding let us down in the end. Catches are not dropped on purpose but we dropped some crucial catches at crucial times in the match and we suffered in the end due to those dropped catches,” the interim coach feels.
The former opening batsman is satisfied with his team’s performance in batting and bowling and just like many cricket fans from Pakistan, Mohsin is disappointed with the outcome of this match.
Mohsin said, “We played some good cricket and it’s disappointing not to be coming away from the first test match in Abu Dhabi with a victory under our belts. We were particularly good with both bat and ball in the first three days of the
match.”
The second match of the three-match series is going to start from October 26, 2011, in Dubai. Let us hope that the pitch there is more supportive for the bowlers.
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