Hafeez eager to regain his form– Cricket News Update
Pakistani all-rounder, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Hafeez-c76898 has stated his desire to regain his form and play a pivotal part for his side in the ongoing Asia Cup, following his match-winning performance against Bangladesh.
The 31-year-old veteran had been in scintillating form since last year, where he amassed notable contributions against the likes of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zimbabwe-c3045, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh – propelling his team to convincing series triumphs. The turn of the year saw his performances
take a back seat but he still provided craftiness through his all-round ability to help the Men In Green clean sweep http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 in the Test series.
However, his performances took a considerable dent in the limited-overs version against the Poms, where he failed to put up a substantial outing, which saw his side hammered 4-0 in the 50-over format before losing the T20s by a 2-1 margin.
The batting failures eventually resulted in some major changes to the squad for the ongoing Asia Cup, with left-handed opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shoaib-Malik-c90088 being axed. This has increased the responsibility on Hafeez to improve his outings at
the top - and the player fought back strongly to register an impressive 89-run knock in the first game against host http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747.
The right-handed batsman further shared a sensible 135-run stand with his new opening partner http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Nasir-Jamshed-c78752 before showing his ability with the ball by returning with an impressive match figures of 2 for 40.
"I had hit a rough patch in the one-dayers against England. This was a performance that I really needed to get back into the groove," said Hafeez.
When asked to comment on the upcoming game against fierce rivals http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750, Hafeez stated that while the match holds importance, one cannot afford to rule out the threat posed by the other teams in the competition.
"The India game is very important for us, but that does not mean we can take the other games lightly. We were on a bit of a slippery terrain against Bangladesh, but were happy to turn it around at the end of the day."
The Green Shirts will play their next match against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 on Thursday March 15, at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur before taking on the Men In Blue on March 18th.
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