Hussey Believes Muhammad Yousuf And Younis Khan Will Be Missed In Upcoming Test Series
Michael Hussey has praised Mohammad Yousuf and Younis Khan, who failed to make the selection for the upcoming Test series against Australia.
While he agrees that Pakistan’http://www.senore.com/Cricket/S-Young-c87719 talent will impress, he believes the older, experienced batsmen will be missed. “I think their depth is going to be tested. You take Younis Khan and Mohammad Yousuf out of that team and you're losing two outstanding, classy players. That's going to be a big loss, particularly in the Test match arena. It's going to be very hard to find the runs that those guys consistently score in Test match cricket,” Hussey told reporters.
Hussey continued by praising the youngsters, who under the leadership of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shahid-Afridi-c2482 won their last two Test matches, and will be expected to continue with their good form. “But their bowling attacks look outstanding.
They're very well balanced and they cover all bases very well. Run-making for us is going to be tough, but hopefully if we can bowl well and keep them under pressure, I'm hoping we can bowl them out for less runs than us,” Hussey said. Even though Pakistan will go into the match brimming with confidence, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 presents a tough challenge, Pakistan have not beaten Australia in a Test since 1995.
In the last year’s tour of Australia, which concluded this year, Pakistan failed to win a single match which led the Pakistan Cricket Board handing down bans and fines on certain players. The PCB’s Chief, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ijaz-Butt-c64128 told reporters earlier that Younus and his lawyer, Ahmed Qayyum had gone against the players’ code of conduct with their appeal. “Younus and his lawyer have given inappropriate statements. There is a players' code of conduct in place and we will not spare anyone who violates the code,” Butt told reporters in a press conference, held after his meeting with the Federal Sports Minister.
The experienced Hussey, who is also called Mr. Cricket, believes that Pakistan will miss the two batsmen and their only chance at victory would be making more runs than the Australians. But in the most recent Test series against Australia, the only player who managed to score a century was Salman Butt, only he and Umar Akmal scored more than 30 runs. If the younger batsmen can score enough runs, they will top their recent wins with a historic win over Australia and triumph in the series hosted by England, after international matches were banned in Pakistan.
While there may be doubts about their batsmen, there is absolutely no doubt about the ability of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Danish-Kaneria-c1314 and Mohammad Asif, the aggressive fast pace bowlers are expected to create problems for the Australians if not handled efficiently.
Captain Afridi had faith in his team and was confidently ahead of the match but did mention the loss of Yousuf and Younis, “I think now we have regained our winning habit, we must work harder to maintain it. Obviously we will miss their experience, but right now I am focusing completely on the team I have.”
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