I am impressed by the abundance of natural talent in Pakistan, says Robin Jackman – Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Robin-David-Jackman-c86305, the former England fast bowler, has revealed that he is a huge fan of Pakistan cricket because of the enormous natural talent in the country but said that the Green Shirts’ inconsistency in their performance is extremely frustrating.
Since their induction in international cricket in the 1950s, Pakistan have always been a force to reckon with at the global stage, despite the fact that they never had a stable structure of domestic cricket, with different boards tinkering with the game’s grass-root level.
Over the last six decades, the Green Shirts have produced a number of extra-ordinary players, who have ruled the cricketing world through their brilliance. Pakistan have brought many revolutionary inventions in the game, including the reverse-swing and the ‘Doosra’.
It is because of their God-gifted abilities that the Men in Green are considered to be one of the best T20 teams of the world, being the only side to have qualified for the semi-finals of all the four http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 World T20s played so far.
Jackman, who is also a popular commentator, while talking to Pakpassion, expressed that the Green Shirts bring a different flavor of the game at the world-stage but wants them to be more professional in their approach.
“What impresses me the most is the abundance of natural talent that the Pakistan team possess but the lack of consistency is what frustrates me the most. I think he has a wonderful future,” he said.
Between 1981 and 1982, the fast bowler from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013, picking up 33 wickets, including a five-wicket haul.
While expressing his views about the resumption of international cricket in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755, Jackman said that the South Asian country is a sport’s major power, which should be playing at home as well. However, the 67-year-old is not too confident about the current security conditions in Pakistan.
“The whole cricketing world would like to see Pakistan playing in Pakistan again and their supporters deserve to be able to watch them playing at home,” Jackman added. “I am not sure just how possible this can be if there is a threat of a repeat of the awful attack that happened when http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 last toured.”
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