Junaid Khan bowled his heart out on a flat deck, expresses Misbah ul Haq – Cricket News Update
Misbah ul Haq, the Pakistan captain, is delighted with his team’s performance in the second of the three-match Test series at Colombo and praised the young fast bowler, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Junaid-Khan-c77037, who picked up a five-wicket haul on a flat batting track.
The Green Shirts failed to make an impression in the previous match, which saw them being dismissed for a 100 runs in the first innings, and eventually conceding a 1-0 lead to the home side.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 however, bounced back in the second Test and controlled the game throughout, although the match ended without a result because of rain, which hampered play on the second, third and the fourth day.
In the post-match presentation ceremony, the Lankan skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DPMD-Jayawardene-c1397, expressed his satisfaction over avoiding defeat in the match and hopes that his team will win the series by doing the same in the third Test at Pallekele. Ironically, the Islanders
have not won a single Test series since the retirement of their ace spinner http://www.senore.com/Cricket/M-Muralitharan-c1864.
"It has been a good effort from the boys. the mindset should be positive going into Pallekele. I know there's a big http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Holly-Louise-Colvin-c63292 on our back, we haven't won a Test series in a while," the middle-order batsman said.
The Pakistani captain is happy with his boys, especially the batsmen, who posted a mammoth total on the board in the first innings.
Misbah expressed, "Lot of positives in this match, the way the batting performed, Hafeez got a century, Taufeeq got some runs, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Azhar-Ali-c46890 also, so our batsmen are in form."
The 22-year-old fast bowler was named as the Player of the Match for a brilliant spell of fast bowling in extremely unhelpful conditions. While translating for Junaid, Misbah said that the left-armer bowled his heart out in the match and gave his side a
chance at the game.
"He was bowling well in the last match as well, he is happy with his performance and his rhythm. There wasn't any help in the wicket, the plan was simple, just bowl wicket-to-wicket, and that worked," Misbah added.
The third and last Test of the tour is scheduled to commence from July 8, 2012.
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