Misbah-ul-Haq disappointed with his batsmen’s shot-selection – Cricket news
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 at Guyana but feels that the pitch got slower with the passage of time.
Having won the toss, the Green Shirts opted to bowl first. Pakistan’s bowlers did well to restrict the home team to just 232 runs in their allotted 50 overs. At the half-way stage, the sporting analysts were rating Pakistan as favourites to go 2-0 up in
the series.
However, the West Indian bowlers did not give anything away and bowled out of their skins to bowl out the Pakistan team for just 195 runs in the 48th over of their innings. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sunil-Philip-Narine-c91869, the off-spinner rose to the occasion and picked up four crucial wickets
after giving away just 26 runs in his quota of 10 overs. He was named as the Man of the Match for his superb showing.
While expressing his disappointment after the match, the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 captain admitted that the home team batted better than the Green Shirts but he feels that the pitch got slower as the game progressed.
“It [target of 233] was a good total on this pitch. I got the feeling that it got slower and slower and it got turn, so credit to them, they bowled well,” Misbah said. “There was not much difference in the pitch between the innings, but I think they handled
the bowlers better.”
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Umar-Akmal-c94595 scored valiant half-centuries but they did not get any support from the other end. Misbah claims that his team has the potential to chase totals but it was not possible in the second encounter at Guyana due to some poor selection
of shots.
“For us, it was wrong shot selection and we kept losing wickets at the wrong time during the chase. We have been winning games while chasing - we won in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 that way - but today, we just played some bad shots,” he added.
The next ODI of the five-match series is going to be played on Friday at St. Lucia, with both the teams looking to take a lead.
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