Misbah ul Haq rues poor decisions in the final ODI – Cricket News Update
Having lost the three-match One Day International (ODI) series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/United-Arab-Emirates-c3033 (UAE), Misbah ul Haq, the Pakistan captain, has admitted that he made some tactical mistakes in the last match, which made
things easy for the opponents.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 to bat first on a flat batting track because of the dew factor.
The Green Shirts were off to a wonderful start, with Nasir Jamshed and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Hafeez-c76898 scoring 129 runs for the first-wicket partnership; however, the middle-order batsmen succumbed under pressure, and as a result, the team
could only manage 244 runs in their allotted 50 overs.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shahid-Afridi-c2482 was sent in to bat at number three to increase the scoring-rate but he failed to make an impression. That decision has been criticized by the analysts, who believe that tinkering with the batting order led to Pakistan’s
demise.
Misbah feels that the team should have scored more runs, taking into account the foundation laid by the openers.
The Pakistan captain however, is happy with the progress of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Azhar-Ali-c46890 in the series. Misbah is also happy with the performance of his bowling attack in the three-match battle.
"The way we started, 15-20 runs short at the end. Credit to Australia the way they chased. Wasn't easy. Little bit of dew factor, outfield was also quicker in the second part of the game. Nasir Jamshed had a wonderful series,
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shafiq-c89281 and Azhar were positives, bowlers bowled well," said Misbah.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/George-Bailey-c1480 in consecutive overs (22nd and 24th), but was taken off the attack by Misbah, who wanted to save him for the death.
The 38-year-old cricketer admits that he should have continued with Ajmal, in an effort to wrap up the Aussie batting.
"I think after the game you can say we should have done this and that. All the time when we lose the game it is like this," he added. "Other bowlers are also wicket-takers. Probably, in hindsight, if I had continued with him
[Ajmal], it could have been a different result."
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