Misbah wants his batsmen to raise their game – Cricket News Update
The Pakistani captain, Misbah ul Haq is extremely disappointed with the performance of his batsmen in the on-going One Day International (ODI) series against England in the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/United-Arab-Emirates-c3033 and wants them to raise their game, if the team has any chance
of winning the last two matches, to square the series 2-2.
The Green Shirts surprisingly whitewashed http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 3-0 in the Test match series. However, in the ODI matches, their frailty against chasing a score has come to the fore. Pakistan are awful chasers, and this has been evident in the first two matches, when
they have failed to chase par scorer on flat batting tracks of Abu Dhabi.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 looks like a settled unit in the longer version of the sport but they are struggling to find the best combination in limited-overs cricket.
Misbah admits that his team needs to improve in the batting department and the top order must fire, if they are to remain a force to reckon with in international cricket. The Pakistani captain was all praise for his bowlers, especially the spinners. He confessed
that the batsmen have failed to live up to expectations in the Test series as well, but the bowling attack covered up the flaws of the batsmen.
Pakistani skipper said, "We have to really improve our batting, In the Tests and one-dayers both the teams were struggling in their batting and most of the time it was the bowling that was saving both."
Expressing his disappointment, Misbah said that Pakistan faced similar problems in the recent series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Umar-Akmal-c94595 was being used as a makeshift wicket-keeper to the batting
line-up more depth.
“Even in the Sri Lankan series our lower middle order was not contributing. It is really a difficult decision for us to keep a talented keeper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Adnan-Akmal-c42042 out of the side. Again it is due to the pressure on our batting line up. It is not clicking. So that
is troubling us at the moment," he added.
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