http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Hafeez-c76898 vows to end Pakistan’s opening woes against New Zealand – ICC World Cup 2011 news
Pakistan opener Mohammad Hafeez agreed on Monday that he and his partner http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ahmed-Shehzad-c42359 have not performed up to the mark so far, however he did opine that they are just an innings away from finding their form.
“As an opener I know we have not given a good start to the team, but there's no lack of confidence and we just need one good partnership to get the rhythm back,” Hafeez said Monday while talking to media.
“You need luck in cricket to perform. Here there is lateral movement with the new ball and the swing is also there so both of us are trying to put up a long partnership which is the requirement,” he added further.
The opening duo of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shahid-Afridi-c2482 have already shown disappointment over the dismal
performance of the Pakistan top order and have urged them to improve soon.
The top-order shambles were brushed away by strong performances from the middle-order specifically by the Younis Khan-Misbah-ul-Haq combo as Pakistan managed to win all the three games of the tournament and are leading the Group A with six points under the
belts. Co-hosts http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 both share five points.
Pakistan are scheduled to play http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Green-c60723 must be high on confidence after defeating the Black Caps by 3-2 in their last One Day International outing before the ICC World Cup 2011.
Both Hafeez and Shehzad had scored centuries in the 5-match ODI series against New Zealand earlier in the year.
Hafeez, who has amassed 1, 462 runs from 67 ODIs so far, was hopeful that he and his opening partner will emulate their performance against the Kiwis in the 3-2 series win as Pakistan play Daniel Vettori’s men on Tuesday.
The 30-year-old batsman, who is also an occasional off-spinner, said the bowling attack of Kiwis would not be much of concern for his side’s batting line-up and they would be able to face them easily.
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