Pakistan could not cope with the Sri Lankan pitches, says Rashid Latif – Cricket News Update
Analysing Pakistan’s poor performance in the recently concluded tour of Sri Lanka, the former Test captain, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rashid-Latif-c84084, expressed that the Green Shirts failed to cope with the Islands’ pitches, which were heavily in favour of the home side.
The Men in Green arrived in Sri Lanka as firm favourites in all formats of the game because of their recent record and a psychological edge over the Lankan Tigers.
However, Pakistan’s performance on the tour was quite disappointing and least expected, levelling the T20s, losing the ODI series in a miserable fashion and also falling behind in the longer version of the sport.
Rashid expressed, while speaking to Pakpassion, that the tracks in Sri Lanka are different than those in UAE, where http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 have been playing most of their cricket recently, naturally exposing the visiting team’s batting flaws.
The former cricketer believes that the authorities must not press the panic button as the same team has been doing remarkably well since the last 12 months, beating some of the top-ranked teams of the world.
“I think the pitches had a big role to play – our batsmen were uncomfortable on the pitches that offered assistance to the bowlers. Likewise, our bowlers looked uncomfortable on batting tracks,” the former Pakistan wicketkeeper said. "I don’t think team
combination was much of a problem because this is more or less the same team that had beaten http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 in the UAE."
Apart from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Junaid-Khan-c77037, the left-arm fast bowler who picked up two five-wicket hauls in the Test series, none of the Pakistani bowlers were able to make an impression against the seasoned Lankan batting line-up.
The Karachi-born former cricketer further added that the team looked jolted because of the recent changes in the team management. Latif hopes that the Green Shirts will be able to solve their issues before the upcoming limited-overs series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746.
He added, “I think there were some issues behind the scenes. Firstly, there was the issue of the central contracts. Then there was the captaincy issue as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Hafeez-c76898 was named captain (in T20) and lastly, the change of management.”
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