Pakistan will look to give chances to youngsters in ODI series against Zimbabwe, says http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Misbah-ul-Haq-c1972 – Cricket News Update
Pakistan cricket team's skipper, Misbah-ul-Haq, has said that his side will look to give chances to the young lads during the upcoming One-dayers against Zimbabwe.
The Green Shirts are scheduled to take on Zimbabwe in a three-match One Day International (ODI) series, with the first game set to be played at Bulawayo on Thursday, September 8, 2011.
The Men in Green will step into the clash with a lot of confidence under their belt as they defeated the Rhodesians comprehensively by seven wickets in the Only Test, which ended on September 5, 2011.
With many new faces, including http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Adnan-Akmal-c42042 in the troop, the captain believes that the youngsters must be given an opportunity to prove their worth in the ODIs.
"We came with a lot of youngsters and everyone must get a chance to play. But our goal still is to win," said Misbah while talking to media persons in the pre-match press conference.
On the other hand, the home side is also determined to payback the dept of Test defeat with the same coin. Under the leadership of the new skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747, winning a Test match and
an ODI series.
However, they failed to produce a similar result in the Test game against the Cornered Tigers. However, the Zimbabwean coach, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Alan-Raymond-Butcher-c42769, is not ready to lose hope, as he said that the players are confident despite the defeat in the 5-day encounter.
He added that it will not be a child’s play for the visiting side to crush http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zimbabwe-c3045, since the local boys are keen to produce something special.
"We would expect the attitude to be as positive as it was going into the Test match. We want to let http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 know that they are in for a good game of cricket," shared the former English cricketer who is expecting Zimbabweans to lift their game during the
ODI competition.
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