Scoring quickly in UAE is not that easy, feels http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Aamer-Sohail-c41418 – Cricket News Update
The former Pakistan captain and cricket commentator, Aamer Sohail has backed the Pakistani tactics of batting slow in the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/United-Arab-Emirates-c3033 and feels that it is extremely hard to score quick runs on slow and low pitches.
Since Misbah took over the captaincy of the Test team in 2010, Pakistan’s policy is to play conservative and safety first cricket.
There are a number of former cricketers and analysts who are not happy with the defensive approach and they want the Pakistani team to play their natural game, which is playing aggressively.
However, Misbah and his men have silenced their critics by performing exceptionally well since the controversial tour of England in 2010. After that disastrous tour, Pakistan has not lost a single Test series, which is extraordinary, considering that the
Green Shirts were heavily jolted by the spot-fixing controversy.
While speaking to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 team is not justified because run-scoring is extremely difficult in the UAE, because the ball does not come on to the bat very nicely.
Aamer said, “Those that are criticising the Pakistani batsmen’s approach in Test cricket and labelling them defensive and one dimensional. Whoever is criticising the Pakistani batting approach doesn’t understand how difficult it was to bat on a wicket such
as the one we saw in Abu Dhabi.”
Pakistan is currently playing a Test series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 and has already won the series by winning the first two matches. The Green Shirts are in firm control of the third and final Test, and they look the most likely winners of the match.
Aamer believes that the English batsmen were psychologically beaten by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Saeed-Ajmal-c87859 before the series. He said that the English batsmen kept on searching for a ‘Teesra’ but it never came. Aamer feels that it was just a gimmick by Ajmal and it worked perfectly
for Pakistan.
“I think that the issues the England middle order had in reading Pakistan’s spinners in the first Test in Dubai were still playing on their minds in Abu Dhabi. The masterstroke by Ajmal of stating that he had developed the Teesra before the series had started
left some of the England batsmen hunting the Teesra,” former Pakistan captain added.
Tags: