Shahid Afridi praises Abdul Razzaq for match winning performance
Looking quite happy over finally displaying a good performance in the T20 series, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shahid-Afridi-c2482, the skipper of Pakistan cricket team has appraised the match winning contribution of the formidable batsman Abdul Razzaq and has regarded him as the “match winner”.
While playing the last match of the three-match T20 series, Pakistan cruised its way to victory against the hosts New Zealand, at Christchurch.
Though the green shirts had already lost the series after being defeated in the second match on Tuesday, today, in the last match, their performance with both bat and ball was outstanding. While playing his quickest innings today in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754, Razzaq contributed
34 runs off 11 balls to put a total of 184 runs on the board.
Moreover, the talented all-rounder left the rivals overawed when he claimed the Kiwis top order right in the initial overs. He claimed three wickets for a mere 13 runs and while rest of the bowlers followed the suit, team Pakistan booked the opponents at
just 80 runs. For Pakistan, this was the biggest win ever in any T20 international match.
On the bowling end, the skipper Shahid Afridi remained the most successful bowler of the team; he claimed 4 wickets for 14 runs. However, amid displaying an overall better performance, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Razzaq-c84421 was regarded as the match winner performer.
Lauding Razzaq’s efforts for paving the way for the team’s success, Afridi said, “He’s a match winner, I’ve always seen him as one. In the past there have been some games where victory looked unlikely, but he was able to see us through.”
Team http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 have been through a tough time and despite of winning matches on and off, they have remained unable to win some major event. Now, when the world cup is just around the corner, according to the captain of team Pakistan, this victory was a good
way forward for the country’s future in the sport.
Sharing his views he said, “All the boys need is confidence and this game today shows what Pakistan is about and what talent we have. Yes we lost the series but today’s win was good in order to keep our morale high.”
New Zealand on the other hand will be content with winning the T20 series as they have tasted victory after a long time. The Kiwis will be looking forward to entering into the forthcoming test series with greater confidence. However, Ross Taylor, the captain
of the black caps was rather concerned over the way his team collapsed today and could not stop the rivals from putting a huge total on the board. While sharing his views, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Taylor-c92915 said that they were looking to have a good start in the Test series, but the
way Razzaq and Afridi had played today, it was totally outstanding.
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