Test cricket is the supreme form says http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Umar-Akmal-c94595 – Cricket News Update
Pakistani middle-order batsman, Umar Akmal has termed Test cricket as the supreme form of the game and hopes to regain his place in the side for the upcoming series.
The younger brother of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754, scoring a ton in the first innings while
making 75 in the second.
However, since then the player has failed to achieve the three figure mark in the next 15 five-day games that followed and found it hard to curb his attacking nature to the demands of Test cricket. More often than not, he has been able to make starts but
his inability to covert starts into substantial innings have left many to criticize his potential in the longer version of the game.
The sucker punch came recently when he was axed from the Test team which toured http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohsin-Hasan-Khan-c77595 was to spend long hours
in the domestic arena.
Since then the player has realized the importance of the pinnacle format and wants to fulfill his potential as a player adaptive to any form of the game.
"It's very disappointing when you are axed and especially from the Test squad. Test cricket is the supreme form of the game and it is where I want to perform the best. No matter how long you play one-dayers and Twenty20s, it is Test cricket that will determine
your worth," said Akmal while talking to ESPNcric info.
With an important series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 coming up, the 21-year-old wants to regain his place and with time on his side, also looking to ensure that he learns to control his aggression.
“What I was asked to do was to develop the temperament to stay at the wicket and [told that] the runs would then automatically come. I don't know what the selectors have decided about me, but I am very much hopeful to regain my place in the Test side,” added
the youngster.
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