Triumphant Green Shirts gear up for Test Series
After breaking the 12-match losing streak against Australia on Monday, Pakistan sealed a rare whitewash over the World Champs with an 11-run victory. Remarkable pace attack bagged another triumph for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755. Teenage pacer Aamer’s 3-27 in his four overs spell played an important role in Pakistan’s 11 run win.
Green Shirts started their winning track with a record making win against the Bangali Tigers in recently concluded Asia Cup - where the flamboyant captain played aggressive innings of 124 off just 60 deliveries. Hence Afridi’s men sparked with a 2-0 whitewash against mighty Aussies.
The target of 163 was competitive but gettable at the same time. Once again fine bowling with a remarkable line and length restricted http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Clark-c51118’s men to chase 163 as the whole team was out at 151 with two balls to spare.
It was just four months ago that the PCB was handing down bulk fines and bans to its seven cricketers – with the majority being senior players - following the winless tour of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746.
National Coach of Pakistan Waqar Younis lauded young players, batsman Umar Akmal and the teenage sensation Mohammad Aamer, as the “most promising players in 20 years" Akmal played a match-winning 64 in the first game on Monday while Aamer took three wickets in each match to notch his bright spark.
Waqar said that the T20 series win ahead of test series would boost the confidence of the team. He expected his side will take the winning spirit into the Test series against the same opposition that starts from 13th July in Lord’s. He revealed that he has cautioned the young cricketers that there is still a lot to work upon to beat the Kangaroos in the five-dayers.
"I think these two wins are really going to help us to get into the momentum. Test matches are a different ball game fair enough, but with victory behind you it always helps,” said the coach while talking to media.
He said that pink ball game is totally different game and the boys need to perform better than the T20 performance to beat the Ashes favourites. Waqar - happy with the sparkling performance of youngsters - hinted of rebuilding the side by bringing few more youngsters in the team.
"Umar Akmal is extraordinary then we also have Mohammad Aamer. We have got a couple of other youngsters in Umar Amin and Wahab Riaz there so we are thinking of putting them in the Test matches and seeing how they come out".
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shahid-Afridi-c2482, captain of Pakistan side during England tour, said that he is delighted that Green Shirts are finally back in the winning track. He said he was hopeful that the day will come soon when Pakistan will be winning back to back games and he is pleased that the day has come soon.
The triumphant captain also asked his men to show consistency in their winning forms during two-match test series against mighty Aussies. He said that the players should make winning a habit and a hard work is required to maintain the winning streak.
Former cricketers of Pakistan have warned Green Shirts not to take Ponting’s men easy. Former chief selector Pakistan, Abdul Qadir and ex-skipper and the most capped Pakistani player, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Inzamam-ul-Haq-c64383 said that the Ashes favourites would be a harder nut for Pakistan to crack in the Test series.
30 years old all-rounder said that he realizes test cricket is a totally different format and would keep reminding his side the big difference between T20 and Test cricket.
"There is a difference and we have to be aware of this. But the good thing is that a win is a win in any form of the game and this series win should serve a confidence booster for us ahead of the Tests," Afridi told while talking to a television channel from Birmingham.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Green-c60723 Shirts must be excited and should celebrate the whitewash of World Champion but at the same time should not take Ponting’s men an easy five-day opposition.
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