Wasim Akram condemns Pakistan team management and players – Cricket News Update
Former Pakistani pacer, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Wasim-Akram-c96292, condemned the team management’s approach and slammed players for giving away the Test match against Sri Lanka.
The sluggish performance of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 Cricket team in the final session of the opening Test of the three-match series has received immense criticism, as the Lankans overcame the 314-run first-innings deficit and managed to draw
the game despite struggling for 4 days.
"Nowadays, the way cricket is played, it was not impossible to achieve the target set by Sri Lanka. A Test win is a big thing and I thought we lost a golden opportunity to win the match," Akram said.
Pakistan had been dominant throughout the Test match, as the bowlers and batsmen put up a marvellous show. However, they had to pay the price for their poor fielding, which provided enough chances to the Lankan http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Lions-c808.
Wasim, while talking about the final-day game of the first Test, said that the team management should have advised the first three or four batsmen to take up an aggressive approach.
"Even if we had lost three or four wickets, we could have settled for a draw. We closed shop very early," added Akram.
The legendary pacer said that the bowlers gave brilliant performances, despite the fact that the pitch was favouring batsmen.
"I said before the series that our bowlers have the capability of taking 20 Sri Lankan wickets, while the Islanders do not have the bowlers to do so, especially after the retirement of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/M-Muralitharan-c1864 and the absence of Lasith
Malinga," he asserted.
However, the former skipper was hopeful for the team’s strong come back in the second game, saying that they dominated the first game, keeping Sri Lanka under pressure.
He also conceded that the side should be shown some leniency, as they had a new coach and it was captain’s first experience with the him.
The second Test match of the series between Pakistan and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 will be played on October 26, 2011, at Dubai.
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