Wasim Akram impressed by Mohammad Hafeez’s captaincy skills – Cricket News Update
Pakistan’s former captain and legendary fast bowler, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Wasim-Akram-c96292, is extremely impressed by Mohammad Hafeez’s leadership skills and believes that the all-rounder should be made the Test captain as well once Misbah-ul-Haq decides to
call it a day from international sport.
The Green Shirts have done a splendid job in the longer format of the game over the last two years, under Misbah’s captaincy. They defeated http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 and
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/United-Arab-Emirates-c3033 (UAE).
Since their disastrous tour of England in 2010, Pakistan have just lost one Test series, during the tour of Sri Lanka earlier in 2012.
However, Misbah, 38, is at the twilight of his career, which is the reason why Hafeez replaced him as the T20 captain before the tour of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758.
The cricketer from Sargodha has not been doing a bad job, helping Pakistan level the series against the Lankans (1-1), defeating http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 World T20 2012 in Sri Lanka.
Akram believes that the opening batsman has all the makings of a wonderful captain, who can serve the country in the years to come. The former fast bowler thinks that Hafeez justifies his place in the team but needs to score runs consistently.
He expressed, “http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 Cricket Board) will have to look at making Hafeez Test captain as well. Hafeez looked good as Twenty20 squad captain. If one can
support him, he won’t be scared to make changes. He is very talented, a good fielder and is young. However, he needs to work hard on his batting as well.”
While talking to the reporters in Dubai, the legendary cricketer mentioned his disappointment over a poor pitch for the first semi-final of the World T20 at Colombo, which did not make things easy for Pakistan.
“The semifinal wicket for the World Twenty20 Cup was unfair. It reached a stage where if you win the toss you could win the game,” the great cricketer added.
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