http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Wasim-Akram-c96292 slams the pitch after Pakistan’s defeat – Cricket News Update
Wasim Akram, the former Test captain, has slammed the pitch for the first semi-final of the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758, claiming that the track was not of international standard.
The home team won the toss, having no hesitation in electing to bat first on a track which was expected to help the spinners. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DPMD-Jayawardene-c1397 and company posted 139 runs on the board, which is usually a below-par total in the game’s
shortest format.
However, the pitch deteriorated further in the second innings beyond anyone’s expectations, with the Pakistan batsmen struggling to come to terms with the ball stopping on the pitch, managing just 123 for the loss of seven wickets in
their allotted 20 overs.
Akram, who is considered to be one of the greatest fast bowlers of all times, thinks that there was nothing much http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 batsmen could do on that track. He criticized the game’s governing body for preparing such a pitch for a World
T20 semi-final, which deserved better.
"I should say that this pitch certainly was not in the spirit of the game. It was an impossible pitch to bat on and I am surprised they had such a surface for such a big match," said the legendary fast bowler. "On this pitch 140 was
like chasing 180.”
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c749 Women took on each other before the Men’s semi-final on Thursday, which in Akram’s opinion, roughed up the track. The former cricketer thinks that two matches should not be played on the same ground in
one day.
"When Pakistan batted 60 overs had been bowled on it. This is not acceptable for such a big match," the former captain believes.
Akram is not happy with the umpiring standard in the semi-final and thinks the left-handed top-order batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Nasir-Jamshed-c78752, was given out wrongly. The cricketer from Lahore was the mainstay of Pakistan’s batting line-up in the tournament
and his dismissal was surely the match’s turning point.
"The moment umpire gave http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Nasir-c78728 out leg before I knew the ball had pitched outside the leg side. Such errors are unpardonable in such a big match," he said.
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