Pakistan skipper Babar Azam was left with accidents to his main pacers after England swept their Test sequence on Tuesday.
After England received the third and closing Test by eight wickets and whitewashed Pakistan 3–0 within the residence Test sequence, Babar mentioned, “We were unfortunate that our main fast bowlers were not fit.”
The new gamers did properly however did not do what we wished. When issues had been in our arms, we used to get out simply and resulting from this we couldn’t win the matches which we must always have received.
Pakistan’s premier pacer Shaheen Afridi was dominated out of the sequence with a knee harm, whereas Haris Rauf and Naseem Shah additionally suffered accidents throughout the first Test, ruling them out for the final two matches.
“Fitness plays an important role because if you are not extra fit then you cannot compete in all the three formats,” Babar mentioned.
You get two to a few days to modify from one format to a different and you need to be mentally ready as properly. Pakistan handed the Test cap to seamer Mohammad Ali, who took 4 wickets within the First Test, earlier than he completed wicketless within the Second Test and was dominated out of the ultimate match. Pacer Mohammad Wasim had a disappointing debut within the closing Test, managing only one wicket and that was when Harry Brook accomplished his third consecutive century of a memorable tour of England.
Babar mentioned, ‘When you do not have the spine of your bowling, it turns into troublesome for the brand new bowlers to regulate rapidly.’
The manner England performed, they did not allow us to cool down. England scored at a combative tempo all through the sequence, beginning with a world report 506-4 on the opening day of the primary Test and ending with a better-than-run-a-ball 170-2 in Karachi on Tuesday.
Babar mentioned Pakistan’s power was its batting, however in all three Tests the center order and decrease order crashed towards England’s tempo and spin.
Test debutant left-hander Saud Shakeel couldn’t convert his 4 fifties into huge lots of and Babar additionally carried out in patches.
Pakistan twice got here shut within the first two Tests earlier than succumbing to Ben Stokes’ aggressive ways and shedding by 74 runs and 26 runs in Rawalpindi and Multan respectively.
Babar mentioned, ‘Our power was our batting, however we performed properly in items and couldn’t end the match.’
“It’s a big disappointment that we couldn’t apply ourselves in the series, but we have to applaud England for the way they played their cricket, we have to applaud that.” Pakistan have simply 5 days to get well from their worst ever defeat at residence as New Zealand arrive this week for a two-Test sequence adopted by three ODIs. The first Test begins in Karachi from subsequent Monday, adopted by the second match in Multan from January 3 to 7. Karachi will host three ODIs between January 10-14.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
