Pakistan captain Babar Azam on Monday mentioned the curator of the Rawalpindi Cricket Ground took his inputs however by no means offered the monitor he demanded because the hosts misplaced the primary Test towards England by 74 runs.
England had declared the sport with a goal of 343 runs in over 100 overs leaving Pakistan, however the house aspect have been all out for 268 on the ultimate day.
The pitch was restricted by every one after England scored greater than 500 on the primary day and scored seven centuries within the first two innings.
“Yes, I had a hand in preparing the pitch and we made it clear what we wanted but we didn’t get it due to weather or other reasons,” he mentioned. But we needed a monitor with some flip for the spinners.
The Pakistan skipper credited England for persevering with to play with the identical constructive intent, but additionally mildly criticized their bowlers for his or her waywardness.
“We have been hoping that they might proceed to play towards us like this. I believe it turns into tough as a captain when your bowlers should not hitting the suitable areas and runs are being scored on either side of the wicket. But full credit score goes to him for the way in which he batted in each the innings.
“It is never easy to come back after the opposition scored 500 on the first day but I thought we batted well and came close to their score but in the second innings our batsmen did not live up to the responsibility,” he mentioned.
Babar had no hesitation in admitting that it was disappointing to let such a chance to win a Test match slip away.
“I believed we have been very a lot within the sport at this time after lunch to win the match, sadly we misplaced again to again wickets and it did not assist. But Anderson and Robinson bowled brilliantly.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
