Babar rues accidents to pacers after 3-0 defeat vs. England
Pakistan captain Babar Azam was left to rue accidents to his key quick bowlers after England accomplished a sweep of their take a look at collection on Tuesday.
“We were unfortunate that our main fast bowlers were not fit,” Babar mentioned after England recorded an emphatic eight-wicket win within the third and closing take a look at and handed Pakistan its first 3-0 whitewash in a house take a look at collection.
“The new players did perform but couldn’t execute the way we wanted. When things were in our hands we had soft dismissals in those times and due to that we couldn’t win matches which we should have won.”
Pakistan’s premier quick bowler Shaheen Afridi was dominated out for the collection due to knee harm whereas Haris Rauf and Naseem Shah additionally sustained accidents throughout the first take a look at which dominated them out for the final two matches.
“Fitness has the main role because if you are not extra fit you cannot compete in all the three formats,” Babar mentioned.
“You get two to three days to switch from one format to the other and you have to be mentally ready as well.” Pakistan gave take a look at caps to seamer Mohammad Ali, who took 4 wickets within the first take a look at earlier than he completed wicketless within the second take a look at and obtained dropped from the ultimate match. Fast bowler Mohammad Wasim had a disappointing debut within the closing take a look at and will take just one wicket and that was after Harry Brook had accomplished his third successive century of England’s memorable tour.
“When you don’t have the backbone of your bowling, then new bowlers found it difficult to adjust quickly,” Babar mentioned.
“The way England played, they did not let us settle down.” England scored at a belligerent tempo all through the collection that started with a world-record 506-4 on the opening day of the primary take a look at and culminated with 170-2 at higher than run-a-ball at Karachi on Tuesday.
Babar mentioned Pakistan’s power was its batting, however in all of the three take a look at matches the middle-order and the decrease order crashed in opposition to England’s tempo and spin.
Left-handed Saud Shakeel, who made his take a look at debut, couldn’t convert his 4 fifties into large tons of and Babar additionally carried out in patches.
Pakistan twice got here shut within the first two take a look at matches earlier than succumbing beneath Ben Stokes’ aggressive techniques and misplaced by 74 runs and 26 runs at Rawalpindi and Multan, respectively.
“Our strength was our batting, but we played well in patches and couldn’t finish the games,” Babar mentioned.
“It’s a big disappointment that we couldn’t apply ourselves in the series, but we must praise England for the way they played their cricket, we must appreciate that.” Pakistan has simply 5 days to get well from its worst ever loss at dwelling as New Zealand might be arriving for a two-test collection this week, adopted by three ODIs. The first take a look at begins at Karachi from subsequent Monday, adopted by the second match in Multan from Jan. 3-7. Karachi will host the three ODIs between Jan. 10-14.
