Former Pakistan pacer Waqar Younis rued the dearth of velocity within the Pakistan tempo battery saying that there was no actual tempo within the crew which misplaced comprehensively to Australia within the 1st Take a look at.
“One other factor that I’m anxious about is that all the time once we come to Australia, one factor that excites is the quick bowling and this time round I’m not seeing that. I’m seeing medium pacers or sluggish medium pacers, allrounders, there’s no actual tempo. Folks used to return and watch Pakistan tempo bowlers actually operating in arduous and bowling 150 clicks, and that’s what I’m not seeing there,” Younis mentioned on ESPN’s Round The Wicket present.
“That’s my fear and challenge as a result of I’ve not seen it on the home stage additionally. There are a couple of injured, I can perceive, however up to now you’d all the time see a battery of quick bowlers that they may all the time deliver on, however sadly that isn’t there and I’m actually anxious about that,” he added.
Shaheen Shah Afridi, Khurram Shahzad, Aamer Jamal and Faheem Ashraf have been main Pakistan’s tempo battery within the Take a look at in opposition to Australia and so they hardly troubled the Dishevelled Greens who simply navigated across the tempo of Pakistan.
Per week in the past, even former India captain and coach Ravi Shastri had identified the “actual drawback” for
Afridi because the left-arm pacer did not impress within the first couple of days of the Perth Take a look at match.
“I feel the true drawback for Shaheen is the strain of being the spearhead of this Pakistan assault and with out a lot assist on the different finish in terms of tempo,” Shastri mentioned through the commentary.
“You don’t have one bowler right here who’s even near 140, in order that places immense strain on somebody like Shaheen,” he added.
Pakistan will subsequent play the second Take a look at in opposition to Australia beginning on Boxing Day i.e. on December 26.