Times of Islamabad

Pakistani Head coach Misbah ul Huq breaks silence after the disgraceful T20 series defeat at hands of Australia

Pakistani Head coach Misbah ul Huq breaks silence after the disgraceful T20 series defeat at hands of Australia

ISLAMABAD -Pakistani Head coach Misbah ul Huq breaks silence over thedisgraceful defeat at hands of Australia.

Misbahul Haq expressed hope for a better performance from the Men in Greenin the upcoming Test series against Australia after their lacklustredisplay in the recently concluded Twenty20 International (T20I’s) serieswhich ended in a two-nil series defeat.

Misbah believed that the Men in Green’s Test side contained mature andexperienced players who have played cricket in Australia, Cricket Pakistanhas reported.

“We are a good Test side, there are youngsters in it as well and we will behoping to play good cricket,” Misbah said. “Overall, I feel that our Testside is mature and experienced and some players have played cricket inAustralia before as well.”

The former captain talked about the struggles of the Pakistan batsmen inthe T20I series while pointing out the positives in the form of batsmenBabar Azam and Iftikhar Ahmed.

“Until we score 170-180 runs in T20I’s, we only had 2 batsmen who playedwell in the series, the rest could not contribute so we have to improvethese aspects of the game in the future,” he said. “The biggest positive inthis series was Babar Azam’s form, also the way Iftikhar Ahmed played isthe biggest plus for us.”

Misbah stated that the Men in Green were outclassed by Australia and neededto improve in all aspects of the game.