KARACHI: Top Pakistani leg spinner Yasir Shah breaks silence overappointment of Misbah Ul Haq and Waqar Younis.
Yasir Shah has made it clear that he is more comfortable working underlocal coaches rather than foreigners.
Talking to the media here, Yasir said since making a comeback to the Testteam in 2014, he had felt more comfortable working under local coaches.
“It has helped me a lot when we have had local coaches because they help alot. I can say that Waqar Younis and Mushtaq Ahmed helped me a lot whenthey were with us. With foreign coaches I feel it becomes a bit difficultdue to communication issues,” he said.
The leg-spinner who is the fastest to reach 200 Test wickets said he facedproblems communicating with foreign coaches due to language barriers.
He admitted there were times when he couldn’t fully grasp what his formerhead coach, Mickey Arthur, was trying to tell him.
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“At times I couldn’t convey what I wanted to discuss across to foreigncoaches.”
He said that a leg-spinner required the full support and confidence of hiscaptain and coaches to succeed and this is where he felt communication waseasier with local coaches.
Pakistan Cricket Board has appointed Misbah-ul-Haq as head coach cum chiefselector after experimenting for three years with Arthur.
