*ISLAMABAD – Pakistan cricket captain Sarfraz Ahmed says that he would batfurther at the batting order in the upcoming ICC World Cup 2019.*
“You will see me batting at the top order in this World Cup, I would try toset a batting position for me and bat on the same position throughout thetournament,” said Sarfraz, while talking to local media.
The skipper said that his batsmen would need to strike the ball early inorder to dominate at the tournament. “We need to strike at the new ballearly on, as it is one of the demands of modern cricket especially inEngland conditions, where scores of 300 will not be safe if we didn’tstrike early on,” he said.
Talking about the ODI series against England, which would begin just priorthe World Cup the skipper said that the series would allow them to ‘adjust’to the English conditions.
“We have got ample time to practice before World Cup, as we would faceEngland in five ODIs, se we would try to develop a good combination in theODI series before entering the World Cup,” said Sarfraz.
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“The conditions in England will prove favorable to us as we are going amonth before the World Cup, Pakistan has played in England consecutivelyfor the past three years, and this time around too we are going early, soit will help us to adjust to the conditions,” he said.
Sarfraz side has got the ‘backup’ of spinners available in likes of legspinner Shadab Khan and off spinner Imad Wasim, and part time spinners aswell including Shoiab Malik and Mohammad Hafeez.
“You must have a third opener in your squad, or someone in the middle orderthat can open as well, but obviously we would need a third opener as abackup for any situation,” he said.
