ISLAMABAD: Pakistan cricket team head coach Misbah-ul-Haq doesn’t want totry any more experiments with the team during the upcoming England tour.
Haq says the time has come to get “serious” and carry forward only thosecricketers into the “tough” series who have realistic chances of playingfor the country, especially in the T20 World Cup.
“The white-ball series against England is tough and so are other seriescoming up including the T20 World Cup. If the PSL goes ahead, we would behaving an opportunity to look into backup and select the best for cominginternational commitments,” he said.
The Pakistan head coach said the focus will be on fielding the best playingXI in each match.
“The touring squad will contain only those players who would have a genuinecase to play. But on my own I cannot take such decisions. The selectioncommittee is to guide us. The team management only wants to have the bestbackup for future series,” he said.
Haq hoped for the “best” team for the England tour, saying that Pakistanincluded some players without a “genuine case” on the SOuth Africa tourbecause of the coronavirus pandemic.