Pakistan took a drubbing by the hands of England of their last hope for a semifinal spot within the World Cup 2023. The Men in Green suffered a 93-run defeat of their last sport, the place they wanted a giant win to have any possibilities of a semifinal look within the match. Criticism from across the corners is putting Pakistan Cricket and their former gamers are actually relying on the errors made by the 1992 champions within the disappointing marketing campaign in 2023.
Former Pakistan skipper Misbah Ul Haq has claimed that the Pakistan Cricket Board and team management ignored the recommendation of getting a relook on the spin department earlier than the match kicked off. Pakistan’s spin shares have been under common in circumstances the place the spinners usually rule the roost. Vice-captain Shadab Khan has taken two wickets in six World Cup video games, whereas Iftikhar Ahmed and Usama Mir have 4 every.Â
Misbah, who was appointed to PCB’s technical committee alongside Mohammad Hafeez and Inzamam Ul Haq, claimed that PCB and team management ignored his and Hafeez’s recommendation of getting a relook at their spin shares. “When the Pakistan Cricket Board chairman (Zaka Ashraf) asked for my and Hafeez’s advice for the World Cup. I told them clearly (that) they needed another spinner since the form of Shadab (Khan) and Mohammad Nawaz was a source of concern since before the Asia Cup,” he stated to Ary News Channel.
The ex-captain added that the spinners lacked confidence however the management didn’t need to ‘disturb’ the mixture. “I told them the performance of the two spinners didn’t evoke confidence and they should revisit their spin bowling plans. They just kept on saying that we are carrying the same set of players, (or the) same team for more than a year and they didn’t want to disturb it,” he stated.
Notably, Pakistan captain Babar Azam additionally highlighted that their demise bowling and spin department was not up to the mark. “We conceded a couple of too many runs. We bowled a couple of unfastened deliveries in the direction of the top.
And our spinners’ aren’t taking wickets, which does not assist. That has a giant impact since you want to take wickets within the center overs,” Babar stated after Pakistan’s loss to England in World Cup 2023.
