Before the second test against the West Indies in Multan, Aaqib said that if the decision to prepare such counters had been taken earlier, Pakistan could have been closer to the world testing championship final (WTC). Speaking publicly for the first time since he assumed the role of the temporary coach on the test side, he said that he had remained focused on the victory test matches and rejected the concerns about the strategy of his team.
“Why if quick quisors take counters, [people say] Test Cricket is going ahead, and if the spinners take counters, test the cricket that is back? “Said Aaqib on the eve of the game.” I don’t understand that. When you go to Australia and England, they prepare land how much they like. So, if we prepare the counters and spinners, take counters, what is the problem?
“Of course, we were right to prepare a spin field [in the first Test] against the Antilles. Their strikers are not also competent against the rotation compared to the rapid bowling. I also want to respond to concerns about the location of our test cricket. If we had made these decisions earlier, then we would have been in the race for the WTC [final]. The rule of test cricket is to win at home. If you win at home and win two to three tests, you become a solid candidate for the final. “”
“We were strong [bowling] Reverse swing, but now this level of competence has dropped, “he said.” We have said to our quick quisors if you wanted to take a counters here, their reverse swing competence will have to go up. In the past, we had shoaib [Akhtar, Waqar [Younis]Wasim [Akram]And two and two rhythms have taken on the counters. “”
In the clearest sign that Pakistan’s last strategy seems to be there to stay, Aaqib recognized the toll that it made on the striker on his side because “even they have never played in these conditions”. He indicated that broad changes would follow the dead season with regard to the interior terrains of Pakistan as well as the training regime that the strikers would be put through to prepare them for these counters in the future.
“Even if foreign players are struggling with spin fields from abroad, our players too, because they have never played on these fields,” said Aaqid. “To move forward, we told them that their training and practice routines will be brought to this, and we will also change domestic land. Our next test is only in October, which gives them the time to improve their striker. “
Critics from abroad focused on the question of whether Pakistan’s tactics consist of doing doctorate. Concerns have been raised at home on the future capacity of Pakistan to develop rapid quality and talents of quality striker, and if this is likely to further erode the competitiveness of Pakistan in the tests of tests outside.
“We were in South Africa right now, and we were very close to winning a test,” said Aaqib. “Unfortunately, we could not take these last two counters in Centurion. No spinner played these tests for us there. You must select a team according to the conditions you get.
“It’s about winning tests; this is what matters. We think we can prepare these locations in all the centers of Pakistan, and it should be as difficult to beat Pakistan here as to beat Australia or South Africa.
Danyal Rasool is the Pakistani correspondent for Espncricinfo. @ Danny61000
