Aaqib Javed: England May Whitewash an Inexperienced Pakistan
Even though Pakistan selected a 29-player squad, Aaqib Javed believes that Pakistan's Test team seems to be much inexperienced and will face a whitewash in the England series.
Aaqib Javed, former Test pacer and current coach of Lahore Qalandars, talked about the importance of the England series in reviving international cricket, and how the inexperienced players in Pakistan’s team may face a whitewash.
“It is so unfortunate that we didn’t see any cricket in last three months because of Covid-19 but its a great development that West Indies and Pakistan teams have reached England and we are all set to witness Test cricket in England along with T20 matches,” he said.
Even though Pakistan selected a 29-player squad, Aaqib Javed believes that Pakistan’s Test team seems to be much inexperienced and will face a whitewash in the England series.
“Pakistan did well in the last two Test series [in England] and we were able to draw the Test series, but during the last one or two years England have really raised their game and the way they are playing cricket in all three formats is just remarkable,” he remarked.
“Pakistan will struggle in the Test series as they have quality line-up, They have world class fast bowlers in shape of James Anderson, Stuart Broad and Jofra Archer as well as a match-winning all-rounder like Ben Stokes and also they have a fine Test batting line up.
“Their batsmen not only score big but also at a rapid pace and that is where Pakistan will lack as we are still playing the game in an old fashioned way,” the former Test pacer stated.
“If Pakistan manage to play 125 overs we still may not score enough runs as compared to England who can smash a huge score in as many overs and can out play the opposition after that.”
When talking about Mohammad Abbas, Aaqib mentioned that the 30-year-old player had lost much of his pace and that it was possible that he was not as effective as in the previous years.
“If we look at the Pakistan pace attack, it lacks experience and a bit of quality,” noted Aaqib. “Abbas is a experienced bowler but he has lost pace and it will affect his performance.”
Aaqib Javed further discussed his opinion on the current Pakistani pacers.
“Also, after ban of saliva, most of Pakistan fast bowlers will struggle as they mostly rely on reverse swing and take wickets with the old ball,” Aaqib stated.
“Shaheen Shah Afridi is a rising fast bowlers and he can do well but the highly rated Naseem Shah lacks experience and this series will be a big test for the young pacer,” he added.
“As for Yasir Shah, he performed all over the world before but during the last two years or so, his form has been on the decline. But i still feel that his performance will be the key in Test series.”
When the talk came to Haris Rauf, one of the fast bowlers under Aaqib’s coaching in Lahore Qalander, he said, “He can do well in Tests if given a chance as he has pace which is required to topple batting line ups in a time of saliva ban and also he has aggression to surprise England team.
“Haris did well in Australia in Grade Cricket and later played first class matches too. So he has the credentials to do well in Tests and is also a very committed bowler who always wants to do well.”
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