This is a reality, even though (I might sound like Athar Ali Khan) but King Babar played a marvelous inning along with Abdullah Shafique and while both players on crease and three sessions to survive, it is a tough ask for both youngsters to show their metal on the global scale,
Wait please...
A wicket here and there, game might WILL definitely slip away from Pakistan's grasp and Aussies are supposed to be the third team winning a test match in Karachi after England and South Africa respectively, because we all know; one wicket falls in Pakistan camp, it initiates a panic situation within the camp instead of calming themselves on, they initiate a run strategy.
But apart from that
The PCB is definitely require to work on sports research and development in Pakistan instead of copying others and do cosmetic stuff like DIP (drop-in pitches) concept in Pakistan where cricket ground in Pakistan are only supposed to be cricket grounds instead like in Australia and in New Zealand, where their ground are multi-purpose, rest... if bounce is concerned, try researching on clay structure and definitely work on domestic structure pitches so that our batters are comfortable in THEIR style of cricket instead of PCB acting naive when staging home-series' with likes of Australia, New Zealand and England in coming times while preparing dead tracks supporting none, which reduces the interest of a commoner who wants an outcome of the match after watching the game for full five days, we require to work heavily on R&D and like we say in Urdu, سب کو ٹرک کی بتی کے پیچھے بھگانا instead find talent from locals who can do Research on composition of clay and how to create a constantly balanced wicket to produce result after 4 and 5 days of cricket, otherwise Rawalpindi and Karachi tests have been responsible in reducing the interest of long format cricket, because none will route to grounds just to watch a test match with no result at the end of the day.
Wishing against hope
Being a Karachi boy and a Pakistani, I want my team to win, but odds are against Pakistan just because of the pitch, Pakistan now in this situation where every single Pakistani fan wants this test match to be saved instead of winning because realistically speaking, surviving 90 overs in a day against a potent bowling attack like Aussies is a very tough ask to expect from this Pakistani lineup but hoping against hope, if Pakistan does that, it is a good thing, but honestly I don't think this would be a call for celebration instead of getting back to the drawing board and work the problem, and the problem I figured, is you defensive approach, we could have had created lively pitch but playing attacking and fearless cricket would definitely had bought goods for both Pakistan Cricket Board, its production team and for Pakistan Cricket because when RR (Ramiz Raja) utters the word brand, this is how a brand is created, not like while creating such ridiculous placid tracks with no outcome whatsoever.
Good to see cricket back in Pakistan. Hoping to see a sporting pitch which gives both teams chance to perform
ReplyDeleteThank you bro, we are also hoping for a supporting track to create an outcome off this three test match series. Again, thanking you for the wishes
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