Ahead of third ODI: Arthur wants Pakistan among tip four
A win currently will give Pakistan their fourth 3-0 ODI varnish over a West Indies; a Men in Green haven’t mislaid a singular array opposite their Caribbean counterparts given losing a three-match array 2-0 during home in 1991. PHOTO: AFP
ABU DHABI: Pakistan conduct manager Mickey Arthur set his team’s idea during violation into a tip 4 in a one-day rankings as they aim another varnish over a West Indies.
Leading a three-match ODI array 2-0, Pakistan are favourites to win a third and final compare in Abu Dhabi today.
They kick an suggestive West Indies by 111 and 59 runs respectively in a initial dual matches with finish dominance.
Azhar urges republic to be patient
Pakistan will reinstate West Indies during array 8 in rankings if they win 3-0 and excommunicate their opponents to ninth.
Hosts England and a tip 7 teams in one-day rankings will get approach berths in a 2019 World Cup while a rest strive for a remaining dual places in a subordinate tournament.
Arthur, who transposed Waqar Younis as conduct manager in May this year, pronounced reaching a tip 4 was a goal.
Perseverance a key, says centurion Azam
“We don’t wish to consider that given we have won a array we can be restored given we have got so many some-more goals as a one-day section to grasp and to be among a tip 4 is one of them,” pronounced Arthur, also a former South African and Australia coach.
But for Arthur it’s a work in progress, as Pakistan slumped to ninth after losing to Bangladesh and England twice given a 2015 World Cup.
“We have to invariably pull a players as a group. We will keep hammering them so they keep removing better,” he added.
Current West Indies group a weakest ever: Basit
Former Test batsman and conduct of a youth preference cabinet Basit Ali believes a furloughed West Indian group is a ‘worst that he has seen’.
“This West Indies group is a misfortune that we have ever seen,” he said. “Pakistan should win a third ODI during a jog and get a eighth mark in a rankings.”
Basit serve combined that Pakistan should make a few changes for a passed rubber and should embody batsman Umar Akmal in place of wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Rizwan.
“With a array wrapped up, Pakistan should try and play a players who are accessible on a bench. we feel there is a place for Umar in a team. Umar is a category act and if given a possibility can make a outrageous disproportion to a team,” he added.
‘Azhar should be defended as captain’
Basit threw his weight behind Azhar Ali notwithstanding a ODI captain’s bad run with a bat in a series.
2nd ODI: Pakistan win by 59 runs, bag array 2-0 opposite West Indies
“I feel that we can continue with Azhar during a helm of a team; he is a plain actor and he would have gained certainty with a wins in a initial dual games,” pronounced Basit. “[T20I skipper] Sarfraz Ahmed and Azhar make a good span and can coax any other on.”
Basit, meanwhile, is of a opinion that a genuine exam for a Men in Green would come in Australia where Pakistan play 5 ODIs early subsequent year.
A win currently will give Pakistan their fourth 3-0 ODI varnish over a West Indies; a Men in Green haven’t mislaid a singular array opposite their Caribbean counterparts given losing a three-match array during home 2-0 in 1991.
They have won a final 8 shared ODI array played between a dual teams given a 2-2 pull in a five-match competition staged in a West Indies in 1993.
Published in The Express Tribune, Oct 5th, 2016.
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