“Everyone Was Slightly Surprised”: Mitchell Starc On Pakistan’s Lack Of Pace In 1st Test Against Australia | Cricket News

Australia’s skilled left-arm pacer Mitchell Starc was “surprised” to see Pakistan’s lack of tempo within the first Test which was one of the vital talked about factors. Pakistan are fairly restricted when it comes to placing up a high quality tempo bowling line-up with Naseem Shah nursing an damage and Haris Rauf opting out of the Test collection. Without expertise, nearly all of the burden fell on Shan Masood’s deputy Shaheen Shah Afridi, however even he struggled to generate tempo. “I think everyone was slightly surprised at the lower pace of the Pakistan bowlers, when you’re generally used to some guys getting in the 150s [kph]. I don’t think that pace is the be all and end all but it certainly plays a part and can help,” Starc stated, talking to media as quoted from ESPNcricinfo.

During the primary Test, Afridi averaged round 130 kmph and noticed a drop to a excessive 120 kmph within the second innings. Khurram Shahzad bowled at a normal medium tempo, whereas, Ameer Jamal on a uncommon event touched the 140 mark.

But the dearth of tempo issue will not be on the playing cards in Melbourne as Starc acknowledged that the additional tempo would not be as essential on the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG).

“Case in point, you look at Scotty Boland who can bowl good wheels, but he’s not at your top end of pace bowlers. But he generates a lot of sideways movement here in Melbourne, obviously being his home ground. He’s done it for a long time and we saw that obviously against England, where every ball he bowled could have been a wicket. So I don’t think that pace is the be all and end all. Certainly, for our attack we all complement each other really well by doing things very differently,” Starc stated.

Pakistan’s lack of tempo not solely grabbed the eye of the opposition camp but additionally their former star Waqar Younis.

This issue disenchanted him to an extent that he termed the bowling within the first Test as “medium pace”.

“Another thing that I am worried about is that always when we come to Australia, one thing that excites is the fast bowling and this time around I am not seeing that. I am seeing medium-pacers or slow-medium-pacers, allrounders, there is no real pace. People used to come and watch Pakistan pace bowlers really running in hard and bowling 150 clicks [kph], and that is what I am not seeing there,” he stated on ESPN’s Around The Wicket present.

“That is my worry and issue because I have not seen it at the domestic level also. There are a few injured, I can understand, but in the past, you would always see a battery of fast bowlers that they could always bring on, but unfortunately, that is not there and I am really worried about that,” concluded Waqar.

The second Test of the three-match collection can be performed on Tuesday with Australia presently one-up within the collection.

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