Newly appointed skipper Shan Masood set Pakistan a troublesome goal on Wednesday for its forthcoming tour of Australia — make historical past.
Pakistan has by no means received a Test collection within the 12 occasions it has toured down underneath, with the south Asian facet shedding the final 14 five-dayers in a row there.
But Masood, 34, who took over the Test facet after Babar Azam relinquished the captaincy in all codecs of cricket following Pakistan’s disastrous World Cup marketing campaign, sees a possibility.
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“When you have not achieved something in history, then you have an opportunity to change it,” he instructed a news convention in Lahore forward of the group’s departure.
“So we will make an effort to produce positive results for Pakistan and for the World Test championship.”
Pakistan is on the highest of the World Test Championship 2023-25 cycle with wins in each Tests towards Sri Lanka, whereas India is second and Australia third on the nine-team desk.
But Australia is flying excessive after successful the final cycle of the championship and lifting the 50-over World Cup earlier this month.
The Test collection begins with the primary match in Perth from December 14, adopted by Melbourne (December 26-30), and Sydney (January 3-7).
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Pakistan misplaced each Tests by an innings margin throughout their final tour — a collection Masood was a part of.
“We need to score 400 and then take 20 wickets,” mentioned Masood of what was required.
“We did not do that on our last tour in 2019, so that is the goal.”
Masood admitted Australia can be excessive on confidence.
“The positive thing will be to have the belief to play well, and all those playing contribute to give Australia some tough times.”
Masood insisted the vacationers had ready effectively for this collection.
“We tried to replicate the Australian conditions in our training camp in Rawalpindi, which has a bouncy pitch,” he mentioned.
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He additionally hailed the appointment of former England skipper Adam Hollioake, who coaches in Australia, because the group’s new batting coach.
“Teams hire people who have local knowledge, and he is an expert in Australian conditions, so his appointment will help us to apply ourselves in those conditions.”
He additionally backed his predecessor Azam to have a giant tour, saying the group’s batting “will go around him”.
“We want to play the type of cricket that our fans enjoy — a good and fighting brand,” he mentioned.
Source web site: sportstar.thehindu.com
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