The former cricketer for Pakistan was very harsh on the national team after their poor performance in Test matches.
Danish Kaneria, a former Pakistani spinner, was very scathing of Babar Azam and company, saying they were playing “cricket from the 1970s and 1980s.” In a recent interview, Kaneria expressed his disappointment in the national team’s performance and argued that the team’s efforts should be redirected toward Test cricket. There has been much discussion about bringing back international cricket to Pakistan, but the spinner thinks that this is not enough for the team to be successful.
There’s a serious issue. In the beginning, there is the picking. Kaneria told Cricket Nation, “The second issue is that all we hear about is international cricket coming to Pakistan and teams going to Pakistan, but not winning the game in Pakistan.”
They spent a lot of time discussing Australia’s return to Pakistan after 17 years and other topics, but cricket got short shrift. Zero. He went on to say, “You can’t set up a wicket to win you the game.”
Pakistan has only won one of its last ten Test matches in the last calendar year. The national squad played eight of its ten matches at home but was still only able to secure four wins. Pakistan’s lone success came in Galle, where they beat Sri Lanka.
For this reason—that you need to take 20 wickets—bowlers consistently come out on top in Test matches. No hope if you don’t have a bowler of that caliber to take wickets. Abrar Ahmed, a young Chinese man, has just walked in.
In four or five Tests, he had already bowled for half of his total quota. Take a look at how much bowling he’s done already. You’re missing an off-spinner, though. Where can I find Nauman Ali? Does this person understand how the captaincy functions? Do they know where to place each player and fielder? What he meant was, “no battle, nothing.”
