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Will Muhammad Aamir play Test match or not? Waqar Younis told.


Lahore (18-Aug-2020) National team bowling coach Waqar Younis has said that I always say that Test cricket is the real cricket and changes in it should be kept to a minimum. "We were ready for the whole match but unfortunately the match could not be completed," said Waqar Younis, 48, in a video link conference after the Southampton Test draw.

Naseem Shah, Shaheen Afridi and Abbas bowled well. They said that the batting of Babar Azam, Abid Ali and Mohammad Rizwan in difficult conditions is encouraging. Mohammad Rizwan played a courageous innings in difficult conditions. has come. The bowling coach said that there was no suggestion for Mohammad Aamir to play the third Test while the decision regarding the changes for the last Test would be taken after looking at the conditions.

It may be recalled that the second Test played in Southampton was affected by rain and the first innings of both the teams were not completed in 5 days. The match was also affected due to rain on the first and second day while not a single ball was bowled on the third day On the fourth day, only 10.2 overs could be played due to rain. Even on the 5th day of the test, the game started late due to rain and only 38 overs could be played.

On the 5th day, England started the innings with 7 runs for the loss of one wicket and at the end of the game scored 110 runs for the loss of 4 wickets. For Pakistan, Muhammad Abbas took 2 wickets, Shaheen Shah and Yasir Shah took 1 wicket each. Earlier, Pakistan had scored 236 runs in the first innings thanks to the brilliant batting of Mohammad Rizwan and Abid Ali. Mohammad Rizwan scored 72, Abid Ali 60 and Babar Azam 47 while Mohammad Rizwan was declared man of the match. In the event of a draw, the teams are given 13 points each, while the hosts England have a 1-0 lead in the three-Test series.

 

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