“It’s Ridiculous”: Waqar Younis Tears Into Pakistan’s Tactics On Day 1 Of 2nd Test Against Australia

Former Pakistan skipper Waqar Younis slammed the staff for his or her “techniques” in opposition to Australia on Day 1 of the continuing second Check on the Nationwide Stadium in Karachi. This comes after the primary Check had led to a tame draw as batters dominated their counterparts. There was rather a lot criticism off the pitch utilized in Rawalpindi, and the Pakistan staff had additionally acquired a demerit level beneath ICC Pitch and Outfield Monitoring Course of. With the Australia batters being largely untroubled on Day 1, Waqar termed Pakistan’s techniques as “ridiculous”, saying that the sport is already heading in the direction of one other stalemate forward of the ultimate Check in Lahore.

“The techniques I am seeing for the time being is like we’re searching for a draw on the primary day. It is ridiculous,” Waqar was quoted as saying on-air by cricket.com.au.

Driving on Usman Khawaja’s unbeaten century, Australia managed to achieve a complete of 251 for 3 at stumps on Day 1.

For Pakistan, Hasan Ali and Faheem Ashraf had dismissed David Warner (36) and Steve Smith (72), respectively, whereas Marnus Labuschagne was run out for a duck.

In the meantime, Australia had crossed the 300-run mark after resuming play on Day 2.

Nathan Lyon, who had are available as a nightwatchman forward of stumps on Day 1, scored a tremendous 38 earlier than Ashraf castled him within the first session on Day 2.

Promoted

The third and ultimate Check shall be performed on the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore from March 21-25.

The Check sequence shall be adopted by three ODIs, and a one-off T20I. All 4 white-ball video games shall be performed in Rawalpindi.