Mohammad Yousuf
Mohammad Yousuf. (Photo: Twitter)

Former Pakistan cricketer and current batting coach, Mohammad Yousuf said that the pitches are prepared based on the strengths of each team and that one would never get the surface of their liking if they traveled to Australia.

The historic Test between Pakistan and Australia was spoken about for all the wrong reasons, with the pitch garnering most of the attention. It was quite an uneventful surface where the batters piled on the misery. Speaking about it in the pre-match press conference, Yousuf said:

I think you have to look at the strengths of your side, if you go to Australia, you’ll never get the wicket of your choice. We have kept in view what benefits our players and how can we dominate the teams. There were a total of 15 sessions, we dominated in 12 of those. We have to play according to our strengths.”

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In the past, our players have done well overseas. Inshallah, we will give these players confidence, keep on having a word with them and discussions, they will do well overseas. Every time, we have seen such wickets in Pakistan. We have to look at our strengths as a side.

“I think the way our batsmen performed, I am very satisfied” – Mohammad Yousuf

Yousuf was quite happy with the performance of the Pakistani batters. In the first innings, they put on 476/4 before the openers stitched an unbeaten 252-run stand in the second innings. Imam-ul-Haq also scored twin centuries, the first instance in his career.

I think the way our batsmen performed, I am very satisfied. It was Abdullah Shafique’s third Test match and Imam-ul-Haq was making a comeback. Both of them were outstanding and they created history by giving such partnerships at the top. Overall, it was a great performance.”

Azhar Ali and Imam-ul-Haq, Mohammad Yousuf
Azhar Ali and Imam-ul-Haq. Image: PCB

The way Azhar Ali showed his experience, the management expects such performances from a player like him. Australia bowled a lot of bouncers at him but the way he showed his mettle and stuck around in the middle. He kept on leaving the ball, this shows the experience that he has played a lot of Test cricket, which also gave the team the benefit too,” he further added.

The second Test gets underway on March 12 in Karachi.

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