“The domestic cricket will be played like this,” he said. “We have already talked about this. The more we will play, the better we will.
“It is a game of all interested parties. We should appreciate the players for throwing themselves into the den without being exposed to these conditions. We know these conditions. A competitive score, where the spinners will always have the advantage.”
An inevitable result of such surfaces is the huge role that launch plays. Four times, the team that won the raffle has hit first, moving away with the victory three times. While Pakistan was able to turn that script against England in the decline of the series, the victory of the Western Indies once again demonstrated the way in which these releases can tip a game in favor of the lateral bowling alley.
However, it did not appear in that way when Pakistan launched himself in the first hour, having reduced the western Indies to 54 for 8, and letting that situation slide down his fingers frustrated above all. “We did not get the result we wanted. The positive thing was when it appears first and you know that the fourth inputs will be difficult. So you try to restrict the opposition in the first tickets. We go down brilliantly for the first eight WICKETS. But we have talked about the First batting inputs and bowling that combine to do it well, so you have the advantage in the third and fourth entrance.
“Then, with the bat, we pass from 119 to 4 to 154 for everything. When these collapses occur and the other side puts associations, they can delay you. If we take them out early and obtained a race of 100 direction, the trial party would be completely completely different.
This is the end of a cycle, unhappy for Pakistan and for its leader. Pakistan has lost nine of his last 12 games, the five away from home and four of seven at home. Despite starting with an Away Away victory in Sri Lanka, they have finished the bottom of the WTC table and do not play another test for almost nine months.
Masood acknowledged that Pakistan had been below expectations, but did not believe that the team required a complete review, pointing out that the fine margins made the difference in this test, and could work.
“The tail does not receive WICKETS is an area of concern, and we must finish the sides faster,” Masood said, echoing his frustrations in South Africa, where the last two wickts that add too many races cost them expensive in the first test in Centur “Against Australia, which have the best tail in the world, we take them out at a low price, but not here, or against Bangladesh or South Africa.
“The batters have been proactive, but we need more contributions. You may not get hundreds here, but the 30 and 40 contribute to the winning conditions. Kraigg Bathwaite was an ideal example. He took the game. A batter will need to take a step forward in These conditions especially when the ball is new.
“It’s not about holding someone responsible. This is not a responsibility office. This is a team effort. Our error as a team was the first two entrances. That was what delayed us and gave the opposition a degree of freedom .
Danyal Rasool is the Pakistan correspondent for Espncricinfo. @Danny61000
