Speaking after playing on Saturday, Noman said “such a match was going to happen”, given the extreme conditions on offer.
“We will do our best [to bowl West Indies out quickly] Because it is 1737828633 a one-innings match,” Noman said after Pakistan fell nine runs short of the visitors’ total. In the first innings, for their last Wicket partnership, the runs we gave away were a bit extra. So we will try not to give such races again.”
Noman said this is not something on the team’s mind as they faced criticism even when testing was going on all the time. “Even when we used to have a full match five days before, the fans criticized us a lot,” he said. “We were criticized saying that the results will not come. [But] Now the results are coming. If the results come in two or three days, then I think [it is fine]. The results have been positive so far, and we will try to make this match also have a positive result.”
Pakistan had West Indies at 54 for 8, before the Tailenders took them to 163. In the first innings of the first Test, West Indies recovered from 66 for 8 to 137. Noman said Pakistan “made some mistakes” , which they will try to avoid in the second concert.
Franklin: Both batting orders find it difficult
“I don’t think it’s just the West Indies’ best order, I think both batting orders find it very difficult on this pitch,” Franklin said. “There is a lot of twist, [and] A lot of bouncing, sometimes it’s also inconsistent. So when you come out as a batsman, I think the first 20-30 balls are very difficult to adjust to the wicket. I think you’ve seen batsmen who can get through the opening 20-30 balls and get 15-20 runs under their belts in their innings, the game suddenly looks a little more comfortable from a batting point of view.”
“We’ve seen it a little bit [Mohammad] Rizwan on both test matches, we have seen a bit of Saud Shakeel, [and] We have seen it from some of our lower order batsmen who can do it. We saw that from Alick Athanaze in the first Test.”
Franklin is looking to set small goals for his hitters, as they enter their second innings with a slim lead. He said it would be “very competitive” if the West Indies end up posting a score in the “Hundreds, 200, [or] Over 200.” Franklin just wanted his hitters to “look at little milestones.”
“You know 30, 40 run partnerships can be quite important in these Test matches here in Multan,” Franklin said. “We saw that in the first test, we’re seeing it today. I think if we reflect over the three days and a bit of this test series so far, there’s only been one big difference, and that was a 100-run. [141] Association on the first day of test one. Other than that, it’s been very evident between both sides.”
