After another wicket at the National Stadium Karachi for the second Test match between Australia and Pakistan, several former Pakistan cricketers have expressed their dismay at Ramiz Raja for producing colourless pitches. Many greats like Shoaib Akhtar, Inzamam-ul-Haq and Wasim Akram took a dig at their home boards, explaining how the pitches should have been prepared for the visiting visitors.
The series saw two Test matches – one in Karachi, and one in Rawalpindi. 1000 runs for 14 wickets in Karachi’s game. Meanwhile, in the second Test, Australia scored 556 runs in the first innings. After which the hosts were bundled out for 148 runs. Former fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar was at his sarcastic best. “Yeah, the boredom is gone, everyone including me. Must be entertaining 100/7,” he tweeted.
Meanwhile, former Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq also made his intention clear. speaking about it youtube The channel, Inzamam urged the board to start a program to train curators.
Inzamam said, “I request Ramiz bhai that when you are bringing in the drop-in pitch and doing other work, please also work on the groundsman and pitch curator.”
“Also, players who are interested in pitches should be sent abroad for courses in this regard so that we can prepare a good surface,” he added.
Wasim Akram, popularly known as the Sultan of Swing, felt very bad seeing the wicket of Rawalpindi. He revealed that he saw two balls and knew immediately that the game was about to end in an even draw. He further said that the pitches could have been made at least turner if the idea was to make a slow track to get the result.
“There is a method to build a slow track. If you want to do this, depending on the technicality, you roll low to the center and leave the area around the front foot a little dry so that the ball turns from day 1. If you want to make slow pitches then at least make it a turner so that we get a result-oriented match. I hope whoever is making the pitch will learn from it. It’s quite boring to be honest,” he said.
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