Shahid Afridi on Tuesday hinted that Pakistan’s World Twenty20 bold adjoin Australia actuality on Friday will be the endure bout of his all-embracing career.
Pakistan’s captain was visibly abject afterwards his team’s 22-run accident adjoin New Zealand, a aftereffect that has all but concluded Pakistan’s affairs of condoning for the semi-finals.
“That (the bout adjoin Australia) could be my last,” Afridi said at the post-match presentation ceremony.
“The bowlers bowled able-bodied in the middle, we played able-bodied in the aboriginal 6 but afterwards that we didn’t. Easily we could accept denticulate added than 6 but we didn’t.
“We approved to hit the ball, approved to go for the abuttals and we played a lot of dot balls. We still accumulate repeating the aforementioned mistakes, every bold we are authoritative the mistakes. We accept to overlook this bold and focus on Australia,” Afridi said.
New Zealand captain Kane Williamson said 180 was a acceptable absolute to defend.
“It’s nice to play on a absolutely acceptable surface, the batting assemblage played their roles absolutely accurately and the bowlers pulled it aback accurately afterwards a boxy start. Slightly aloft par, 180 wicket on any wicket can be a blow chase,” he said.
“They (Pakistan) absolutely played able-bodied in the aboriginal 6. We played on a brace of wickets that spun atrociously but the spinners acclimatized here. Acceptable agglomeration of lads, nice we are arena able-bodied and our strengths accept been arena some acute cricket.” —with inputs from agencies.
Pakistan’s captain was visibly abject afterwards his team’s 22-run accident adjoin New Zealand, a aftereffect that has all but concluded Pakistan’s affairs of condoning for the semi-finals.
“That (the bout adjoin Australia) could be my last,” Afridi said at the post-match presentation ceremony.
“The bowlers bowled able-bodied in the middle, we played able-bodied in the aboriginal 6 but afterwards that we didn’t. Easily we could accept denticulate added than 6 but we didn’t.
“We approved to hit the ball, approved to go for the abuttals and we played a lot of dot balls. We still accumulate repeating the aforementioned mistakes, every bold we are authoritative the mistakes. We accept to overlook this bold and focus on Australia,” Afridi said.
New Zealand captain Kane Williamson said 180 was a acceptable absolute to defend.
“It’s nice to play on a absolutely acceptable surface, the batting assemblage played their roles absolutely accurately and the bowlers pulled it aback accurately afterwards a boxy start. Slightly aloft par, 180 wicket on any wicket can be a blow chase,” he said.
“They (Pakistan) absolutely played able-bodied in the aboriginal 6. We played on a brace of wickets that spun atrociously but the spinners acclimatized here. Acceptable agglomeration of lads, nice we are arena able-bodied and our strengths accept been arena some acute cricket.” —with inputs from agencies.
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