Lord’s victory a sign team establishing as test side, Zaheer Abbas

LAHORE, May 28 (APP):Former Pakistan Cricket captain and batting great, Zaheer Abbas said on Monday that Pakistan cricket team’s memorable victory at Lord’s is a sign that the team is well on path
on re-establishing its name as a talented and winning combination test side.
“The young Pakistani team produced a wonderful display of skills
and technique at historic Lord’s ground and produced an impressive
result in the first test of two match series”, he told APP here.
“Playing on English conditions is not easy, specially when our
team is playing most of its test matches of the home series at UAE
where the conditions are quite different from England”, said Zaheer,
a former President of International Cricket Council.
He said the superb performance of the Pak team has strengthened
the claim that it (the teams) is in the process of making ‘a winning combination test side’.
He praised the hard work and commitment of young bowlers,
Muhammad Abbas, Muhammad Aamir and Hassan Ali and said they
underlined their talent with a rousing display of quality pace
bowling and shattered the English batting line.
“This win will be long remembered in cricket history and it
has given new identity to Pakistan cricket team which comprises
youthful players”, said the former batting icon.
Zaheer Abbas said test cricket is the most difficult format
of cricket and is a test of skills and technique of payers and
it helps is assessing players potential in the game.
“After playing a lot of T20 and one day international matches
Pak team proved all pre-match ratings wrong that it is under strength
or not capable of beating the English side, he said adding “Our
bowlers added fire in our pace battery and our batsmen also played
with responsibility which is also a good sign”.
Zaheer also known as a former batting run machine urged the Pak
team members not feel complacent from the first test big win over
English side and to show consistency in the next test match to win
the series at English soil.
“Beating England in its own backyard is never an easy task but
the undying spirit and extra ordinary performance of our players
made the impossible possible”, he asserted.
He congratulated the Pakistan cricket captain Sarfraz Ahmad
for keeping the team united and motivated to achieve a difficult
task with the help of collective efforts and sheer hard work.
He said Pak batting order has new faces who will take time
to adjust in the side and also pointed out that Faheem Asrhaf
and Shadab Khan are blending as all rounders whose presence will
be a big advantage for the team.
“In test cricket reliance on a bunch of players is not wise,
test cricket is always about teams efforts and demands best of
every player and in the given circumstances all the team members
of team have the same will and commitment in their mind”, said
Zaheer Abbas. He also praised the discipline of the Pak team.