Win Abu Dhabi a learning curve for Sarfraz

Pakistan was undergoing the difficult test of the Dubai Test – which they should have won easily – generating the idea that Pakistan had finally lost its stronghold during its recovery. was the fourth time that Sarfraz Ahmed led Pakistan in a UAE test match.He started his test captaining career here with a 2-0 Sri Lankan washdown.It is the first defeat of the Pakistani team since they adopted the UAE as at home.

Thus, when Pakistan lost four quick wickets to Nathan Lyon on the first morning of the second round, few expected Pakistan to leave the match unscathed, much less win. But Pakistan has rebounded. And the return was so impressive that the ever more mercurial team staged its biggest victory in terms of test points.

"There are many lessons [from this win] First of all, never give up", Sarfraz, who did not take Friday, October 19th on the ground because of the fear concussions, said after the match. "There are fewer teams capable of winning such a huge victory in four days after losing five wickets in the first session.As captain, I learned that I had to keep fighting and to tell the remaining players not to throw their wickets The contribution by the tail becomes very important in such a scenario Bilal Asif, Yasir Shah and Mohammad Abbas with the bat helped, that's what we learned.

"The way we organized the return makes us look mentally stronger than Australia. The credit goes to Fakhar Zaman for the way he played with me. And then in the second round again. Azhar Ali, Fakhar Zaman, Asad Shafiq, Babar Azam, all the batters. Pakistan has been a better team in the series, "said Sarfraz, while being careful not to go too far.

" I will not say that it's the best team. We still need to improve a lot. We must fight with maturity if we have to play Cricket Test. We give too many soft wickets after scoring points. We must talk to our drummers. Younis Khan used to tell us that if we go cricket test, we should try to extend our sleeves. But we are fighting on this front, "he added.

Pakistan had to repair the damage – after all, it's what it's been doing to visitors over the past eight years. Was Abbas On the last day of the series, Abbas was at least unplayable, since he picked up four wickets in 14 balls and ended the series with 17 wickets at an average of 10.58

" The credit goes to all my bowlers, especially to Mohammad Abbas, "said Sarfraz." The way he played the whole series. He is the main factor because of which we won the series … It looks like they have not prepared for Abbas and have taken it easily. Credit to him on how he has bowling. These lands are not conducive to him. He was a better bowler on both sides.

"We need to improve our spinning department even though this is our strong pullback, we need another bowler with Abbas, who can play not only on these wickets but also in foreign conditions," Sarfraz said. .

Although there were obvious benefits, improvements were also possible, especially in the spin department. Yasir Shah, back at the Cricket Test after a year, after being recovered from a fatigue fracture at the hip, had lost his color. He remained without a desk in the first rounds of the Dubai Test – the first case where Yasir did not get a ticket at a UAE round – and finished the series with eight wickets at an average of 37.25, almost 10 points more than his. Average bowling in the United Arab Emirates.

"These conditions were ideal for Yasir," said Sarfraz. "He lacks practice for matches, he has played home games with Dukes and we have Kookaburra balls here, the two are very different from each other, we should leave him a little bit. of time because he was playing after a year.He watched our team worked with him on his action because he was not finishing it.We hope he will perform better in the next series. "

The n & n series Did not see anything wrong in terms of player behavior. , it was a subject to question given the recent past of Australia. The ignominious catastrophe of Newlands had raised serious questions about the culture of the team. During the last test, Lyon was often seen talking to Sarfraz during his stay at the shrine and questioned about his badessment of his behavior, the Pakistan skipper said: "There was a lot of exchange of words between us. It's not like that, the team is different [culturally] Yes, there have been some developments and now they are looking to calm the situation.But, it's not as if the situation was very polite [on the field]. "

Nevertheless, Sarfraz was keen to take as far as possible away from the series to win for other missions in the near future. Pakistan will face Australia in three T20I next week before welcoming New Zealand for T20Is, ODIs and tests. During their previous tour in 2014, New Zealand had leveled the Test and T20I series before beating Pakistan in one – day playoffs. So, Pakistan has an account to pay. "It's a moral support for us," Sarfraz said. "We have not won here, it will help us perform better against New Zealand."

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