Abdullah719
T20I Captain
- Joined
- Apr 16, 2013
- Runs
- 44,825
Azhar Ali after the first Test loss to Australia:
"When we won the toss, we wanted to score big in the 1st innings. We started off well, on the first day we won 2 sessions. But we lost one very badly, I think if that happens in Tests it's hard to come back, specially if you're playing in Australia against them. That was a missed opportunity"
"When we scored 240 and we came out to bowl, we didn't build enough pressure"
"Almost all of our guys are in good nick, Babar and Rizwan showed the way today and Shan also played well. Partnerships are important so once you get one going, things get easier"
"The wicket was good, in the first innings we missed out on the opportunity"
"It's always tough to leave Abbas out, he's been performing well for us but we've been thinking hard about the bowlers who played in this Test, they were bowling exceptionally well. They played the side game against a strong Australia A side and bowled phenomenally there. Unfortunately, we couldn't deliver"
"For a 16-year-old, the grounds aren't easy and they're heavy. Naseem Shah bowled with consistent pace, I was impressed. His temperament was good, his line and lengths and his short-balls were all good as well"
"We'll look at our combination, Naseem Shah was bowling well and he's very fit but we don't want him to break down because he's young. We want him to have a long career so we managed him accordingly"
Press conference:
"Once you fall behind the game in Australia, it's difficult to make a comeback. When we won the toss and did well in the first session, we had the chance to get ahead of the game but we lost that opportunity. We couldn't put them under pressure with the total we wanted to get"
"We couldn't take wickets with the new ball or control the run-rate"
"On the third day when we bowled, we kept fighting and then we fought with the bat as well so there were still positives"
"We don't win in Australia because we fall behind from the start. When we get an opportunity, we need to make full use of it"
"When we review the game, we'll think about what happened here and try to make sure we can pick the best possible XI for Adelaide"
"Raising so many questions so early on the batsmen isn't good, sometimes they don't have a good match but one bad match doesn't make you a bad player. I have full faith in all the batsmen, that they can make runs here"
"Rizwan is a new addition to the side, he took on the Australian bowlers with confidence. Sometimes, not performing is not because a player isn't capable. When they get a chance, I'm sure they will perform"
"We had a lot of soft dismissals, I feel we missed an opportunity to score a good first innings total"
"In Australia, facing the new ball is always important. They made full use of it specially in the 2nd innings, you have to give credit to the opposition sometimes, they bowled in very good areas. In the first innings, the top order started well but we lost our way in the middle"
"We have full faith in the batting lineup but we will rethink our strategy for the Adelaide Test match"
"The bowling attack is young, they have a lot of potential but you can't buy experience. Specially in a place like Australia, it's never easy. They were a little shaky at the start but came back strongly the next day and bowled in good areas. I have full faith that if they do that from the start of the innings, it'll be a completely different attack"
"The A game was a FC game, this is a Test, the pressure is different. The pitch was different, there we made 400+ and bowled well with the new ball. Here we didn't put up a big total, then we didn't bowl in the areas like we did vs Australia A. The execution wasn't there. We have to do all those things well to create problems for the opposition"
"When we won the toss, we wanted to score big in the 1st innings. We started off well, on the first day we won 2 sessions. But we lost one very badly, I think if that happens in Tests it's hard to come back, specially if you're playing in Australia against them. That was a missed opportunity"
"When we scored 240 and we came out to bowl, we didn't build enough pressure"
"Almost all of our guys are in good nick, Babar and Rizwan showed the way today and Shan also played well. Partnerships are important so once you get one going, things get easier"
"The wicket was good, in the first innings we missed out on the opportunity"
"It's always tough to leave Abbas out, he's been performing well for us but we've been thinking hard about the bowlers who played in this Test, they were bowling exceptionally well. They played the side game against a strong Australia A side and bowled phenomenally there. Unfortunately, we couldn't deliver"
"For a 16-year-old, the grounds aren't easy and they're heavy. Naseem Shah bowled with consistent pace, I was impressed. His temperament was good, his line and lengths and his short-balls were all good as well"
"We'll look at our combination, Naseem Shah was bowling well and he's very fit but we don't want him to break down because he's young. We want him to have a long career so we managed him accordingly"
Press conference:
"Once you fall behind the game in Australia, it's difficult to make a comeback. When we won the toss and did well in the first session, we had the chance to get ahead of the game but we lost that opportunity. We couldn't put them under pressure with the total we wanted to get"
"We couldn't take wickets with the new ball or control the run-rate"
"On the third day when we bowled, we kept fighting and then we fought with the bat as well so there were still positives"
"We don't win in Australia because we fall behind from the start. When we get an opportunity, we need to make full use of it"
"When we review the game, we'll think about what happened here and try to make sure we can pick the best possible XI for Adelaide"
"Raising so many questions so early on the batsmen isn't good, sometimes they don't have a good match but one bad match doesn't make you a bad player. I have full faith in all the batsmen, that they can make runs here"
"Rizwan is a new addition to the side, he took on the Australian bowlers with confidence. Sometimes, not performing is not because a player isn't capable. When they get a chance, I'm sure they will perform"
"We had a lot of soft dismissals, I feel we missed an opportunity to score a good first innings total"
"In Australia, facing the new ball is always important. They made full use of it specially in the 2nd innings, you have to give credit to the opposition sometimes, they bowled in very good areas. In the first innings, the top order started well but we lost our way in the middle"
"We have full faith in the batting lineup but we will rethink our strategy for the Adelaide Test match"
"The bowling attack is young, they have a lot of potential but you can't buy experience. Specially in a place like Australia, it's never easy. They were a little shaky at the start but came back strongly the next day and bowled in good areas. I have full faith that if they do that from the start of the innings, it'll be a completely different attack"
"The A game was a FC game, this is a Test, the pressure is different. The pitch was different, there we made 400+ and bowled well with the new ball. Here we didn't put up a big total, then we didn't bowl in the areas like we did vs Australia A. The execution wasn't there. We have to do all those things well to create problems for the opposition"
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