Pakistan’s former Test pacer and acclaimed coach Aaqib Javed needs PCB to select brains of Indian curators, who’ve been usually making ready rank turners in their very own yard. Pakistan cricket staff’s cricket board has been going through extreme criticism for making ready docile wickets for the continuing Test sequence with Australia which has seen batter’s piling on loads of runs with bowlers getting no assist.
The first Test in Rawalpindi resulted in a colorless draw and after Pakistan suffered a batting collapse of their first innings within the second contest, Australia made a contest out of it earlier than it led to a draw as effectively.
“Why go wherever else? I might say discover out from the curators in Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai and many others how they put together the turners on which Indian spinners dominate. I’m stunned till now Pakistan has not been in a position to produce pure turning tracks, which is able to assist our spinners,” Aaqib said on a YouTube channel.
He insisted that Pakistan could only beat Australia through spin as the Pakistani pace bowlers were not as experienced as the visiting quickies.
The third and final Test of the series will be played at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore from March 21 and PCB has reportedly sought the help of former ICC Academy head curator Toby Lumsden to oversee the preparations for the final game.
A PCB official said he will also help the local curators understand the modern requirements for preparing pitches.
Lumsden, who has also been curator at the MCG, is presently supervising all the preparation work in Lahore where the pitch is expected to produce a result after the first two tests have been drawn.
Lumsden is not the first foreign curator to be hired by the PCB which has in the past also brought in other foreign curators during home series to help in preparing pitches.
A reliable source in the board said that PCB Chairman, Ramiz Raja has been focusing a lot on improvement of pitches in Pakistan.
“He wants to also change and improve the process of preparing pitches and Lumsden might also be given a longer assignment to help train the local curators,” he stated.
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