While chasing a mammoth 368 runs on Friday night, the Pakistan batters crumbled under the pressure of the run rate. The batters, trying to take on the Australian leg-spinner Adam Zampa, constantly kept losing wickets to him. Former Pakistani players were unhappy with the choice of shot selection the batters used to attack the Aussie spinner.
When Iftikhar Ahmed smashed a few sixes, there was a ray of hope that Pakistan could still do the unthinkable of chasing the highest target in World Cups, until he tried to cut Zampa’s ball and was trapped in front of the wickets. Zampa ended up with four wickets in the game, helping Australia win by 62 runs.
“Misbah-ul-Haq and Shoaib (Malik) were here in the studio and were suggesting that they should play him (Zampa) on the front foot, since his ball will skid on because the ball is wet. And you played him on the back foot and got yourself out,” former Pakistan fast bowler Wasim Akram would say on A Sports.
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