Mohali: A humiliating exit from the World T20 with three losses and just one win over Bangladesh, Pakistan know they will have to go back to the drawing board in an effort to “save their cricket from further decline”.
Coach Waqar Younis conceded that the effects of having no international activity in the country were beginning to emerge and urged the Pakistan Cricket Board to take immaculate steps to arrest the slide.
“Whatever we say now will sound like an excuse. There has been no cricket in Pakistan in the last six-seven years and symptoms (of decline) have begun to show. If you look at it deeply, we had match winners like Muhammad Hafeez, who could bowl earlier, and Saeed Ajmal. There is a bit of decline. It is very important to address this. We need to see where the infrastructure and domestic cricket is headed,” said the former skipper.
Pakistan needed a win against Australia on the day to keep their chances alive but wayward bowling combined with lack of partnerships did them in. “It hurts to be out of the tournament, but I think the last match against New Zealand was more disappointing than this one. We conceded a lot of runs in the last five-six overs.”
