DUBAI: Pakistan T20 team captain Shahid Khan Afriid has confessed before third and last t20 match against the visitors (England) that fielding and fitness issues are the only concern for hosts.
Earlier day before yesterday Pakistan went down by three runs in a last over thriller in Dubai on Friday, handing England an unassailable 2-0 lead with the final match in Sharjah on Monday.
England survived Afridi’s blistering eight-ball 24 to defend a 173-run target. The fireworks masked Pakistan’s sloppiness in the field and some indifferent death bowling. And Afridi said there was plenty of work to do before the big event next year despite Pakistan’s number 2 ranking in T20 cricket.
“First I want to congratulate England as they are playing really well,” said Afridi, who grabbed 3-15 from his four overs to become the top T20 bowler in the world.
“But we have to improve our fitness and fielding before the World Twenty20 (next year in India). I had a good opportunity to win the game but I missed it,” he added.
Afridi’s words were echoed by Pakistan’s bowling coach Mushtaq Ahmed who blamed poor fielding and lack of fitness for his team’s Twenty20 series loss against England.
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