ISLAMABAD: Former England batsman Geoff Boycott wants international cricket return to Pakistan saying he would love to go back and watch cricket there.
Geoff Boycott, who had a prolific playing career from 1962 to 1986, said he have always enjoyed playing cricket in Pakistan, against Pakistan and watching Pakistan.
"Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis are two of my favourite bowlers," he told Pakpassion.net in an interview.
Talking about the Pak-SA series, he said conditions are much more helpful for Pakistan than for the South Africans. "Although South Africa is the number one Test side in the world at the moment, there are a couple of the South African players who are coming towards the end of their career and the Pakistani spinners can exploit that," he added.
He further said that the wickets are good in the UAE for batting but if you can start to get the ball to turn then Pakistan have a very good chance of defeating South Africa. "Pakistan's game plan should be to stay level with or as close to the South Africans for the first three days and then Saeed Ajmal and Abdur Rehman come into their own.
Pakistan has the edge in the spin bowling department whereas the South Africans are limited in their spin bowling options. The longer each Test goes on, the better the chance for Pakistan to win," he said.
Speaking of the problems with Pakistani batsmen, Geoff Boycott said the problem with the Pakistan batsmen is that they will suddenly explode and do something daft and get themselves out by playing irresponsible shots.
"Pakistani batsmen need to think better in the Test series against South Africa. In situations where run scoring isn't easy, they need to learn to hang in there and have the patience and the levels of concentration to stay at the crease," he said.
Geoff, who was inducted into the International Cricket Council's Hall of Fame in 2009, said Younis Khan is a beautiful fielder and a lovely batsman. "You couldn't get anybody better than Younis for your team," he added.
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