Pakistan’s ODI captain Azhar Ali has expressed that the team made too many mistakes in the rain-affected first one-dayer (ODI) which hosts England won by 44 runs in the first of the five-match series on Wednesday.
According to local media reports, he said: “We didn’t bowl in good areas and were too short in the beginning which allowed the in-form English openers to score quick runs.
“Fielding wasn’t good either and I know we can field much better. When you are defending a total of around 260 you need to be disciplined in your bowling and fielding.”
Azhar admitted that Pakistan need to reduce the number of dot balls they face as that leads to the players coming under pressure and playing rash shots in order to make up for lost time.
“260 runs just aren’t enough in modern cricket. There were too many dot balls at the start. This is something we need to improve upon,” said Azhar. “We could have also covered that towards the end but we didn’t finish that well and were 30 runs short.”
However, the Pakistan one-day captain wants to see the team take the form that had made them the world's number one-ranked Test side into their one-day series against England.
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