Pakistan needs to takedown Williamson to grab the series, says former captain

Pakistan former captain turned cricket commentator Ramiz Raja, says that Sarfraz Ahmed’s men need to develop a strategy against New Zealand skipper batman Kane Williamson, as it eyes to win the Test series.

New Zealand were 26 for the loss of two wickets, while trailing by 48 runs at the end of Day three in the deciding third Test match at Abu Dhabi, on Wednesday.

“Pakistan needs to find a solution for Williamson because he alone can take away the game from Pakistan, as he plays the spin really well, so Pakistan needs to adopt different tactics against him,” said Raja, while talking at Ramiz Speaks.

Raja also criticized Pakistan’s tail-end calling it among the worst in world cricket, and was of the view that the team needs to work on it. Pakistan were looking stable at 286 for the loss of three wickets, after centuries from both Azhar Ali and Asad Shafiq, however lost the remaining seven wickets for just 64 runs.

Pakistan Playing XI: Imam-ul-Haq, Mohammad Hafeez, Azhar Ali, Haris Sohail, Asad Shafiq, Babar Azam, Sarfraz Ahmed (c & wk), Bilal Asif, Yasir Shah, Hasan Ali, Shaheen Afridi

New Zealand Playing XI: Jeet Raval, Tom Latham, Kane Williamson (c), Ross Taylor, Henry Nicholls, BJ Watling (wk), Colin de Grandhomme, Ajaz Patel, William Somerville, Tim Southee, Trent Boult