Melbourne, Muhammad Hafeez is now the acting captain of Pakistan cricket team to play the one day international matches series against Australia. He was made the captain after the injury to the captain, Azhar Ali. He played the second one day international match in this series in his captaincy and Pakistani cricket team won the ODI at Melbourne and they made the comeback in this series. Now he is thinking to win the ODI series against Australia by wining remaining ODI matches. He said that he has the capable and talented bowlers and they can show their wonderful performance in the remaining one day international matches against Australia. In the 2nd ODI match, the performance of Pakistani bowlers was very stunning and they put pressure on Australia and took some wickets then they did not allow the opponent to come back in the match and made good score. He said that they got the confidence after winning the second one day international match. The Australian captain, Steve Smith said that the comeback of the Pakistani cricket team was tremendous.
Muhammad Hafeez
Muhammad Hafeez talked with media after winning the second one day international match that they have all kinds of weapons to play against Kangroos. If they maintain their performance in this match, then they can win this match quite easily. He said that his team made some mistakes in the Brisbane one day international match and they lost the match. The bowlers got success at the initial stage but they could not maintain their pressure on the batsmen.
He further added that Muhammad Aamer and Junaid Khan started the bowling and they provided good start to the team. Imad Waseem also played well while spinner got the advantage of the conditions. If the opponent team made 250 runs on this ground, then they would become difficult for them. They also avoided the mistakes being made in the first ODI match. The players showed their responsibility and the bowlers bowled well. The batsmen stayed at the wicket for long time. They played bravely and did not take pressure of defeat in this match so they got good success in this match. He also thanked the Pakistani supporters, who were present in the ground.
Australian skipper said that Pakistani cricket team gave good comeback in this match. He said that his batting line up was according to his expectations but Mathew Wade played well and he supported the team. He scored century to make good total in the first one day international match. Before the coming of spinner, the top order batting was flopped and they were out and it became difficult for them to play naturally and made highest total in this one day international match. The host team should make 260 or more runs to save this match, which was not possible and he failed to defend this match. He hoped that his team would show good performance in the next matches.