Speaking after the game on Saturday, Noman said, “Given the difficult circumstances, such a match was bound to happen”.
“We will try our best (to bowl out West Indies early) because it is (now) an innings match,” Noman said after Pakistan fell nine runs short of the score. “In the first innings, for their last wicket partnership, the runs we gave away were a bit extra. So we will try not to give away those runs again.”
Noman said that this was not on the team’s mind as it faced criticism even when the tests were completed. “Even when we had full five-day matches earlier, the fans used to criticize us a lot,” he said. “We were criticized saying that the results are not coming. (But) now the results are coming. If the results are coming in two or three days, I think (it is fine). So far the results have been positive. , and we will try to ensure that this match also has a positive result.
Pakistan had scored 54 runs for 8 wickets of West Indies, but the tail batsmen pushed them to 163 runs. In the first innings of the first Test, West Indies recovered from 66 for 8 to reach 137 runs. Noman said that Pakistan “made some mistakes”, which they would try to avoid in the second gig.
Franklin: Both batting orders are finding it difficult
“I don’t think it’s just the West Indies top order; I think both batting orders are finding it very difficult on this pitch,” Franklin said. “There’s a lot of spin, (and) a lot of bounce – sometimes it’s inconsistent too. So when you go out there as a batsman, I think the first 20-30 balls are just about getting used to the wicket. I think you have seen batsmen who can get through the first 20-30 balls and score 15-20 runs in their innings, the game is suddenly a little more comfortable from a batting point of view. Seems like.”
“We’ve seen something from (Mohammad) Rizwan in both Test matches, we’ve seen something from Saud Shakeel, (and) we’ve seen some of our lower-order batsmen being able to do that. We saw it in the first Test from Alek Athanaz Seen from.”
Franklin is looking to set small targets for his batsmen as they are going into their second innings with a low lead. He said it would be “very competitive” if West Indies posted a score of “high hundreds, 200, (or) 200-plus”. Franklin just wanted his batsmen to “see little milestones”.
“You know, partnerships of 30, 40 can be very important in these Test matches here in Multan,” Franklin said. “We saw it in the first Test, we are seeing it today as well. I think if we look at day three of this Test series so far, there is only one big difference – and that was 100. The score – the partnership of runs (141) on the first day of the Test, apart from this – has been very even between the two sides.”
