Unpredictable game
\nDNA
\nISLAMABAD
\nAlthough \u201cincredibly frustrated\u201d at the back-to-back losses in New Zealand, Pakistan head coach Mickey Arthur is not giving up on his young side.
\n\u201cVery frustrating, very hard to understand [why we are continuing to lose] despite all our hard work.
\nBut I\u2019m not giving up on this young unit,\u201d Arthur said during a press conference after New Zealand beat Pakistan by seven wickets in the opening T20 match in Wellington.
\nPakistan\u2019s batting woes continued on Monday, with only Babar Azam and Hasan Ali reaching double figures.
\nBefore the late charge by Babar and Hasan, Pakistan had again been let down by their recognised batsmen, just as they were when losing all five one-day internationals against New Zealand.
\n\u201cWe have tried to change roles, set things around, we\u2019ve done all the training, we [resolved] to commit to our decisions, so it\u2019s incredibly frustrating to get such [disappointing] results,\u201d the coach lamented.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s a very inexperienced top order.. we didn\u2019t execute [our plans] well, but I\u2019m not giving up on this young team. We just have to be smarter, assess the conditions better, execute better,\u201d he continued, adding that today was yet \u201canother learning experience for the young group of players.\u201d
\nAsked about the batsmen\u2019s poor shot selection, Arthur admitted that his side assessed the conditions poorly.
\n\u201cWe were playing as if we needed to score 170..whereas 140-150 could have been good enough. But obviously 105 is not enough.\u201d
\nPakistan had hoped the change of format would bring a change of fortune.
\nBut they were in trouble in the second over when Tim Southee, standing in as captain for the injured Kane Williamson, removed Fakhar Zaman for three.
\nWhat followed was another batting collapse that could have set an embarrassing record, but Babar (41) and Hasan (23) took Pakistan beyond their lowest T20 score of 74 set against Australia six years ago.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Unpredictable game DNA ISLAMABAD Although \u201cincredibly frustrated\u201d at the back-to-back losses in New Zealand, Pakistan head coach Mickey Arthur is not giving up on his young side. \u201cVery frustrating, very hard to understand [why we are continuing to lose] despite all our hard work. But I\u2019m not giving up on this young unit,\u201d Arthur said […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24123,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"\n