ISLAMABAD
\nAfter Pakistan\u2019s defeat in the fifth T20I against New Zealand, head coach Grant Bradburn said Pakistan should change their brand of cricket if they want to do well in World Cup and Asia Cup this year.
\nThe 56-year-old New Zealander told Geo News that if Pakistan continue to play what was successful for them in the last couple of years then it will only come second, that\u2019s why it is important to understand what brand of cricket is needed to play.
\n\u201cMickey [Arthur] and I have already addressed the team a number of times, we\u2019ve inspired them and galvanised them into believing we have the group. But as I said before, we have a team of champions, we don\u2019t have a champion team as of yet. And that\u2019s what we\u2019re looking to build,\u201d Bradburn said.
\n\u201cWe\u2019ve allowed the realisation or the acceptance from our boys, that we\u2019re not the team where they want to be as yet, if we want to contest and win the World Cup, we want to go to number one, every format of the game, our game is going to have to lift, our players are going to have to lift [themselves].\u201d
\n\u201cAs we have played over the last year, particularly in this format, it\u2019s got us to third in the world. It\u2019s got us to two finals, we are not where we want to be. And therefore, you know we are going to bring some subtle changes, some subtle demands.
\n\u201cWe\u2019re going to support the players with clarity, but we\u2019re also going to demand them to lift themselves and get better. If we bring the game that is been successful for us over the last two or three years, we will come second and we will go backwards we have to understand what brand of the game we need to play in Asia Cup and World Cup. And we need to adapt to that very quickly,\u201d he said.
\nReplying to a question, Bradburn said that the five ODIs against New Zealand are very important for the team keeping the world cup preparation in view and the series will be an opportunity to build up the plans for ODI cricket.
\n\u201cOne of the things that we\u2019re wanting to bring is absolute competition, contests for two players, two or more players, for every position in all formats of the game. International cricket is a tougher environment and no player should be relaxed or comfortable. They should know that one of their teammates wants their spot and is capable of coming in and performing in their spot. And that\u2019s perhaps a difference that we\u2019re going to bring.
\n\u201cYes, we\u2019re going to give them the confidence to play. We\u2019re going to give them clarity on how will we win one day cricket, how we\u2019re going to win the World Cup, how we\u2019re going to win the Asia Cup, that\u2019s our plan. We\u2019re going to give them that confidence and clarity. But we also are going to build our competition for every spot. And it\u2019s five games, we will try and get a good look at some of our bench strength again,\u201d the head coach added.
\nCommenting on Pakistan\u2019s T20I series against New Zealand, Bradburn said that Pakistan had the opportunity to complete the series win in Lahore but the team missed that.
\nHe also added that one can\u2019t be complacent against any team.
\n\u201cNew Zealand are a very, very good team. And this is a great example and perhaps a good thing for us that we\u2019ve had a very, very tough contest against a very, very good side. And, we\u2019ve got a lot of work to do. That\u2019s what it\u2019s exposed to us, which is good.
\n\u201cThis is a good example for us that it doesn\u2019t matter who we play, whether we\u2019re playing India, or whether we\u2019re playing Hong Kong or Scotland or whoever. Anyone can take the game away from you. And we must do the basics of batting, bowling and fielding very well.
\nI think we did okay in one of those areas, but fielding and bowling probably let us down. So, if we\u2019re going to do that, in T20. You\u2019re going to come second most of the time,\u201d he said after Pakistan\u2019s defeat in the fifth T20I.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ISLAMABAD After Pakistan\u2019s defeat in the fifth T20I against New Zealand, head coach Grant Bradburn said Pakistan should change their brand of cricket if they want to do well in World Cup and Asia Cup this year. The 56-year-old New Zealander told Geo News that if Pakistan continue to play what was successful for them […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":327554,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-327537","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports"},"yoast_head":"\n