LAHORE: Australia’s Test captain Pat Cummins has revealed that the touring side has made plans to tackle Pakistan’s skipper Babar Azam and is confident of executing them in the upcoming third Test.
Cummins, while talking to the virtual pressed conference, ahead of the third Test of the historic series between Pakistan and Australia, unveiled that the touring side has made several plans to tackle Pakistan’s top-batter Babar.
“Babar Azam played an extraordinary knock. We have made plans for him. Now we will be looking to execute those plans, but I must say that he played a good long knock,” he said.
Cummins also revealed that the Aussies will be taking the field with the same combination.
“I have full confidence in my boys. We will take the field with the same Playing XI,” he said.
“We need two spinners. We also considered other options but we think this is the best Playing XI,” he added.
Cummins also claimed that the missed opportunities in the last Test prevented us from winning. However, the right-arm pacer is confident of not losing the chances in the third Test.
“We had a chance to win the Karachi Test but we missed on the given opportunities which really halted us from winning,” he said.
“We can no longer afford to miss out on the opportunities, we need to field well in the Lahore Test,” he added.
The right-arm pacer also commented about the playing conditions in Gaddafi Stadium, said the bowlers do not have much experience of playing in hot conditions.
“This is a big match. The weather is very hot for the fast bowlers. They do not have much experience of playing in these sorts of conditions,” he said.
“There is no grass on the pitch. I can’t say much about this pitch, how different it is
from the first two Tests. But, I think the reverse swing will play an important role in this match,” he concluded.
The Aussie captain however is confident of claiming the series by winning the third Test of the ongoing Benaud-Qadir Trophy.
