LAHORE: Pakistan’s left-arm pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi heaped praises on young speedster Naseem Shah, said he is the future of Pakistan.

Shaheen, while talking to a virtual press conference praised Naseem’s bowling abilities and termed him as the future of Pakistan cricket.

“Naseem is a very promising bowler. I think he is the future of Pakistan,” he said.

“We have supported each other throughout the innings and the way he bowled was outstanding,” he added.

Shaheen then opined about the pitch and the playing conditions of the ongoing Test said it is challenging to bowl here.

“It is not that easy to bowl according to the pitch and the conditions. However, we are trying our best to stick to our plan,” he said.

“We are getting reverse swing on this pitch but not getting much help from the new ball,” he added.

The left-arm pacer also commented about Australia’s performance with the bat and claimed their two partnerships turned out to be good for them, however, claimed that the home side bowled decently.

“Two partnerships turned out to be important for them but I think we bowled with quite a discipline,” he concluded.

The young pacer then went on to expressed his desire to win the ongoing third Test, said we will do every bit to win this match.

It is pertinent to mention here that Pakistan have scored 90/1 at the stumps on day two, in response to Australia’s 391.

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