LAHORE: Pakistan’s right-arm speedster Naseem Shah has expressed his desire to bowl out Australia under the 300 mark on the second day of the third Test of the Benaud-Qadir Trophy.
Naseem, while talking to the virtual press conference after the conclusion of the opening day of the Lahore Test, has expressed his desire to bowl out the touring side under 300.
“The late wickets have shifted the momentum in our favour. We will now try to get Australia out within three hundred,” he said.
The right-arm pacer, who took two wickets on the opening day, revealed that he always try to give his best. Whereas, also revealed that Steve Smith’s wicket has given a lot of confidence to him.
“I always try to give my best whenever given the opportunity. I did the same today and fortunately, get the ball to reverse swing. The pitch was a bit slow so I tried to bowl a little quicker,” he said.
“I am quite happy with my performance today. The wicket of Steve Smith means a lot to me and it has given me a lot of confidence,” he added.
Naseem further claimed that he does not get frustrated over the slow pitch and always focus on his input.
“I do not get angry if the pitch is slow. This is something that is not in our hands. We can work hard and we do that,” he said.
“I feel a bit frustrated about not getting wickets in such hot weather. But, I always try to keep myself relaxed,” he concluded.
It is apropos to mention here that Pakistan have bowled well on the first day of the Lahore Test to restrict Australia to 232/5 at the stumps. Naseem, alongside Shaheen Shah Afridi, bagged two wickets, while Sajid Khan made one scalp.
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