Umar Gul reveals how Pakistan is preparing for the Australia tour, Pakistan has replicated Australian conditions at the Pindi Cricket Stadium here to prepare for their upcoming three-match Test tour, the team’s fast bowling coach Umar Gul said on Thursday.
Pakistan has replicated Australian conditions at the Pindi Cricket Stadium here to prepare for their upcoming three-match Test tour, the team’s fast bowling coach Umar Gul said on Thursday.
According to Gill, who was reinstated following the resignation of his predecessor Morne Morkel, the practice pitches at Pakistan’s ongoing training camp have been designed to support bounce and seam, which are typical of Australian surfaces. There are features.
Gill told reporters on the opening day of the six-day training camp that playing in Australia is always tough. “It takes a lot of work to get ready for it.”
Pakistan’s bowling coach Umar Gul speaks to the media on Thursday.—White Star
Gill said Pakistani bowlers are being trained to play long spells in Australia through separate sessions with the new ball and the old ball.
“After bowling with the new ball, the bowlers are asked to take part in fielding drills before returning to bowl with the new ball,” said the 2009 T20 World Cup winner.
Pakistan have included seven fast bowlers in their 18-man squad for the tour. The only two mainstays in this attack are Shaheen Shah Afridi and Hasan Ali, while the rest of the fast bowlers are either uncapped (Aamir Jamal and Khurram Shehzad) or appear to represent Pakistan from time to time (Faheem Ashraf and Mir Hamza)
Shaheen, specifically, is in top rhythm,” Gill stated. “Aamir and Khurram also are doing properly as they have been playing consecutive 4-day and one-day suits lately.”
Gill, who is part of Pakistan’s new coaching staff, which includes team director Mohammad Hafeez and spin bowling coach Saeed Ajmal, believes the team has decent bowling resources to compete in Australia.
“I assume we’ve a superb bowling assault,” he stated. “It consists of guys who’ve executed properly in the domestic circuit in addition to experienced guys like Shaheen and others.”
New Test captain Shaun Masood will lead Pakistan in the series after Babar Azam stepped down from the all-format captaincy following the team’s disappointing showing in the recently concluded World Cup. They will begin the campaign with a four-day practice game against the Australian Prime Minister’s XI in Canberra on December 6.
The three Tests will be played in Perth, Melbourne, and Sydney from December 14, 26 and January 3 respectively.
Pakistan squad
Shan Masood (c), Amir Jamal, Abdullah Shafiq, Abrar Ahmed, Babar Azam, Faheem Ashraf, Hasan Ali, Imamul Haque, Khurram Shahzad, Mir Hamza, Muhammad Rizwan, Muhammad Wasim Jr., Noman Ali, Saeem Ayub, Salman Ali Agha, Shaheen Afridi, Saud Shakeel, Sarfaraz Ahmed.
The team assembled in Rawalpindi on November 22 for a pre-tour training camp. The camp will continue till November 28. The team will depart from Lahore on November 30.
Training camp will also include some additional players. Among the players called for the camp are Arshad Iqbal, Kashif Ali, Muhammad Nawaz, Shadab Khan, Osama Mir, and Usman Qadir.
Shahnawaz Durmani is not fit enough to bowl and has been sent to the National Cricket Academy (NCA) for rehabilitation.
Ali Shafiq, Muhammad Ali, and Samin Gul have been called to the training camp.
Schedule of Pakistan’s tour of Australia
- First Test: 14-18 December, Perth Stadium
- Second Test: 26-30 December, Melbourne Cricket Ground
- 3rd Test: 3-7 January, Sydney Cricket Ground
