‘Catches win matches’: Shaheen Shah Afridi rues drop chances of his bowling | Cricket News
Pakan fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi says the dropped catch of his bowling has cost the team massively in the ongoing Test series against Australia.
“I feel I could have got more wickets. But unfortunately .. take a catch to win the match. Unfortunately ,we missed that opportunity most of the time. It has been a good tour so far. The last Test (MCG) was awesome as a bowling unit and as a team.,” Shaheen told Channel 7 at Lunch on Day 1.
Shaheen, who has picked eight wickets in the first two Tests and looked a bit rusty has been rested for the Sydney Test to manage his workload ahead of the hectic schedule.
“I played two games, and a lot of overs to be honest. They’re just managing my workload, the medical team and team management decided to take a rest for this (Test),” he said.
The pacer also revealed that he follow fellow left-arm pacers Mitchell Starc and Trent Boult very closely.
“I have always watched Mitchell Starc and Trent Boult. These two guys are legends. Every left-arm fast bowler will watch these two. I have been following them… how they work and how they bowl in the games and how they prepare themselves,” he said.
Shaheen is also captain of the Pakan T20I side, which he will take charge of in New Zealand in a five-match T20I series that starts five days after the scheduled end of the third Test.
“It indeed isb a proud moment for me to represent Pakan as a captain, It’s a new challenge for me to manage the team and prepare the team for the upcoming T20 World Cup,” he said.
