“Pakistan can still beat Australia in Australia”: Mohammad Hafeez

Despite humiliating defeat in Perth Test, Pakistam Team Director cum Coach Mohammad Hafeez has said that he believes Pakistan can still beat Australia in Australia.

Pakistan suffered 360-run defeat on day four of the first Test against Australia at Perth on Sunday.

“I’ve seen during our preparation the amount of talent these guys have. There’s no doubt that they can beat Australia here in Australia. But obviously we couldn’t do that execution-wise. The plan was there and we prepared accordingly. I still believe that as a team, Pakistan can beat Australia here in Australia, but we must execute our skills when required,” Hafeez said after the Perth Test in a presser.

“We couldn’t execute our skills. We made the plans for the team but unfortunately, as a team, we couldn’t execute our plans. Obviously, the guys wanted to, but they never applied themselves, to be honest. As a team, we made a couple of tactical errors. There were certain situations where we could have dominated. We were prepared but our execution wasn’t great,” he added.