Azhar Ali, the captain of the national Test team, said that he was ready to take responsibility for the defeat in the Manchester Test, “the partnership of Vokes and Butler took the match away from us,” he added.
Speaking at an online press conference after the defeat in the Manchester Test, Azhar Ali said that the credit for the victory must be given to the partnership of Chris Vokes and Butler, such innings are rarely seen.
Azhar Ali said that batting in the third innings was not easy but we could have made a big score but the target of 277 was enough, our weight remained heavy in the match, but a partnership took the match away from us.
He said that Butler attacked which was beneficial for the team, luck also helped England, the captaincy seems easy to see, the captain should not always be blamed, as far as responsibility is concerned I’m ready to take it.
The captain of the national team said that after playing cricket for 10 years now it is clear what to do, I will not say anything about team selection, this team was in our favor till yesterday, my focus is on this series excluding social media, it comes down to a lot, we should have won after giving so many targets.
National team head coach and chief selector Misbah-ul-Haq said that if we had batted better in the second innings, the situation would have been different, it would have been better if we had a 300 plus lead.
Misbah-ul-Haq said that England batted well and got us out of the match, the team has the ability to back less, we can play better than that.
On the other hand, in the press conference, the captain of the host team Joey Root said that Jose Butler showed mental maturity and the mistakes made in this match will be rectified in the next matches.
Man of the Match award winner Chris Vokes said that he was happy with his performance and hoped that it would continue.
Shan Masood is the first Pakistani opener to score a century on English soil in the 21st century.It may be recalled that the host England easily defeated Pakistan by 3 wickets in the first Test match and the match was decided on the fourth day.
In the second innings of the Manchester Test, the Pakistani team piled up 169 runs after which England set a target of 277 runs to win which they easily achieved at a loss of 7 wickets.
England have taken a 1-0 lead in the three-Test series against Pakistan.
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