Pakistan Playing School-Level Cricket: Shoaib Akhtar Slams PCB
With Pakistan looking like they are headed for yet another loss to New Zealand, Shoaib Akhtar took the Pakistan Cricket Board to the task.
After witnessing Pakistan’s situation in the second Test against New Zealand, former pacer Shoaib Akhtar on Tuesday lambasted the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for bringing in “average players” and said the team is playing “school-level” cricket.
Kane Williamson, who had scored a century in the first Test of the series too, scored 238. He shared 369 runs with Henry Nicholls as the duo scripted the third-highest partnership for the Kiwis in the longest format of the game. Before their huge partnership, New Zealand was reeling at 71 for 3 in reply to Pakistan’s first innings total of 297.
Akhtar took to Twitter to share a short clip where he blames the PCB for bringing in “average” players into the team, leading to them playing “school level cricket”.
“The policies of the Pakistan Cricket Board is seeing them get what they had sowed. They keep bringing and playing average players, and they keep making an average team and will continue to do average work and because of this, average results will keep coming,” Akhtar said in a video he shared on Twitter.
“Whenever Pakistan will play Test cricket, they will be exposed. They are playing school-level cricket and the management has made them school-level cricketers. And now they are again thinking to change the management but when will you change?” he added.
Kyle Jamieson took a five-wicket haul as New Zealand bundled out Pakistan for 297 in the first innings, with Azhar Ali making 93 and captain Mohammad Rizwan scoring 61.
