Wahab Riaz: “We [have’t] performed as well as we should have and we need to improve on that”

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Pakistan left-arm seamer Wahab Riaz has attributed the national team’s struggles at the World Cup to the fact that “we [haven’t] performed as well as we should have”.

Wahab added that Pakistan have also failed to take wickets early on, which has hurt them in the latter part of matches.

The men in green have endured a dismal World Cup campaign thus far as they have won just one of their first five games.

With only three points and four group stage games left, Pakistan’s hopes of qualifying for the semi-finals are unlikely at the moment.

“We [have’t] performed as well as we should have and we need to improve on that,” Wahab was quoted as saying by PakPassion. “Against Australia, we were in a good position with the bat but then we gave it away suddenly and the same happened against India. So we need to focus on a few minor things and [bring] our A game.

“Everyone is giving effort but we should have done better with the ball. We took wickets, but in the middle overs. In England, you need to strike with the new ball and take wickets upfront. The wickets are high scoring.

“The Australia wicket was a 260-270 pitch, we didn’t bowl well and we could have done better. We are working hard for this match [against South Africa] and insha’Allah we will make a good comeback.”

Pakistan’s next World Cup match will be against South Africa at Lord’s on Sunday.

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