Michael Atherton: “The high point would have been [the] hundred by Azhar Ali, a brilliant 141 that showed his character and resilience in difficult circumstances”
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Former England captain Michael Atherton has praised Pakistan skipper Azhar Ali for showing a lot of “character” and “resilience” during the tour of England.
Azhar was heavily criticised for his captaincy and poor form with the bat, but he silenced his critics with a superb knock of 141, which came off 272 balls and included 21 boundaries, in the third Test.
Atherton feels that Azhar’s century was the “high point” of the series for Pakistan.
“First of all, we are all grateful to Pakistan for coming here. It’s been very difficult for both the West Indies and Pakistan players to spend a lot of time in the bio-secure bubble. They have played competitive Test match cricket throughout,” Atherton was quoted as saying by Cricket Pakistan. “They (Pakistan) are not going to go away with a series win, but I think the cricket has been very competitive throughout.
“The high point would have been [the] hundred by Azhar Ali, a brilliant 141 that showed his character and resilience in difficult circumstances and they clearly have got some good young fast bowlers which should see Pakistan going well in the future.”
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