Chris Morris: “This was an outstanding innings – he played the short ball brilliantly after getting out to it in the first innings. An unbelievable innings on a difficult wicket. He’s a serious player”
Image taken by: Bimal Mirwani
Former South Africa all-rounder Chris Morris has called Pakistan middle order batsman Saud Shakeel as “serious player”.
His comments come after Shakeel scored a hard-fought 84 in the second innings of the 1st Test between Pakistan and South Africa in Centurion.
Morris noted that the 29-year-old looked as if he was “batting on a different surface” and “played the short ball brilliantly”.
“We spoke about how difficult the pitch is – it looked like Saud Shakeel was batting on a different surface, on a road. His balance was so good, and the way we paced his innings was excellent,” he was quoted as saying by Geo Super.
“This was an outstanding innings – he played the short ball brilliantly after getting out to it in the first innings. An unbelievable innings on a difficult wicket. He’s a serious player.”
Despite Shakeel’s valiant effort with the bat, Pakistan ended up losing the 1st Test by two wickets.
The 2nd Test between Pakistan and South Africa will get underway on January 3 in Cape Town.
Pakistan Squad for South Africa T20I Series: Mohammad Rizwan (captain and wicketkeeper), Abrar Ahmed, Babar Azam, Haris Rauf, Jahandad Khan, Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Hasnain, Muhammad Irfan Khan, Omair Bin Yousuf, Saim Ayub, Salman Ali Agha, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Sufiyan Muqeem, Tayyab Tahir and Usman Khan (wicketkeeper)
Pakistan Squad for South Africa ODI Series: Mohammad Rizwan (captain and wicketkeeper), Abdullah Shafique, Abrar Ahmed, Babar Azam, Haris Rauf, Kamran Ghulam, Mohammad Hasnain, Muhammad Irfan Khan, Naseem Shah, Saim Ayub, Salman Ali Agha, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Sufiyan Muqeem, Tayyab Tahir and Usman Khan (wicketkeeper)
Pakistan Squad for South Africa Test Series: Shan Masood (captain), Saud Shakeel (vice-captain), Aamer Jamal, Abdullah Shafique, Babar Azam, Haseebullah Khan (wicketkeeper), Kamran Ghulam, Khurram Shahzad, Mir Hamza, Mohammad Abbas, Mohammad Rizwan (wicketkeeper), Naseem Shah, Noman Ali, Saim Ayub and Salman Ali Agha
[TS_Poll id=”72″]