Mohammad Akram: “We do need a fast bowler and he’s been in terrific form in the past. We’ve been waiting for him”
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Peshawar Zalmi director of cricket Mohammad Akram is thrilled that his side drafted fast bowler Mohammad Ali for the upcoming season of the Pakistan Super League (PSL).
Ali has been dominating at the domestic level lately and will likely be one of the Zalmi’s key bowlers during PSL 10.
Recently, the 32-year-old played for the Stallions in the Champions T20 Cup and finished as the highest wicket-taker in the tournament with 22 wickets in nine matches at an incredible average of 9.72 and an economy rate of 6.20.
Akram pointed out that the Zalmi needed a speedster for PSL 10 and is fully aware of how well Ali has been doing.
“We do need a fast bowler and he’s been in terrific form in the past. We’ve been waiting for him,” he was quoted as saying by ESPNcricinfo.
The Pakistan team recently toured Australia and won the ODI series 2-1 before being pummelled 3-0 in the T20Is.
They then travelled to Zimbabwe and triumphed 2-1 in both the ODI and T20I series.
After this, Pakistan went to South Africa and lost the T20I series 2-0 before bouncing back to claim a 3-0 win in the ODIs.
As for the two-Test series, the men in green were crushed 2-0.
Pakistan are now playing a two-Test series against the West Indies, which they lead 1-0 after winning the 1st Test in Multan by 127 runs.
The 2nd Test started on January 25 in Multan.
Pakistan Squad for West Indies Test Series: Shan Masood (captain), Saud Shakeel (vice-captain), Abrar Ahmed, Babar Azam, Imam-ul-Haq, Kamran Ghulam, Kashif Ali, Khurram Shahzad, Mohammad Ali, Mohammad Huraira, Mohammad Rizwan (wicketkeeper), Noman Ali, Rohail Nazir (wicketkeeper), Sajid Khan, Salman Ali Agha