Imam-ul-Haq: “I felt there was a missing element in my batting – whether in one-day cricket, four-day cricket, or any format. So I’ve worked on how to play match-winning innings for Pakistan”
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Pakistan opening batsman Imam-ul-Haq has worked on playing match-winning knocks as he considered if a missing piece of his game.
He further expressed that his focus is on consistently providing dependable performances as a batter, no matter the format he is playing.
“I felt there was a missing element in my batting – whether in one-day cricket, four-day cricket, or any format. So I’ve worked on how to play match-winning innings for Pakistan,” he was quoted as saying by A Sports.
Imam recently took part in Pakistan’s two-Test series against South Africa, where he amassed 119 runs, which included a top score of 93, at an average of 29.75.
After the Tests, which ended as a 1-1 draw, the two sides played three T20Is and three ODIs, with the men in green winning both 2-1.
Pakistan then whitewashed Sri Lanka 3-0 in an ODI series before proceeding to emerge victorious in a T20I tri-series that also involved Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe.
During all of Pakistan’s limited overs series, Imam returned to domestic cricket and featured for Multan Region in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy (QeA Trophy), which is Pakistan’s four-day tournament.
In the three matches he played, he accumulated 270 runs, which included a century and a fifty, at an average of 54.
He then went on to represent Oil & Gas Development Company Limited in the President’s Cup Grade-I (1-Day) tournament, where he finished as the second-highest run-scorer with 457 runs in eight games, which included two hundreds and two half-centuries, at an average of 76.16.
Pakistan’s next assignment will be a T20I tour of Sri Lanka, with all three matches taking place in Dambulla from January 7 to 11.
Pakistan Squad for Sri Lanka T20I Series: Salman Ali Agha (captain), Abdul Samad, Abrar Ahmad, Faheem Ashraf, Fakhar Zaman, Khawaja Nafay (wicketkeeper), Mohammad Nawaz, Salman Mirza, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Naseem Shah, Sahibzada Farhan (wicketkeeper), Saim Ayub, Shadab Khan, Usman Khan (wicketkeeper), Usman Tariq
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