da poker： Pakistan captain sympathized with his new ball partner Wasim Akramafter the left-armer went wicketless in the Asian Test Championshipopener against Bangladesh
01-Sep-2001Pakistan captain sympathized with his new ball partner Wasim Akramafter the left-armer went wicketless in the Asian Test Championshipopener against Bangladesh.”I think he bowled pretty well and saw a couple of catches dropped ofhis bowling,” Waqar said in the post match conference.”I think I was a bit lucky and got a couple of cheap wickets whileWasim was unfortunate that despite bowling well, he couldn’t get anywickets. But it should not be a concern,” Waqar said.Waqar said it was a great feeling to start the domestic season with acomprehensive and confortable victory and the win, no matter it wasagainst the minnows, would give his boys a world of confidence.”Naturally there is always a room for improvement. When we will sitdown again, we will try to rectify our mistakes. I don’t want to throwthe weaker areas in the background,” the skipper said.Waqar agreed that the opponents were an ordinary lot but emphasizedthat the conditions were difficult. “It was very hot out there,” hesaid.”Bangladesh are new to Test cricket and will surely get better,” hesaid.Bangladesh coach Trevor Chappell and skipper Naimur Rahman werecritical of their batting and blamed it for the defeat.”The conditions were good for batting and I thought it would be hardwork for the bowlers to get the batsmen out. But our batsmen got outthemselves,” the Australian said. But Rahman was even more aggressive.”We should have shown sense in the middle. The top order wasdisappointing and we should have played better. I expected that thebatsmen will learn from their mistakes of the first innings. Butdisappointingly, they didn’t.Chappell opined that his guys felt the pressure of being up against aformidable Pakistan with world class players. However, he played downa magnificent performance by Danish saying he didn’t deserve 12wickets in the match.”It was always an uphill task for Bangladesh although I think Pakistanwas not at its full strength. Danish Kaneria bowled well but he wascertainly not unplayable. But probably he didn’t deserve that manywickets.