At the second, Pakistan’s World Cup marketing campaign is caught towards an enormous boulder primarily due to their bowlers’ lack of ability to fireside as a unit, the newest setback being a 62-run defeat towards Australia in Bengaluru. It was their second successive defeat within the event after a seven-wicket battering by India. Shaheen Shah Afridi seemed to have regained his contact with a five-wicket haul, however Haris Rauf and Hasan Ali had been taken aside by David Warner and Mitchell Marsh. Alarmingly, the Pakistan bowlers didn’t look to have a Plan B when driving on a tough sea, and their bowling coach Morne Morkel admitted to his facet not constructing a bowling partnership.

“The last couple of games, that is one of our talking points, to string partnerships together. I think in India that is the key, create pressure from both ends, keep the stumps in play, and at the moment, we’re not doing that.

“We will not be according to the ball. If you’re going to carry that trophy on the nineteenth then we have to create consistency from each the ends,” said Morkel after the match.

The former South African pacer said the team missed the presence of injured pacer Naseem Shah and his new ball alliance with Afridi in this tournament.

“Naseem is a high quality bowler when you take a look at his stats, the consistency he gave us with the brand new ball upfront was superb. The partnership he fashioned with Shaheen was… this we all the time talked about bowling partnerships. Naseem is an enormous loss,” he said.

However, Morkel said Rauf and Ali were trying to learn and adjust to the demands of bowling in powerplays in ODIs, a role the pacers are not accustomed to.

“It’s barely new position for Hasan Ali and Haris Rauf bowling with the brand new ball in powerplays. These guys used to bowl form of outdoors the powerplay. But I feel, with the chance we have given them they’re standing as much as the event.

“It is quite tough with a new ball in India. The margins are small. So, they are learning and trying their heart out,” he stated.

Morkel stated the best way ahead for Rauf in ODIs was to extend his situational consciousness and including new methods to his repertoire.

“He is still one of the go-to guys, one of the X-factors. He can look at gaming awareness and may be mixing your pace a little bit more. But he’s a guy who always gives 100%. I can’t fault him for anything,” he added.

However, Morkel noticed one vibrant omen within the re-emergence of left-arm pacer Afridi throughout the match towards the Aussies.

“We had honest conversations. We sort of unpacked the opening spells of the World Cup so far, and looked at areas where we can look to attack and be smart. Perhaps, he was trying too hard. Tonight, he ran in and hit those hard lines, changed his game strategy and mixed his pace up.

“He put up a efficiency like that on a tricky bowling day towards a crew that could be very aggressive, and it’s a pleasing factor for me,” said Morkel.

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