Newly appointed skipper Shan Masood set Pakistan a tricky goal on Wednesday for his or her forthcoming tour of Australia — make historical past. Pakistan have by no means received a Test collection within the 12 occasions they’ve toured down beneath, with the south Asian aspect shedding the final 14 five-dayers in a row there. But Masood, 34, who took over the Test aspect after Babar Azam relinquished the captaincy in all codecs of cricket following Pakistan’s disastrous World Cup marketing campaign, sees a possibility.

“When you have not achieved something in history, then you have an opportunity to change it,” he informed a information convention in Lahore forward of the workforce’s departure.

“So we will make an effort to produce positive results for Pakistan and for the World Test championship.”

Pakistan are on the highest of World Test Championship 2023-25 cycle with wins in each Tests in opposition to Sri Lanka, whereas India are second and Australia third on the nine-team desk.

But Australia are flying excessive after successful the final cycle of the championship and lifting the 50-over World Cup earlier this month. The Test collection begins with the primary match in Perth from December 14, adopted by Melbourne (December 26-30), and Sydney (January 3-7).

Pakistan misplaced each Tests by an innings margin throughout their final tour — a collection Masood was a part of.

“We need to score 400 and then take 20 wickets,” stated Masood of what was required.

“We did not do that on our last tour in 2019, so that is the goal.”

Masood admitted Australia can be excessive on confidence. “The positive thing will be to have the belief to play well, and all those playing contribute to give Australia some tough times.”

Masood insisted the vacationers had ready properly for this collection. “We tried to replicate the Australian conditions in our training camp in Rawalpindi, which has a bouncy pitch,” he stated.

He additionally hailed the appointment of former England skipper Adam Hollioake, who coaches in Australia, because the workforce’s new batting coach.

“Teams hire people who have local knowledge, and he is an expert of Australian conditions so his appointment will help us to apply ourselves in those conditions.”

He additionally backed his predecessor Azam to have a giant tour, saying the workforce’s batting “will go around him”.

“We want to play the type of cricket that our fans enjoy — a good and fighting brand,” he stated.