Karachi Kings registered a 67-run victory over Lahore Qalandars of their earlier Pakistan Super League match on Sunday. Asked to bat first, the Kings posted a complete of 185/5 in 20 overs after James Vince smashed 46 off 36 balls. Apart from him, skipper Imad Wasim additionally scored 35 off 19 balls. Later, Qalandars have been bundled out for 118 after Akif Javed took a four-wicket haul. The match turned out to be main disappointment for Qalandars’ skipper Shaheen Afridi because the star pacer conceded 39 runs in his four-over spell and will scalp solely wicket.

Former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi has identified sure errors in Shaheen’s bowling and said that the pacer ought to make use of the bowling crease to his benefit.

“I have been observing him and also had a chat with him. I think he is bowling too far away from the stumps. If you bowl from far away, it is a very big thing to bring the ball back in from there. It is not very easy,” Cricket Pakistan quoted Shahid as saying.

“I believe he must make higher use of the crease. He must bowl from near the stumps. Like we discuss Wasim Akram, he used to carry the bowl again in by bowling from near the stumps,” he said about his son-in-law.

Shahid further stated that Shaheen should watch previous videos of his bowling to rectify his mistakes.

“He was trying too hard, which is why he was expensive during the death overs. He was trying to bowl too many Yorkers, which turned into full tosses and he got hit for sixes,” he said.

“He needs to watch his videos and correct his mistakes himself. He needs to remember the process from the time, when he was doing well,” he concluded.

The Shaheen-led Lahore Qalandars will be going up against Quetta Galdiators in their next clash on Tuesday at the National Stadium, Karachi.

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