Islamabad
Pakistani batsman Kamran Akram believes Mohammad Rizwan’s performances on the England tour were unbelievably good, but said the Peshawar-born wicket-keeper needs to establish him as an opener.
“Considering this was Rizwan’s first tour of England, his performances were unbelievably good. I can assure you that it’s extremely difficult to perform well in England as a wicket-keeper. We have seen some fairly good keepers struggle there including the likes of current England wicket-keeper Jos Buttler. From my experience, I had issues keeping in England and the only three wicket-keepers who have done well in England in my view are England’s Matt Prior, Australia’s Tim Paine and Rizwan. So, one must give credit to Rizwan for all his hard work which resulted in some outstanding performances,” Pakpassion.net quoted him as saying.
Kamran, who has represented Pakistan 268 times, scoring 6871 runs and taken 369 catches, said he feels Rizwan was struggling a bit to find a place in the shorter formats and especially Twenty20s. “The only solution to this is for Rizwan to establish himself as an opener as that would not only make him indispensable but also result in an excellent team combination. —APP
