Pakistan is a good place for cricket: Marsh
Australian cricket team all-rounder Mitchell Marsh said on Saturday that Pakistan is a good place for cricket and there should be more international cricket.
He told an online press conference that “ In Pakistan there should be more international cricket as it is a good place for cricket “.
Praising the passion of Pakistani people for cricket he said Pakistani people are very good and so is the Pakistan cricket team.
“We are being taken good care of”, he said add-ing “After our test series victory everyone celebrated dinner yesterday, we had dinner together, and had a lot of fun and now everyone is fresh”, he said.
Mitchell Marsh termed test series success a great victory in the tour of Pakistan which was achieved in the last session on the final day of the third and last test.
He said there would be tours of sub-continent in future as well and this success would help them a lot while playing cricket there.
He said now the focus will be on white ball se-ries in which three one day internationals and one T20 Match will be played in next few days.
“I think that the ODI series will be as good as the Test series, the Test series was played in good spirit and now this series ( White ball series) will also be excellent”, he asserted.
The all-rounder said: “I got a break before the White Ball series which would be to my advantage.
I spent time with my family before the series and then prepared for the White Ball series.
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He described Pakistan white ball team very good and said the touring team have the opportunity to perform well. “Australia is a new team of white ball while Pakistan team is experienced”, he added.
The Australian player said he anticipates high scoring matches in Lahore where duo will playan important role.
Following a thrilling victory in a historic Test series in Pakistan, on their first tour to the country in 24 years, Australian cricketers acknowledge Pakistan’s hospitality.
Calling the tour a “special, special series”, Aus-tralian skipper Pat Cummins thanked Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for their “brilliant’ hospitality.
He wrote on Twitter: “Special, special series. Immensely satisfied for this group to win the series in the last session of 15 tough days of Test Cricket.
“Huge thanks to PCB and all over here in Paki-stan for the brilliant hospitality.”
Australian batter Marnus Labuschagne also ex-pressed his satisfaction over clinching the series that “went down to the last session.” “A great, hard-fought series that went down to the last session. So happy to get the win!! Thanks to @babarazam258 and @TheRealPCB for a great series,” he wrote on his official Twitter handle.
Player of the series Usman Khawaja, who was born in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad before migrating with his parents to Australia as a four-year-old, said the team had had a lot of fun on the tour.
“I just want to thank Pakistan and the fans. We’ve had a great time. Everyone has been really welcom-ing. To win this game is the icing on the cake,” said Khawaja, who scored 496 in the series with two hundreds and as many fifties.
Retweeting a fan video, Khawaja also thanked the county for hosting them.
Australia are in Pakistan for the first time since 1998, having previously refused to tour over security fears. Ten players of Australia will depart back home from Lahore today including Pat Cummins, David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Mitchell Starc, Scot Boland, Josh Hazlewood, Marcus Harris, Nathan Lyon, Steve Smith and Mark Steketee.—APP
