Pakistan Men’s cricket team captain Babar Azam has said that Pakistan cricket team will continue to play with the same ‘positive intent’ against England, it showcased against Ireland in the last two T20Is of the series in Dublin.
In post-match conversation with the PCB Youtube channel in Dublin on Tuesday night, he said the team has improved on many areas of the game during the series in both batting and bowling.
Pakistan team bagged the T20I series against Ireland 2-1 after victory in the third T20I by six wickets through extraordinary performances from Shaheen Shah Afridi, Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan. Pakistan are due to fly to England to play a four-match T20I series from May 22 to May 30.
On the improvements, Babar said Mohammad Rizwan and Fakhar Zaman have given good performances in the middle order in the second and third T20I against Ireland, adding that their form is a good omen for the country.
“We were struggling in the lower middle order in the past but Azam Khan and Iftikhar Ahmed played good knocks during the series,” he added.
“The team played with ‘positive intent’ after defeat in the first of the three T20Is against Ireland and it achieved the game plan it was given,” the skipper said, adding that the team had struggled after the first six overs of the power-play in the first match of the series but overcame the weakness in the last two games.—APP
