England's bowlers under fire
Pakistan’s bowling coach Waqar Younis has criticised England’s bowlers after their performance on the last day at Lord’s
Martin Williamson
25-Feb-2013
Martin Williamson
Pakistan’s bowling coach Waqar Younis has criticised England’s bowlers after their performance on the last day at Lord’s. In his column for The Daily Telegraph Younis said:
“The situation on the final day was crying out for the ball to be pitched up but instead our batsmen were given plenty of wayward, short-pitched bowling (by Liam Plunkett as well as Harmison). It was too easy for us to pick off the bad balls and Harmison has to think about his bowling a little bit more.”
Just for good measure, Younis went on to say:
“It is wickets that you have to take as a fast bowler - that is how you earn your living - but sometimes simply banging it in short is not enough. You have to use your brain as well as your brawn.”
Given that Pakistan conceded 824 runs in the match and failed to bowl England out either time, some on the England side might argue that Younis should be concentrating on sorting out his own problems before attacking the opposition.
Martin Williamson is executive editor of ESPNcricinfo and managing editor of ESPN Digital Media in Europe, the Middle East and Africa