{"id":34668,"date":"2023-12-12T17:53:42","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T17:53:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/pakistan-cant-read-too-much-into-pms-xi-match-akram-daily-times\/"},"modified":"2023-12-12T17:53:42","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T17:53:42","slug":"pakistan-cant-read-too-much-into-pms-xi-match-akram-daily-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/pakistan-cant-read-too-much-into-pms-xi-match-akram-daily-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan can’t read too much into PM’s XI match: Akram – Daily Times"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"Pakistan great Wasim Akram is warning his countrymen not to read too much into their solid performance against the Prime Minister\u2019s XI as they prepare for a challenging three-Test tour of Australia.<\/p>\n

Navigating a period of upheaval off the pitch, and winless in their last five Test tours Down Under, Pakistan have been tipped to struggle against the reigning World Test Championship winners in the series that begins in Perth on Thursday.<\/p>\n

But Pakistan gave a good account of themselves against the PM\u2019s XI in last week\u2019s tour match at Canberra\u2019s Manuka Oval, where weather concerns brought play to a premature end.<\/p>\n

New captain Shan Masood led the way with an unbeaten double hundred before an under-strength bowling attack kept Australia\u2019s top order, bar Matthew Renshaw (136no), from gaining a foothold.<\/p>\n

But Akram, arguably Pakistan\u2019s greatest-ever cricketer, said there was little to take from the match as the tourists prepared for Perth.<\/p>\n

\u201cCanberra is too early. OK, the captain got 200 \u2026 they got some runs, so there\u2019s a bit of confidence,\u201d Akram said.<\/p>\n

\u201c(But) new management, new captain. It will take time, especially at the first Test match in Perth.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know the pitch is very bouncy, different pitch altogether from Canberra.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019ll be a big Test for this team.\u201d<\/p>\n

The bowling great also pointed out that history is not on Pakistan\u2019s side.<\/p>\n

When Pakistan last won a Test match in Australia, 29-year-old star batter Babar Azam had only just celebrated his first birthday.<\/p>\n

The hosts have obliterated recent touring sides, belting West Indies in both five-day matches last summer and then recording their first home Test series win against South Africa since the summer of 2005-06.<\/p>\n

\u201cAustralia is a difficult country, the last time Pakistan won here was 1995 (in) a Test series,\u201d Akram said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s kind of a blessing in disguise, a tough start for a new captain.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut if they do well here and compete against the mighty Australians, that will give them a lot of confidence.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Pakistan great Wasim Akram is warning his countrymen not to read too much into their solid performance against the Prime Minister\u2019s XI as they prepare for a challenging three-Test tour of Australia. Navigating a period of upheaval off the pitch, and winless in their last five Test tours Down Under, Pakistan have been tipped to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":34669,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dailytimes.com.pk\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Pakistan-cant-read-too-much-into-PMs-XI-match-Akram.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-updates-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34668\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}