Australia vs Pakistan: Azhar Ali feels young pacers Naseem Shah, Mohammad Musa will do well in future for visitors
FirstpostPakistan will also take solace that the future has arrived in the form of Babar Azam, who came to Australia as the world’s top T20 batsman and departs as a proven test performer Melbourne: Bringing two uncapped teenage pace bowlers to Australia, a nation unconquered by the greatest of Pakistan sides, was never going to end well for Azhar Ali’s team. While Pakistan have rarely looked less capable of breaking their test series drought in Australia, a rueful Azhar could at least see a brighter future as the squad’s raw talent matures. We need to show some patience.” Pakistan will take some solace that the future has already arrived in the form of Babar Azam, who came to Australia as the world’s top T20 batsman and departs as a proven test performer. “But this series definitely will be the breakthrough he wanted.” Disappointment for Azhar’s team will soon turn into an unfamiliar joy when they play Sri Lanka in Rawalpindi and Karachi later this month, the first tests in Pakistan since militants attacked a bus convoy carrying the Sri Lanka team in Lahore in 2009.