Criticism of PCB for not believing Mark Taylor's Pakistani team
Pakistan has the best cricketers but PCB did not give them supporting pitches for fear of defeat: Former Australian captain
Former Australia captain Mark Taylor has criticized the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for not providing an opportunity for an interesting Test series between Pakistan and Australia.
The cricket community is criticizing the PCB for making dead pitches in the first two Test matches of the series in Rawalpindi and Karachi. The pitch did not help the bowlers.
Fans are bored watching these games on lifeless pitches and a historic series has had a negative impact. More than 1100 runs were scored in the first Test and only 14 wickets fell in five days while Australia scored 500 runs in the first innings of the Karachi Test.
Mark Taylor, 57, who led Australia in the 1998 tour of Pakistan, said that there were great cricketers in Pakistan's ranks but the PCB did not support them for fear of defeat.
"Unfortunately I think it shows where Pakistan cricket is, they have some very good cricketers at the moment and I would love to see them make bold decisions to step up," he told NineSports Sunday.
"The pitches we played on in Rawalpindi and Karachi are roads, you can see there is not much grass on them," he said.
He added,'' Pakistan's bowling is very good, they have some very good fast bowlers these days, I don't think they generally support their team.''
According to Mark Taylor, the PCB may have thought that they would not lose this series, they would only worry that they would not lose the series. "Pakistani pitches have never been minefields or green tops, but you can expect a little more grass on them," he said.
The former Australian captain further said that Pakistan's batting is also very good, I would have liked to see good pitches for the first two matches and our series would have been very good.
It is to be noted that the third Test will be played at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore while three ODIs and one T20 will be played at Pindi Cricket Stadium from March 29 to April 5.