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Waqar hints at playing Yasir Shah in Friday’s quarter-finaln against Australia

ADELAIDE: Pakistan  coach Waqar Younis hinted at playing leg-spinner Yasir Shah in Friday’s highly-charged quarter final match of the World Cup against the tournament’s favourite Australia.

Talking to media Waqar said that the team’s think-tank has discussed the possibility of playing Shah in place of lanky pacer Muhammad Irfan, who was ruled out of World Cup due to injury.

“We will ill look at the pitch and if it’s conducive then we will consider Shah’s option,”  Waqar added.

The former pace appeared upbeat in facing the tough opposition in the quarter-final, saying that  he was not worried about facing a tough opponent like Australia.

The national team coach described Mohammad Irfan as the team’s X-factor but insisted they can still defeat Australia despite the giant seamer being ruled of the tournament with a stress fracture of his pelvis.

“It’s unfortunate that we lost Irfan just at the wrong time. It’s a huge loss. He was an X factor for us but we have got to live with it,” he added.

Waqar refused to accept that Irfan had not been rested adequately.

“This injury could have happened a long time before, so we can’t say that it happened two days ago, it’s not easy for us but we have to cope with it,” said Waqar.

“I am pleased with the performance of the fast bowlers — taken responsibility and has been delivering and so has Rahat Ali.

“We have been approaching the games very well in the entire tournament. We had a poor start at the beginning but we came back well.”

“The bowlers know what to do and they are doing well. Look at the bigger picture, look at what happened in the recent past, losing so many bowlers and some good spinners for other reasons so it’s tough but we are handling that well.”

 

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