Misbah worries for Pakistan cricket Future after SA loss

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Sharjah: Captain Misbah-ul Haq says Pakistan's trouncing in the one-day arrangement against South Africa is a dismal sign soon after the 2015 World Cup. Pakistan went around
117 runs in the fifth and last match in Sharjah on Monday, losing the arrangement 4-1. Batting was by and by the issue with Pakistan, pursuing a focus of 269, collapsing for 151 in 35.3 overs. Misbah said the dependable batting disappointments are stressing. "As a commander this is exceptionally challenging for me and these are stressing signs for me soon after the World Cup 2015," he said after the match. Pakistan have been let around their batsmen since their 3-0 Test defeat in South Africa. They likewise lost the one-day arrangement 3-2 in February-March in the not so distant future. In June they lost every one of the three of their matches in the Champions Trophy in England, and regardless of their one-day win in the West Indies the batting remains a cerebral pain. In September Pakistan lost an one-day amusement and a Test match against cricketing minnows Zimbabwe. "Each player has got sufficient risks, more than two arrangement, but they are not performing and its an enormous stress," the skipper said. "But instead making an enormous shout over it we should take a seat and consider it." "As commander you are capable," said Misbah, who assumed control as Test chief in 2010 and one-day captain in 2011. Inquired as to whether he needs to keep the captaincy until the 2015 World Cup, he answered: "I generally say this and I support that I need to play with the assumption that I am fit." Misbah's partner Ab de Villiers said triumph in the one-day arrangement is a stage in the right bearing soon after the World Cup, to be together had by Australia and New Zealand. The skipper, who hit an unbeaten 115 on Monday, said the triumph had lifted the Proteas after their 4-1 misfortune in Sri Lanka in July. "We truly hit an unsurpassed low in Sri Lanka and climbing from that point is satisfying to me and the guiding staff and the entire group," he said. Batting was extreme on a moderate Sharjah stadium pitch. "It was one of the harder innings that I have played up until 60-70 runs. It was wicked challenging," he said. "Confronting (Mohammad) Irfan there - he was whipping the bat - was troublesome. Saeed Ajmal was playing admirably and (Shahid) Afridi bowled an astounding spell and I felt I couldn't kick it into high gear the ball off the square. "At the same time once I hit a couple in the center in the 42 and 43rd overs it felt okay and I took my chance and completed superbly," De Villiers said of his 102-ball thump studded with ten limits and three sixes. The groups now play two Twenty20s in Dubai on Wednesday and Friday. (Afp)