Waqar attributes 'three Ds' for victory against Australia
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ABU DHABI: Pakistan's head coach Waqar Younis said Tuesday that determination, dedication and discipline had been the keys to his team's first series win over Australia in 20 years.
Pakistan annihilated Australia by 356 runs in the second Test in Abu Dhabi on Monday to win the two-match series 2-0, their first over their opponents since 1994.
Waqar said he was pleased with the manner of his team's win.
“I am pleased with this win,” Waqar told AFP. “The determination, dedication and discipline led to the goody goody stuff and credit to the boys for putting up this brilliant show."
Waqar praised skipper Misbah-ul Haq for his positive thinking.
“Misbah's positive frame of mind helped the team and the way he looked at his captaincy and batting inspired other players to do their best,” said Waqar.
Misbah set a new world record for the fastest half-century off just 21 balls and equalled the fastest hundred feat off 56 balls during his 101 not out in the second Test, also hitting twin hundreds in the match.
Waqar said he always respected Younis Khan, declared man-of-the-series for his 468 runs in the two Tests, including hundreds in each innings of the first Test and 213 in the second.
“We always knew he has this ability and with his amazing performance he has once again proved that he is an institution and juniors sharing the dressing room with him develop with every moment, hats off to the man,” said Waqar of the veteran batsman.
Waqar also credited his support staff.
“I would also credit my support staff, from Mushtaq Ahmed to Grant Luden to Grant Flower - everyone kept a positive frame of mind, even when we were left frustrated with the results in Sri Lanka,” said Waqar of Pakistan's last tour in August where they lost 2-0 in Tests and 2-1 in a one-day series.
Waqar denied he ever thought of revenge from Australia after being whitewashed 3-0 as captain in a neutral venue series in 2002.
Pakistan were then shot out for 59 and 53 in a Test in Sharjah.
“I can't even recall that,” said Waqar. “Those were my playing days so its nothing like revenge, its another era. “Waqar, however, hoped his team keeps the same momentum.
“We must not think that because we have beaten Australia we are now world beaters,” he warned.
“We have shown glimpses of what we can do but we must keep this discipline and stay fresh for the next assignments. “Pakistan next play New Zealand in a three-match series with the first Test starting in Abu Dhabi from Sunday.
The Tests will be followed by two Twenty20s and five one-day internationals.
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Nov 04, 2014 04:28pm
I think it was a big Y that led to the wins
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Nov 04, 2014 04:34pm
Waqar is good coach. Whenever he comes, he makes bowler.
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Nov 04, 2014 04:58pm
The simplest thing in a test is to bat, bat and bat. Put a huge total batting first or second; opposition comes under pressure and the rest is done by the bowlers.
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Nov 04, 2014 05:03pm
Waqar and others may have missed a point. Resounding though the victory is, it was achieved on feather-bed wickets of UAE. Barring very few exceptions, Australian teams have struggled on such wickets. Remember, even the great Dennis Lillee did so on Pakistani wickets in the past and he did not, on purpose perhaps, tour India as a player. So, when Pakistan team visits Australia next, they would be waiting. And it will be a different ball game then, as the saying goes.
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Nov 04, 2014 05:03pm
Let's hope these three Ds become the norm rather than one-off performance.
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Nov 04, 2014 05:12pm
Pakistan could do even better with the formula of 3Ds minus 1 H as in Hafeez
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Nov 04, 2014 05:28pm
Waqar dear Sir, if Pakistan keeps playing well no matter how good opponents play. It was all about positive frame of mind. Ahmad Shehzad's 100 in the 2nd innings of 1st test was the basis. He used his feet nicely throughout the innings. Which brought back confidence of all back n thirst to win not to draw. Well done Team Pakistan.
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Nov 04, 2014 05:32pm
Time to upgrade Waqar's picture Dawn. I have seen same picture past few years.
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Nov 04, 2014 05:57pm
He must also add "unity, faith, discipline and perseverance" to the list of three Ds.
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Nov 04, 2014 06:10pm
it was only the fear for being dropped from team, both misbah and younis khan took it seriously; and started performing. none of the players should be allowed to take thier positions for granted. Make them accountable - specially seniors, they will surely perform.
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Nov 04, 2014 06:24pm
Well said, for the first time in long time I've seen pak playing as a team, every one performing. Winning is a team effort. Kudos to the guys, captain and coach. Bouncing back after terrible defeats in T20 and ODI was fantastic and is worth appreciation.
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Nov 04, 2014 06:57pm
@KR
@kamal
among all the hoopla & jubiliation on this victory, these are the only two rationale posts, thinking deeper than what's on the surface.
First, while WC is only few months away, we're continously playing long series' on dusty, dried & dead pitches of UAE. Come February 2015, and suddenly we'll be facing the green tops in Down Under - no one at PCB thought about that.
Second - Kamal is absolutely right, more so in case of Younis who had started to take his position in the team for granted and hardly ever played a responsible innings in anchoring role. It was only when pushed out of ODI that he awoke from his slumber. I'd give some leeway to Misbah as he was alwasy forced to play the anchoring/stabilising role because of the quick departure of top layer "specialist batsmen"
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Nov 04, 2014 06:58pm
@KR
It may have been feather-bed pitches but the Ausies could not handle it, Pakistan could. Period. Conversely on green bouncy pitches, Pakistan and India cannot handle those but Aussies can. Both are therefore experts in one way or another. So what is your gripe?
Enjoy it either way.
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Nov 04, 2014 07:01pm
@Javeed is it not pity that pakistan team can not play cricket in its own country fearing some terrorist attack ?
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Nov 04, 2014 07:09pm
this was really a well played series for pak players. almost every one contributed. the best thing was that team played like a unit this time and it was visible. and was not the case in odi series. this series also showed that to get better results in odis/ worldcup, pcb need to fix team selection, balance and batting order along with some dressing room issues. otherwise it will be same old story. there were plenty of talks about dressing room, captain change & groupings etc. pcb needs to tackle all those strictly. the atmosphere looked totally different in test series.
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Nov 04, 2014 07:12pm
Do these victories mean that Lala's/boom boom's days are numbered? Until these wins Misbah's time seemed to be up and Afridi seemed to be on a certain path to be named as the captain....but all of a sudden he is no where in the limelight.
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Nov 04, 2014 07:30pm
@aslam minhas You need bowlers who win you matches by taking 20 wickets. You can score 700 runs but if your bowling side is incapable of getting those 20 wickets you become India, Specialist in drawing but not winning.
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Nov 04, 2014 07:34pm
No mentioned about Sarfraz Ahmed, Azahr Ali & Asad Shafiq.
Sarfraz Ahmed scored 80 balls century on crucial time.
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Nov 04, 2014 07:36pm
I think these 'three D's' are not going to work when Pakistan makes a return series to be played in Australia where wickets will be of different kind.
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Nov 04, 2014 07:47pm
@bozo the clown You mean Yasir Shah?
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Nov 04, 2014 08:07pm
@KR Mr. KR! We always have the history of playing in Australian pitches, whether its bouncy pitch of WACA or sporting of Sydney or Brisbane, we always come handful. Always our players make the fight with Australians even not getting enough around 250 or more on the board. So kindly dont put these negative remarks.
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Nov 04, 2014 08:10pm
said Waqar of the veteran batsman. ??????????? Since when????????????
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Nov 04, 2014 08:31pm
I think we have to take care of players like Afridi, Akmal and Shoaib Malik. I noticed aspiration to take over captainship by these players.So they create groups among the team. These players are spoiling the decipline and unity in team. Now we have players who replace them easily. So we should put pressure by giving chance to new players to reduce their importance.
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Nov 04, 2014 08:46pm
It appears that Waqar is pleasantly surprised by this win. He didn't expect it.
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Nov 04, 2014 08:47pm
A question to the coach: Have you ever considered the notion that one bad apple - inclusion of a player not on merit - can sink the
the morale of the whole team? If you have, why don't you practice it? Now don't tell me selection is not your job. Technically it may not be. But your opinion and that of the team manager, have strong bearings on who is selected.
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Nov 04, 2014 08:57pm
Where were the 3 D's in T-20 and ODI series?
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Nov 04, 2014 08:59pm
@harishgoswami Why do you narrow minded Indians have to bring terrorist/terrorism in every thing.
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Nov 04, 2014 08:59pm
@harishgoswami Why do you narrow minded Indians have to bring terrorist/terrorism in every thing.
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Nov 04, 2014 10:09pm
@KR Well, what's wrong with the so-called "feather-bed" wickets? They were same for both the teams. A victory is a victory on any surface. Why is it more special to win on a fast track? Well, the Australians want to play on fast tracks, and the sub-continent teams thrive on slow tracks, and that's why it's called home-advantage.
My point do not discredit any victory, because the playing conditions are same for both teams, and that playing better on fast tracks does not make a team better than one who plays better on slow tracks.
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Nov 05, 2014 12:13am
If you have Discipline, you will be Determined and that will create dedication. It is all about Discipline---it starts and end with discipline.
It also show how important winning the Toss is---actually that makes or breaks the momentum. It also shows the importance of seasoned players, they perform, you build on it and suddenly there are opportunities to take the lead.
It also shows that you have to be aggressive in fielding, field setting, bowling and right to the end having a Win Win mindset, does wonders to the psyche.
Pakistani military junior officers are known to lead their men from the front---right in the lead in a fire fight. The pakistani captain also needs to lead from the front. He needs to show more fire in his form and approach on the field---the nice and kind guy sort of stuff needs to be left out of the stadium.
Misbah must learn---aggressive leaders have aggressive followers---meek leaders have meek followers.
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Nov 05, 2014 01:44am
@KR But for 20 years why no Pakistan team could win series even at home despite all yesteryear greats were there? By the way Sarfraz Ahmed,Ahmed Shehzad won even recently concluded ODI series in South Africa in case you have forgotten .
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Nov 05, 2014 01:47am
@Burki Was the pitch dead only when Pakistan was batting and it was different pitch for Australia? Australia can only make 261,246 on dead pitch?Some where common sense is missing?
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Nov 05, 2014 01:47am
@Burki Was the pitch dead only when Pakistan was batting and it was different pitch for Australia? Australia can only make 261,246 on dead pitch?Some where common sense is missing?
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Nov 05, 2014 02:16am
Credit goes to Younus and for god sake remove Afridib and Akmals brother in world cup team. We have had enough for them.
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Nov 05, 2014 02:36am
Toss was also the key. If Aus had batted first and scored 300 odd runs then Pak may havw come under pressure in both the tests. So Good Going Misbah
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Nov 05, 2014 11:34am
@Sarah common sense and a little bit of history will tell you that Aus has mostly struggled on slow dead pitches. Not to mention we just had lost the ODI series on same grounds to both SL & Aus which obviously short memory people tend to overlook while jumping with joy over test series win. And again, my post was more concerned about short format of the game and green tops Down Under. We won't be playing WC in UAE, in case you didn't know about that.
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Nov 05, 2014 12:58pm
It was simply an awesome and records breaking performance-remember, these are the same ground where Pakistan lost the ODI series-which included one loss by a mere one run. The point being,a victory is a victory and this was huge and well deserved-so let us enjoy it. Congratulations team Pakistan, for your team effort, and moving forward keep in mind the three "D's" as listed by the good coach.
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Nov 05, 2014 02:37pm
@Burki Was pitch dead only for Australian team? 246,261,303.216 score of Australian team with hitters like Maxwell,David Warner,Clarke doesn't suggest pitch was dead.Even Imran Khan was looking more threatening than many renowned Australian pacers.By the way Pakistan has not won Test Series in last 20 years even when games were played on Pakistan home ground.
Pakistan similar players have won ODI series on South African soil not too long ago ,in case you suffer from memory loss.
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Nov 05, 2014 02:42pm
@Burki You know why we jumping because Test Cricket test endurance for players to survive for 5 days.Current breed of Australian players seem to be playing T20 cricket in Test matches thanks to IPL and other T20 tournament,so it will be tough for them to even survive or bat whole day out.By the way Pakistan is not playing on home ground at UAE,it is neutral ground and Pakistan players as unaware of the condition like any visiting team as umpires are also from neutral country.Perhaps you don't understand difference between T20,ODI and Test cricket.Some people are born loser and you seem to belong to that category.
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Nov 05, 2014 03:11pm
This remind me of what Intikhab alam said about Pakistan players after australias visit. This CBC aussies gave Pakistan a chance and they availed it. It is not three D's.
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Nov 05, 2014 04:36pm
@Sarah getting testy a little bit, I guess name calling is your best defence, that's pretty intelligent! :)
your comprehension skills or the lack thereof is pretty obvious, my post was about ODI, the world cup is ODI format, not 5 days.
"it will be tough for them to even survive or bat whole day out" an ODI doesn't last whole day - perhaps it is YOU, who don't know the basic difference between various formats of the game.
So keep jumping around, you make for good circus show ... a free one at that!
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Nov 05, 2014 07:10pm
@Dr. Salaria, Aamir Ahmad Discipline is already there. Should we have it twice?
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Nov 05, 2014 07:11pm
@Burki That why Pakistan team beat South Africa in the recently concluded ODI series in South Africa.
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Nov 05, 2014 07:49pm
@Sarah: that "recently concluded" series was exactly one year ago. You need lot of catching up to do. And let me give you a bit of context of that "recently concluded" series, there were two back to back series played b/w SA & Pak.
In OCt-Nov 2013 series played in UAE, SA took Pak to cleaners with a 4-1 ODI series win and 2-0 T20 series win.
In Nov 2013 series, Pak won 2-1 ODI series and T20 was drawn 1-1. Nothing much to write home about, was there?
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Nov 05, 2014 08:06pm
Let's learn how to celebrate and leave criticism behind for now.
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Nov 05, 2014 08:33pm
@KR They haven't missed a point. They have shown that Aussies can be beaten. yes - Pakistan were at "home", but you play to your advantages. Lets be happy about what has been achieved and now start learning about the other pitches thatPakistan will play on.
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Nov 05, 2014 08:42pm
This win is a historic win for Pakistan .. no doubt Aus wasn't in full red hot form but we have won and green washed them literally , so we should support them and encourage them as well .... verywell-done!
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Nov 05, 2014 11:32pm
@Burki Pakistan team Victory against Australian will be remembered for long time except people like you who may be Indian supporters who are poor loser.
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Nov 06, 2014 12:28am
@Sarah and @ Barki why don't you guys exchange thoughts on personal emails or may be out on the street each holding a dharna on each side of the road, hire someone like Tahir Qadri or Imran Khan, have fun and others too will have fun including media, mullah, military
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Nov 06, 2014 01:54am
@Ilyas Good one... :) I hope the two follow your advice :)
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Nov 06, 2014 07:35am
@Burki
Hi Burki, if according to you Younis woke up just because he realized his "granted" place was in danger, then by the same token why can't the others particularly the younger players take up the same stance?
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Nov 06, 2014 11:44am
@Sarah : LOL empty rhetorics won't get you anywhere. Next time come prepared with some facts and CURRENT stats to back up what you want to say, otherwise you'll just end up publicly clutching the straws like you're doing now.
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