Champions Trophy 2017: Coach Arthur admits Pakistan middle order a worry

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Published on: Jun 14, 2017

Pakistan’s head coach Mickey Arthur said on Tuesday that his players are eager to do well in the Champions Trophy semi-final in Cardiff against England

Pakistan’s head coach Mickey Arthur said on Tuesday that his players are eager to do well in the Champions Trophy semi-final in Cardiff against England so that they play the final in London.

Speaking to media ahead of Pakistan’s semi-final against England at Cardiff, Arthur admitted that their performance against Sri Lanka was less than satisfactory.

“Clicked? I mean, we won ugly yesterday. We can’t sugar coat that fact. We’ve got nothing to lose, yes, but we’ve always said we’re in it to win it,” he said when asked if Pakistan clicked at the right time.

He added Pakistan needed to do much better in the semis against England. “The last thing I want is for us to go away now thinking that we got to a semi-final, we’re okay, we’ve achieved, because that would be a cop-out in my mind. We certainly want to come out and put our best game forward and win, and we want to go to London. We’ve always said that. That’s been our mantra right from the start of this competition,” he said. Arthur also suggested some changes in the batting order as Pakistan's middle order was struggling. “Middle order has been exposed just a little bit. Ideally, we’d like to probably get Sarfraz and Malik maybe in a little bit earlier, but that’s something that we need to discuss. Whether it happens now or whether it happens at the end of this competition will be debated later,” he added.

--By A Cricket Correspondent

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