ICC World Cup 2019 | Did not play well against short ball, says Sarfaraz Ahmed

Pakistan were put into bat first by West Indies but they lost three wickets within the first ten overs itself. Imam-Ul-Haq first succumbed to a short ball by Sheldon Cottrell followed by Fakhar Zaman and Haris Sohail. Andre Russell led the attack with his fiery bouncers and the others followed suit. As many as seven Pakistani batsmen lost their wickets to short balls, as pointed out by Sarfaraz Ahmed.

“If you lose the toss in these conditions, and lose wickets, it's hard to come back into the game. Didn't do well as a batting unit today. We know they're going to come hard with their pace bowlers. We didn't play well against the short ball,” he said in the post-match presentation ceremony, reported Cricbuzz.

Pakistan have now extended their losing streak to 11 ODIs in a row and find themselves in a spot of bother as they will have to face the top-ranked England on Monday. However, the skipper displayed confidence and reckoned that they will bounce back.

“Have to play positive cricket here. Today was a bad day. Confident my team will bounce back,” expressed the 32-year-old.

Mohammad Amir was not named in the preliminary squad for the World Cup but was eventually selected after the other bowlers were taken to the cleaners in every match in the England series. The southpaw was the lone bright spot in Pakistan’s attack as he returned figures of 26 for three in his six overs. The skipper was all praise for the pacer.

“Good to see Amir bowling well. Always good support here in England,” signed off Sarfaraz.