Australian Team Head coach Andrew McDonald has stated that there have been no security fears in the minds of Australian players a few days before their journey for their 1st visit to Pakistan in 24 years. Furthermore, respectively New Zealand and England canceled their individual visits to Pakistan the year before, noting various reasons. On the other hand, the Australians, have announced a full squad for the Test matches and the limited over series versus Pakistan. Here in this article, we have mentioned Andrew McDonald Opines On Pakistan Tour.
With the exception of a single T20I, the Australian Team will play 3 Tests and 3 ODIs. Between March 4 to April 5, the contests will be held in Lahore, Karachi, and Rawalpindi. Moreover, for the white-ball series, Australia will be missing David Warner, Pat Cummins, Glenn Maxwell, and Josh Hazlewood.
Pakistan Tour Is Safe, Aussie Players Are Ready To Go: McDonald
The Australian team, captained by Pat Cummins, is presently doing pre-series preparation in Melbourne and undergoing quarantine procedures before departing for Islamabad.
“They’re jumping on the plane. So that to me says they’re ready to go and they are clear in their mind, that it’s going to be safe and it’s an exciting tour and they’re getting their heads around the cricket as opposed to the other things that potentially can pop into their mind,” McDonald said.
“Yeah, well, it’s difficult to tell in terms of Pakistan and Pakistan is different to Pakistan in the UAE. You know, they’ve got some great options, spin bowling options that, you know, fastball. “Shaheen Shah Afridi, you know, keeps getting better every year. Left-arm pace swings the ball can reverse swing the ball as well, so they got some exciting players,” he added.
“Equally, we’ve got some really exciting players as well. Mitchell Starc and Cummins and Hazlewood and Cameroon Green and our bowling attack is equally exciting. So I think it’s going to be a really good contest. Yeah, you say that Pakistan is unpredictable, but I think in their own conditions is an element of predictability. They like to draw games out. You know, they play the long game, they’re patient and they play their conditions well,” he concluded.
