Pakistan’s coach Mickey Arthur has said that that they had done everything possible to be the best possible prepared team for the World Cup. Pakistan decided to bench their key players for the upcoming series against Australia and the coach believes that the series is a good chance for the youngsters to prove themselves. He is confident that new players will grab the opportunity to fill a few available places for the ICC Cricket World Cup.
“We designed this series for our players for the simple fact that we want to test our best bench players. We know our major players for the World Cup. After this series, we go to England and we go there with a very settled squad and the roles will be defined. We want to know where the squad stands. We feel that we have done everything possible to be the best possible prepared team for the World Cup”, International Cricket Council quoted Arthur as saying.
“For us, it is not so much about Australia, this is about those positions for the World Cup and the opportunity created for a lot of players because, for us, we need to find who our players are for every position. If we could do that out of this series, then it would be good for us”, he added.
“It is a new squad. This is a series of opportunities. You do not have to be a rocket scientist to work out that a few positions are available for the World Cup. There are probably four available. Inzamam-ul-Haq and I have discussed that. So, these young players need to raise their hands up and try to make those places their own. It’s an exciting time going into the World Cup,” Arthur said.