Former national team Test cricketer Tauseef Ahmed has revealed that Misbah-ul-Haq was not in favour of bowler Muhammad Abbas playing Test cricket.
While talking to Syed Yahya Hussaini on Geo News’ program Score, former off-spinner Tauseef Ahmed said, “During the 2017 tour of the West Indies, the selection committee selected Muhammad Abbas in the squad after his 71-wicket performance in domestic cricket. Misbah-ul-Haq brought the team’s coach, Mickey Arthur, to Chief Selector Inzamam-ul-Haq and said that Abbas’s pace is slow, to which Inzamam-ul-Haq said that Abbas has given a brilliant performance in domestic cricket, you will have to take him to the West Indies.”
“At this stage, the entire selection committee, which included me, Wajahatullah Wasti and Wasim Haider, agreed, after consulting with chief selector Inzamam-ul-Haq, that Abbas should go on the 2017 tour of the West Indies,” said Tauseef Ahmed.
Right-arm fast bowler Abbas is currently in the headlines after a spectacular performance in the second innings of the first Test against South Africa at Super Sports Park Centurion. He picked six wickets in a resurgent performance that had cricket fans enthralled.