The 1992 champions went into their World Cup opener against West Indies on the back of 10 straight losses and were bundled out for 105 inside 22 overs en route to a humiliating seven-wicket drubbing. "It's been a World Cup of ifs and buts, a tournament of two halves and that's disappointing," Arthur told reporters. "We've ended very strongly and it's nice to know we've beaten two of those semi-finalists, which shows we are not a mile off in terms of ourselves as a cricket team. Even if it was a familiar tale for Pakistan, Arthur was looking at the positives and said he was convinced the team were on an upward trajectory. "Watch the highlights package of this World Cup and they'll be a lot of Pakistan players on it.

Source: bd News24 July 06, 2019 06:45 UTC