A look at Men in Green’s perfor­mance in the 50-over format­KARACHI : Pakistan cricket team is called mercurial and obviously the reasons behind that label are pretty obvious. From World Cup 2011 semi-finalists to falling to the seventh position when Misbah hung his boots in the ODIs, Pakistan cricket looked short of the pace needed to move with the fast changing game. In 2017, how Pakistan fared in TestsOut of 18 matches played during 2017, the team managed to bag 12 victories, which was a great improvement as compared to 2016 where they could manage only five wins out of the 11 matches they played. However, the increase in the average came at the cost of a slower strike rate which decreased from 93.54 to 84.18. After a horrendous start with the Windies winning the first game by four wickets, team Pakistan made a comeback and responded in a befitting manner in the second match, courtesy a sublime century from Babar Azam.

Source: The Express Tribune December 31, 2017 08:15 UTC