Former captain Waqar Younis has advised the Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq to remind the senior members of the team their role in the line-up and he himself should play an active role. He urged Misbah to be more proactive. “He has to realise that he can’t play the waiting game in one-day cricket. It worked and works in Test cricket but you can’t sit around waiting for things to happen in one-day cricket. I think he needs to attack more,” Waqar said. Pakistan now trail the series 0-2 after defeats in the first two matches and Waqar said, “I also feel too many changes in the team after every match does not send out the right message.” Waqar also believed that the experiment of playing Umar Akmal as a wicketkeeper was a big mistake on part of the team management.
“I don’t know what they are thinking. But I would always play a specialist keeper. Adnan Akmal is the best choice and he is no mug with the bat. You can try Umar in T20 cricket but in 50-over format you need a proper keeper,” Waqar said. The former great also criticised the attitude of the batsmen in the ODI series, pointing out that most of the players had been around for years and needed to shoulder responsibility.