Aamir Sohail said Pakistan cricket team needs better batting technique

KARACHI: Former Test captain Aamir Sohail said on Monday that only better equipped technique can change Pakistan team’s fortunes on their short trip to South Africa starting on Wednesday.Aamir said in an interview to a local news agency that Dav Whatmore may be preparing good strategy but he failed to improve Pakistan team’s batting technically.“We are facing the same problem for the past many months but chief coach failed to overcome thischronic batting problem of Pakistan team he said. You cannot change team’s fortunes by wishful thinking. But coach needed to work on batsmen technical flaws”, he said.He said he was surprised to see Muhammad Hafeez failing to coup Dale Steyn’s bowling for the past one year and repeatedly making the same mistakes.He recalled that he was facing some batting problems during the event in Sharjah and he worked with Indian batsman Mohinder Amaranth who improved and changed his batting form. “I spent a batting session with Mohinder and few advises on my technique revived my game”, the member of1992 World Cup winning team revealed.He said many greats around the world went through the same dilemma. But proper technical advise put them back on track.Aamir Sohail said all Pakistan batsmen like Hafeez, Nasir Jamshed, Umar Amin, Umar Akmal are weak in technique which is causing problems for them and Pakistan team.“I personally feel that Whatmore failed to work on Pakistan team’s batting problem”, the former Test left handed opener said. “I don’t see any change of fortunes of Pakistan team during their matches against Protease in their backyard, he commented.He was of the view these batting problems will be haunting Pakistanduring the two T20 Internationals and 3-match One day series in South Africa.With such a batting problem withinthe team Pakistan needed more prayers from their supporters and well wishers, he remarked.He said without making complete overhauling in Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) hierarchy, national cricket cannot be put back on track.