Pakistan bowling coach Waqar Younis feels that his bowlers did extremely well to almost defend the total of 168 in the fourth innings against West Indies, during the first Test of the two-match series at Sabina Park in Kingston, Jamaica.
“The bowlers gave it their all, hats off to them. I feel proud of this bowling unit, the way they fought in this Test match,” Waqar was quoted as saying to ESPNCricinfo. However, in the same breath, he also criticised the fielding of the team which let go of many chances and that eventually led to the loss of the match.
“It's the work of the bowlers to create opportunities,” he said, before going on to explain the mistakes that happened in the field. “Of course, mistakes happened, which is why we came second. We were poor with the catching - if you let go of catches in tense moments then they'll hurt you. They were 114 for 7 and there were three opportunities after that. If we cannot grab that as a unit then it will hurt us," said Waqar.
The 49-year-old further called the thrilling game the perfect advertisement for Test cricket. "It was a very good Test match, couldn't have had a better advertisement for Test cricket. Unfortunately, we were on the wrong side of the result, but that's the way cricket goes,” he said.
The two teams will now face each other in the second game which starts on August 20 at the same venue.