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Azhar’s missed opportunity as captain cost Pakistan dear

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The Cricket Paper Team
30 August 2020

By Saj Sadiq

Other side of the fence: Azhar Mahmood

FORMER Pakistan bowling coach Azhar Mahmood - currently supporting England bowling coach Jon Lewis in the T20 series against his fellow countrymen - reckons the outcome of the Test series could have been very different had captain Azhar Ali displayed decisive leadership at Old Trafford.
Bad weather meant the expected battle between the inexperienced Pakistan bowlers and the England batsmen never properly materialised but, despite the home side amassing almost 600 to take the third Test - and the series - beyond them, Mahmood feels the y...