Pakistan needs consistency, patience to produce box-office players: Shan Masood

Lahore: Pakistan Test opener Shan Masood on Wednesday called for patience and need to give players a long rope in order to produce box-office cricketers like Rohit Sharma, Jason Roy and David Warner.

Masood was part of Pakistan’s home series wins against Sri Lanka 1-0 and the one-off Test against Bangladesh after they lost in Australia 0-2 in the five-day format.

Asked how Pakistan can also produce box-office openers like India’s Rohit, England’s Roy and Australia’s Warner, he said: “There is fear of failure which is human nature. They got security over a long time. The England team started with a plan in 2015 and got result in 2019 (by winning the World Cup). They stuck to a core of players.

“Consistency is very important. We need to accept defeat if we have to set a goal like that. As a nation we focus on short-term goals. Instant results cannot be the way to groom players,” said the 30-year old in a video conferencing chat with reporters which was facilitated by Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).

“Also these cricketers you named got advantage of home cricket. We never got that. This is for the first time we got. We don’t get to play that often also. For box office players you need consistency. We need to build players for a four-year period.”

Masood also said he is not worried about being labelled as Test player, saying he has the right kind of people around him to guide.

He also said this team under coach and chief selector Misbah-ul-Haq is going in the right direction and results will soon start showing. (IANS)

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