da bet nacional： Pakistan captain Waqar Younis said there was not much difference betweenPakistan and Australia as far as indoor cricket was concerned
31-May-2002Pakistan captain Waqar Younis said there was not much difference betweenPakistan and Australia as far as indoor cricket was concerned. However,Pakistan coach Mudassar Nazar underlined the need of indoor practiceessential for his team before it embarked on the Australian tour. Hehowever, lamented that no such facility was available in the country.The first two of the three One-day Internationals are scheduled to beplayed indoors at Colonial Stadium in Melbourne, on June 12 and 15. Thefinal game will take place at the Gabba in Brisbane on June 19.The Pakistan squad departs for Australia Wednesday.While talking to journalists at Gaddafi Stadium after the second day ofthe national training camp Thursday, Waqar said before next month’smatches the Australians had only played three matches against SouthAfrica in the indoor stadium about two years ago.The captain said that he was in no position to explain the differencebetween indoor and outdoor cricket, since he had not played indoors evenonce.Waqar along with Wasim Akram, Shoaib Akhtar and Shahid Afridi joined thecamp Thursday after arriving from England.Mudassar said that Pakistan, however, would get two or three dayspractice at the indoor stadium in Melbourne.The captain and coach agreed that the unavailability of all-rounderAbdul Razzaq and off-spinner Saqlain Mushtaq would not be felt much.Their absence would provide excellent opportunity to Azhar Mahmood andShoaib Malik to prove their mettle, they opined.