Srinagar: Pakistan rising pace star Naseem Shah has said that the healthy competition in the pace department is good for the Pakistan cricket.
Naseem Shah after having initially played few matches for Leicestershire Foxes in the ongoing T20 Blast as Naveen ul Haq’s replacement, has once again joined team as replacement for injured Wiaan Mulder.
“It’s good for Pakistan cricket that we have such a tough but healthy competition in the fast-bowling department. Pakistan has abundance of fast-bowling talent hence the more competitors there are, the harder one has to work,” Naseem Shah told Geo about the Pakistan current pace strength.
“Although I don’t have competition with any of my colleagues as all I try is to do better and work harder every time. But as far as partnership is concerned, whoever is bowling with me in the team I always try to enjoy and learn from that partnership so I like bowling with all of them,” he said.
About his current stint in T20 Blast, Naseem said, “This short stint with Leicestershire Foxes was amazing. Last year, I played quite a lot of cricket in all formats and also in county. I was not permitted by my physio to play gain for a full season to manage my workload”.
“I got this opportunity to play just few games which was a good experience and a little change of weather too. And I’m happy with my performance.”
Naseem said he’ll be travelling back to Pakistan soon for the specialised camps at the National Cricket Academy starting this month.