Fawad Alam should get a chance in 2nd Test, says Wasim Akram

SOUTHAMPTON: Former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram feels middle-order batsman Fawad Alam should be included in the playing XI for the second Test against England starting Thursday.

"In the next match, you won't find a turning wicket," Akram told Samaa TV. "You will play with one spinner and you will have to play with an extra batsman.

"You need a middle-order batsman and Fawad Alam is the one. He is also a left-hander, so the team can have a left-right combination. He has an average of 56 in first-class cricket, has a hundred on Test debut, so you will have to give him a chance. So if I was the captain, I would include him in the middle order," he added. IANS

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