{"id":15095,"date":"2020-12-29T08:35:32","date_gmt":"2020-12-29T09:35:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=15095"},"modified":"2020-12-29T09:57:48","modified_gmt":"2020-12-29T09:57:48","slug":"one-big-partnership-can-take-us-through-confident-azhar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=15095","title":{"rendered":"\u2018One big partnership can take us through\u2019 confident Azhar"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin: 5px 5% 10px 5%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/arysports.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Azha.jpg\" width=\"742\" height=\"486\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Mount Maunganui: Former skipper Azhar Ali said he will try to build a partnership tomorrow with Fawad Alam when they resume the last day of the opening test at 71-3 against New Zealand.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Needing 373 runs to win the first Test, Pakistan lost three early wickets of openers Shan Masood and Abid Ali, and Haris Sohail. Rescuing Pakistan at 37-3, Azhar (34*) and Fawad Alam (21*) scored\u00a034 runs together.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was hard to accumulate after we lost three early wickets. When Fawad arrived in the ground, I tried to give him full confidence and asked him to stay calm and stay till the end,&#8221; he said in an interview after day 4 ended.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our plan was to stay there as long as we can. It wasn&#8217;t easy to bat under pressure but we tried to give our best,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Tomorrow, we will try to put up a strong partnership and build pressure on them. The first session tomorrow will be very important. If we pass that, we can win the match,&#8221; he maintained.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, Azhar appreciated Neil Wagner for playing with a fractured toe. &#8220;Wagner, playing with the fractured toe was an example for all of us. It was a real commitment of him with his country and we really appreciate him,&#8221; he concluded.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/arysports.tv\/nz-vs-pak-day-four\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Azhar, Fawad at crease as Pakistan need 302 runs to win on last day<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Mount Maunganui: Former skipper Azhar Ali said he will try to build a partnership tomorrow with Fawad Alam when they resume the last day of <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=15095\" title=\"\u2018One big partnership can take us through\u2019 confident Azhar\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15095"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15095"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15095\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15097,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15095\/revisions\/15097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}