SYDNEY — Pakistan's hopes of upsetting hosts Australia in their upcoming two-match test series have been seriously undermined by their poor preparation schedule, former test batsman Dean Jones believes. The tourists have played three Twenty20s, a day-night tour match against Australia 'A' and a two-day contest against a Cricket Australia XI since arriving in Australia. Jones, who played 52 tests for Australia in the 1980s and 1990s, said it was insufficient preparation for the test matches in Brisbane and Adelaide. "I blame Pakistan's cricket board for their horrendous scheduling of this test series," Jones wrote in a column in the Sydney Morning Herald on Saturday.

Source: International New York Times November 16, 2019 09:56 UTC