Former England cricketer David Lloyd has questioned Shan Masood’s style of captaincy and has claimed that the player was more of a reactive skipper than a proactive one. His remarks come days ahead of the three-match PAK vs ENG series where the hosts aim to break free from the shackles of poor form. Shan Masood retained captaincy after facing a historic 2-0 series defeat at the hands of Bangladesh earlier in August.
“Shan Masood not a proactive captain”
In an interview with a local news platform, Llyod drew a parallel between Masood and other Pakistan captains and explained how he was unlike them. He opined that Shan was not the right person to lea Pakistan and believes that a captain would need to be proactive in order to tackle the Bazball threat. The PAK vs ENG Test series will get underway from October 7 with Multan hosting the first game.
“Shan Masood is a reactive captain, not a proactive captain. I have seen his captaincy for Yorkshire. He is not like Pakistan’s former captains Imran Khan, Javed Miandad, Wasim Akram, Inzamam-ul-Haq, or Misbah-ul-Haq,” David Llyod said.
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Pakistan is yet to win a series under the captaincy of Shan Masood, having lost two out of two series played so far. Despite having the home advantage, Masood was not able to lead the hosts to even a single win, forget the series, against Bangladesh. With an eye on the WTC finals, Pakistan will aim to return to winning ways in the series against England.
Pakistan squad for PAK vs ENG
Shan Masood (captain), Saud Shakeel (vice-captain), Aamir Jamal, Abdullah Shafique, Abrar Ahmed, Babar Azam, Mir Hamza, Mohammad Huraira, Mohammad Rizwan (wicket-keeper), Naseem Shah, Noman Ali, Saim Ayub, Salman Ali Agha, Sarfaraz Ahmed (wicket-keeper), and Shaheen Shah Afridi
