Opening woes continue to haunt Pakistan at World Cup


  • Cricket
  • Friday, 06 Mar 2015

Pakistan's Wahab Riaz (L) touches his captain Misbah-ul-Haq on the shoulder after he was dismissed for 73 runs during their Cricket World Cup match against Zimbabwe at the GABBA in Brisbane March 1, 2015. REUTERS/Jason Reed

(Reuters) - A pair of comfortable wins after two losses to start the World Cup have given a more settled look to Pakistan but the 1992 champions still seem to have no clue as to how to solve their opener problem.

Pakistan's troubles started when all-rounder and regular opener Mohammad Hafeez was ruled out with a calf muscle injury a week before the World Cup, and the team flew out Nasir Jamshed as a replacement.

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