'It's pretty much what we expected'- Jason Gillespie happy with controversial Multan track

Shan Masood, the captain of Pakistan, said that he had asked for a flat surface for the Multan Test match against England. Despite the fact that the hosts scored 556 runs when batting first, things took a turn for the worst when England took the field. Harry Brook‘s 317 and Joe Root’s 262 put an end to the match, and England declared on a massive 823 runs.

England won the match by an innings and 47 runs after Pakistan lost six wickets in the last session of Day 4 and were bowled out before lunch on Day 5. In response to criticism about Pakistan’s poor performance in Tests, Jason Gillespie, the red-ball coach for Pakistan, stated that it is premature to call for management changes because the team has only been in place for three Tests.

“Please be aware that this is our third test as a management team, including myself. For us, it’s still extremely early in this area. We are currently examining performances as well as previous performances. On sometimes, athletes perform at their best while they are not on the squad. Change is sorely needed, according to all. I recognize that people are interested in performances and results,” Gillespie remarked, as cited by Cricket Pakistan.

Here, I wasn’t disappointed by the surface: Jason Gillespie

Former cricket players who struggled to have an impact on the game, like Kevin Pietersen and Ramiz Raja, criticized the Multan track. Raja even went so far as to claim that Test cricket is being destroyed by this development. Gillespie, meanwhile, expressed no misgivings and expressed satisfaction with how the deck worked out over the course of five days.

“Her surface didn’t bother me in the least. It is essentially what we anticipated and believed to be the greatest chance to perform well in the game. We scored 550 runs in the first innings, and that portion of the game was fine. At the time, nobody was discussing the surface.