Misbah-ul-Haq reveals how Pakistan plans to stop stellar Steve Smith on his tracks

While it has alrey been an eventful year for Steve Smith after his return to cricket, batting maestro would like to end year on a higher te by shining at home as well. As Australia gears up to face Pakistan in ir home turf, Pakistan has been battling to find a way to stop Steve Smith from going berserk and coach Misbah-ul-Haq disclosed what visitors h in store for number one ranked Test batsman. Australia's first Test against Pakistan on vember 21 marks return of Steve Smith to Test cricket in Australia a year after his ban. 

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Misbah's plan to silence Steve Smith

Being a captain and batsman himself, Misbah-ul-Haq said that every batsman h a blind spot and it was essential to find that spot and bowl in those areas consistently. Speaking to a media publication, Misbah said that while Pakistan bowling line-up h stuck to plans and hoped that team would do so same in contest to build pressure on Steve Smith. Misbah reiterated need to bowl consistently in identified areas in order to push batsman to make a mistake. Pakistan coach also emphasized on bowling near  six to eight-meter spot on top of off-stump where every batsman was forced to defend and said that consistency would be key for success of Pakistan bowlers. 

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Pakistan considers debut for 16-year-old Naseem Shah

" best thing about Naseem Shah is control he has on his bowling," he coach Misbah-ul-Haq told cricket.com.au.

"He has a very good bowling action and kws which deliveries to bowl. He can bowl with a very good control. He kws his stuff and bowled really well in first-class matches he played this season.

"He's bowled well here too and is standout bowler for us. way he's been bowling, he can be a match-winner for us," he ded.

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Pakistan squ

Azhar Ali (capt), Abid Ali, As Shafiq, Babar Azam, Haris Sohail, Imam-ul-Haq, Imran Khan senior, Iftikhar Ahmed, Kashid Bhatti, Mohamm Abbas, Mohamm Rizwan, Nusa Khan, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shan Masood, Yasir Shah

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