Sustained quality, ruthlessness vital for Pakistan: Gillespie

LAHORE: Red-ball coach Jason Gillespie says Pakistan will need to show sustained quality and added ruthlessness if they are to challenge a formidable team like England in a home series starting early next month.

“We showed glimpses of quality in the [recent] home Test series against Bangladesh, where we were really driving the game forward. We played some excellent cricket. [But] the issue was that we didn’t sustain it long enough. When we allowed our opponents to get into the game, they capitalised and pulled ahead.