Ahead of the two-match Test series against Australia, Pakistan bowling coach Waqar Younis on Thursday, November 14, heaped praise on his young pace battery for their brilliant display in the 3-day practice match against Australia A in Perth.

The tourists have brought in 16-year-old Naseem Shah and the 19-year-old duo of Muhammad Musa and Shaheen Afridi along with the seamer Imran Khan to Australia for the 2 Tests.

The young Pakistan bowling unit brutally destroyed the Australia A, as they could manage only 121 and 92 in a drawn warm-up match – where Imran finished with 5-32 in their first innings, while Nasim produced eight high-quality overs in the second innings – which really delights Waqar.

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As per reports in The Sydney Daily Telegraph, Younis said: “Of course, that sort of performance (against Australia A) makes you feel that you’re not naive being here and you can really do the job.”

The pace great continued, “All those batters have played for Australia or are knocking at the door,” added Younis. So, getting them out early and bowling out the entire team cheaply will probably give us a very good message that we are here for the business. We want to win and we want to challenge this Australian side, so there’s definitely confidence.”

After losing T20I series, the Men in Green would be certainly looking to make an impact in the Test series which will get underway next at The Gabba, but their batting is still a matter of concern as Babar Azam and Iftikhar Ahmed only managed to impress in the warm-up game in Perth.

However, Younis is confident that Pakistan batters are enough capable to cope with a barrage from Josh Hazlewood, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc and James Pattinson in the upcoming Test series.

He signed off by saying, “I don’t think Pakistan is worried about facing them or scared of any of them.”

(With The Sydney Daily Telegraph Inputs)