Abu Dhabi, Oct 28 (CRICKETNMORE) Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq has pointed to the lack of experience in the West Indies side as the reason behind their recent losing streak.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
He was speaking after the Caribbean side plunged to their eighth straight loss on the tour here on Tuesday with a 133-run defeat in the second Test at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium, reports CMC.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
They lost both the One-Day and T20 series 0-3 and trail the three-match Test series 0-2 after the second Test. The third Test begins in Sharjah on Sunday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"That's bit disappointing and if you see their strength in international cricket they were always a force but now they are having a downfall," Misbah said on Wednesday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"They are a young side with some players performing well in bits and pieces at the moment. They will become a good side but at the moment they are lacking experience."<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"Everyone wants to see a strong West Indies side like we had in the past. Right now it's really a big disappointing factor for all of their fans," he added.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Only Marlon Samuels of the current West Indies Test side has played more than 50 Tests with the remainder of the squad -- barring Darren Bravo and Kraigg Brathwaite -- having all played less than 25 Tests.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
In comparison, Pakistan boasts the likes of Younis Khan with nearly 10,000 runs from 109 Tests, Misbah with almost 5,000 runs from 67 Tests.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
West Indies captain Jason Holder, who has played just 22 Tests, agreed that inexperience was a factor in his side's poor run and said it would take time before the young players properly learnt the ropes in international cricket.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"It is a young and inexperienced squad so it will take time to get the results we have been looking for," the 24-year-old pointed out.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"We have been in the position of inconsistency for the last number of years so I don't feel any pressure."<\/p>\r\n\r\n
He added: "It will take some time for these boys to get nourished and developed and we have to give them that opportunity to do so."<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The West Indies have now lost 10 of their last 13 Tests without a single win, and have not won a Test series in three years.<\/p>\r\n", "image": "https:\/\/img.cricketnmore.com\/uploads\/2016\/10\/lack-of-experience-hurting-west-indies-in-tests-says-misbah-ul-haq2.jpg", "alt_img": "Image for Lack of experience hurting West Indies, says Pakistan skipper Misbah", "alt_title": "Misbah-ul-Haq", "image1": "", "video": "", "seo_title": "Lack of experience hurting West Indies, says Pakistan skipper Misbah", "seo_desc": "Abu Dhabi, Oct 27 (CRICKETNMORE) Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq has pointed to the lack of experience in the West Indies side as the reason behind their recent", "seo_keywords": "Misbah-ul-Haq", "tag": "", "tagging": "", "status": "1", "img_rpt": "0", "google": "0", "standout": "0", "edapps": "0", "pulse": "0", "no_index": "0", "feed": "0", "fixture": "0", "slug": "lack-of-experience-hurting-west-indies-says-pakistan-skipper-misbah", "user_id": "0", "read_count": "0", "ians_date": "0000-00-00", "ians_time": "00:00:00", "server_time": "0000-00-00 00:00:00", "trash": "0", "view_count": "3093", "page_break": "0", "instant_articles": "0", "auto_link": "0", "created": "2016-10-28 00:43:00", "updated": "2016-10-28 00:43:00", "img_from": "", "img_source": "", "schedule_publish": "0000-00-00 00:00:00", "news_keywords": null, "livescore_text": null, "livescore_link": null, "btn_text": null, "resend_feed": "0", "google_feed": "0", "read_more": "0", "posted_by": "1", "jio_date": "2016-10-28 00:43:00", "scheduled": "0", "news_now": "1", "breaking_news": "0", "google_date": "2016-10-28 00:43:00", "featured": "0", "pred_match_id": null, "article_content_type": null, "link": "https:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/cricket-news\/lack-of-experience-hurting-west-indies-says-pakistan-skipper-misbah-20636" }