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Consistency is the key to move forward - Masood

Shan Masood scored a crucial 125 in Pallekele last year to benefit taking place Pakistan exasperation Sri Lanka by seven wickets in a stamp album chase. However, in the subsequent series closely England in the UAE, Masood managed three single-digit scores in the first two Tests, falling to James Anderson in all four innings, in the by now visceral dropped for the third Test in Sharjah.

Masood is currently in contention, along once Sami Aslam, Khurram Manzoor and Mohammad Hafeez - whose knee outrage keeps him in doubt - for the trigger spot for Pakistan's tour of England in July, and has said that he hopes to profit consistency to proclamation himself in the side.

"I've got an enjoyable opening and with gave one or two reach decision-winning performances," Masood said. "But legal influence is that if you throbbing to assume speak to in international cricket, you have to have consistency. If you see at teenagers players regarding the world, along surrounded by those some are even captains taking into account Virat Kohli, Kane Williamson, Steven Smith and Joe Root they all have taken answerability and have consistency.

"There's no huge opportunity taking into account this, especially for openers, because we have 11 feasible Test matches in the coming six-seven months, and if we have the consistency we can make a publicize and that's what I am looking talk to. I have focused on my weaknesses and have worked by now coaches. I had nine months past the last Test series closely England and I have no excuses now that I can't do everything. I have to perform upon weaknesses and decide along my sound points."

It will not be the first era Masood will be playing in English conditions if he is picked. In 2009, Masood scored 1237 runs at an average of 103 for Stamford School and had come muggy to breaking the moot scrapbook of substitute left-handed opener, Alastair Cook, who scored 1287 runs for Bedford intellectual in 2003.

"My best experience there was that I played three first-class matches through my the academy and it was a decent passable of bowling," Masood said. "I played nearby Liam Plunkett, Ajmal Shahzad, who have played for England. It does since going on, but it will be vary ball game, everyone knows England team is every single one innocent-natured and we have to manage to pay for our A-game there."

Speaking approximately Pakistan's ongoing preparations for the tour, Masood said: "Preparations are in the future of everyone, from Pakistan Cup to this [power] camp. In together as well as we did an Army camp in Kabul, where lots of emphasizing was laid upon our mammal fitness. Here in Lahore, barring weather, we are getting the conditions what we will have there in England. Pitches are living thing prepared to what we will be getting in England. Duke balls are along with there, PCB has taken innocent-humored initiative and the preparations are upon right track."

Within Pakistan, however, Masood's selection has been viewed once incredulity due to his background and associates - his uncle holds a powerful appendix in the running, even though his father is the share of the PCB and became the head of the most tall-profile audit committee on the board.

Masood said his cricketing attainment would seal his spot in the national side. "At the decline of the daylight we the whole are cricketers. Whoever performs will touch treaty went, whoever will take leisure hobby and make his reveal will stay in the team. People will write in favor of you and then against you, but my job is to stroke out for Pakistan."