Lack of good pacers reason for Pak's dismal show in SA: Qasim

Pakistan cricket chief selector Iqbal Qasim has said that the dearth of quality pace bowlers is the key reason for the national team's poor performance in the ongoing tour of South Africa.
Qasim said that Pakistan at the moment lacked pacers of the class of Imran Khan, Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis and Shoaib Akhtar.
"The truth is the pace bowling cupboard is bare of quality stuff and the situation in domestic cricket is also not very encouraging for us," Qasim told Geo Super channel.
The former Test spinner, who has had to face criticism for the team's shoddy showing in South Africa, said that the fast bowlers had not performed up to expectations in the series so far.

"We need to be honest with ourselves that we are not producing the quality players we used to have in the past. It is the same as far as fast bowling is concerned," he said.
Pakistan lost all three Tests inside four days and their most experienced pacer, Umar Gul could take just five wickets in two matches at an average of 45 each.
Pakistan team has been facing a dearth of fast bowlers for some time now. Two of its best pacers of the modern generation -- Muhammad Asif and Muhammad Aamir -- were banned by the International Cricket Council and also served jail sentences for the spot-fixing scandal that broke out in England in 2010.