Venue : Dubai International Cricket Stadium , Dubai, United Arab Emirates Date & Time: Jan 17-21, 2012 11:00 AM PST Live Telecasters: TenSports and PTVSports UDRS : Yes.
]Squad Pakistan: Misbah-ul-Haq, Abdur Rehman, Adnan Akmal†, Aizaz Cheema, Asad Shafiq, Azhar Ali, Imran Farhat, Junaid Khan, Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Talha, Saeed Ajmal, Taufeeq Umar, Umar Akmal, Umar Gul, Wahab Riaz, Younis Khan*
England: AJ Strauss, JM Anderson, IR Bell, RS Bopara, SCJ Broad, AN Cook, SM Davies†, ST Finn, EJG Morgan, G Onions, MS Panesar, KP Pietersen, MJ Prior†, GP Swann, CT Tremlett, IJL Trott*
Mohammad Hafeez has predicted Pakistan’s spinners can out-bowl their English counterparts and make the difference in the forthcoming Test series.
Hafeez, Pakistan’s opening batsman and off-spinner, said their spin attack has already shown its mettle in the UAE, where conditions are expected to offer little assistance to England’s faster bowlers.
“We have the best spinners in the world,” he said. “They have done well here in the last few games and the conditions should suit them. The important thing is that we have bowlers who can take 20 wickets. We showed that in the Tests we played last year.”
England’s spinner Graeme Swann has poked fun at Saeed Ajmal’s claim that he has developed a new delivery but Hafeez said he had faced the ‘teesra’ in the nets and said that Pakistan’s off-spinner had produced something “a bit different; a new weapon”.
“It will be something new in cricket,” Hafeez said. “He has worked on it a lot for the last six to eight months, but not bowled it internationally. It means he has a new weapon and, because of his extraordinary work, he has command over it. I don’t want to reveal anything; you’ll get to see it soon.”
Hafeez accepted Pakistan are more familiar with the conditions, but he he played down the notion of home advantage. “We have an edge in that we are more familiar with the conditions. We played a tough series against Sri Lanka a few months back and the conditions are favourable, but we’ll have to play good cricket.”
Since returning to the UAE in November 2010 Pakistan have not lost any of their five Tests. They drew 0-0 with South Africa in their first series back in the region before beating Sri Lanka 1-0 in
Re: 1st Test: Pakistan v England, Dubai - Jan 17-21, 2012
I have a good feeling that this team will put up a great fight against England. It would be too much to ask for in case of a win, but I'll be cheering for them none the less.
Re: 1st Test: Pakistan v England, Dubai - Jan 17-21, 2012
Danish (and now Ajmal) act just like Pakistani action movie k ghunday. They used to shout long before punching hero so hero can get alert
aeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee bhishuma (and that bhishuma is normally the punch from hero to badmash who is still doing aeeeee...)
