Re: Pakistan v/s India 1st Test @ Lahore 13 - 17 jan 06
^ I believe this to be an after effect of the England series. Complacency killed the cat.
English battling lineup, not very accustomed to subcontinental conditions, collapsed again and again and again. They collapsed on bowler friendly warmup match pitches and they collapsed on batsmen friendly pitches.
The average Pakistani joe then thought if England can crumble under Shoaib's wrath then so can India. Unfortunately India is India and not England and their batsmen have spinners and slow bowlers for breakfast. That means the threat from Shoaib's slower balls has been neutralized and our generous pitches helped neutralize the threat from Shoaib's faster balls.
Hoping for an Indian collapse on a batting paradise like the one we saw in Lahore is like waiting for lightning to strike you on a cloudless day.
Sincerely,
Captain Lota