Re: Thank you PAK for preparing FAST & BOUNCY Wicket
Fayz and fkhan are right. If we bowled England under 300 twice, how come they couldn't stop us making 600+ runs. And this is 2005/06 we are talking about where we have neutral umpires and millions of eyes on every decision (and khatak dance too). So no excuse.
Now coming back to your real intention of this thread. Looks like PCB or Akram and some other ex-players did talk in media about suggesting or hinting of hard pitches, but at the end who knows what the real game plan been. With Akhtar in eat-alive form and Rana and Sami bending their back to their knees, we are capable produce leathal pace and variation from even mud. Atleast on the books thats what it said after English tour. So I don't see any reason why a home team will lose their advantage/previlige to make suitable tracks. And yes, bouncy wickets would have been more dangerous for our batsmen, however our bowlers could have raised hell on your batsmen as well.
Enjoy the game and Pak in better (better than 2004) form. It will be a close contest, believe me.