http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JM-Anderson-c1705 upbeat about England’s chances in the third Test – Cricket News Update
The English pace spearhead, James Anderson, is confident that his side will not fall prey to the Pakistani onslaught for the third time in the series.
The right-arm bowler is upbeat about the English team’s chances in the third and final Test of the series to be played at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium from Friday, February 3, 2012.
The Poms started the series as clear favourites, but have been humbled by Pakistan in the first two Tests and will now play to restore some pride. The English team’s number one position in the International Cricket Council test rankings is under jeopardy
and they need to win the final Test in order to retain it, or else risk losing it to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 in their upcoming Test series.
Anderson spoke ahead of the third Test match, saying, “The mood is still pretty good considering the position we're in. We're an open and honest group and the guys have been open and honest these last couple of days. We're just really concentrating on how
we're going to win this game starting on Friday.”
The English team has been playing magnificent cricket over the last couple of years with their batsmen racking up the runs. However, the Men in Green have found a c***k in their batting armour, which is their inability to play quality spin on turning tracks.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Abdur-Rehman-c41691 and Muhammad Hafez. The trio have 34 wickets between them in the two matches. The three spinners also have an astonishing average of 13.35, 14.80 and 15.08 from the two games so far.
Anderson is confident that practice will make them better, and they have been working hard on their game for the third and final Test at Dubai.
The speedster said, “There has been a lot of talk about that; we've practised hard the last couple of days and we're just really looking forward to getting on with things on Friday now. I don't think there are more meetings than we normally have. We debrief
every game and the debrief was probably a bit longer than normal this time.”
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