Misbah-ul-Haq claims winning has given confidence to Pakistan – Cricket News Update
Pakistan’s skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Misbah-ul-Haq-c1972 has claimed that the winning momentum over the past year has helped the team gain immense confidence.
The Men in Green trounced http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747 by an innings and 184 runs in the opening Test of the series in Chittagong on Monday, December 12, 2011. They have now gained an unassailable led of 1-0 with one more game to go in Dhaka.
Under the leadership of Misbah, the Green Shirts are yet to be defeated in a single series. He was initially named captain of the side in the longest version of the game in 2010, but took over from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shahid-Afridi-c2482 this year.
The 37-year-old won his first Test series as captain in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 by 1-1.
He continued his undefeated run by winning back to back bilateral competitions against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758. His side is likely to continue the momentum in the ongoing series as well, as the opposition does not seem to be in a position to win any Test.
After winning the first Test against the Bengali Tigers, Misbah said, “The confidence the team has got from the wins, over the past year and a half is helping us. Our batsmen are experienced now.”
The veteran went onto praise his bowlers, especially http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Abdur-Rehman-c41691 who dismissed seven Bengali batsmen in the match.
Misbah said, “Rehman is our main spinner and he is performing well since the day he came into the side. We are not relying only on Rehman or Ajmal, Gul is bowling well, so is Cheema, Hafeez too. Everybody is friends in the dressing room, there are no seniors
or juniors, we are enjoying ourselves.”
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755’s bowling has been doing a fabulous job over the past one and a half year. The spinners in particular have been impressive in all three formats of the game. Other than that, a couple of young pacers have also been doing well consistently.
However, batting was still a touch inconsistent like it has been for so many years. The team will need an improvement in this department in order to overcome stronger sides like http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013, who will be facing Pakistan in a complete series starting from January,
2012.
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