Mohsin http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Khan-c71319 vows Pakistan won't play negative cricket - Cricket News Update
The interim coach of Pakistan cricket team, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 players will not play negative cricket as long as he is in command.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758, his side would go into the third test and the final test match of the series with an aim to win the contest.
Pakistan clinched a convincing nine-wicket win the second Test of the series, played in Dubai last week to take a 1-0 lead.
"As long as I am with the boys, we will never play negative cricket and we want to go into the third Test in a positive frame of mind,” said Mohsin while talking to the media reporters on Monday. “We will go for a win in Sharjah and will not go there looking
to sit on our one series lead," he added further.
However, Mohsin said that cricket is an unpredictable game and especially in a Test match anything is possible.
"However Test cricket is very unpredictable and in five days of cricket anything is possible and plans have to sometimes be changed as the match goes on and it's important that the captain and I keep discussing the match progress and the game plan," said
Mohsin, who has been partially released from his role as the chief selector of Pakistan Cricket Board to work with the team as an interim coach. In his absence, former Test cricketer Mohammad Illyas is the acting chief selector.
Pakistan cricket team has so far been quite convincing in the ongoing Test series against Sri Lanka with both bat and the ball - though some lapses in the fielding department were observed on the last two days of the first Test of the series.
The bowling of Pakistan seems to be in a fine tune as the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Umar-Gul-c94604 and Saeed Ajmal-led attack bundled the Lankans out for below par scores of 197, 239 and 257 in three of their total four innings played so far.
The third Test of the series will be played in Sharjah from November 3. This would be the first Test played at the Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium since October 2002.
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