Pakistan has got world class players and they are really dangerous, Ian Bell – Cricket News Update
England's key middle-order batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/United-Arab-Emirates-c3033 this winter.
Speaking to the media in Dubai on Wednesday, the 29-year-old Warwickshire batsman said that they have watched the game of Misbah-ul-Haq’s Men in Green lately and they seem to be in fine form.
"We watched quite a bit of Pakistan recently and they have been playing some really good cricket and so this is a massive challenge for us, something which we are all looking forward to," said Bell while speaking to media reporters ahead of the three-day
warm-up match against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 Combined XI, commencing in Dubai on Saturday, January , 2012.
Pakistan has not lost a Test or One Day series since their infamous tour of England in 2010 summer, which was marred by a spot-fixing scandal involving three Pakistan cricketers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Asif-c1993. Also this would be the first ever
encounter between the two sides since then.
England on the other hand has faced a 5-0 ODI crushing at the hands of India in India last October. However, they have not played a Test since clinching the world number one Test spot from England.
"Any time you play http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 we know that they have got world class players and they are really dangerous," said the 29-year-old right-handed batsman who averages 49.28 in 69 Tests.
The http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Warwickshire-c862 cricketer reckoned England’s batting has improved a lot since beating Ashes rivals Australia down under in 2005 and 2009 editions of the much celebrated cricketing rivalry.
Citing http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013’s successful series over the past 12 months, Bell said that they just want to keep the winning attitude going.
"Our batting is a lot better than in the past. After beating http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 and now we have a reached a stage of not looking too far ahead of us and just break it down."
The first Test of the three-match series between England and Pakistan starts in Dubai on January 17.
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