Pakistan ready to face England, Umar Gul - Cricket News Update
Spearhead Pakistani pace bowler, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Umar-Gul-c94604, on Thursday said that his side was all set to face the England challenge hoping that their experience of playing in UAE conditions would help them through the three-match Test series starting in Dubai next week.
The 27-year-old fast bowler, who led Pakistan attack in all the successful Test series last season, accepted that England is a tough opposition and a big challenge for his team. However he said that he and his teammates will be at their best once the series
gets underway on Tuesday, January 17.
"No doubt England is a very good team and they are number one in Tests," said Gul speaking to the media on Thursday eve. "We are also playing good cricket and are ready for any challenge they pose," he added further.
Pakistan has not lost a Test since their disastrous tour of England in 2010, marred by spot-fixing saga. Since the infamous tour of England Pakistan has played eight Tests under http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Misbah-ul-Haq-c1972 and have won five, while the other three were drawn. The right-arm
medium pacer said that the triumphant 2011 Test record has lifted the team and hoped to continue the unbeaten streak in the Test cricket.
"There is no substitute to doing well and because we have done well in the last one year our morale is very high and the conditions will also help us as we are playing here for three years now," said the paceman of the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/United-Arab-Emirates-c3033 conditions.
The neutral venues of United Arab Emirates have always been a strong ally of Pakistan cricket team. Recently they have had a successful series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 at the same venues. Misbah’s men crushed the Lankans in all the three formats of the game before
heading to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747 where they clean swept the Bengali Tigers in Test, ODI and T20 series.
The upcoming Pakistan-http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755, but had to shift to the UAE due to security concerns. During the month and a half-long tour, Pakistan will play England in three Tests, four ODIs and three T20 Internationals.
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