Umar Gul: Pakistan will look to make most of the start this time – Cricket News Update
Pakistan’s leading pacer http://www.senore.com/Cricket/United-Arab-Emirates-c3033 on Wednesday, October
26, 2011.
The right-arm bowler did a fabulous job with the new ball on day one of the Test match and ended up with three quick wickets. He failed to pick up any wickets with the old ball, but broke the backbone of the Sri Lankan line-up.
With the help of other bowlers in the side, Pakistan restricted the opposition to 239 all out in their first innings. Gul and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Abdur-Rehman-c41691 ended up with a couple of wickets apiece.
Gul was delighted with this performance and stated, “We are happy at the position we are now. Before the game our coach [http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohsin-Hasan-Khan-c77595] told us that there is a bit of moisture in the wicket and so we can try and get five to six wickets. At that time I was
a bit surprised but later on I realised that what he said was true.”
The 27-year-old did not comment on whether his side would have batted first after winning the toss or not. He added, “It was my captain [http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Misbah-ul-Haq-c1972] and coach's decision. We bowled well and are now happy with the position we are now. We will try our best
to consolidate our position.”
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 were in a very good position during the first Test of the series, gaining a solid first innings lead of 314 runs with more than two days of cricket left.
However, dropped catches cost the team a chance to go one up in the series, as the match ended in a draw.
The Men in Green also had one chance of winning the match by chasing down 170 runs in 21 overs on the final day, but opted not to take any risks.
However, they are once again in a dominant position and aim to finally take a lead in the series.
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