http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Umar-Gul-c94604 praises the performance of the Pakistani spinners – Cricket News Update
Pakistani fast bowler, Umar Gul, has praised the performances of the Pakistani spinners on the second day of the on-going Abu Dhabi Test, and feels that his team must restrict England to a low score in order to entertain any thoughts of taking an unassailable
2-0 lead in the series.
The Green Shirts defeated http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AJ-Strauss-c964 and company in the first Test of the three-match series at Dubai and considering the performance of the Pakistani spinners, the cricket analyst are rating Pakistan as the favourite team to clinch the series.
Pakistan got the early wicket of the English captain in their first innings but Trott along with Cook steadied the ship for the tourist. However, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Abdur-Rehman-c41691 came back strongly in the last session by taking four wickets.
The spearhead of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 does not take a big lead in the third day of the match.
Gul said, "We had a good comeback, especially the two spinners did well for that. We had a plan but it didn't work out in the morning, but did in the afternoon. This match is open now and we have good chances to keep them down. Even if they take the lead,
we want it to be minimal."
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AN-Cook-c1026 did a good job for England on day two as both of them scored valiant half-centuries. The later was unlucky as he fell six runs short of a hundred.
Cook was disappointed that he could not convert his innings into three figures but praised the bowling performance of the Pakistan team, especially in the last session of the match.
"It's always frustrating when you've worked so hard to get to a milestone and to fall short of it but it beats last week, when I got three and five. It does go up and down and credit to Pakistan, who bowled well in that last half hour," said Cook.
The pitch in Abu Dhabi is helping the spin bowlers and the match is nicely balanced. It can go either way – a win for either Pakistan or England.
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