http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Umar-Gul-c94604 ready to take on Sri Lanka – Cricket News Update
Pakistan’s Umar Gul was confident of leading the attack for his side against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/United-Arab-Emirates-c3033 (UAE). Both teams will play three Tests, five One Day Internationals (ODIs) and one Twenty20 in more than a month long tour.
The Men in Green have produced some excellent fast bowlers over the years, but have recently struggled with some controversies.
The team would have had an excellent bowling attack if http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Asif-c1993 were still playing international cricket.
However, the duo was found guilty of spot fixing and got banned for five and seven years respectively.
Apart from them, speedster http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 World Cup 2011.
This left http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 with limited options in the fast bowling department and also put a lot of pressure on Gul’s shoulders to take wickets with consistency.
The right-arm pacer claimed that he had no pressure and will be eying wickets in the series against Sri Lanka. He stated, “I was rested for the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zimbabwe-c3045 tour so I want to take as many wickets as possible and perform to the best of my ability. The wicket
looks supportive for fast bowlers. Conditions are almost the same for both the teams. Sri Lanka has always been a tough team and we always had close and exciting matches with them.”
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is currently hunting a new coach for the team due to the fact that http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Waqar-Younis-Maitla-c96193 stepped down from the job recently.
According to Gul, the absence of Waqar will be a big blow for the entire team, especially the bowlers. He added, “For fast bowlers Waqar was very helpful and we are going to miss him in this series. More so in Tests because if you have a bad session in a
Test you can go to your bowling coach and get the tips, so we will miss Waqar.”
Chief Selector http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohsin-Hasan-Khan-c77595 is currently with the team as an interim coach and will continue doing the job until the board finalises a new coach. It is yet to be decided whether the person hired will be a local or foreigner.
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