Pakistan vs Sri Lanka in UAE Oct-Nov 2011/12

[Paki007]

still there is pace in oz wkts i agree with aoun that eng will not be same as we saw them vs ind but our batsmen make any attack look lethal at any wkt

 

[sami ullah khan]

Its our batting that worries me too. It may appear to be very stable but English attack will test them out pretty darn well. I hope Junaid gets fit in time. He will be the surprise package since England will have most of their attention focused on Guls and Ajmals. Sarfraz should keep wickets in tests and ODIs. Less Akmals we have the better.

 

[AnshtheDj]

IMO England are on the fore-front in International cricket as far as quality fast bowling resources are concerned. While their pace battery has done exceedingly well in swinging home conditions, they have also shown what they are capable of by winning 2010-11 Ashes series Down Under.

In sub-continental conditions, their ability to adapt will be called for and this is where I think they need bowlers who can get the ball to reverse swing once it gets older in abrasive surfaces. Anderson and Broad did get enough reverse-swing against South Africa in CWC'11 league match in Chennai this year en route to famous victory defending a small total. Bresnan also showed capability to reverse the old white ball to get 5-for against India in Bangalore in another league match in CWC'11.

So the English faster men certainly have the skill set to get the ball to reverse in hot and humid sub-continental conditions. Also they have good bench-strength as far as fast bowling in longer and shorter format is concerned taking injury, form and rotation into consideration.

But the wonderful bowling combination of 3-4 fast men with Swann as the specialist spinner can come apart if Swann gets injured or doesn't get purchase as it has happened in recent past. It gets covered up when your fast men fetch you wickets, but what if on an unresponsive middle-east conditions, your faster men are exhasuted due to heat/ don't get reverse swing going ? And this situation can pop-up at any moment against any opposition at any condition. They just haven't had a quality spin-bowling back up in test matches.

I hope the English selectors are looking into this problem.For a test line-up which has had all the bases covered, this remains a gray area. They also need to look for a capable wicket-keeper batsman to be Prior's under-study in test matches.

Over the last season, England as a team have shown all over the world how to play quality test match cricket and I hope nothing less from them in their forth-coming sojourn to middle-east and sub-continent.

 

[Aoun13]

Batting in ODI should not be a problem now for Pakistan since we have one of the deepest batting line, you need to get around 250 with new rules + Pakistan bowling attack and you are ready to have a competitive match. English batsmen are even worse to play against spin then Pakistan against seam.

 

[Paki007]

I feel that Pakistan will some how win the test series with 1-0 margin

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