The third Test of England’s voyage through the UAE in October and November, 2015, will be held at the notorious Sharjah Cricket Stadium, renowned for its One-Day Internationals (OD1Is) in the 1980s and 1990s. Under him Pakistan lost five one-day series in a row before winning in Sri Lanka this year and beating Zimbabwe twice – home and away.
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Broad tasted success after lunch when he had Malik caught behind by Jonny Bairstow for 38 and the lanky paceman sent down five maiden overs on the trot to stifle the batsmen.
Skipper Misbah-ul-Haq was batting on 26 at the break, with Sarfraz Ahmed on 19 at the other end.
“Any time you get 10 wickets in a day in Test cricket you are delighted”, Broad said. Misbahul Haq has definitely rattled the cage with his announcement of contemplating retirement as the Test series against England draws to a close.
Pakistan’s bowling coach Mushtaq Ahmad, the man who has spent enough time once in the rival dressing room, will scheme England’s downfall from the pavilion on the second day of the Third Test with his team having been bowled out for a modest 234 in the first innings. It was a magnificent effort as the pair wrapped up Pakistan’s first innings with the combined figures of 28.1-15-30-6.
Fellow spinner Moeen Ali also took two, but England’s delight at knocking over their opponents was tempered by the loss of Stokes.
Patel might have been expecting to carry the drinks but, after being preferred to Liam Plunkett, he was called on to bowl inside the first hour and shouldered the heaviest workload.
Azhar Ali replaced opening batsman Shan Masood while Pakistan brought in fast bowler Rahat Ali for Imran Khan, who injured his hand in practice last Friday.
Anderson was not shabby either, the early evidence here strongly suggesting a lower-scoring encounter than the previous two – perhaps with a swifter finish too.
The pitch was turning at a fair rate considering it was the morning of day one, and it might have given early hope to Pakistan’s Yasir Shah, when Hafeez pulled Moeen Ali to square leg and was caught for 27. “Maybe there is a difference in pitches but you have to give credit to England, the way they are applying themselves, getting runs”. Still, Pakistan have had no shortage of success against England’s slow bowlers in the series and Younis swept, cut and drove as often as he hopped, fenced and prodded. You have nearly got around 240 runs on the board and you must to try to protect those runs and try to get them out within that score.
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“He is young and can bowl and bat a bit”.
