Pakistan supplanted arch-rivals India to become the world’s number one Test side on Monday, after India’s final Test against the West Indies ended in a rain-hit draw at Port of Spain.
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PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC- An investigation is to be launched into the reasons for the poor condition of the outfield at the Queen’s Park Oval which led to play in the fourth Test between West Indies and India being abandoned after only 22 overs.
Cape Town – Former Pakistan batsman, Yasir Hameed, has called on the Pakistan team to play as a cohesive unit while expressing the belief that the senior players will have to have an impact for Pakistan to do well.
Misbah-ul-Haq has been rightly hailed for his leadership in Tests but even he had his struggles with Pakistan’s 50-over cricket and since handing over to Azhar after the last World Cup results in ODIs have continued to be indifferent. “We batted well in Jamaica, but went and did the same thing in the third Test we did in the first Test so for that, I think it’s disappointing we weren’t consistent enough”.
The shambolic finale will be of major concern to the WICB, given that the agreement of the Indians to play four Tests in the Caribbean was seen as a major diplomatic triumph after the abandonment of a tour of India by the West Indies in October 2014. Let’s take a look at top 10 teams of ranking.
Then, obviously, there was Mark Wood – a team-mate of mine in this one-day series and it’s great for us to have him back, fully fit and bowling really quick.
“A little bit like we saw in the UAE, they have their good days and suddenly the wheels come off from nowhere”.
They have beaten Pakistan in their last three ODI series, in 2010, 2012 and 2015 respectively, and Hussain expects England to keep the winning feeling going over the next five matches. “If we do that and bring our plans in, we can definitely challenge England”.
From a personal point of view, I just want to carry on playing for England.
The Test team rankings are updated at the end of each series.
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Indian cricketers are very excited to be playing in front of their fans in the U.S. for the first time ever. “We have a situation where these teams are able to manipulate the home pitches and therefore affect rankings as well which is a farce”, Miandad added.
