Amir, 24, and Asif, 33, shared 31 England wickets in the 2010 Test series before they were caught spot-fixing at Lord’s, leading to bans and jail terms.
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Injuries have twice ruled Anderson out of Tests in the past 12 months, and each time Broad and England have responded impressively.
Broad said that his new-ball partner was “pretty certain” of inclusion for the first Investec Test at Lord’s and “disappointed” at being left out. “Trent Bridge went well, Durban went well, l so hopefully it’ll be similar here”.
Six years on from the incident, Amir is set to bowl for Pakistan at Lord’s on Thursday, when day one of the first of four Tests between England and Pakistan gets underway.
Wasim said while he was encouraged by the performance of the pace bowlers but they still needed to work a lot harder.
“It sharpens your mind. the added pressure can either melt you. or get you so excited it pushes you through”.
Last Christmas in Durban, Anderson was again on the sidelines.
In only one department can Pakistan consider themselves better than England, as the two sides converge on Lord’s for the opening Test on Thursday.
Even so, he is steeling himself for repeat circumstances. Their last Test series win in this country came 20 years ago, in 1996, but they arrive this time as the higher ranked side, on the back of a thorough programme of preparation and acclimatisation, and having won their five of their last six Test matches against England. Batsmen are at the other end in the nets, so you feel like you have to get to know the bowlers to help the captain out.
“I told them not to go wrong”. “I would expect Pakistan’s bowlers to pitch the ball up and take it away from him, posting three slips and a gully, while keeping open point, mid-off and extra cover to encourage the drive”.
“He has had a slight elbow niggle to make him rest and make sure he is 100 per cent fit for this series”. But you sit in the dressing room and you hear players say, ‘Hello, what was that all about?’ It has put innocent players under suspicion. Writing in his column for The Telegraph on Monday (July 11), Pietersen opined that players who implicated of wrongdoing do not deserve a second chance in the sport.
For one, the Anderson injury opened up a slot in the England team for a bowler to walk in but more vitally, the selectors chose to bring in a quick bowler ahead of a spinner or even a back-up batsman.
“If it’s cloudy weather, the ball starts to swing more”, Wahab explained.
“I’m just focused on what is going on in the middle”. If you make a mistake it doesn’t mean that you are out of this world and people will keep blaming you for that.
“You can’t have the first ball of the match bouncing once and going through to the wicketkeeper – which has happened at Lord’s a few times”.
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‘After the first Test in Abu Dhabi we worked out what he lacks and where he scores runs, so we made a plan of how to bowl to him, ‘ he said.
