England’s assistant coach Paul Farbrace warned his team that Pakistan will be a far difficult team to beat than Australia, whom theyt had recently beaten in the Ashes.
Pakistan are unbeaten in a Test series since their home was shifted to the UAE due to uncertain security condition back in the country.
“We’re coming here knowing it’s going to be a very, very tough series,” said Farbrace, quoted by England Cricket Board’s official website.
“I said at the end of the Australian series I expected this to be a tougher series for us to play in.”
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The 48-year-old is optimistic that the new-face England side can upset the hosts in what will be a historic series win against Pakistan in the UAE.
“We’ve got senior players who’ve been here and experienced it, and I think there was a feeling that – although they lost the last Test series here 3-0 – it was one they could quite easily have won,” he said.
“They didn’t, that’s history, it’s gone now.
“But I think we’ve got a great chance with this group to play some really good cricket, and we’re looking to be as positive as we possibly can be.”
Meanwhile, Farbrace also said that England need to work on their catching after they dropped Iftikhar Ahmed twice on his way to unbeaten 92.
“We knew it was going to be tough, very different obviously from conditions we’ve just played in the Ashes,” Farbrace added.
Source: Tribune.com
