{"id":994,"date":"2015-10-08T09:16:24","date_gmt":"2015-10-08T09:16:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.southasiantimes.com.au\/?p=994"},"modified":"2015-10-17T09:25:17","modified_gmt":"2015-10-17T09:25:17","slug":"pakistan-tougher-opposition-than-australia-england-assistant-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.southasiantimes.com.au\/?p=994","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan tougher opposition than Australia: England assistant coach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/southasiantimes.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/pak-tough.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-995\" src=\"http:\/\/southasiantimes.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/pak-tough-207x300.jpg\" alt=\"pak tough\" width=\"207\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/southasiantimes.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/pak-tough-207x300.jpg 207w, http:\/\/southasiantimes.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/pak-tough.jpg 468w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 207px) 100vw, 207px\" \/><\/a>England\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan are unbeaten in a Test series since their home was shifted to the UAE due to uncertain security condition back in the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re coming here knowing it\u2019s going to be a very, very tough series,\u201d said Farbrace, quoted by England Cricket Board\u2019s official website.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI said at the end of the Australian series I expected this to be a tougher series for us to play in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read:\u00a0Pakistan favourites against England in UAE, says Alec Stewart<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve got senior players who\u2019ve been here and experienced it, and I think there was a feeling that \u2013 although they lost the last Test series here 3-0 \u2013 it was one they could quite easily have won,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey didn\u2019t, that\u2019s history, it\u2019s gone now.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I think we\u2019ve got a great chance with this group to play some really good cricket, and we\u2019re looking to be as positive as we possibly can be.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Farbrace also said that England need to work on their catching after they dropped Iftikhar Ahmed twice on his way to unbeaten 92.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe knew it was going to be tough, very different obviously from conditions we\u2019ve just played in the Ashes,\u201d Farbrace added.<\/p>\n<p>Source: Tribune.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>England\u2019s assistant coach Paul Farbrace warned his team that Pakistan will be a far 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