New Zealand are looking to their own recent past for inspiration to bounce back from their heavy defeat in the first Test and challenge for the series against Pakistan. On the eve of the second Test in Dubai, their captain Brendon McCullum said the team was seeking to draw hope from their recent tour of the West Indies, where they lost the second Test but came back in the third to seal a 2-1 series win. On the other hand, Misbah is on a mission. He is already Pakistans most successful captain, and now he wants to win his 4 consecutive test match. Pakistan have won their last three Test matches - two against Australia and the first Test against New Zealand in Abu Dhabi - by massive margins, and each time they won the toss and batted. Pakistan will be without the injured Ahmed Shehzad, whose first-innings century was a big factor in their winning the Abu Dhabi Test. Shehzad, his innings the other day against us probably sucked the life out of us a little bit, the way that he batted for such a long period of time, McCullum said. So for him not to be present in this game, we are going to have to make sure we are well researched on the guys that come in and ensure we have got game plans to suit. Im sure whoever comes in is going to be a very good player. This picture will serve as a match thread for your comments about the proceedings and team line ups and possible out come for the match.
Posted on: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 04:23:32 +0000
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