Shah looks good and is raring to go and that’s a good sign for us, said Misbah
Yasir Shah
Dubai: Pakistan will be looking to fit-again leg-spinner Yasir Shah to lift their bowling in the second Test against England starting in Dubai from Thursday.
Shah, regarded as a wicket-taking bowler who anchored Pakistan’s wins over Australia and Sri Lanka in the last 12 months, missed the drawn first Test in Abu Dhabi with a back spasm. But he is back to full fitness and was able to bowl without any pain in the nets, something which Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq sees as a big positive.
“Shah looks good and is raring to go and that’s a good sign for us,” said Misbah. “We missed him a lot in the first Test and his return will give us that boost in the spin bowling.”
Pakistan narrowly escaped defeat after an extraordinary collapse saw them slump to 173 all out on the last day to spice up a Test which was heading for a draw until the fifth morning.
England were denied the win as, chasing 99 in a possible 19 overs, they fell 25 runs short when bad light forced the umpires to call off the match. Misbah said Pakistan need to improve. “We really need to pull up our socks and the kind of fight England put we need to match them,” he said. Pakistan will be without key batsman Azhar Ali who returned home following the death of his mother-in-law.
( Source : AFP )
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