Pakistan's spinners "outclassed" England's batsmen for a comprehensively deserved 3-0 Test series whitewash. Captain Misbah-ul-Haq knows that after 71-run success at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium completed the rout on the back of yet more wickets for Saeed Ajmal and Abdur Rehman. They and Misbah had all the answers to make contempt of England's world No 1 status, yet the captain had to admit afterwards he did not have the words to describe accurately how much Pakistan's first whitewash of these opponents’ means to them and their country.
"I can't really describe how important this series was for us," he said, as he reflected on a fully dominant performance throughout. Pakistan, of course, must play their 'home' series hundreds of miles away from their native country because of ongoing political turmoil there. They also began this first Test series against England since the spot-fixing scandal of 2010 still needing to distance themselves from the sins of those who represented Pakistan so dishonorably in the recent past.
"To win 3-0 is really a wonderful achievement for this team, especially with what was expected before the start against the top team in the world," Misbah added."We were expecting England might have problems, because of the slowness of the wickets here."I think our bowlers, our spinners, was really outstanding and they just outclassed their batting line-up."Ajmal and Rehman inflicted a series of batting collapses on England over the past three weeks. But in the final Test, Pakistan had to overcome a shambolic first innings of their own - which realized only 99.
"I can't really describe how important this series was for us," he said, as he reflected on a fully dominant performance throughout. Pakistan, of course, must play their 'home' series hundreds of miles away from their native country because of ongoing political turmoil there. They also began this first Test series against England since the spot-fixing scandal of 2010 still needing to distance themselves from the sins of those who represented Pakistan so dishonorably in the recent past.
"To win 3-0 is really a wonderful achievement for this team, especially with what was expected before the start against the top team in the world," Misbah added."We were expecting England might have problems, because of the slowness of the wickets here."I think our bowlers, our spinners, was really outstanding and they just outclassed their batting line-up."Ajmal and Rehman inflicted a series of batting collapses on England over the past three weeks. But in the final Test, Pakistan had to overcome a shambolic first innings of their own - which realized only 99.
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