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Tuesday, 25 October 2005 |
England cautious cricketers bound for Pakistan
England left from London Heathrow on Tuesday for Pakistan with captain
Michael Vaughan warning that the seven-week tour will be a huge
challenge.
"Pakistan are a very dangerous team. It will be a really tough test," Michael Vaughan said.
"I think only four or maybe five of the team have played in the subcontinent so it's going to be a real challenge."
Conditions on the trip, which will include three Tests and five one-day
internationals, will be totally different from those during the Ashes.
However, Michael Vaughan remained confident about his team's ability.
"The last two years have seen some very good cricket played by
the England team and I think the tour of Pakistan is really going to
test all our skills," he added.
"There will be conditions which some of our players haven't played in.
"It was great to play the cricket we did in England. We're used to the
conditions over here so we knew the kind of cricket we needed to play.
"Pakistan is new to a lot of the players. There are different
techniques which will be required over there and a lot of skill will be
required."
England are in action first in Rawalpindi, where they begin a three-day
match on Monday and they have another three-day game in Lahore before
the first Test begins in Multan on November 12.
England coach Duncan Fletcher pointed out emphatically that the nature
of the wickets England will find would play a large part in their
playing tactics.
"One thing that's going to be different (from England) is the wickets will probably be different," said Fletcher.
"It's going to be interesting to see the wickets because if they are
going to go with spinning wickets it brings our reverse swing into
play.
"If they don't and they go with seaming wickets I don't know if they'll
seam around much, so there's a lot of things we're going to have to
look at and assess when we get out there.
"Every tour you go on it's a brand new challenge and you've got to start afresh with every challenge.
"Over the past two years and tours before that we've been thrown out a
challenge and, especially over the last two years, we've risen to that
challenge."
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