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| November 26, 2005 | Saturday | Shawwal 22, 1426 |
Woolmer warns of backlash
LAHORE, Nov 25: Pakistan’s coach Bob Woolmer has cautioned his players to be wary of an England backlash in the third and final Test in Lahore next week.
Woolmer said England’s players were becoming increasingly acclimatized to the conditions in Pakistan.
“They have some dangerous players. But in a sense they were undercooked when they came to Pakistan and they got seaming wickets in the tour matches.”
“But with two Tests gone now I think they will have acclimatized and they will be harder to beat,” he added.
“We can’t sit on our 1-0 lead and we have to play really good cricket to put them under pressure,” Woolmer said.
Pakistan’s last home series win was against South Africa in Oct 2003, while the last time they won any Test series was in December the same year in New Zealand.
Woolmer said Pakistan would have to go into the match with a slightly different approach after the loss of all rounder Shahid Afridi to a ban for scuffing the pitch in Faisalabad with his boots.—Reuters
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