Ijaz Butt lauds Pakistan for Test win

LAHORE: Former chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Ijaz Butt has hailed the performance of the Pakistan team, especially of its captain Misbah-ul-Haq and bowlers Saeed Ajmal and Umar Gul in the first Test which England lost by ten wickets. “The entire team worked very hard to achieve this convincing victory, but the way Misbah led the boys is the main factor behind this big achievement and similarly the individual performances of Saeed Ajmal and Umar Gul deserve high praise,” Ijaz told FTNews. “The PCB faced heavy criticism when we appointed Misbah as captain but now that he has proved himself by leading Pakistan superbly, we stand vindicated with our choice,” he said. He said the team was also doing remarkably...

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Flower confident of swift comeback

DUBAI: Coach Andy Flower expressed his confidence in England staging a swift comeback against Pakistan after losing the opening Test by 10 wickets inside three days. Top-ranked England crumbled to 160 all out in their second-innings to go down in the three-match series. ‘We were outplayed’ It was the team’s first Test as world number one, a position they attained in August last year following a 4-0 rout of India. “Pakistan certainly outplayed us by a long margin in this Test,” said Flower. “We underperformed. However, we can come back from this. Is it a real test? Yes it will be. Beating Australia in Australia was [also] a big test. “This team has done great things in the recent past, but we have to move on from the past and...

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