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Younis braced for England resistance

Younis Khan, Pakistan's fourth-day centurion, believes his side will have to fight hard to secure victory in the second Test in Dubai, despite sweeping England aside with little resistance in the first innings

25-Oct-2015•Umar Farooq in Dubai

Moeen's mow reopens opener's debate

There are no two ways about it, the shot that Moeen Ali played at the beginning of the second innings - as England set out on the task of batting 144 overs to save a Test - was horrid

25-Oct-2015•Andrew McGlashan in Dubai

Younis enters top ten, Root passes Fletcher

Stats highlights from the fourth day's play in Dubai, where Younis Khan hit yet another Test hundred

25-Oct-2015•Shiva Jayaraman

Root digs in after Younis hundred

25-Oct-2015•ESPNcricinfo staff

Pakistan's prolific pair, and Anderson's bunny

Stats highlights from a Pakistan-dominated third day in Dubai

24-Oct-2015•S Rajesh

England's rookies fail their test of mettle

This was a defining day. There was no Alastair Cook to marshal the batting. England's youthful middle order had the chance to seize a Test match that was perfectly balanced. Within a session it had gone horribly wrong

24-Oct-2015•Andrew McGlashan in Dubai

Wahab brings the fire, Misbah and Younis the ice

24-Oct-2015•ESPNcricinfo staff

Mushtaq bemoans Pakistan's sorry tail

No batting line-up has amassed more runs at a better average than Pakistan's in the past 18 months, but no other team has fielded a weaker tail

23-Oct-2015•Umar Farooq in Dubai

Resolute Root lives up to his billing

At the end of another day in which England went toe-to-toe with Pakistan, Joe Root was shaping as the pivotal batsman in this match

23-Oct-2015•Andrew McGlashan in Dubai

Cook closes in on Dravid

Stats highlights from the second day of the Dubai Test

23-Oct-2015•S Rajesh

Root builds on England fightback

23-Oct-2015•ESPNcricinfo staff

Masood reasserts opening claim

His spot looked vulnerable after twin Abu Dhabi failures but Shan Masood produced a confident response to the doubters in Dubai

22-Oct-2015•Umar Farooq in Dubai

Misbah draws level with Inzamam

Stats highlights from the first day of the second Test between Pakistan and England in Dubai

22-Oct-2015•Shiva Jayaraman

Misbah hits back after England breakthroughs

22-Oct-2015•ESPNcricinfo staff

England's back-up attack plan

Without Steven Finn, England's seam-bowling plans for the UAE may need a rethink. Liam Plunkett and Chris Jordan are the men awaiting an opportunity

21-Oct-2015•Andrew McGlashan in Dubai

Batting in all positions, and Shafiq's No. 6 heroics

Plus: a double-centurion dismissing another in the same Test, stumped in both innings, and the highest ODI scores in a losing cause

20-Oct-2015•Steven Lynch

Rashid breaches the fortress door

Expectations were low for England coming into the first Test, but in a dramatic conclusion they only had victory snatched away by fading light after a legspinner sparked chaos

17-Oct-2015•Andrew McGlashan in Abu Dhabi

Pakistan reduced to panic

Even a kid knows you want a turning pitch against England, Pakistan's captain Misbah-ul-Haq observed, Instead, the pitch only turned on the final day and it was Pakistan who were reduced to panic

17-Oct-2015•Umar Farooq

Nearly there

Tests where England got closer to victory than they did in Abu Dhabi, but failed to win

17-Oct-2015•ESPNcricinfo staff

Inside the art, science and mind of batting

Simon Hughes examines batsmanship through his own experiences and those of the greats of the game

17-Oct-2015•Alan Gardner

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