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The future's bright for Pakistan

ESPNcricinfo presents the Plays of the Day from the third day of the second Test between Pakistan and England in Abu Dhabi

27-Jan-2012•George Dobell in Abu Dhabi

England pair defy Pakistan before cracks reappear

While Alastair Cook and Jonathan Trott were together, England's batting problems seemed to have receded - but then Pakistan invoked their first-Test demons once again

26-Jan-2012•George Dobell in Abu Dhabi

Day of mixed reviews

ESPNcricinfo presents the Plays of the Day from the second day of the second Test between Pakistan and England in Abu Dhabi

26-Jan-2012•George Dobell in Abu Dhabi

Misbah and Broad prove repeats worth watching

Before the series there was talk of doosras and teesras and reverse-swing, but in Abu Dhabi Misbah-ul-Haq and Stuart Broad showed the virtue of keeping things simple and repeating rather than experimenting

25-Jan-2012•George Dobell in Abu Dhabi

Panesar the surprise package

ESPNcricinfo presents the Plays of the Day from the first day of the second Test between Pakistan and England in Abu Dhabi

25-Jan-2012•George Dobell in Abu Dhabi

Questions to answer for England

England insist they have suffered one bad result but need to find a response in the second Test to silence the critics who think there's plenty to answer for the world's No. 1 Test team

24-Jan-2012•George Dobell in Dubai

Mastering Ajmal - a guide

Saeed Ajmal played for Worcestershire in the 2011 season and several players managed to score runs against him. ESPNcricinfo gets the thoughts of two of them of how to play the Pakistan spinner.

24-Jan-2012•Alex Winter

Akmal the answer for Pakistan

After long periods of change behind the stumps, Adnan Akmal's solid work could provide Pakistan with a settled wicketkeeper

23-Jan-2012•George Dobell in Dubai

Defeat could herald new era for England

England's coach Andy Flower has backed his team's ability to bounce back from severe setbacks to help them recover in the UAE

20-Jan-2012•George Dobell in Dubai

Misbah hails 'confidence-building win'

Misbah-ul-Haq did not,after his side's crushing defeat of England, sound like a man about to get carried away with his success, and with good reason

19-Jan-2012•David Hopps

Ajmal's ten, and Misbah's impressive start to captaincy

Stats highlights from day three of the first Test in Dubai where Pakistan completed a 10-wicket victory

19-Jan-2012•Madhusudhan Ramakrishnan

England have no answer to spin, again

England showed, for all the bluster about their improvement against spin, that it remains their Achilles heel

19-Jan-2012•George Dobell in Dubai

Gul full of joy at gormless Pietersen

ESPNcricinfo presents the Plays of the Day from the third day of the first Test between Pakistan and England in Dubai

19-Jan-2012•George Dobell in Dubai

England's perseverance overcomes conditions

With little pace, little turn, little bounce and little chance of any reverse-swing, England's bowlers had to dry up runs to take wickets, and their patience went some way in making up for the first day's batting failure

18-Jan-2012•George Dobell

Trott has bowlers scratching their heads

ESPNcricinfo presents the Plays of the Day from the second day of the first Test between Pakistan and England in Dubai

18-Jan-2012•George Dobell in Dubai

England spooked by spin and pre-match talk

On a pitch that, initially at least, offered little assistance to bowlers of any type, England's top order folded as meekly as a shy kitten in a room full of alligators

17-Jan-2012•George Dobell in Dubai

A DRS boo-boo and Dubai hits a flat note

ESPNcricinfo presents the Plays of the Day from the first day of the first Test between Pakistan and England, in Dubai

17-Jan-2012•George Dobell in Dubai

First test for England's No. 1 status

For all England's success in recent years, they are yet to find consistent form in Asia. They meet Pakistan, who are rebuilding after the spot-fixing scandal and Misbah-ul-Haq could be the ideal man to guide them

16-Jan-2012•George Dobell in Dubai

'I need to tone down my desperation' - Umar Akmal

After having lost his place in the Pakistan Test side, Umar Akmal has realised that he needs to control his urge to go hard at the ball. That is not going to stop him from playing his strokes though

26-Dec-2011•Umar Farooq

Two bounces, zero runs

Plays of the Day for the fourth day of the second Test between Bangladesh and Pakistan

20-Dec-2011•Siddarth Ravindran

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