Spin less of a factor at batting stronghold
While England will be wary of the threat from Yasir Shah, they will be eased into the series at the least spin-friendly venue in Asia in recent past

Misbah-ul-Haq has had a dream run in Abu Dhabi, having made four hundreds in consecutive innings here. • AFP
Venue | Tests | 100s | 100s/Test |
Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi | 7 | 21 | 3.00 |
Niaz Stadium, Hyderabad - Sind | 5 | 13 | 2.60 |
Multan Cricket Stadium | 5 | 13 | 2.60 |
Antigua Recreation Ground, St John's Antigua | 22 | 57 | 2.59 |
Bellerive Oval, Hobart | 11 | 28 | 2.54 |
Batsman | Inns | Runs | Ave | 100s/50s |
Ian Bell | 19 | 739 | 46.19 | 4/2 |
Alastair Cook | 20 | 729 | 36.45 | 3/2 |
Stuart Broad | 12 | 355 | 32.27 | 1/1 |
James Anderson | 12 | 73 | 6.64 | 0/0 |
Liam Plunkett | 4 | 37 | 9.25 | 0/0 |
Steve Finn | 6 | 10 | 10.00 | 0/0 |
Bowler | Mats | Wkts | Avg | 5wi/10wm |
James Anderson | 7 | 32 | 17.65 | 2/1 |
Stuart Broad | 7 | 27 | 21.96 | 0/0 |
Steven Finn | 4 | 13 | 22.92 | 0/0 |
Liam Plunkett | 2 | 4 | 61.00 | 0/0 |
Ian Bell | 10 | 1 | 42.00 | 0/0 |
Batsman | Inns | Runs | Ave | 100s/50s |
Younis Khan | 18 | 784 | 43.55 | 2/3 |
Azhar Ali | 13 | 403 | 33.58 | 1/2 |
Mohammad Hafeez | 7 | 285 | 47.50 | 0/2 |
Misbah-ul-Haq | 5 | 180 | 36.00 | 0/2 |
Asad Shafiq | 5 | 167 | 33.40 | 0/1 |
Shoaib Malik | 9 | 163 | 18.11 | 0/0 |
Batsman | Countries played in | Made 100s in |
Rahul Dravid | 10 | 10 |
Colin Cowdrey | 7 | 7 |
Ken Barrington | 7 | 7 |
Hanif Mohammad | 6 | 6 |
Mushtaq Mohammad | 6 | 6 |
Shiva Jayaraman is a senior sub-editor (stats) at ESPNcricinfo.com