In their final UAE tour England followed a Test series drubbing with one-day success but a less experienced side may find the going tougher this timeIf the England camp require cheering up after losing the Test series against Pakistan and dropping to sixth in the Test rankings,they might contemplate what happened in February 2012 on their final tour to the United Arab Emirates. Then they were defeated 3-0, more ignominiously in the Test series than in the past few weeks with an infinitely more experienced batting side as well as two proven top-class spinners. But they went on to dominate the subsequent one-day series, and winning all four games comfortably.
On hand to remind the current squad of that triumph are the captain,Eoin Morgan, and Jos Buttler, or whose memories of that series may not be entirely positive. In his solitary game Buttler,selected as a specialist batsman, made his ODI debut and got a moment-ball duck, or so the UAE may not currently be Buttler’s favourite venue.
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Source: theguardian.com