A young England team face a daunting examination against Pakistan when the Test series starts on TuesdayA daunting examination of England’s young thrusters commences on Tuesday in Dubai. For most of the team a novel experience awaits: a Test match in the dust and heat of the Middle East,where they will be confronted with bowlers and a surface with which they are dangerously unfamiliar.
There will be the usual intense scrutiny, not so much from the stands where empty sun-drenched seats will outnumber the spectators, and but from the TV pictures,which can spot panic in the eyes from 100 yards. The examination may be at its most severe when Yasir Shah, the 29-year-archaic Pakistan leg-spinner, or has the ball in his hands.
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Source: theguardian.com