Pakistan, who have shown an empathic performance beating the world No.1 test team, England by 72-run victory has already won the three match test series taking a lead of 2-0.

The former Skipper while speaking with the sources has said that, Pakistan is back to winning track and feels his compatriots have avenged the 2010 series stating that, after being slammed by the English Media in 2012 Series with 2-1 are back to winning ways and added that, Pakistan has got the talent and talent and the ability and now they have answered the British media who were overtly critical of them.

The legendry has questioned England’s status as the No.1 team in the world, saying a side cannot claim to be numerous, if they cannot perform consistently at home and abroad.

The third and final test between Pakistan and England will be kickoff from Feb 3-7, 2012, which is scheduled to be held in Dubai.

India has won their world title at home beating Pakistan in semifinals and Sri Lanka in the finals to clinch their second world cup. However, poor run has begun, as India has back to back white wash defeats in England and last week in Australia.

Meanwhile, Imran has stated about future of the Indian Master Blaster, Tendulkar stating that, Sachin should have retired after lifting the most desirable crown in early 2011.

We all want to go with a big bang but you always don’t get it right. For Sachin the ultimate time to go was after that World Cup win. He had such a great World Cup. He is a great player and there is not replacement for him and also added that, he has to decide for himself and he must time it right. You don’t want to go having lost to Australia 4-0. If he had gone after that World Cup, that would have been the ultimate high.

The series was also below par on an individual basis for many of the ageing middle-order batters, which includes the Master Blaster, Sachin Tendulkar, who was looking to become the first player in history to score hundred centuries.

Legendary pace bowler said that rather than criticizing the Pakistan players, the British media should accept the fact that their team did not do well in the first Test at Dubai. He termed the pressure tactics of English media as “sour”.

Instead of praising him Saeed Ajmal for he is someone special, instead of admitting their team didn’t do well and Pakistan played better cricket, they are after him, said Akram while commentating on the first day of the fourth Test between India and Australia at Adelaide. “It’s not funny anymore, it’s boring, stale and old,” an irked Akram added further.

Ajmal claimed 10 wickets in Pakistan’s comprehensive 10-wicket win over England in the series opener at Dubai last week. After seeing the capitulation of the English batsmen against Ajmal in the first innings, former England players started questioning the bowling action of the off-spinner and the British media has not stopped moaning about it ever since.

Akram, the 45-year-old left-arm fast bowler, said that English players and media are in a habit of blaming the opposition after failing to perform. He criticised the experienced England batsmen for playing bad shots off Ajmal, adding that it is the job of the International Cricket Council and umpires to judge the bowling action of any bowler and not the British media.

Whenever they lose, they talk negative, said the cricketer turned commentator, who played 104 Tests for Pakistan claiming 414 wickets.

It’s the English batsmen who played bad shots, sweeping across the line to off-spinner. It’s no rocket science that you can’t play across the line. But probably they don’t know. It’s the job of umpires and the ICC, not British media, he added further.

Andrew Strauss, the England captain has admitted about their preparation for the upcoming series against Pakistan stating that, the fifth season of the IPL will not effect the English players and added that, the team has already started their preparation for the upcoming test series against Pakistan in UAE.

Strauss said that the players are enthusiastic to sport and not to financial ethics, and so their precedence remains the national team and international cricket.

England team, who have started their preparation in Dubai have won their first practice- game against ICC Combined Associate and Affiliate XI by three wickets at the ICC Global Cricket Academy, Dubai.

Strauss while speaking with the sources has said that his team did not take the practice game that easy and added that, they wanted to start the 2012 with a victory and have achieved it on third day of the practice match in Dubai. However, the left handed batsman believes that his team needs to improve in some aspects of the game.

England will be playing against Pakistan in a three match-test series, 3-T-20’s and 4-one Day Internationals staring from January 17, 2012 in the United Arab Emirates.

39-years old, Dravid has remained England tour last year and said that, the on-going test series against Australia would not end in the same fashion as England and added that, we need to fight back and get back into cricket to show winning results. We had our moment in Melbourne…we need to take heart from it. It’s important for us we don’t go down the route of England.

Middle order batsmen, Dravid while speaking about his form and the removal of Laxman and Sachin 100th ton has said that, he is working on few things and there made few changes to the game. Dravid also said that, I don’t think the talk of Laxman’s removal has affected him much. I haven’t read and Lax is not bothered either. It’s part and parcel of our job. You have got to accept it while you continue to play. That’s the way it goes.

Dravid has said about Sachin Tendulkar century that, as for Sachin’s 100th century, it’s not verbal about much. He’s been pretty undisturbed about it and added that, Sachin is batting so well, as he got good score of 90 in Mumbai and 70 and 80 in the last two tests. He is batting well adequate to complete it. It’s great if he can do it in Australia.

Pakistan

Pakistan team having shown an excellent performance winning all the ODI”S series against recent past against New Zealand, West Indies, Ireland, Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh will be facing a tougher side in world against England in next month.

Afridi while speaking with the sources has said that, Winning (throughout the year) gave us a momentum and moral is high. We have developed a winning unit but it will be exciting when we face England and that would be a real test. Playing against team like England or Australia is very exciting and then we will see where we stand.

Meanwhile, Afridi, who has already been retired from the tests will be competing in the ODI’s and T-20’s England.

Mean while, the men in green having shown a marvelous performance winning back to back series will be facing a one of strong test playing nations in world, England.

Pakistan will be playing against England in a three match-test series, 3-T-20’s and 4-one Day Internationals staring from January 17, 2012 in the United Arab Emirates.

India has already won the series 4-0, but will be looking forward to complete a whitewash after winning today’s match.

Indian Openers have given a good start with as India has reached 100/3 in 24 overs with Kohil has been out for a duck. However, Finn has took two-wickets as Bresnan took one-wicket.

On the other hand, England’s skipper Alastair Cook will try his best to save his side from a humiliation of a series whitewash. He won the toss today and opted to field first. The decision does not seem to be an ideal one, as there is variable bounce in the pitch and the ball also might turn more in the second half of the game.
The bad news for the tourists was that star player Kevin Pietersen was ruled out of today’s match due to an injury. He was scoring runs with consistency, but was still unable to guide his side to a victory.

Pietersen was replaced by Ian Bell, who was surprisingly kept out of the playing eleven throughout the tour. The solid batsman will look to score a big one today and prove his critics wrong that he was not suitable for Subcontinent conditions.

At the end of the 24th over, India 107/3 with Gambhir-38, Rahane-42 and Kohli- 0 are back to pavilion.

Indian Skipper, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, has won the toss and will be batting first, hoping to make use of the team’s home-turf conditions at Hyderabad.

Dhoni winning the toss is seeking for a big scores for their opponents to give them a competitive chase, and will be resting his reliance on opening batters, Parthiv Patel, and Ajinkya Rahane, followed by Gautam Gambhir and Suresh Raina, to retain some lasting innings all of which would assist the Men in Blue to exhibit an imposing bout against the English.

However, if India is to suffer an early top order loss, the Skipper, alongside Ravindra Jadeja might be faced with a big challenge in order to stabilize in the final overs.

As for England, the tourists will aim to retain their might over the Indians, but for the side to earn an accessible chase, much will be relied upon the team’s new ball bowlers, Tim Bresnan, Steven Finn and the off spinner Graeme Swann to restrict the batting side in the early overs.

England having won all their practices matches at the Uppal stadium against the home team players will be getting into the match with lot’s of confidence.

India: 1 Parthiv Patel, 2 Gautam Gambhir, 3 Ajinkya Rahane, 4 Virat Kohli, 5 MS Dhoni (capt and wk), 6 Suresh Raina, 7 Ravindra Jadeja, 8 R Ashwin, 9 Praveen Kumar, 10 Vinay Kumar, 11 Umesh Yadav.

England: 1 Alastair Cook (Capt.), 2 Craig Kieswetter (wk), 3 Jonathan Trott, 4 Kevin Pietersen, 5 Ravi Bopara, 6 Jonny Bairstow, 7 Samit Patel, 8 Tim Bresnan, 9 Graeme Swann, 10 Steven Finn, 11 Jade Dernbach.

Zaheer while speaking with the various sources has stated that,  it’s not a natural thing. Indian bodies are not designed to bowl fast but that said, it’s not very different from bowling outside India. Basically you have to spend a lot of time understanding yourself, your art, and then find out what works for you and what doesn’t. It also involves a lot of hard work.

Commenting on Indian pacers and their performances, Zaheer further added that one cannot retain the same skills which make a good bowler under the domestic circle, since International cricket has a smaller margin for errors.

“You need to understand your bowling style and work on fitness that much more. The bottom line is as long you are able to produce results, it is fine. I also dropped pace, so basically it’s important to know what works for you at the international level and put that into practice,” said Zaheer.

Although it is not yet confirmed when Zaheer is to make a comeback to the squad, but for now, the pacer stands firm to his recommendation for playing County cricket and that youngsters need to focus on more practice sessions.

Prior to India’s recent, defeated tour to England, much was expected from Zaheer; but to his despair, he was ruled out from the squad after suffering from a hamstring injury, right on the opening Test . As for now, Zaheer assured that he has already started recovering from the damage, which is though slow but positive.

The most dangerous opener in cricket has been out of the West Indies tour and later, he made a comeback to England tour in the third test. However, he hasn’t made big scores on the table and has been out of the ODI’s against the England.

Delhi veteran batsmen is regularly attending National Cricket Academy’s (NCA) rehabilitation centre at Bangalore in order to heal his injured shoulder and is getting ready to strike with full strength again.

Sehwag while speaking with the various sources has stated that, he is feeling better and taking one more injection and hope to be fine very soon. Dashing Indian Opener has also reported that, he is working hard on his fitness and expecting to be fit soon and stated that, he is felling some sought of pain in his shoulders, while throwing the ball and said that, he will play international cricket, once he is fully fit.