Both teams played a drawn first test match at Abu Dhabi last week, despite Pakistan's superb first innings and bowling that contained the Lankans in their first innings. But it was the second innings in which Sri Lankan team showed much resilience and gave a tall score to chase - which due to scarcity of time, Pakistan was unable to chase and the macth ended in a draw.
The pitch in Dubai is expected to turn and likely to help the spinners. Pakistan's ace spinner, who could not get anything in the first test as the p[itch was non-cooperting for the spinners. Ajmal's 49 wicketless overs in the second innings in Abu Dhabi gave the visiting batsmen an extended view of his variations. But it is expected that Dubai pitch will be spinner friendly and Arnold and Ajmal are likely to shine. Saeed Ajmal has 34 wickets in Dubai at 20.11. Rangana Herath has three at 39.33.
As many as five Test matches have been played at Dubai International Stadium with four ending up with a result. With the series locked at 0-0, a draw obviously will not be a satisfying result for both teams.
The probable opposing teams for the second test match at Dubai may be as under:
Pakistan: Misbah-ul-Haq*, Abdur Rehman, Adnan Akmal†, Ahmed Shehzad, Asad Shafiq, Azhar Ali, Junaid Khan, Khurram Manzoor, Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Talha, Rahat Ali, Saeed Ajmal, Shan Masood, Umar Gul, Younis Khan
Sri Lanka: AD Mathews*, LD Chandimal, RMS Eranga, N Pradeep, MVT Fernando, HMRKB Herath, DPMD Jayawardene, HAPW Jayawardene†, FDM Karunaratne, KMDN Kulasekara, RAS Lakmal, MDK Perera, MDKJ Perera, KC Sangakkara, SMSM Senanayake, JK Silva
Umpires BNJ Oxenford and S Ravi
The second test match is scheduled for Jan 8-12, 2014 daily at (10:00 local | 06:00 GMT | 11:00 PKT) at Dubai International Cricket Stadium.
If you are one of the fans located at different destination and miss the chance to visit the stadium to watch your favourite team, You can now watch the match live on your laptop or desktop computer, FREE, provided you have an internet connection, from the links given below:
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