England tour of United Arab Emirates, 1st Test: England v Pakistan at Abu Dhabi, Oct 13-17, 2015
some stats:England in last 33 months or so won only 1 test away from home and lost 6. This is worst record in this period for major teams.
Sarfaraz ahmed have best average this year in tests as have 80+ average best amongst all teams.
Misbah have excellent record here. Have 4 100+ in last 4 inngs here. N have 5 100+ in last 6 inngs with average of 180+ in that period. Overall also have average 120+ here. So one to look out for. Top bat punt surely. Otherwise also pak batting mostly enjoyed here as have average of 60+ per bat here.
This ground statistically worst ground for spinners in asia as have highest average ane strike rate for spin. Last time spin crucial was vs eng series in 2012 after that most time spinnot that big factor.
It will be very interesting match between Pakistan and England. Pakistan need to improve their batting and should display some terrific batting performance. Shoaib Mailik is back to the test side almost after the five years, it will give strength to the Pakistan's batting. Misbah has won the toss and elected to bat first, now it will be interesting to see how they start with the batting.