Confident' Wahab says spell to Watson made him a different bowler

Pakistan fast bowler Wahab Riaz has admitted that his blistering spell to Shane Watson during this year's World Cup quarterfinals has made him a different bowler.

The 30-year-old bowler said he has now become much confident of his capabilities and believes that he could perform even well in extremely difficult conditions, PakPassion.net reported.

Wahab, who received a lot of praise for his terrific spell, admitted that he had done a lot of work on his wrist position and his bowling has now become a bit more threatening.

The right-hand bowler, who has played 14 Tests and 63 ODIs so far, claimed eight wickets in the first two Tests of the ongoing three-match series against England.

Expressing his views on the visitors, Wahab said England played extremely well and added that the lower-order batsmen especially handled the situation pretty well.

Speaking about skipper Misbah-ul-Haq's retirement, Wahab said the former is the fittest player in the team and Pakistan has been going great under his captaincy.

Pakistan have currently taken a 1-0 lead in the series against England following their 178-run win in the second Test in Dubai.

The first match between the two sides ended in a draw.

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England will now be aiming to level the series when they take on Pakistan in the series decider on November 1 at Sharjah.