'Fearless' Pakistan ready to put England under pressure

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Last Updated : May 23 2018 | 10:15 AM IST

Pakistan coach Mickey Arthur believes his "fearless" side have everything to gain when they face an "under the pump" England in the first Test at Lord's on Thursday.

England will be looking for some much-needed home comfort after recent winless Test tours of Australia and New Zealand extended their poor away record in cricket's longest format to 13 matches without a victory.

Pakistan, by contrast, enter this two-match campaign on the back of a morale-boosting five-wicket win over Test debutants Ireland at Malahide last week.

"We haven't come here not to win," Arthur told reporters at Lord's on Tuesday.

"It's a changing room full of very, very skilled cricketers, very young cricketers, fearless cricketers. If we get the breaks and things go our way, they will certainly put England under pressure."
"We've had a look obviously at Buttler, he adds an attacking side to England."
"He played beautifully for us, under pressure, against Ireland in his Test debut." -
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First Published: May 23 2018 | 10:15 AM IST

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