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“Ultimately we’ve been rolled over three innings out of four and the top order need to take that on the chin”… Andrew Strauss.

“I get a lot of confidence bowling opposite Saeed.” man of the match Abdur Rehman.

“A much needed victory for us. The bowlers were outstanding. I had belief in my bowlers.” Misbah

England crumbled to a 72-run defeat in the second Test against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi to lose the three-match series.

“The best part of the innings is that we won. Pressure is always there in cricket, but I just went there and played my own game. I will never forget this innings.” Razzaq

“Can’t really say much. He deserved to win the match. He hit the ball cleanly. It’s never nice to lose, but better here than in the World Cup.” Botha

Abdul Razzaq hit a sensational 109* from 72 balls with 10 sixes as Pakistan staged an astonishing recovery to beat South Africa in Abu Dhabi.

” The partnership between Guptill and McCullum was key. The fielding can make such a difference to how the bowlers feel. It was fantastic how McCullum played.” Vettori

“McCullum and Guptill had a good partnership. We lost couple of quick wickets. First Afridi and then Kamran .. and then we collapsed. They were  fantastic in the field and we have to improve our fielding.” Younis

“I got a start and it was a pretty good surface. It’s amazing turn around for us. We have two quality teams here; if one teams plays good quality cricket as we did today and as Pakistan did the other day, the margin can be like this.” McCullum