Strauss admits to spin weaknesses
January 29, 2012 | Cricket, General
Captain Andrew Strauss admits England have yet to overcome their weakness of batting in subcontinent-like conditions after Pakistan spinners rolled his side for just 72 in the second Test on Saturday.
The incredible 72-run victory inside four days won Pakistan the series with a Test to spare. Pakistan won the first Test by 10 wickets with two days to spare at Dubai last week.
Both teams travel back to Dubai for the last match, starting on Friday.
England have flopped on the spinner-friendly pitches in the Gulf, and haven’t won a Test series in either India, Pakistan or Sri Lanka in a decade.
“I said at the start of this tour this is the final frontier in a lot of ways — the subcontinent,” Strauss said.
“But, I think the fact we got rolled over twice in Dubai meant that there was some baggage there going into this final innings.”
