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Sarfaraz Ahmed has already upset the formbook once so doing it again holds no fears for the Pakistan captain.<\/p>\nSarfaraz Ahmed has already upset the formbook once so doing it again holds no fears for the Pakistan captain.<\/p>\n
Ahead of their clash with Australia at Taunton on Wednesday, Sarfaraz was in no mood to relive a recent 5-0 defeat to the same opponents in the United Arab Emirates.<\/p>\n
Instead he preferred to take confidence from his team\u2019s 14-run victory over tournament favourites England at Trent Bridge last week \u2013 a result that followed a similarly heavy series loss at the hands of the world\u2019s top-ranked ODI side.<\/p>\n
A lot has been made of the difference between a bilateral series \u2013 where mistakes can be rectified in the next match \u2013 and the pressurised environment of an ICC Men\u2019s Cricket World Cup, where there are no second chances.<\/p>\n
And Sarfaraz believes Pakistan, winners of the ICC Champions Trophy in England two years ago, are proof of the theory.<\/p>\n
“We have not won many matches against Australia but we had not won too many against England either and we managed to beat them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will be as positive and aggressive as we were against England, that is the level of performance we want and need to be successful against a team like Australia.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat last win at Trent Bridge gives us confidence and belief but we know that Australia will come hard at us and we will be ready.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe series against Australia is in the past now and we aren\u2019t thinking about yesterdays, we\u2019re only thinking about tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n
Australia will be without all-rounder Marcus Stoinis, who suffered a side strain in their defeat to India on Sunday but Sarfaraz has no injury concerns with his team.<\/p>\n
Courtesy: www.icc-cricket.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Sarfaraz Ahmed has already upset the formbook once so doing it again holds no fears for the Pakistan captain.<\/p>\n
Ahead of their clash with Australia at Taunton on Wednesday, Sarfaraz was in no mood to relive a recent 5-0 defeat to the same opponents in the United Arab Emirates.<\/p>\n
Instead he preferred to take confidence from his team\u2019s 14-run victory over tournament favourites England at Trent Bridge last week \u2013 a result that followed a similarly heavy series loss at the hands of the world\u2019s top-ranked ODI side.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36817,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket-cricket"],"yoast_head":"\n