For the time being none of our bowlers must relish bowling at him. Both of them were mindful of the fact that they did not have a necessary support bowler once they were out of attack. Once tired, they fed Vaughan on the back foot. He loves hitting the ball square off the pitch and all Pakistani bowlers were guilty of giving him an early Christmas present - a century on the horizon. All Pakistani bowlers achieved some reverse swing at various times.
Reverse swing is only potent when it is backed by real pace.
Shoaib Akhtar must be banging his head against the wall in the dressing room. At the end of the series Duncan Fletcher might be given an extended contract only because of Pakistan folly of leaving him out. Their mastery of Pakistan bowlers was complete and authoritative. With all the hype about Saqlain, he was a disappointment to say the least. Instead of flighting the ball he was hell bent on pushing it as hard as possible thus making it impossible for him to turn the ball on this docile pitch.