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Pakistan coach Misbah-ul-Haq has insisted his side can “fight back” from their agonising defeat by England in time for the second Test starting on Thursday.
The tourists, following six months on the sidelines because of the coronavirus, were on course to go 1-0 up in the three-match series after dominating the majority of the first Test at Old Trafford.
But Pakistan were undone by a stand of 139 between Jos Buttler (75) and player-of-the-match Chris Woakes, who guided the hosts to a three-wicket win with 84 not out on Saturday. Having played so well in a losing cause, fears have been expressed over Pakistan’s morale. Misbah, however, in a column published on the Pakistan Cricket Board’s website, wrote.—AFP
