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England will not mix with Pakistan at the World Cup
DHAKA: England fast bowler Stuart Broad admitted he was keeping his distance from Pakistan as the teams prepared for their first meeting since the spot-fixing scandal.
Fridays World Cup warm-up match in Dhaka will see the two countries resume cricketing rivalry following last years controversial series in England which were overshadowed by spot-fixing allegations that led to bans for Pakistan trio Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir.
Relations between the sides plumbed new depths when Englands Jonathan Trott and Pakistans Wahab Riaz were involved in a physical confrontation ahead of a one-day international at Lords in September.
Weve not seen a huge amount of them in the hotel weve not been going out for dinner with them particularly, Broad told reporters on Thursday.
Obviously it was a tough summer for us last year, all England players will say the same.
We enjoyed playing the cricket, but off-the-field incidents did damage our wonderful summer of cricket, admitted Broad, whose maiden Test century against Pakistan at Lords was called into question when it was alleged Butt, Asif and Amir had conspired to deliberately bowl no-balls as part of a betting scam.
Youve got to move on, its international sport. Youve got a job to do to prepare for our World Cup campaign, thats our sole focus, Broad insisted.
Broad returned to action with a five-wicket haul in Englands narrow 16-run warm-up win over outsiders Canada on Wednesday following a stomach injury that cut short his part in the Test sides victorious Ashes tour of Australia.
Hed recently also been suffering with illness but showed few effects in taking five wickets for 37 runs against Canada.
I was a bit nervous before the start, Broad said. It was great to get back on the pitch and take some wickets.
We werent overly happy with the performance but there are positives we can take out of the game.
I hadnt had as much bowling as Id have wanted. A few of the lads have had it (illness) that happens in this part of the world and hopefully Ive got mine out of the way.
Broad was forced home after tearing an abdominal muscle in the second Test in Adelaide and so missed the teams recent 6-1 one-day series thrashing by Australia that followed the Ashes.
We have some points to prove after the last seven or eight games of our ODI form and its important we start that tomorrow (Friday), Broad said.
England surprised many observers with their 2010 World Twenty20 triumph in the Caribbean and Broad believes that experience will be invaluable at the World Cup.
What we learnt from that tournament is that we gained momentum throughout.
Thats one thing we have to do here. Its a long tournament and we have to gain momentum.
Going to that T20 no-one outside the set up believed we could win. But inside we had real belief. Everyone knew their roles and when you have that confidence, its a very powerful thing.
England start the tournament proper against the Netherlands who dramatically beat England in the 2009 World Twenty20 at Lords when Broads wild overthrow sealed the upset in Nagpur, western India and the seamer said: There is no time for slip-ups when we play the Netherlands on Tuesday.
http://www.dawn.com/2011/02/17/‘england-will-not-mix-with-pakistan-at-the-world-cup’.html
DHAKA: England fast bowler Stuart Broad admitted he was keeping his distance from Pakistan as the teams prepared for their first meeting since the spot-fixing scandal.
Fridays World Cup warm-up match in Dhaka will see the two countries resume cricketing rivalry following last years controversial series in England which were overshadowed by spot-fixing allegations that led to bans for Pakistan trio Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir.
Relations between the sides plumbed new depths when Englands Jonathan Trott and Pakistans Wahab Riaz were involved in a physical confrontation ahead of a one-day international at Lords in September.
Weve not seen a huge amount of them in the hotel weve not been going out for dinner with them particularly, Broad told reporters on Thursday.
Obviously it was a tough summer for us last year, all England players will say the same.
We enjoyed playing the cricket, but off-the-field incidents did damage our wonderful summer of cricket, admitted Broad, whose maiden Test century against Pakistan at Lords was called into question when it was alleged Butt, Asif and Amir had conspired to deliberately bowl no-balls as part of a betting scam.
Youve got to move on, its international sport. Youve got a job to do to prepare for our World Cup campaign, thats our sole focus, Broad insisted.
Broad returned to action with a five-wicket haul in Englands narrow 16-run warm-up win over outsiders Canada on Wednesday following a stomach injury that cut short his part in the Test sides victorious Ashes tour of Australia.
Hed recently also been suffering with illness but showed few effects in taking five wickets for 37 runs against Canada.
I was a bit nervous before the start, Broad said. It was great to get back on the pitch and take some wickets.
We werent overly happy with the performance but there are positives we can take out of the game.
I hadnt had as much bowling as Id have wanted. A few of the lads have had it (illness) that happens in this part of the world and hopefully Ive got mine out of the way.
Broad was forced home after tearing an abdominal muscle in the second Test in Adelaide and so missed the teams recent 6-1 one-day series thrashing by Australia that followed the Ashes.
We have some points to prove after the last seven or eight games of our ODI form and its important we start that tomorrow (Friday), Broad said.
England surprised many observers with their 2010 World Twenty20 triumph in the Caribbean and Broad believes that experience will be invaluable at the World Cup.
What we learnt from that tournament is that we gained momentum throughout.
Thats one thing we have to do here. Its a long tournament and we have to gain momentum.
Going to that T20 no-one outside the set up believed we could win. But inside we had real belief. Everyone knew their roles and when you have that confidence, its a very powerful thing.
England start the tournament proper against the Netherlands who dramatically beat England in the 2009 World Twenty20 at Lords when Broads wild overthrow sealed the upset in Nagpur, western India and the seamer said: There is no time for slip-ups when we play the Netherlands on Tuesday.
http://www.dawn.com/2011/02/17/‘england-will-not-mix-with-pakistan-at-the-world-cup’.html
