Pakistan cricket team captain Misbah-ul Haq would reportedly seek consistency while his counterpart Australia's Michael Clarke would look for runs in the second Test starting in Abu Dhabi from Thursday.
Pakistan humiliated Australia by a big 221-run margin in the first Test in Dubai and now seek their first series win over Australia for 20 years. Misbah, however, has been concerned with the lack of consistency of his team, regarded as the most unpredictable in the world.
Misbah said that the complaint people have with Pakistan is that they don't play consistent cricket so they have to focus on consistent performance in this match, Sport24 reported.
In the case of another win, Misbah would equal Imran Khan and Javed Miandad's record of most Test wins for Pakistan with 14. He said that it would be important to win the series against Australia.
He said that it would be very important because they have not won a series against Australia for a long time, adding that Pakistan has a very good chance to win and that can win back the confidence.
Meanwhile, Clarke refused to accept there was extra pressure on him for not scoring runs in the first Test. He said that it doesn't feel any different to any other Test match to him, adding that his expectations are always very high for himself personally to make sure he is scoring runs and for this Australian team to have success.
He said that he doesn't feel any more expectation or any more pressure, adding that it's about playing their best cricket over five days and if they do that he is confident Australia can win the Test match.
Australia have lost their last five away Tests against subcontinent teams, following their 4-0 rout in India early last year, the report added.
