Year Review: Pakistan’s performance in 2015

7. It’s England again in the deserts:

Cook & Co. had a blessing in disguise as the squad was announced without their lashed tormentor Saeed Ajmal, who mercilessly shove them to the crevice with a 3-0 dubbing in 2012. The British captain led from the front in the first tie with his gritty resilience, a magnificent 263. A fitting reply to opponent Shoaib Malik’s mammoth 245.

Later, they put up a very ordinary show on the remaining two days as their batsmen had their tails between their legs by some splendid bowling from the opponent spinners which saw Misbah & his boys climbing higher on the ladder of Test ranking by claiming the No.2 spot. Suddenly, the worst was yet to come, as adversity inspired Morgan and his teammates to script their second successive ODI series victory in the UAE against the same opposition. Neither T20Is could change their fortunes as they won the series 3-0.