Prior to the second and final Test against Pakistan at Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium (Abu Dhabi), Australian captain Tim Paine said they come here to win not to draw.

After the impressive draw during the first Test at Dubai, where the Australian batsmen survived for 139.5 overs in the fourth innings and secured a magnificent draw, Australian cricket team has now charged up and ready to take Pakistan in the second Test at Abu Dhabi.

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Before the second Test, Paine said that they are not celebrating that draw as they have come to win here.

Ahead of the second Test, Paine said, “Just when I saw a little bit of [the celebrations] spilling out the door, I remembered the ‘Forged In Fire’ [documentary] we watched last year during the Ashes.

“Michael Vaughan said after one of the Tests that he felt, as an opposition captain, they had them when he saw them celebrating a draw. I’ve seen that myself before. I think we were clearly pretty excited by what we’ve been able to achieve, because it doesn’t happen too much, but you’ve got to keep a bit of perspective on it and realise that we had been outplayed, particularly over the first few days.

“While it was great we did fight back, a draw is a draw and we’re here to win.”

While Australia is confident for the second Test, they also haven’t forgotten the main facts that they have to start from the beginning for another five days battle.

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Paine said, “The fact that guys in the second innings saw that their plans worked over here – you never know until you go out into a Test match – they will take a lot of confidence from that. As a team, we’ll take a fair bit of momentum out of it.

 

“But we spoke again about the need to turn up in the next couple of days and get our minds around the fact that it’s going to be a real battle again for five days. That’s how cricket is played over here. This will be nothing different.”