Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer has a game plan for his team's three-Test series against Australia - play with some attacking flair in an effort to tire out the home team's bowlers. The Australian pace trio of Glenn McGrath, Jason Gillespie and Michael Kasprowicz, and leg-spinner Shane Warne have combined well in the last two months to beat India 2-1 and New Zealand 2-0 in Tests.
"The only way I can see of beating them is getting their four bowlers really tired, as then they can't bowl so well," former South African coach Woolmer said Thursday.
"But you need to be playing with some attacking flair to knock them off their line. The Australians have shown that (with the bat) and done it to everyone else, so we would like to reverse that and do it to them." Woolmer said he believes Pakistan can match Australia in the series beginning December 16 in Perth.
"It is more about just getting in before we start trying to dominate, but we know it is not going to be easy, we know that," said Woolmer.
"We are up against a team playing at the peak of their powers but I see no reason why we can't play at that level." On Thursday, Pakistan leg-spinner Danish Kaneria took his last four wickets from just 23 deliveries as he collected 7-45 off 16 overs against Western Australia. Kaneria has 87 wickets from 20 Tests.
Set 94 to win, Pakistan's top order crumbled to be 44-6 at stumps in a three-day match. Pakistan was dismissed early on the second day for 257 in reply to the home side's 158 all out.
The second test begins December 26 in Melbourne and the third January 2 in Sydney.
WESTERN AUSTRALIAN SECOND XI: 158 (L. Ronchi 66, S. Meuleman 32; M. Sami 3-19, M. Khalil 3-42) and 192 (C. Simmons 65, J. Coetzee 30; D. Kaneria 7-45, M. Khalil 1-13).
PAKISTAN: 257 (Y. Khan 142, M. Sami 29; J. Coetzee 5-66, M. Petrie 4-29) and 44 for 6 (Yousuf Youhana 28, Younis Khan 9; J. Coetzee 5-23, M. Petrie).