Date-stamped : 17 Oct95 - 10:31
Title:  Pakistan`s  Two  `Ws`  are  Together  Again  Author:  ???
Source: Inside Edge (October 1995)

In the upcoming summer, Australia plays three-Test series against
both Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

This will give Mark Taylor the opportunity to assess the  respec-
tive  strengths of his opponents as these two teams are currently
playing each other in Pakistan.

After the first Test in Peshawar, when the home side soundly wal-
loped Sri Lanka by an innings and 40 runs, it looks like Pakistan
are the biggest danger.

Their star performers  are  all  well  known  to  the  Australian
players.  Wasim Akram took five wickets in the first innings with
his fast, swinging deliveries being right on target and the perky
Aamir  Sohail  claimed four victims with his left-arm spinners as
Sri Lanka followed on.

The powerful Inzamam-Ul-Haq made 95 in Pakistan`s  healthy  total
of 459, while the new skipper, the resurrected Ramiz Raja, made a
confidence building 78.

Despite those performances, the best news for  Pakistan  was  the
return  of the other half of the deadly duo, Waqar Younis, who is
Akram`s partner in wicket-taking.

Younis played his first Test since injuring his back on the  ill-
fated tour of Zimbabwe last season.

It was not an overly successful return, with Waqar only  claiming
one victim.  Nevertheless, the series will give him the opportun-
ity to build up to full fitness by the time he reaches Australia,
which  is  not a pleasent prospect for Mark Taylor and his fellow
batsmen.

<END> Contributed by Brad Sparkes (BPSPA1@*.CC.MONASH.EDU.AU)