'Fearless' Pak look to turn the heat up
1st Test against England from today
Pakistan coach Mickey Arthur believes his "fearless" side have everything to gain when they face an "under the pump" England in the first Test at Lord's on Thursday.
England will be looking for some much-needed home comfort after recent winless Test tours of Australia and New Zealand extended their poor away record in cricket's longest format to 13 matches without a victory.
Pakistan, by contrast, enter this two-match campaign on the back of a morale-boosting five-wicket win over Test debutants Ireland at Malahide last week.
"We haven't come here not to win," Arthur told reporters at Lord's on Tuesday.
It's a changing room full of very, very skilled cricketers, very young cricketers, fearless cricketers. If we get the breaks and things go our way, they will certainly put England under pressure.
"In their home conditions, England are a different team to England abroad," said Arthur.
Two years ago, England were held to a 2-2 home draw by Pakistan in a four-Test series.