Hussain says draw was 'pleasing' result
England captain Nasser Hussain on Sunday said his team did not deserve to lose the second Test against Pakistan and a draw was pleasing.
"We did not deserve to lose the Test because we played some good cricket, had an upper hand in the first Test, bowled out Pakistan for 316 and gained first innings lead here," Hussain said after his team struggled hard at 125-5 to draw the second Test.
England, who started the series as underdogs, have showed remarkable prowess to surprise the home team in both the drawn Tests.
"I am pleased and boys have learnt a lot on this tour and one week is left to cap the series," he said.
Hussain suffered two poor umpiring decisions in the Test to continue his lean patch with the bat.
"It hurts when decisions go against you but I am not complaining," he said.
Hussain was adjudged leg before wicket by West Indian umpire Steve Bucknor when TV replays showed he hit the ball onto his pads.
"In the first innings I was bewildered and shocked and didn't know what to do," Hussain said, adding, "in the second, the ball clipped the pads and I thought I was leg before, but a scorer told me I was given caught behind," he said.
Pakistani umpire Mian Mohammad Aslam ruled Hussain caught behind for 5.
Ironically Aslam gave Hussain leg before wicket in the third one-dayer in Rawalpindi in October and a furious Hussain allegedly broke the door of a refrigerator in the dressing room besides shoving officials on his way back.
Hussain was then called by International Cricket Council (ICC) match referee Barry Jarman of Australia for a hearing to explain the incident but avoided punishment.
"I have no problems with umpiring, they have got a difficult job to do," he said.
"Looking around the world there seems to be a lot of decision tangles, scrutiny of TV, fast replays available and it might well be time to use more technology," he said.
"Duncan Fletcher has got a theory and other people have theories on umpiring but it's for people on top to think out," he said.
Fletcher, the England coach, has called for TV replays in controversial decisions.
"I have no problems with umpires as long as they are consistent. I am mentally tough to come out from this," he said.
Hussain said the pitch at Faisalabad was "double paced."
"It was difficult for strokeplay and we knew it would be hard to chase runs once Moin Khan declared the innings," he said.
Pakistan captain Moin Khan showed disappointment over another draw.
"It is disappointing because the pitch did not take as much turn as we had expected and that was due to cold weather," Khan said.
"We did miss advantages in the match but we will do our best to force a result in Karachi where we have never lost," he said.
The third and final Test in Karachi starts from December 7.
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