England's challenge against Pak

Stuart Broad said that England would see the upcoming Test series against Pakistan as a big challenge. Broad said he is making a late start to his Test, because he was left out of the Bangladesh series when the management wanted him to undertake a strength programme. He said he can feel stronger and really fit after what turned out to be a 8-week programme and he think he have added a bit of speed and bounce to his bowling as a result.

He said Pakistan will be tougher to be pushed down with in the four Tests over the next month. But the harder the challenge they face now, the better it is as far as looking ahead to an Ashes winter matches starts. He added they know they will be in a demanding series, but it is only natural that they have just played Australia in an OD series and then saw them play with Pakistan.