Pakistan v England: James Anderson says tourists may have to be 'creative'

James Anderson has played 5 one-day internationals successful Pakistan, but has not played successful a Test

Pace bowler James Anderson says England whitethorn person to beryllium "creative" successful bid to triumph the archetypal Test against Pakistan successful Rawalpindi connected Thursday.

Two of those person been draws - the lucifer against Australia successful March saw lone 14 wickets fall.

Anderson told BBC Sport: "We've got a skipper and manager that don't privation draws. We're not playing for draws."

Captain Ben Stokes and manager Brendon McCullum person urged England to play with aggression since taking complaint astatine the opening of the summer.

The attack yielded six wins successful 7 matches but volition present beryllium challenged successful the contrasting conditions of Pakistan, wherever England are acceptable to play their archetypal Test for 17 years.

"We don't cognize however it's going to play. Traditionally it is flat," said 40-year-old Anderson.

"We'll travel retired and effort to triumph the crippled - we mightiness person to beryllium originative successful however we bash that."

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England halted tours to Pakistan aft gunmen attacked the Sri Lanka squad autobus successful 2009, lone returning successful September for a T20 bid that the visitors won 4-3.

In the intervening years, Pakistan person hosted successful England successful the United Arab Emirates. Across 2 series, England person mislaid 5 Tests, drawn 1 and won none.

Anderson, England's all-time starring wicket-taker, is the lone subordinate of the existent squad that was portion of the circuit to Pakistan successful 2005, but admitted determination is small cognition helium tin walk connected to his team-mates.

"It's large to beryllium back," helium said. "Seventeen years is simply a agelong time. It would beryllium incorrect if I said 'the transportation is going to play similar this, oregon this is what to expect'.

"It's wholly antithetic squad we're playing against, wholly antithetic conditions. It's astir adapting erstwhile we get retired there."

Tests successful Pakistan are usually attritional affairs, acold removed from the all-action quality of England's summertime - the full 2-1 bid triumph against South Africa included lone 9 days of play.

When Australia defeated Pakistan 1-0 present earlier this year, they did truthful successful the last league of the 5th time of the 3rd Test, aft the archetypal 2 matches were drawn.

McCullum said connected Monday his broadside are blessed to hazard losing successful bid to win.

Anderson said: "There volition beryllium times erstwhile we person to soak up pressure. We get that.

"But determination volition beryllium times erstwhile we person to enactment unit backmost connected the absorption and the accomplishment we're trying to make is erstwhile to bash that.

"With the shot we're trying to instrumentality wickets. The skipper and manager person made that rather wide - each clip you tally successful to vessel it's astir taking wickets. It's not astir controlling the run-rate, it's astir however we're going to get 20 wickets."

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