Broad already thinking ahead
February 22, 2012 14:23:45 UK
England captain Stuart Broad has urged his side to focus totally on the Twenty20 internationals against Pakistan, with the ICC World Twenty20 now on the horizon.
England won their first ever major title at the ICC World Twenty20 in the West Indies in 2010 and will defend their crown in Sri Lanka later this year.
Of course we need to make use of every game we have because there aren't many leading to the World Twenty20.
Stuart Broad
That has left Broad urging his side to use the games against Pakistan as valuable experience for the bigger challenge on the sub-continent in September.
He told reporters: "Of course we need to make use of every game we have, because there aren't many leading to the World Twenty20 and that being in the sub-continent we need to really make use of these conditions.
"It makes these games pretty important. We are not looking to these matches as a warm-up, we are looking to win this series and that is what we will be focusing on."
England are 11/5 to win the three-match T20 series against Pakistan, while they are 5/1 to be crowned World Twenty20 champions later this year.
Meanwhile, Pakistan skipper Misbah-ul-Haq has echoed Broad's sentiments, while adding that the T20 series can be viewed as something of a decider.
He added: "We won the Tests, they won the ODIs and now it's almost the decider. And if you consider that this is World Twenty20 year, it's very important for us to come back."
Pakistan are 4/11 to beat England in the T20 series and 8/1 to win a second World Twenty20 title in Sri Lanka.
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