ab. We have played a lot of cricket in the UAE and the wickets over here are really good - they have bounce, they have pace. So its really good for the fast bowlers and Im l

Wahab Riaz has warned Australia to be prepared for the same hostile fast bowling he produced the last time he played against them on Australian soil. Wahabs heated battle with Shane Watson at the Adelaide Oval during the World Cup was one of the most memorable white-ball spells in recent times, despite the fact it didnt produce a wicket.Those four overs have elevated Wahabs reputation in Australia and made him one of the more recognisable figures in a Pakistan squad that hasnt played a Test here in almost seven years. Goaded by Watson when he was batting, Wahab struck back with several body blows in a display of searing pace and short-pitched bowling that, ultimately, couldnt swing the match back in Pakistans favour.That was one of my best matches I have ever played, Wahab said at the Gabba on Tuesday in the lead-up to the first Test against Australia. It was really exciting. I would love to repeat that performance from the World Cup, I want to bowl like that on this tour but I want to be amongst the wickets - I was lacking some wickets in that spell. So this is what Im looking for.Obviously, I have to do what I do really well. I cant change myself because if I do that its not going to work for me. I am going to bowl aggressively, I will bowl short as well. Its part of the plan. But it will all be according to the situations and what the situation demands, how I have to react like that.While the Adelaide pitch hardly has the reputation of being a fast bowlers dream, the Gabba is a different beast altogether. Wahab has only played one match here, also during the 2015 World Cup, against Zimbabwe, which brings other satisfying recollections; he took 4 for 45 and scored 54 not out in a man-of-the-match performance.No one could doubt the Australian players are relieved to be back in their series-starting fortress. A 28-year undefeated streak will do that - they have not lost a Gabba Test since 1988 - reinstating the sort of confidence that has been shaken and stirred by the series loss to South Africa.But, if the Australian fast bowlers are licking their lips at the prospect of a deck that offers pace and bounce, to Pakistans quicks the Gabba must seem a lush bowling oasis after years of plying their trade in an unforgiving desert.Its very exciting, said Wahab. We have played a lot of cricket in the UAE and the wickets over here are really good - they have bounce, they have pace. So its really good for the fast bowlers and Im looking forward to bowling here.The wickets are slow there [in the UAE] and we are used to playing on those tracks so thats why it looks like our bowlers dont have that much potential or we dont have those kinds of spells every day consistently. Its always different because its a spin track or a batting track in the UAE so that is the biggest difference.There is no doubt Pakistan face a formidable task - no Asian team has won a series in Australia and Pakistan have won only four Tests here, two of them dead rubbers - and they arrive on the back of a 2-0 series loss in New Zealand, but Wahab says his side is not fazed by history, nor the Gabbas intimidating record for visitors.This is what were looking for as well - records are meant to be broken and this might be the chance for Pakistan to break that record, Wahab said. Obviously its not going to be easy, we have to do a lot of hard work. We have to take 20 wickets, and obviously we are looking for that - we know even no Asian country has won a series here in Australia. So looking for that and that should really give us a good boost and give us something to go for.We have to take the challenge. We know Australia is good in their home conditions, its one of the best teams. To compete with them we have to counterattack them, we have to have that confidence. Weve got the skills and everyone is prepared for these Test matches.One positive for Pakistan is the presence in their group of Mickey Arthur and Steve Rixon, both of whom were on Australias coaching staff from 2011 to 2014 and worked closely with several members of the current Australia team including Steven Smith and David Warner. Wahab said the pair had been a great help in giving Pakistans players the inside running on Australia.Everybody knows everything about David Warner and Steve Smith - you have to attack them, said Wahab. Thats it. You cannot look for them to give you their wicket. You have to buy their wickets.Its a great help having Mickey Arthur and Steve Rixon. Obviously they have been working really hard on us, and they have spent a lot of time with Australia as well. We get that information coming up from them, they are telling us their experiences. 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The judges scored it 48-47, 48-47, 49-46 for Jones (19-1). It was the champions closest call. Despite the loss, it was a remarkable show by the confident Swedish challenger, who had the best of the early rounds and then hung on in the fourth and fifth. Acheter Stan Smith Pas Cher . SIMONS ISLAND, Ga.Chiles Felipe Aguilar claimed the clubhouse lead in the weather-disrupted Volvo China Open after finally overcoming the effects of his unorthodox winter activities. Aguilar stormed home in 31 at Topwin Golf and Country Club to add a flawless 65 to his opening 68 and set the target on 11 under par, one shot ahead of Swedens Alex Noren and Austrias Bernd Wiesberger. Leaderboard Volvo China Open The 41-year-old had missed the cut in six straight events before finishing tied 58th in the Shenzhen International last week and admitted completing an Ironman triathlon over the winter had taken its toll. Its been a tough beginning of the year so hopefully this will be a turnaround point, Aguilar said.I think I believe my doctors when they said the Ironman was going to affect my fitness for the first two months [of the year]. They said it could take 45 days [to recover] and it took close to 60 days.It takes a lot of time and energy and both sports dont go along with each other. I look back on it as a great experience and Ill do it again after I quit playing golf.Play was initially suspended due to the threat of lightning and then abandoned for the day due to darkness, with the second round set to resume early on Saturday. First-round leader Hennie Otto has four holes to play and is two shots off the lead on nine under par alongside Englands Tyrrell Hatton, Denmarks Lucas Bjerregaard, Germanys Marcel Siem and Koreas Tae-hoon Kim, who recorded a hole-in-one on his way to a brilliant 64.Kim holed out on the 177-yard 13th hole in a remarkable run of scoring which saw him play a 12-hole stretch in nine under par, before dropping his only shot of the day on the 17th. Willett tribute to Spieth Masters champion salutes classy American I played well and after I got the hole-in-one I became really confident and finished really well, the world No 563 said.ddddddddddddIt was about 165 metres but with the view from the tee, we couldnt see the hole, only the top of the flag. I was aiming a little to the left of the pin and I just hit a seven iron, it was a beautiful shot and the galleries beside the green shouted out so thats how I knew.Noren carded five birdies and no bogeys to record a second consecutive 67, while Wiesberger carded four birdies and one bogey in his 69. Alex Noren has carded back-to-back 67s I felt relaxed out there, Wiesberger said. I played great golf yesterday and scored really well in tough conditions yesterday so I was looking forward to getting out there this morning and trying to do the same.I played decent, not quite as well as yesterday, especially off the tee and was struggling with the pace of my putting early on. I left a lot of putts short but all in all I feel well on the golf course and its a good first two days.Defending champion Wu Ashun, who became the first Chinese player to win a European Tour event on home soil 12 months ago, is four under par with seven holes remaining, with the halfway cut projected to fall at two under. Also See: Willett tribute to Spieth WATCH: Willett replays 16th Stuard leads in New Orleans WATCH: Love v Clarke quiz ' ' '