ISLAMABAD (AP) Misbah-ul-Haq says it's a big achievement to lead Pakistan to No. 1 in test rankings, given the team has not played on home soil for seven years.
Having earned the No. 1 spot last month, Pakistan's captain Misbah was handed the test mace by ICC chief executive David Richardson at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on Wednesday.
Misbah said: ''we are playing away matches and are not playing where we are brought up; even Dubai and Abu Dhabi are foreign soil.''
Pakistan has played its `home' tests in the United Arab Emirates since 2009 when Sri Lanka's team came under terrorist attack in Lahore and other nations refused to tour Pakistan due to security concerns.
It is the first time since 1988 that Pakistan has been the world's top-ranked test team.
