BRISBANE: Pakistani skipper Misbahul Haq has said that Pakistan team, six years in the making and armed with insider knowledge from coach Mickey Arthur, are poised to make history in Australia.

“Pakistani players have developed into one that can finally deliver a series win after 11 fruitless tours to Australia,” Misbah, who exerts a calming influence on the mercurial Pakistanis, said and added that this is the time for players to make the history.

Pakistan have won only four of their 32 Tests Down Under and have lost their last nine Tests since their last victory in Sydney in 1995.

No team from the sub-continent has won a Test series in Australia. However, the Test captain of the Pakistani side is confident that green shirts can turn things around against Steve Smith’s men.

“We took almost six years to develop this team and that team showed a lot to the world when we played in England and in ‘home’ conditions in Dubai and Abu Dhabi,” he told reporters ahead of Thursday’s day-night Test at Brisbane’s Gabba.

“So we have a lot of faith and confidence behind that. These players are experienced enough and they have the belief that they can do it.

“We’ve had some unbelievable successes in the past. I think those victories and those performances always give you confidence, even in Australia,” Misbah said.

“No doubt the conditions are tough but once you have confidence and belief I think you can change the history.”