Former Pakistan cricketers Waqar Younis, Shoaib Akhtar, Ramiz Raja and Muhammad Yousuf have criticized the national team’s dismal performance in the second Test against England.
England beat Pakistan by a massive 330 runs to win the second Test at Old Trafford.
Pakistan's former head coach Waqar Younis said there was no excuse for the batting shambles and he went to the extent of calling it 'spineless', according to media reports.
"I am not saying we should have won this Test but this is not the way to go down. The spineless batting would have given the England bowlers a lot of confidence now."
Waqar also felt that the Pakistan Cricket Board really needed to take up on war footing the issue of foreign teams not touring Pakistan."Our cricket is suffering a lot because of no international cricket at home since last six years," he said.
Speedster Shoaib Akhtar said he was very disappointed with the overall performance of the team, who were badly exposed by English players.
“One saw no planning in the entire match from Pakistan’s perspective and as expected our batting was badly exposed by their bowlers,” he said.
“You can also say our batting has been unmasked and exposed on a pitch which had bounce and nothing more.” The former fast-bowler added that Pakistan would find it very difficult to comeback in the series after such a demoralizing defeat.
The cricketer-turned-commentator Ramiz Raja said the defeat was the continuation of Pakistan cricket woes.
"Our biggest problem is that our players just don't adapt quickly enough to different conditions. And the problem of consistency remains as usual," he said.
Ramiz didn't believe that complacency was the reason for the big defeat. "England just came better prepared this time. At Lord's the conditions suited Pakistan because of the low bounce. At Old Trafford they made sure there was plenty of bounce in the surface," he said.
Former Test batsman Muhammad Yousuf also lamented the lack of quality shown by Pakistan on a batting pitch.
“I expected players of the calibre of Younis Khan and Asad Shafiq to get hundreds. I just can’t comprehend what Younis was trying to do, batting the way he did.”
The third Test match will commence in Birmingham from August 3. Currently the four match series stands level at 1-1.
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