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What do you say about Pakistan's cricket whitewash in Australia?

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1. Reckless type of play; usual routine of weak play.
   
   Intikhab Ahmed
   Canada
   
   
   
2. It is cricket; but shortage of team spirit was the main reason for the 3-0 defeat. Pakistan cricket team has great professional players, but they do not play for the nation.
   
   Zubair Nazeer Khan
   USA
   
   
   
3. Well that was just upsetting! Huh...we really need to plan the matches... can’t just go in the field and start playing without thinking! And well Akram is a great captain! But they really need to work on their batting and fielding! We’re one of the worst teams in fielding... players don’t even run or try hard! They just stand around like some major dupes. People start running, get the ball...who cares if your clothes get dirty or if you get a few bruises! And batting...well...really need to practice...and not just the top order batsman but the bowlers also should know how to bat! EXTRAS! Something that they should control! Can’t just go on giving runs to the other team for no reason! Overall Pakistan is a great team... but they really do need to work hard. I hope we win the ODI series! Inshallah :)
   
   Sadia
   Canada
   
   
   
4. First of all putting two all-rounders in the first test was a big mistake on part of the Pakistani management. Just because players like Abdur Razzaq can take wickets in one- dayers does not mean that they would be as much effective in the longer version of the game. The opening slot has to be filled also by a quality player. Wasti does not seem to be good enough for test cricket and M.Wasim is always unpredictable. One more thing, I think Shoaib is way too over-rated. With the type of test record he has he would have been out of most of the test playing teams, but it’s Pakistan who keeps such players as Shoaib and Shahid Afridi in the team for no reason at all. I thought I had seen the last of Afridi after the World Cup, but once again he managed to get back in the team for no reason at all.
   
   Jamal Nasir
   USA
   
   
   
5. It was bound to happen. The performance of our batsmen was appalling, it is high time we got rid of some of the old players; consistency is what they lack. Saeed Anwer seems to have lost his touch. Shoaib needs to concentrate more on line and length, rather than pace. Well after this disappointing series, major changes have to be made. Wasim is a great player, but he made a couple of bad decisions. The bottom line is we need a coach of the calibre of Javed, who can help Wasim out.
   
   Syed Ali Salam
   USA
   
   
   
6. It is only a game, you win some and you lose some. However our players (team) need more support from us when they are losing than when they are winning. We hope our team will do better next time.
   
   Qasim Khan
   Sweden
   
   
   
7. Yes, the Pakistani cricket team is absolutely whitewashed by Australia. The way Pakistani cricket team is playing it can be easily whitewashed by any other team of the world. There is no captaincy, no fighting spirit, no understanding at all. I think only Javaid Miandad can save the Pakistani cricket future, as he is one greatest player of the world in cricket history and has always played for the country not for himself. We should appoint him as Pakistani cricket coach immediately before it is too late.
   
   Tariq Khan
   Pakistan
   
   
   
8. Well...the past three series Pakistan-Australia have been pretty one-sided. Before every series, people think that the 2 teams are even, and yet on the field Pakistan seems way worse than Australia. It's a kind of a mystery but it was unfortunate that this was the series Pakistan was whitewashed since they didn't play their worst cricket, and batted reasonably well for a Pakistan team.
   
   Obaid
   Canada
   
   
   
9. Every profession requires professionalism. We totally lack that. Inconsistent and unreliable batting, sloppy fielding and overconfidence have been our team's problems for a long time now. The manager, coach and captain always have one explanation "The better side won". Well who is going to make our side the "Better Side" and when? Fielding has been our problem for 50 years now, running between the wickets, irresponsible batting, etc. who is going to take care of those problems? It was not umpiring, it was not Australia's luck; it was our unprofessional attitude for which the entire nation is being ridiculed. The cricketers have a job, they are the nation's employees; they should become responsible.
   
   Nauman Sheikh
   USA
   
   
   
10. Whenever a well-organised and well-implemented system comes into conflict with a set of people playing only for emotion, the former is bound to win. Australia has the best organised cricketing machine in the world. Pakistan has a superbly talented side, but the end result is a 3-0 defeat. The system always defeats the individual, and that is what Indians and Pakistanis need to learn. India's turn is next.
    
    Vinay
    USA/India
    
    
    
11. Wasim Akram's inability to use Waqar Younis in the 2nd innings of the 2nd test resulted in the loss. Wasim heavily depended upon Shoaib, himself and Mushtaq, but honestly did not use Waqar. I don’t know why. Besides, Australians have mastered the bowling of Shoaib. To Australians Shoaib is just another bowler. As far as Australian cheating is concerned, we must bear in mind that this nation is the descendants of convicts. What else could you expect from these criminals? Just ask any Sri Lankan to confirm that.
    
    Mumtaz Baig
    USA
    
    
    
12. Now they only play for money not for the Nation. So we have no hopes of winning. If they make MONEY during the world cup, they can do anything. Keep it up Waseem, Moin.
    
    Ashar Siddiqui
    USA/Pakistan
    
    
    
13. I will not talk about the first test because history shows us that Pakistani players never did well in the first test. The second test was really played by Umpire Peter Parker. I am surprised why Akram chose to bat first despite having the advantage of world good fast attack, in the third test. The decision was the poorest of all because I think he is the only captain to bat first on a pitch, which is the fastest in the world. It's all money! He took money that if he won the toss he was going to bat. On the other hand if Aussie won the toss, they definitely going to send Pakistan in for bat. The whole series was a mess except for the second test. Inzi, YO YO and some others played well but the bottom line is not a combine effort to win.
    
    Abdul Razzaq Khan
    USA
    
    
    
14. I think that every time Pakistan loses any match or series, it loses because of its poor batting. Our bating was never predictable in the past. Here is a big example of Saeed Anwar. He always gets out in the slip. And still he goes for the ball outside the off stumps. I think selectors shouldn’t let Ejaz Ahmad play anymore. He plays only one good inning in a series, and in the rest of the matches he does nothing. Our bowlers have always done as batsmen. They have to bat well also, because our batsmen never do sensible batting. The responsibility goes to the batsmen.
    
    Atif Jamil
    Pakistan
    
    
    
15. Well, I believe there are a couple of things that caused a humiliating defeat in the hands of Aussies. First, lack of discipline, lack of professionalism, wrong team selection, and last but not the least, poor captaincy of Wasim. I would still prefer Waqar Younis to Shoiab and Mohd Akram, the major blunder in the 1st Test was to play with two all-rounders, this is Test Cricket, hello! Shoaib is still in the learning phase, and the guy needed a much more mature mentor to teach him how to bowl with shorter run-ups, better line and length, and to bowl right on the wicket. It’s not the speed, it’s bowling according to the field. Pakistan team really have to work hard in the areas of fielding, it’s the only department of the game which puts pressure on the opposing team. Wasim Akram should stop dumping Waqar and the selection committee should provide a fair chance to Aamir Sohail; he is still the class batsman along with Saeed Anwar.
    
    Aamir Zia
    Virginia, USA
    
    
    
16. I think Pakistan lost because they were not mentally prepared for such a hard tour. When you tour down under with a young team, you should be mentally tuned to the kind of wicket, the atmosphere and most importantly sledding. This team has great potential, it did not deliver the best because the PCB did not treat the players fairly before the tour. Imagine you suspend the players after the world cup and reinstate them in between a commotion and ask them to go to Australia for a tough test series, which is asking for too much. Please do not depend too much on Shoaib, he is very young and talented but it is high time he shut his mouth about his speed etc.
    
    Sam
    India
    
    
    
17. I don’t know why Wasim is hell bent on destroying Waqar’s career. There was too much reliance on Shoaib and unnecessary hype that he would break the 100-mile barrier. Dennis Lilly was right in concluding that Shoaib is not in the league of Holding, Thompson etc. regarding pace. Saqlain’s limitations were exposed; he is nothing in the test arena when the wicket is not spinning and also that left-handed batsmen have started understanding his deliveries- Langer and Gilchrist are good examples. Sohail should be brought back and Waqar treated according to his stature. Also what was the point in taking Ghulam Ali along (who is a below-average player) if he was not allowed to play? It’s all clear that Wasim still hasn’t settled differences with Sohail. (Where there is smoke there is fire)
    
    Humayun Mir
    Pakistan
    
    
    
18. It was total disappointment. Yes "cricket is by chance". But you have to avail the chance to win the match. Pakistani team is a bunch of gamblers. Their religion is money. I must say that they have no right to play for Pakistan. I think the best solution is to kick off all players and get all junior players to make a team. I am sure they will play better than these gamblers.
    
    Saiyed Rizvi
    Canada
    
    
    
19. It was a repetition of their performance in the World Cup final. Those who sell their swords can’t fight. It was supposed to happen this way.
    
    Khurram Ilyas
    Pakistan
    
    
    
20. It is confirmed that these players only play for money; they never played for their country. If you remember, in the 1996 World Cup he refused to play in Quarter Final before the play. Can anybody tell me why? If he is not fit why did he go to India? You and I don’t understand why and how they lost the 1999 world cup final. Ok we accept; but can anybody tell me how they lost to Bangladesh? In the second test’s first innings, Waqar got a chance to play. Although he is senior to Shoaib, Wasim didn’t allow him to bowl first. In the first innings he had bowled extremely well and taken two valuable wickets. We all know Waqar is a master with old ball. In the second innings he bold 11 overs less than Azhar Mehmood who bold 17 overs. Just think why?
    
    Imran Mustafa Haji
    Kuwait
    
    
    
21. Naturally, we as Pakistanis feel hurt when the team loses and so label them as losers. But at the end of the day the current Australia team, as much as we hate them, is a better side and maybe our team loses its nerve against them and this in turn is a confidence booster for the Aussies. However we are a formidable side in one-day cricket but need to prove it in test cricket as well.
    
    Khushnooda Fatima
    UK
    
    
    
22. It's all part of the game, or let's say charm of the game, the unpredictability of this lovely game called cricket, magical like the sound of a cricket in a hot summers cool night! The thing which bothers me is the pre-mature (forced...) removal of Pakistani team's coach Pybus. Well, if we are to remove coaches with each lost tournament, we're gonna end up with more coaches than the total number of American presidents to date in just a few months! At least let’s work to strengthen one institution, if we can't stabilise the governments in our South Asian region!
    
    Faiza Bukhari
    USA
    
    
    
23. I am deeply hurt that Pakistan lost the series by 3-1.The umpiring standard in Australia is not good and our team also did not play well. I hope our team performs better in the triangular series.
    
    M. Adnan Sharif
    USA
    
    
    
24. Australia simply outclassed us with mental strength and a talent reserve, which equalled the Pakistanis. It settled the issue in my mind. Australia is without any doubt the most competent team in the world and most deserving of their World Champion status.
    
    Haroon
    Australia
    
    
    
25. The worst performance by Pakistan team, I would say. I was stunned that a team which was being tipped as the only team which could beat Australia in Australia, got beaten so miserably. Don’t put the blame on umpires. Ok, if we say there was that decision of Justin Langer then there were also some decisions which went against Australia. We must accept the defeat rather than make lame excuses. Also Wasim Akram did not lead well and we must accept that there has not been any dynamic captain after Imran Khan. I am sure if Imran had been the captain we could have easily won this series. Hey Pakistanis, don’t we have another Khan in us who can come up and revive our cricket? Imran knew how to fight like tigers and to make the team play like one unit. Hmmm...Imran we need you; come back as there is no Imran Khan in the making in the near future.
    
    Haroon Qasim
    Pakistan
    
    
    
26. I was in Pakistan when we lost the Independence cup and other tournaments in the absence of Wasim Akram. He is a great player and a good fighting captain. If we lost the series in Australia, it was because of poor umpiring- everybody knows that they didn’t want to lose that's why this happened. The Pakistani team is well settled and I don't understand why they sacked Pysbus. There was no point in doing that for it was a slur to our honour
    
    Saqib Abdullah
    London, UK
    
    
    
27. With a deep heart I have no regrets in saying that we Pakistanis are being thrashed by the Aussies. They have kicked us hard, the same way as they did in the final of the world cup. I think that Pakistan should stop playing cricket now, as they simply do nothing.
    
    Wasif Farooq
    Australia
    
    
    
28. We are happy with our team. Wasim Akram the team did a great job. All the white men are cheaters. Australians cheat with Pakistan team.
    
    Abdul Qayyum
    Pakistan
    
    
    
29. I think this at least proves that Australia is a better team than Pakistan, and it can also be said that Pakistan lost naturally in the world cup final and that maybe it wasn't a fixed match. One team has to lose and if Pakistan lost, it doesn't mean that it was fixed. Give these guys a break!
    
    Zujaja
    New Zealand
    
    
    
30. I think it was a very poor performance indeed. Especially the Hobart test, that was an easy win; very poor performance from bowlers as well as from batsmen. I am deeply hurt.
    
    Rashid
    Hong Kong
    
    
    
31. I think it was a very close competition, especially, the second test match, when the series was almost 1-1. Similarly in the 2nd innings of the third test match, if we look at the Australian score board, only a couple of players managed to enter double figures and went on and made centuries, otherwise Australians’ overall performance was not as good as Pakistan's. Precisely, each member of the Pakistani team contributed to all the matches someway or the other, but Australians won matches on the basis of uniform performance. It was simply bad luck for Pakistan. But Inshallah Pakistan will perform well in the forthcoming triangular series.
    
    Jawwad Yazdani
    Canada
    
    
    
32. All other Pakistani cricket lovers and I are very unhappy and angry over the 3-0 defeat in the test series with Australia. There are many reasons behind it. The wrong selection of the team. Wasim did not want to give any chance to Waqar Younas and decided to destroy his career. He has also tried his best not to accommodate Aamir Sohail or Rashid Latif. I request the Chief Executive and President of Pakistan to conduct proper accountability of the team.
    
    Farhad
    Pakistan
    
    
    
33. Pakistan was the most competent side that was able to beat Australia in Australia. This is a shame to lose 3-nil despite having the best bowling attack in the world. It seems Wasim Akram and others had no idea, no direction and no commitment at all. We Pakistanis are one of the talented nations but wasting ourselves by messing up in sports, politics and economics. It is high time we learnt from our mistakes.
    
    A.S.Pathan
    UAE
    
    
    
34. The scenario in Australia was similar to the white wash in World Cup final. As long as Pakistan has unreliable players like Ejaz Ahmad and others in the team who play good in one match and then flunk in the next ones, we can never give a consistent performance. These players will let us down definitely. What we need are consistent performers like Javed Miandad who would contribute reasonably in all games and then excel extraordinarily in some. Pakistan has an unreliable batting line-up and that has been its problem since the retirement of Imran Khan and Javed Miandad who used to be the backbone in bowling and batting. Consistent players like Basit Ali, Shoaib Mohammad and Salim Yusuf were left out leaving in current years a very unreliable batting line. The team needs a major overhaul and removal of these inconsistent players and patience to tolerate fresh and consistent talent to thrive till it matures.
    
    Syed Noman haider
    USA
    
    
    
35. We all know the weaknesses of Pakistan's cricket team: poor fielding and collapsing under pressure. However one thing we know is that Pakistan's cricket team was and is one of the best teams in the world. The second cricket test match saw some very poor umpiring and many decisions went against them. The Pakistani bowlers appealed all day on the 5th day of the match but could not convince Mr. Parker of caught behinds and LBWs, which even the Australians expert felt that the batsmen should have been given out. There was no way the Australians could have scored more than 350 runs after losing 5 wickets very quickly, if they hadn't had the umpire's help. That was really depressing and demoralising for the team who must have lost all interest in the 3rd test after realising that no matter how well they perform they cannot overcome a very "hostile umpiring". What is even more unfortunate is that I didn't read much about this in Pakistani media and even the ex test cricketers who understand cricket very well are blaming the captain and the bowlers and not even a word has been said about poor umpiring. I think that the Pakistan Cricket Board should request the ICC to review the umpiring in the recently concluded series especially the second test. They should also stress the need for having neutral umpires.
    
    Mohammed Mubashir Ahmed
    USA
    
    
    
36. It doesn’t look like a Pakistani team, rather a Bangladeshi one. We are really disappointed at the result. Our teams need more practice and less commission. Please for God’s sake don’t lose your country’s honour.
    
    Khalid Khan
    USA
    
    
    
37. I am stunned. Pakistan is a very good team in the world with the world's fastest bowler with it. To lose to Australia in this ignominious manner is something unbelievable. Definitely it is not poor performance on the field but "elsewhere". This needs to be thoroughly probed.
    
    N. Nageswaran
    Singapore
    
    
    
38. Before the Pakistanis landed in the land of the Kangaroos, no one knew that they were in for an historic beating. The Australians proved to be miles ahead of their counterparts; they were superior in their determination, ability to succeed and power to excel. Such a harsh thrashing at the hands of the Aussies and so much a deplorable performance by the Pakistanis speak volumes of the great gulf of cricketing talent and domestic infrastructure between the two countries. Something must urgently be done to remove our present batting predicament. And perhaps it's time for Shoaib Akhtar to do away with 'the fastest bowler on earth' syndrome and start taking some wickets as he is in the middle solely for wicket-taking purpose- the paramount objective of a bowler. For personal glory too, the tour was a failure for skipper Akram and now it seems that the magical figure of 434 test wickets may be asking too much for the ageing lion of Lahore who may not survive enough to be the third Pakistani to play 100 test matches.
    
    Shahid Mian
    USA
    
    
    
39. Well! It’s hard to swallow that Pakistan who had been performing quite well in the past few months, would lose the series in such a humiliating way. I personally think there is something wrong amongst the players, which came up in the form of such a poor performance in Australia. Authorities must find out the cause and try to reconcile the differences instead of pressurising the players- in which case performance graph would further go down.
    
    Tasneem Murad
    Saudi Arabia
    
    
    
40. I think this was a good chance for young cricketers to learn more tips/tricks of the game. In my opinion, we should add young blood to our team and do a little more clean up in our team.
    
    Irshad A Saeed
    Pakistan
    
    
    
41. It was disgusting to watch our cricket team's performance. The team seemed down and under pressure. After the world cup's debacle, we thought the team would certainly turn over a new leaf now but they have really let us down one more time. That reminds us of the great Javed Miandad, who used to bat according to the situation. So many times, in his career, he helped Pakistan come out of tremendous pressure. After him, we have not seen even a single batsman like him. The President must take notice of this hurtful performance and the Board should dismiss some players like Mohammad Wasim, Mushtaq Ahmed and Ejaz (yes even after his 100) and include Rashid Latif, Shoaib Malik and Amir Sohail for the upcoming tri-nation series in Australia.
    
    Wahab Hameed Shirgaonkar
    Pakistan
    
    
    
42. Australians know how to apply themselves to the required conditions. They have proved their professionalism. No matter how experienced some of our team members are, they have yet to learn. That is why, improvement in domestic cricket is of utmost importance.
    
    Ahmed Bilal
    Pakistan
    
    
    
43. When our heroes lost the WC final against Aussies, the whole nation got furious and was ready to even kill them (Pak team). What a nice way to appreciate our heroes' victories, which they got in the past, and in earlier matches at WC. I mean this is just a game any one can lose it, and it has happened with our team many times before. Our players are unpredictable in their performance, because of their lack of fitness and confidence. This team, as Imran Khan says, has been the best one in Pakistan’s cricket history, and they can beat any team in the world, and they did, last year in India and Sharjah. The same bowlers (fast and slow) performed well on Indian dead wickets, so why then can’t they perform on fast Australian wickets? It’s a question and answer to this is that Waseem did it intentionally, only to take revenge of that insult which was gifted by the whole nation a few months ago.
    
    Khalid Mahmood
    USA
    
    
    
44. It was unfortunate that Pakistani team lost all the matches. Although partly we can blame biased umpiring, Australia was a better and well-organised side. They deserved to win the series. Pakistani team is capable of playing better cricket, which they did play in Australia. I think the team was relying mostly on the bowling attack and it was thought to be the best attacks of the world. But in Australia that was the bowling attack that caused us the humiliating defeats. Fast bowlers seemed a bunch of dumb brains who just wanted to impress the world with their speed. They never threatened to get the Aussie batsmen's wickets neither did they try to contain the flow of runs. Shoaib particularly was a huge disappointment. Pakistani team was missing a genuine opener and a batsman at one down position. Ijaz can't cope with pace and swing bowling at all. We have one of the highest paid coaches in the world but he could not improve the fielding of the team. Instead, I think that may be the worst fielding displays at the international level. School teams have better standards in the field. Overall Pakistani team seems very unorganised and lacks professionalism and team spirit. They succumb to the pressure too easily. Shoaib should learn a lesson from this thumping by the hands of the Aussies. You can't always get the batsman out by intimidating him. Pakistani team should have won the Hobart test. Pakistani players' nerves proved too weak there. I still can't believe that Wasim Akram decided to bat first in Perth on the fastest pitch on this planet. It was a suicidal mistake that cost the match. Although Aamir Sohail is kind of a person who is very hard to deal with, he is good enough a player to be included in the side.
    
    Kamran Nasim
    USA
    
    
    
45. Actually this is Wasim Akram's favourite team which he has made himself, no resistance from the board. Hence the whitewash. According to Wasim's statement that they wanted experience in this tour. If they wanted experience why did he pick Shoaib, Mohd. Wasim, Wwajahat Wasti? They are non-experienced persons. If you have no strategy then the result is what you just got.
    
    Noman Soofi
    Pakistan
    
    
    
46. At first in the world cup final Pakistan Cricket Team had taken money and lost the match but in the test series whitewash, it was bad luck. But don't worry, there is a lot of cricket remaining; if they try their best they will win.
    
    Ashar Noman
    Pakistan
    
    
    
47. I think Pakistanis were simply outplayed by the Australians in all the disciplines. Our team was a young and inexperienced. The Pakistani team has also had little Test match practice in the past year. Pakistan should have sent Wasti as opener, for he had shown great performance in the Test style of the game and must give up on spent talents like Ijaz. On the bowling side our main strong points did not do. I feel that Shoaib Akhtar was overrated and I would like to see Waqar return for the one-dayers.
    
    Bilal A
    Canada
    
    
    
48. There is a difference between a "ball hitter" and a "ball player". Our team is full of hitters which is good for one day cricket but for test cricket our team needs a lot of training. All of the players and management lack tactics required to play test cricket. A study of previous test wins by the same team will reveal that they were either by luck or the weakness of the opposing teams. Shoaib, though the fastest bowler in the world, bowls straight to the bat and that is not how you play test cricket. This team should be kept together. They will mature through experience as the worlds' best, because they have got the potential.
    Congratulations to Australia, they proved themselves as true champions of the world.
    
    Sajjad Rehman
    England
    
    
    
49. Well, I was very disappointed the way Pakistan played in this test series. There is no doubt that Pakistan is the best test side in the world along with South Africa and Australia, even Steve Waugh admits that. The fact is, in the first test, Pakistan batting let them down badly in the second innings; it really should have been a draw! In the second test it was their balling that let them down. Pakistan deserved to win that game and in the third test it was both! It really should have been 1-1. Wasim has to make some changes in the team. Pakistan's batting and balling is not bad but they lack in their fielding. Catches win matches and the way they dropped catches right from the first test, how could they win like that.
    
    Sohail Hanif
    UK
    
    
    
50. I think we should get rid of Captain Wasim and Ijaz Ahmed, and let Aamir Sohail lead the team. I admit Wasim is a good player, and maybe a good captain, but he is always doubtful.
    
    S. Cheema
    Los Angeles, USA
    
    
    
51. I personally feel that Pakistan is not that bad a team to lose 3-0. But they suffered from the failure of their batting line-up and the failure of Shoaib Akhtar, whom they depended upon so much. Also, the crucial umpiring decision of Justin Langer in the second test really affected their morale. As a whole, Australia got the right initiatives at the crucial moments. Overall, Pakistan could not click as a team, whereas Australia did. Also the internal politics and the turmoil back home affected their performance.
    
    Debashis Basu
    India
    
    
    
52. Our players were outclassed by a side which had 13 not 11 players. Don't lose faith Pakistan, please bring back Miandad as coach.
    
    Dr Xmas Jones
    United States
    
    
    
53. It’s only a game. And we have to change our culture of non-acceptance of defeat. The important thing is that in every test we went down fighting. I still think that Pakistan’s cricket team is the best in the world. All our players have great potential and killer instinct which other teams like India and England do not have.
    
    Nasir Iqbal
    USA/Pakistan
    
    
    
54. Well, any team which plays better always wins. But in this particular series I would simply say that it was purely bad luck for Pakistan team. The second test was almost in the hands of Pakistani team but Australian players managed to complete the given target. Although we have lost the series, I can say that Pakistani players have the ability to defeat any good team in the world.
    
    Mohammad Akram
    Singapore
    
    
    
55. I think that this was a total failure of the captain. We must have a national coach for our team.
    
    Syed Sajjad Haider Kazmi
    Pakistan
    
    
    
56. It’s just cricket. Still the Pakistan team is too good, and Australia is superior, we know. It happened due to the political situation in the country.
    
    Irshad Ahmed Khan
    USA
    
    
    
57. It was horrible. But it is only a game, and cricket is always "by chance". Next time I think they will perform well.
    
    Umar Rehman
    The Netherlands
    
    
    
58. The team should be restructured and black sheep should be kicked out with short notice (like Wasim Akram, Ejaz Ahmed, Inzamam ul Haq).
    
    Azhar-us-Saqib
    US
    
    
    
59. Our batsmen have proved highly unreliable and inconsistent in the past many years and this was yet another show of the fact. We don’t need batsmen who score 100 in one match and fall back to duck in the next four, averaging 20 per match. We need consistent and consolidated batting where a guy scores at least 20 in every match to be reliable and dependable.
    
    Shahzad Nadeem
    Qatar
    
    
    
60. I think that it is because of too much one-day cricket and lack of test cricket, especially domestic test series. The reason lies in the Sharjah Cup, which is in October/November and February/ March. This does not leave enough time for a local series. Thus because of poor planning of the administrators the fault lies with the board rather than the players. Secondly, because we are playing more one-days, we are selecting hitters, stroke-players rather than grafters whom the board discouraged by dropping from the team (e.g. Shoaib Mohammad's career was ended in such a way). Our batsmen have 'forgotten' how to bat for more than a day! It is the board’s fault.
    
    Tahir Qaiyum Khan
    Pakistan
    
    
    
61. It wouldn't be so bad if the Pakistani team had lost because it was defeated by a more talented side. That would have been unfortunate but understandable. Although the result appears to suggest this I am of the view that the difference between the two sides was their temperament. The Aussies are renowned for their gutsy performances in the most adverse of circumstances. We are famous for losing from winning positions. Its this side of the game that the team managers need to concentrate on.
    
    Asker Husain
    United Kingdom
    
    
    
62. There is no doubt that Australians outdid Pakistan.
    
    Mohammed Khalifa
    Canada
    
    
    
63. It was a series between world’s best cricket team and world’s best eleven cricket individuals. It is high time that Pakistani cricketers thought seriously about playing for the country instead of their own personal records. Even my son Talha can play better cricket than any Pakistani test cricket player.
    
    Mohammad Shariq Rasheed
    United Arab Emirates
    
    
    
64. Pakistani cricket has survived and succeeded merely due to the natural talent people posses. Our batsmen have made lasting impressions on the slow and dusty tracks of the sub-continent as well as in the U.A.E. But when it comes to fast, green-top and bouncy wickets, the same have failed miserably with the willow. I would
    strongly urge the PCB to develop speedy and bouncy pitches in Pakistan which would not only aid our batsmen but also the fast bowlers who happen to be the fastest on the globe. Imagine what our team would be capable of if the stroke-makers mastered the art and technique of handling pace and bounce?
    
    Umair Fazle
    New Jersey, USA
    
    
    
65. A totally lacklustre performance. A lot of players seemed like they were on vacation in Australia. Even the Indian team seems to be more committed.
    
    Sohail
    US
    
    
    
66. The kind of treatment our cricketers were given prior to the tour, a 3-0 wash should have been expected. How did we expect our players to perform with any sort of relaxation, when they were subjected to mental agony and distrust? What kind of a nation are we that can only claim heroes if they are victorious and subject them to unending judicial inquiries if they lose? We ourselves made our heroes laughing stock and subject of controversies by carrying on with hyped inquisitions. What do we think our cricketers are made of, 'rocks'? But in spite of the excessive external pressures the team performed very well, in fact so well that in order to be beaten the opposition had to resort to childish unfair play.
    
    Dr.Rubina Nadeem
    Sultanate of Oman
    
    
    
67. The Pakistani team is no doubt the greatest team in the world but what happened in Australia is surely upsetting. Perhaps the allegations against the team might be correct but, as we saw, they were not found guilty. Hence highlighting the weaknesses of our system.
    
    Hina Majid
    UAE/Pakistani
    
    
    
68. Remove the South African coach immediately. This South African coach gave his personal guarantee to Allan Border that Pakistan would lose all three test matches. He had also given guarantee before the start of the world cup final that Pakistan would lose. In the USA many Pakistanis knew before the start of the series that Pakistan would lose 3-0.
    
    Rashid Khan
    USA
    
    
    
69. I guess they did play well. We have to remember one thing that it depends on the situation. There is a bad thing about us that we do not want to lose. When Pakistani team wins they become our heroes and when they lose we give them no respect, instead we throw stones on their homes. I guess it would encourage our team even after a defeat, if we receive them like heroes.
    
    Shahzad
    Canada
    
    
    
70. They lacked professionalism. They needed to work hard in fielding, and they also needed better coaching. They wouldn’t have lost the Australian series if they had worked on it.
    
    Khurram Abbasi
    USA
    
    
    
71. I predicted whitewash even before the series started. Please someone ask Wasim Akram, why he elected to bat first on a fast bouncy wicket of Perth? He is playing cricket for the last 15 years. He should know better that you field first when you win the toss. Learn from the opponent, Wasim. You have sent Pakistan in to bat twice after winning the toss. Shame on you, Mr. Wasim, you never learnt a lesson, as you did the same thing in the world cup final when you elected to bat on a moist wicket. Some people never learn the lesson.
    
    Imran Khawaja
    USA
    
    
    
72. Well, all I would say at this very moment is that the guys are overconfident and that overconfidence resulted in a defeat. My suggestion is that they need to concentrate on the mistakes that they have been making since the beginning of the series. Develop a new strategy for bowling and batting, and quit doing experiments. It's too late for the experiments.
    
    Yasir Raza
    Pakistan
    
    
    
73. Absolutely pathetic and a disgrace to the Pakistani community living overseas who have to put up with taunts because of the team. Pakistani cricketers should learn to play with their minds and not with their hearts, as they have done in the tests against Australia, in particular, the second test against Australia. The more emotional they get, the better it is for the opposition.
    
    Faiza Khan
    Australia
    
    
    

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