Maybe it's because I didn't watch the whole match, but I really didn't see anything much from Pakistan to say 'great win'. We were dismal and had to be bailed out as usual with the bat, and 145, whilst an excellent recovery, was aided by quite a few extras from England and, actually, some average bowling/fielding at the end from then. At 73/5, it was the same story. Hafeez and Shafiq made starts and failed, we flopped MASSIVELY against Graeme Swann (if my memory is right, he took 3-14 in 4 two years ago this month on this ground, as opposed to 3-13 today). Afridi and Umar, bloody idiots, the pair of them. Getting so pissed off with Umar.
As for the bowling, well I think England chucked it away more than we bowled well tbh. Hafeez resorted to the time old tactic of just trying to run through his overs quickly and cramp the batsmen for room, but any batsman with an ounce of credibility should be able to slow play down by taking a seemingly aimless walk down the pitch or by moving around in his crease a little bit, it's not impossible. Ajmal and Afridi were decent, nothing special, merely a bit restrictive. Junaid got hammered like a bitch, out of character but then again, the teams management of the fast bowlers has been very poor this tour. Gul was the matchwinner, or matchsealer really, he bowled very well, kept things very quiet and took the wickets as well, fair play to him. It's been a while since he's done any good in this format. The fielding was rubbish as ever.
I really don't see all that to be optimistic with. We played at about 50% of full capacity and we were lucky to beat an inexperienced, rotated, and frankly, weak England side.
Bring on Dav Whatmore, we do need a specialist coach. Mohsin is just a big brother, we need a daddy to lay some ground rules and give the team some direction.