It's not a nice way to lose the match. We were always behind on the D/L method and after Butt and Malik put on a brilliant partnership we were left to play the catching game. |
It's not that we will forget to bat or bowl in one day. |
It's very heartening the way we have responded to big Pakistan totals in both the Test matches. It's not easy to bat after staying on the field for two days. |
Last couple of months have been really good. There have been good performance from all the players. |
Of course we missed his presence in the dressing room. But it was good that he underwent that (shoulder) operation early enough to return fully fit before the World Cup. |
Our aim is to try and win test matches, irrespective of the conditions, and we need to look at the best combination to win. We thought we needed five bowlers to get us 20 wickets and to have a serious chance to win this test. |
Our batting in both innings, the top order especially, let us down. |
Our goal was to win the series 4-1. We were confident of chasing a target and we have been good at doing that in recent times. |
Pakistan have got some good players all round. I think if we focus on just one or two players in the team, we will be making a mistake and I think if they focus on one or two players in our team, they will be making a mistake because we have shown over the last month that a lot of our guys are performing. |
Pakistan is not an easy team to beat. We have had to play well to beat them in the series. I am happy with the strides we are taking as a team. As captain, it has been heartening to see that the boys are responding well to some of the challenges being thrown at them. |
Reactions are always extreme when you lose or win, but these players are fully equipped and will not allow the performance to affect. |
Seeing the video, cricket seems like fun, I didn't know that. We only know about fast bowlers, dressing room and hotels. Now I know what to do after I finish with cricket. You meet so many people and have such fun. It is quite interesting and exciting. |
Shuffling of batting order will depend on strategy and other conditions but the post-mortem of the Test series shows that we will have to play the key players in the positions suited to them. |
Sri Lanka was higher than us, so was South Africa and now Pakistan was number two. So we have played well against teams higher than us. |
The boys responded well to challenges and the various roles they were asked to perform in the team. They also adjusted to the changes in the batting order. |