Pakistan cricket has been suffering in recent times due to its unconvincing form, especially in the longest format of the game. After their dismal form, their head coach Mickey Arthur has stood by them extending his support by making the blame for mismanagement.
Arthur claimed that despite the players being skilled, the management’s inconsistency around selection and the lack of team administration played a major role in the team’s morale.
However, Pietersen claimed that since his playing days in the Pakistan Super League, he noticed the poor training of Pakistan players and how they are driven mostly by emotion rather than a determined spirit over the game.
He also seemed harsh when he remarked that the off-field inconsistency and lack of intense training sessions are what led to the weak on-field performances for Pakistan. Though despite all this, he acclaimed the astonishing talents of Pakistan players.
Pakistan have not won a single match in Tests since 2022 at home
From the visiting English side to the Aussies as well as the underdog Bangladesh side, Pakistan have lost all of their home series in the WTC since 2022.
In a disappointing record skip, Pakistan has featured in around 11 test matches at home since 2022 and has yet to win a single game, while they lost 7 of them. While they faced the most humiliation after their sudden series clean sweep against Bangladesh, the underdogs defeated them for the first time in the history of the format.
Following their loss against Bangladesh, the Pakistani batters seemed to be back with some resilience as they put on a big score of 556 in the first inning, at the back of three centurions, with the skipper leading from the front with a 150+ score.
However, despite their initial dominance, England came back furthermore strongly, as Harry Brook scored his maiden triple-hundred, while also Joe Root broke a series of records for the English side in his stellar innings of 262, his highest score in the history of red-ball cricket.
However, what happened in the second Pakistan innings was totally against the flow of the match, as they once again suffered a batting collapse, as they were reduced to 71/6, and lost the match by an inning after the wicket of Salman Ali Agha fell, who had put on a hundred run partnership alongside Aamer Jamal.
Pakistan became the first team in the history of test cricket to have lost the match by an innings even after having scored 550+ runs in the first inning at Multan.
