October 13: "It was quite humiliating at Rawalpindi in the first Test. We played poorly. The batting, except for Saeed Anwar and Salim Malik, never really recovered after our poor showing in the first innings,'' Sohail said today.Pakistan lost the opening Test by an innings and 99 runs and were outplayed in every department of the game after Australia accumulated 513 runs in their first innings in reply to Pakistan's 269 all out. The home side managed only 145 in the second innings.``In the second Test we are going in with a totally different frame of mind and hope we will bounce back in the series with much better cricket,'' the captain said.The wicket at the northern border town of Peshawar is thought likely to favour the batsmen.Pakistan have brought Ijaz Ahmed into the squad and although out of form he does have a formidable record against Australia having scored two Test centuries against them.``He will make a lot of difference to the make-up. Salim Malik is also batting well. What we needis good opening partnership to have a launching pad for a big score,'' Sohail said.``We do not ever underrate Australia, they are one-up already in the series and we would not like to lose the series before it is over. We have a good team and have to click in unison to dent Australia,'' he said.The Rawalpindi drubbing was a rude awakening for Sohail and the side, who were confident after the Sahara Cup in Toronto where they beat India 4-1 in One-Day Internationals.
