Pak team under fire for embarrassing loss

“This (result) could be blessing in disguise for us because you can only move forward from here,” Alam said. “You can’t see a much poorer performance from the team than what we did in Lahore two days ago. I’m not making any excuses for the defeats in the last two matches,but I can promise to the nation that better results will come in near future,” Alam said.

PCB chairman Ijaz Butt asked the team management to submit a detailed report on the side’s poor performance. “We are going to submit the report by Tuesday and hopefully things will improve when Sri Lanka arrive for two Test matches next month,” Alam said.

Pakistan lawmakers have also taken note of the team’s poor performance against Sri Lanka,with the Senate’s Standing Committee on Sports summoning Alam,team captain Shoaib Malik and chief selector Abdul Qadir to appear before it on February 9 to explain the series loss.

“The performance (of the team) is just going down and we are really worried,” Senator Enver Baig said. “We can’t see any team management and we fear that there’s no unity among the players.”