Saturday 28 November 2015 11:44, UK
Mushtaq Ahmed believes Pakistan must vastly improve their fielding and fitness if they want to be serious challengers at next year's World Twenty20.
Pakistan's bowling coach did not mince his words following the team's three-run defeat by England on Friday in Dubai.
The narrow loss gave England an unassailable 2-0 lead in the T20 series, with the final match being staged in Sharjah on Monday.
And Mushtaq said: "Modern cricket and it's protocols have changed. We were sitting at number two in Twenty20 because we have skilled players.
"But maybe we are lacking in fitness and fielding and if you analyse that then it's a fitness game.
"The team management has to take responsibility. You have to face the reality that you have to raise your game and as coach we have to lift the performance.
"If a player is not fit but is skilful then, in today's game, you need fitness more and if after taking double runs twice and you can't hit a boundary off a bad ball then it's a problem."
If England win the series 3-0, then they will jump to fourth position in the rankings, while Pakistan would drop to sixth position.
