KARACHI  - Mohsin Khan, Pakistan's outgoing interim coach, has said he was surprised with the team's performance in the limited-over series against England, and insisted that every match had been winnable. Pakistan lost all four one-dayers before losing the Twenty20 series 2-1.
"I am disappointed with the performance," Mohsin told reporters on his arrival here. "We played so well throughout the Test series and beat the world No.1 team. I am surprised at the team's performance in the limited-overs matches but every target against England was achievable. I really have no clue. I don't know how and why we went so wrong because the same team had fought hard and won the Test series in convincing fashion."
The former Test batsman rubbished talks of groupings or problems within the team. "We just went off our winning track and nothing worked for us. Our planning didn't work for the one-day games. I was as surprised as everyone else at the way we performed in the limited over series because this same team had beaten England in the Tests," Mohsin said.
He, however, made it clear that batting was not an easy task on the low and slow pitches in the UAE.
"The general impression is that batting is easy on these pitches but that is not the case. The pitches were not ideal for batting. And if you look at the records of the series most of the batsmen struggled with a few exceptions," Mohsin said.
About his own future as coach of the team, Mohsin made it clear that he was ready to serve Pakistan cricket in any capacity but not at the cost of his dignity and honour.
"I am satisfied with my tenure and did my best," Mohsin said. "I want to continue serving Pakistan cricket and my services are always available. Winning against England in the Tests was special but in limited-over series we lost due to the poor batting and I am disappointed that the team failed (in ODI and Twenty20). But this is the same team that was being lauded only a few days back and now everyone is so critical and talking about inducting new blood, which is again strange."