London: England coach Trevor Bayliss has criticised his players after the embarrassing nine-wicket defeat at the hands of Pakistan in the one-off T20 on Wednesday. 

Bayliss accused his players of behaving “like pretty boys” and said that they were “poor” on the field. 

Bayliss was scathing after a disappointing end to his team’s season. “I thought we were very poor.  The way we were going about it, it allowed Pakistan to get on top. We didn’t show urgency with our running between the wickets,” the Australian coach said.  

“We played like pretty boys there at one stage. Our strength is hitting the ball and we tried to get too cute too early. We want to win every game. You can coach all you want but it’s got to come from within.   

“The ceiling is still very high. We’re still looking at how well we can play. We’re looking at how we can become a bit more consistent.”

England captain Eoin Morgan, on the other hand, blamed the change in conditions for the loss. Morgan said evening dew had made the new ball come on to the bat nicely at the start of Pakistan’s chase.  

“I think the conditions changed quite dramatically throughout the game,” he said. “With the benefit of hindsight, I probably would have bowled first and chased in the evening – given how much dew there was. They certainly batted on a different wicket than we did.”

For Pakistan, pacer Wahab Riaz impressed with figures of three for 18 and was also adjudged the Man of the Match. 
Wahab didn’t have a great tour of England but certainly played an important role in the team’s victory in the final match of the tour.  

“I had a plan that if I have to bowl fast, it has to be very fast and if I have to bowl slow it has to be very slow and you have to have a lot of varieties in this T20 game,” Wahab said.

 (Agencies)