British media, experts slam England team

The British media and cricket experts on Saturday lamented the England team for their capitulation to the spin duo of Abdul Rehman and Saeed Ajmal and pointed that you can’t teach ‘old dogs new tricks’.
Alan Tyers wrote in Telegraph: You can criticise England, and that certainly has its part to play, but what a fantastic bowling effort by Pakistan. Abdur Rehman and Saeed Ajmal were brilliant. England failed it miserably.
Mike Selvey wrote in the Guardian: “It is blindingly obvious: England just cannot play spin.
“It will be down to England’s batsmen to work out a way to master the magicians, but it will be hard to teach old dogs new tricks.”
Geoffrey Boycott, former England captain on BBC: England’s performance in the 72-run Test defeat by Pakistan as one of the worst he has ever witnessed.
“I’ve seen some poor performances in 25 years of playing and 23 years of commentating and that’s as bad as I’ve seen. What a load of rubbish. You have to see it to believe it how poor it was.”
Bob Willis said on Skysports: I am worried by England’s inability to combat slow bowling after they fell to defeat in the second Test against Pakistan.
Former England seamer Willis had plenty of praise for Pakistan’s high-calibre bowling attack but told Sky Sports that England’s method of playing spinners is a concern.
“Apart from the Indian line-up at its best, I don’t think any batting side in the world would be able to cope with that attack in these conditions, he said. “But some of the dismissals were very disappointing.
Jonathan Agnew, BBC cricket correspondent in his column wrote: “Only two England batsmen have scored more than 100 runs in the series and England’s defeat by Pakistan in the second Test in Abu Dhabi was a throwback to the bad old days of chaotic, mindless batting collapses that produced a series of embarrassing defeats. “Looking ahead to the last Test, there are people not only playing for their places but also playing for their credibility.”
Mike Atherton, former England captain believes: England buckled under pressure during their defeat to Pakistan in Abu Dhabi.