England captain Andrew Strauss said Monday that batting had let down his side. “We didn’t bat well in all three Tests, to be honest with ourselves. If you keep getting out for 140 or 150 then you are not going to win many Test matches,” said Strauss. “We never underestimated Pakistan, they have played lot of good cricket in the last 12-18 months, we knew that their spinners were good enough and they played outstandingly, they are well led and very tight and cohesive unit and that’s important for a side to play consistently.” Strauss praised Saeed Ajmal who took 24 wickets in the series and Abdul Rehman who finished with 18. “You need to give Pakistan huge amount of credit because their two spinners were very impressive and made life difficult for ourselves and when we did get in front of them in Tests they were able to wrest the initiative back in their favour,” said Strauss. Strauss denied his team ever took Pakistan lightly.
