“I think we lack fitness,” Riaz told this reporter in an interview.
“As compared to England, we were not as fit.”
But fitness is not the only concern according to Riaz. There are serious issues in bowling and batting departments as well.
“We did not bowl well in the last overs, we got to do well here,” Riaz said.
“Plus, we need to attack more as a batting unit.”
The lack of intent with the bat when it mattered most was forcefully driven home in the third and final T20 at Sharjah on November 30, 2015, which England won to seal the series 3-0.
With two runs needed from two balls for a Pakistan win in that game to avoid an English whitewash, Shoaib Malik lobbed a catch to long-on off Chris Woakes, reducing the number of available deliveries to one, but with no runs added.
On the last ball, Sohail Tanvir failed to connect but scrambled for a bye, leading to the scores being tied.
In the allotted six balls with the bat in the Super Over, Shahid Afridi and Umar Akmal managed only three runs.
When it was Pakistan’s turn to field, Anwar Ali fumbled while trying to hold on to a throw and effect a run-out.
In the melee, England scampered to victory.
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