England VS Pakistan

England tour of United Arab Emirates,Pakistan won by 10 wickets in its 1st test series at

Dubai International Cricket  Stadium.

Mohsin came in as a breath of fresh air, for both the players and for the team management, who had seen enough of foreign coaches. Mohsin, together with the captain Misbah-ul-Haq who has an equally calm behavior, applied  sensible approach. They decided to take it one series at a time, beginning with the home contest against Sri Lanka, played in the UAE.

The faith shown by Mohsin and Ijaz Ahmed, the batting coach, on youngsters like Azhar Ali, Asad Shafiq and Umar and Adnan Akmal paid off when they confirmed the three-Test series 1-0 and the ODIs by a 4-1 margin. Next, Pakistan cleaned up Bangladesh 2-0 in Tests and 3-0 in ODIs on another tour.

Keeping the players motivated is a tough task for a coach who knows his replacement is around the corner. And Mohsin, who represented Pakistan in 48 Tests and scored close to 3000 runs with a respectable average of just over 37, has done well in spite of being under that pressure. The batting was the main reason for the end result. Saeed Ajmal's 7 for 55 spun England out for 192 in the first innings, and then Pakistan took the lead by scoring 338. Umar Gul and Ajmal shared seven wickets in England's second innings of 160, and a ten-wicket win was achieved well before stumps on the third day.