[Baundule]

By now, Siddons should be pretty ashamed of his pre-series comments.

He was singling out a few players (Tamim, Shakib, Mushfiq and Riyadh) to perform well; but he had no clue that the likes of Shahadat, Janaed or kayes can perform. We were supposed to be buried in the cold by the English pace and bla bla bla. He was just being realistc!

Unfortunately (for him), the reality is a bit different. There was no Herkules either in English bowlers or in the British climate as the guys at the top order showed in both innings. Still the 'team' failed to avoid the follow on. This is what happens when the focus is on individual achievements (where the individuals are always the performing ones for that particular match/series) and not on the team achievement.

As a team, we had much more important things to achieve in the series. English bowling line up is only half strong as it was during the Flintoff-Harmison era. And a bit of patience and some more confidence on the players would have done wonders for our players. The coach has to instill that confidence and build the team as a team. It does not help the team to critise players openly and say that they are crap, especially when they are selected.

On the 5th day of the test, I hope the 'team' will show a big heart to save the test, not undoing all the good work of the top order, instead of thinking that we have already achieved those individual things.