'Seniors should learn from their mistakes' says Coach

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Rain save Pakistan from a white wash in the series but with the whole day to do it will not be easy for Pakistan to save this match but coach Intikhab Alam think that they can save the Test without any rain.

"It is very difficult now, since we have lost four wickets," Intikhab said. "I thought conditions were a little different today. They did help the fast bowlers. Yesterday we saw the sun was shining and batting was a little easier. We have to make a sincere effort tomorrow. We're not hoping for rain, let me tell you this. We don't play cricket like this. We have to make an effort to make sure that things that happened in the past, put them away and try and save this match. "

Pakistan loss their 5 important wickets chasing 438 and hoping for the win in Australia since 1996. Mohammad Yousuf again failed to score any big one, openers also didn’t contribute too much in the mission. Shoaib Malik and Khurram Manzoor are the batsmen in the crease who will carry the hopes of Pakistan tomorrow.

"I have said before we had a gap for almost two years where we didn't play Test cricket," Intikhab said. "I'm not making excuses but we have played too much ODI and Twenty20 cricket. It's a bit difficult when you are playing too much ODI cricket and you come to Test cricket. In Test cricket you need to be very patient and determined. You need good technique, occupation of crease, shot selection, you have to be very determined to do that.

"I do hope we can learn from our mistakes, especially the senior players. They have got to take responsibility to try and stay at the wicket and it hasn't happened here. We can learn from our mistakes, we have youngsters in the side and they are learning. It takes time. There aren't any superstars in the team, so they have to really show what they are made from and learn from mistakes. Good sides always learn from mistakes and they get better and better."

Coach believes that this series will gonna help the side in future, Pakistan will tour England where they will play 2 Tests against Australia and 4 against England so according to coach this is better for the side for the upcoming Test matches.

"If you look at the history of Pakistan in Australia, we have never won a series here and only a few Tests," he said. "Other teams who come here also have problems. This time I was very confident we could win and we got to a stage that we could have won. But the fielding has been our biggest thing - even with our batting - we could've won it. But from here, we can go and beat other teams. Losing here, we will go and perform better against other teams. We've always done it because Australia toughens you up like that."