With Pakistan's recent rise and new found consistency in all forms of the game, there were calls for current interim coach Mohsin Khan to be retained as permanent coach. Whilst things are going well, Mohsin's brand of encouragement and arm around the shoulder with the occasional tap on the behind, seems more than an adequate form of coaching in the eyes of many fans and pundits. Yet I'm not convinced it is. It is when things go wrong that the coach really does his job, and in the first ODI of the series against England, things went badly wrong. It will be interesting to see how the Pakistan team reacts in this ODI series, but here is where you need a proper coach in my opinion, to spot the intricacies behind any bad performance and help the players iron them out. A 'don't worry boys, we can put it right in the next game' simply will not suffice.

Pakistan should not be done with Mohsin completely; I'm certain there's a role for him. But Pakistan's first team players need coaching in the conventional sense probably more than most of the world's other top teams, due to their heavy reliance on natural talent.

England has beatan Pakistan by a huge margin of 130 runs in the First match of what is a 4 match One Day Series played at Abu Dhabi, by 13 Both the teams were well balanced and had players that are ideal in the ODI format. Team Pakistan played the same team as they did in the ODI against Afghanistan, where as the English has players like Stephen Finn, Samit Patel, Ravi Bopara and Craig Kieswetter, who are excellent in the shorter formats of the game.

England captain Alastair Cook won the important toss and with out any hesitation, decided to bat first. English team repeated thier strategy of the 2011 World cup and opened with Kevin Pietersen along with Alastair Cook.