England should not change your team, despite being "embarrassed" by Pakistan in the first two tests, according to former captain Michael Vaughan.
With a victory target of 145 in Abu Dhabi on Saturday, the world's number one ranked Test side to 72 all fell into the hands of Pakistan a 2-0 lead in their three-match series.
"Personally, I would not change the team," Vaughan told the Sunday Telegraph. "We saw two embarrassing failures. Give them one more chance to meet a Sri Lanka tour, played in similar positions, is the next on the calendar.
"Dubai is a chance to show that these players are good enough to get on the plane to Sri Lanka."
England has one more test against Pakistan and then travel to Sri Lanka in March.
Vaughan pointed a finger at England's batsmen, who failed miserably to deal with Pakistan bowlers round Saeed Ajmal, Abdur Rahman and Mohammad Hafeez.
"England has been embarrassed on this tour with the bat and you can point the finger at this team and say they do not play cricket in the subcontinent at all well," Vaughan said.
"This is hard to take as a team that believes it is best, but even top sides lose when they only have two hitters in the game 6 / 1 with authority.
"Alastair Cook and Jonathan Trott are the only batsmen to look comfortable, but they are not the kind of people to dominate the game.
"They occupy the crease. The rest of the first six are fighting for the technique, the trial, the rating options, and the greatest of all, trust."
Vaughan said that the likes of Ian Bell and Kevin Pietersen needed to show strength of character before the third test begins in Dubai, but rejected suggestions that the captain Andrew Strauss was not justifying his place on the side.
POSITION HORRIBLE
"They can start by not hiding more and admit they have a batting problem in the sub-continent in low, slow wickets," said Vaughan.
"Technical Pietersen against left arm spinners Ian Bell is shot ... is completely fooled by Saeed Ajmal.
"Andrew Strauss is in an awful position and that is a concern. He is a good leader and a very strong man, but now the team started losing, people started looking at their shape and their average over the last year and a half.
"He needs a score for your peace of mind. When you do not score runs and the team is losing, your confidence goes. He needs to run its own sake.
"Forget the career end of forecasts. This is garbage. He needs to run their own well-being to give up power just because you feel drained as captain when you're not playing well and the team is losing.
"The work exhausted him. Strauss still has power, it runs only need to bring back the feelgood factor."
In Pakistan, former captain Shoaib Malik said Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) had done well to take advantage of treating the games in the Gulf as a "series at home."
"The fields prepared for the first two tests were good test shots, but played to our strengths. Ascension of England in recent years has been mainly dependent on their pace bowlers not their spinners," Malik told Reuters.
Another former captain, Moin Khan said the victory was the result of the trust and support given to the captain Misbah ul-Haq for the management team and board.
"I think the board and deserve credit for creating an environment where the players are hungry for success. Misbah is also growing in confidence as a captain and has the support of his players," he said.
With a victory target of 145 in Abu Dhabi on Saturday, the world's number one ranked Test side to 72 all fell into the hands of Pakistan a 2-0 lead in their three-match series.
"Personally, I would not change the team," Vaughan told the Sunday Telegraph. "We saw two embarrassing failures. Give them one more chance to meet a Sri Lanka tour, played in similar positions, is the next on the calendar.
"Dubai is a chance to show that these players are good enough to get on the plane to Sri Lanka."
England has one more test against Pakistan and then travel to Sri Lanka in March.
Vaughan pointed a finger at England's batsmen, who failed miserably to deal with Pakistan bowlers round Saeed Ajmal, Abdur Rahman and Mohammad Hafeez.
"England has been embarrassed on this tour with the bat and you can point the finger at this team and say they do not play cricket in the subcontinent at all well," Vaughan said.
"This is hard to take as a team that believes it is best, but even top sides lose when they only have two hitters in the game 6 / 1 with authority.
"Alastair Cook and Jonathan Trott are the only batsmen to look comfortable, but they are not the kind of people to dominate the game.
"They occupy the crease. The rest of the first six are fighting for the technique, the trial, the rating options, and the greatest of all, trust."
Vaughan said that the likes of Ian Bell and Kevin Pietersen needed to show strength of character before the third test begins in Dubai, but rejected suggestions that the captain Andrew Strauss was not justifying his place on the side.
POSITION HORRIBLE
"They can start by not hiding more and admit they have a batting problem in the sub-continent in low, slow wickets," said Vaughan.
"Technical Pietersen against left arm spinners Ian Bell is shot ... is completely fooled by Saeed Ajmal.
"Andrew Strauss is in an awful position and that is a concern. He is a good leader and a very strong man, but now the team started losing, people started looking at their shape and their average over the last year and a half.
"He needs a score for your peace of mind. When you do not score runs and the team is losing, your confidence goes. He needs to run its own sake.
"Forget the career end of forecasts. This is garbage. He needs to run their own well-being to give up power just because you feel drained as captain when you're not playing well and the team is losing.
"The work exhausted him. Strauss still has power, it runs only need to bring back the feelgood factor."
In Pakistan, former captain Shoaib Malik said Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) had done well to take advantage of treating the games in the Gulf as a "series at home."
"The fields prepared for the first two tests were good test shots, but played to our strengths. Ascension of England in recent years has been mainly dependent on their pace bowlers not their spinners," Malik told Reuters.
Another former captain, Moin Khan said the victory was the result of the trust and support given to the captain Misbah ul-Haq for the management team and board.
"I think the board and deserve credit for creating an environment where the players are hungry for success. Misbah is also growing in confidence as a captain and has the support of his players," he said.
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