Former England skipper Michael Vaughan says helium "really fears" for Pakistan and felt "quite sad" watching their dense decision by England successful the archetypal Test astatine Headingley.
Pakistan were thrashed by an innings and 103 runs successful the bid opener - batting for 85.4 overs crossed some innings combined.
A broadside that has produced immoderate of the sport's astir fearsome bowlers were besides meek with the shot and mediocre successful the field.
"They've been perfectly blown away," Vaughan told BBC Test Match Special. "They've been hammered. I've ne'er seen them look truthful timid.
"The tactical broadside wasn't there. The accomplishment level and the people betwixt the sides, Pakistan look a agelong mode short.
"I anticipation they tin find thing implicit the adjacent mates of days.
"They'll get criticised and rightly so, hopefully that volition unit them to find something."
Pakistan person agelong been known for their turmoil disconnected the tract and their existent struggles were possibly champion summed up successful the post-match quality conference.
Stand-in skipper Salman Agha laughed helium is "more than happy" to manus the captaincy backmost to Babar Azam for the 2nd Test, which starts astatine Lord's connected Thursday.
A decennary agone they were apical of the Test rankings portion iconic teams successful the precocious 1980s and 1990s, featuring all-time greats specified arsenic Imran Khan, Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis, won 3 Test bid successful a enactment successful England.
Now they are bottommost of the World Test Championship, person mislaid 5 of their past six Tests and 14 defeats from 19 Tests going backmost to December 2023.
Former skipper Ramiz Raja told TMS helium "fears the worst".
"The archetypal pillar has fallen, and that's the fans, they are disenchanted, they aren't going to backmost this squad and who would?" Raja said.
"If you suffer 17 Test matches successful the past 20 you've played nobody's going to backmost this team."
Vaughan added: "I look astatine this broadside and consciousness rather bittersweet watching them this week.
"I've seen galore Pakistan sides play and this broadside conscionable look to beryllium lacking each that tone and combat we've travel accustomed to seeing."
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