Former England skipper Nasser Hussain reckons Pakistan Cricket Board have made Paksitan a laughing stock in the cricketing world. After suffering a 194-run loss against England in the second Test, PCB made plenty of changes to the squad.

After the loss, head coach Sarfaraz Ahmed and bowling coach Umar Gul were also removed from their roles. Mike Hesson, Pakistan’s white-ball coach, has been given charge of the Test side ahead of the third and final match at Edgbaston.

“I don’t think after Headingley that the world was laughing at Pakistan. My rant at Lord’s about them not fighting back, about India vs Pakistan games being very one-sided and that they were a poor side playing poorly wasn’t laughing at them,” Hussain said on Sky Sports cricket podcast.

Meanwhile, the PCB’s director of high performance, Aaqib Javed had slammed Imam-ul-Haq after the left-hander decided not to bat in both innings against England in the second Test. Javed said the southpaw should have at least tried and fought. Hussain questioned Javed for his post-match comments.

“I cannot believe how a director of high performance can go on telly, rightly or wrongly, and throw a player under the bus. He is either injured or he is not,” Hussain added.

“The Imam injury is a big question mark, and a deep disappointment,” Aaqib had said on Geo News. “Players in the past used to get injuries, but they used to put on casts and still tried. We’ll take action against this. How is it possible that a pulled muscle ruled you out of batting in both innings? He should have tried and fought. He’ll have to face an inquiry; I can’t say he faked it, but a muscle pull like that cannot stop you from batting altogether.”

The third and final Test between England and Pakistan will be played at Edgbaston, Birmingham, from September 9 onwards.