evidence: The same was the case in the match against Sri Lanka, which slowed down the game. I went to Sharjah for a couple of days and confronted Haroon Rashid with these mistakes. His answer was that if the captain was unwilling to win the match, what could the coach do? Akram had not played during the entire summer season due to a shoulder operation. Prior to the tournament he had played only one Test. Against South Africa in which Azhar Mahmood had scored lots of runs he had failed. But Akram batted ahead of Azhar. [...] During the lunch break, Intikhab Alam called a meeting of the players and almost abused them by saying that it was common talk Pakistan was likely to lose the match. In the Singer trophy in Sri Lanka we lost the match against Australia. In that match Australia scored 166 runs. At one stage Pakistan was 80 for one but thereafter there was a sudden batting collapse. In the dressing room, when I was sitting behind Akram, he received a telephone call and I heard him saying to somebody that "he did not know". Intikhab admonished Akram as to why he was using his mobile in the dressing room when he was not allowed to do so. Then three players had mobile phones, Malik, Akram and Waqar. In Sri Lanka we were free for 10 days. As there was no match during that period I and Salim Malik came to Pakistan. I remember that I had arranged for his return visa to Sri Lanka and I am sure that the flight he took was for Lahore and not Islamabad.