Salman played down the worries around the future, instead suggesting this is a team undergoing a “rebuild”.
Their top seven have each played at least 24 Tests – Imam-ul-Haq, Shan Masood, Abdullah Shafique and Saud Shakeel have also all played for Yorkshire – but only Muhammad Abbas in their bowling attack had played a Test in England before.
“We are a rebuild kind of team,” Salman said. “It is not about worrying about the future. It is about making a future.”
He added: “We didn’t execute our plans at Headingley, but that doesn’t mean we can’t do the same in the next matches.
“We will sit down and think about the performance. And we will come back for sure.”
Babar is expected to be fit to return at Lord’s while Ubaid Shah, the younger brother of Naseem who can bowl greater pace than Abbas, Mohammad Ali and Khurram Shazad, is a candidate to come in.
Raja suggested there are further troubles below the Test team.
“The batting is below par, even at the Under-19 level and the Under-17 level.
“The bowling, yes, they’ve got two or three quicks [but] they aren’t being exposed to this type of cricket. In the field they are still brittle.”
