Thursday, September 14 2006 11:53 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Karachi: Pakistan great Imran Khan has blamed captain Inzamam-ul-Haq and coach Bob Woolmer for the team's inability to find a reliable pair of openers, which he felt is to be blamed for its disastrous showing in the Test series against England.

"Before Pakistan reached England they had a problem with the opening pair that had been troubling them for last few years. Now Pakistan leave England having the same problem and still as confused about how to solve it," he says.

"The opening problem consistently let Pakistan down throughout the Test and one-day series and this was the fault of the two responsible people, the captain and the coach," he adds.

Pakistan lost the four-Test series 3-0 while in the one-dayers they allowed England to draw 2-2 after winning the first two matches.

Imran says by now Inzamam and Woolmer would have realised that chopping and changing the openers with such frequency does not serve any purpose.