Pakistan's cricketers came under fire Monday after their series defeat inSouth Africa, with former players blaming the team's timid approach for their loss in the second Test.

South Africa, the number one ranked team in Test cricket, beat the visitors by four wickets in the Cape Town Test on Sunday to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series. Former captain Inzamam-ul-Haq saidPakistanhad looked overawed by the world's top team. "ThisPakistanteam had the ability to beatSouth Africabut they seemed to be thinking a lot about their rival's world number one status and that their bowling is very dangerous," Inzamam said.

Pakistanlost the first Test inJohannesburgby 211 runs after crumbling to 49 all out in the first innings in the face of the hosts' hostile pace bowling attack. Inzamam worked with the team as a "batting consultant" before their one-day tour ofIndiain December and there were calls for him to be kept on permanently, though nothing came of them.

"Pakistanmust show more aggression in its approach," said Inzamam, who hit an unbeaten 92 inPakistan's last Test win inSouth Africain 2007. "What I saw was that a batsman scores 50 in 150 balls, that gives bowlers more domination. Once a batsman is set he should attack and score freely."

Inzamam saidPakistanshould have gone for the kill when they hadSouth Africawobbling at 164-6 in their first innings. Instead, spinner Robin Peterson hit a gutsy 84 to guide the hosts to 326, just 12 short ofPakistan's first innings total of 338.Pakistanthen collapsed from 147-4 to 169 all out in their second innings, setting a modest 182-run target.

Pakistanwere missing rising paceman Junaid Khan and another former captain, Rashid Latif, who said the batsmen needed to set a bigger total for the bowlers to defend. "It was a small target and our pace attack had one debutant (Mohammad Irfan), one bowler staging a comeback after 18 months (Tanveer Ahmed) and one on the downslide of his career (Umar Gul)," said Latif. Latif backed captain Misbah-ul Haq to carry on but urged thePakistanboard to bring in Inzaman and fast bowling legends Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis as coaches. Former opener and ex-coach Mohsin Khan blamed the coaching staff, saying there was a lack of planning to targetSouth Africa's weaknesses.