PERTH, Dec 11: Pakistan suffered a demoralising defeat Saturday in their only major warm-up game before the first Test against Australia next week, crashing to Western Australia by 10 wickets.
The scheduled four-day match lasted less than three as the Pakistani batsmen crumbled against the home side's pace attack, which made the most of a lively wicket.
In the end Pakistan could reach only 174 in their second innings, setting Western Australia 33 to win - a target they reached without loss.
Opener Imran Farhat, Younis Khan and skipper Inzamam-ul-Haq all failed dismally in both innings, giving Pakistani selectors plenty to ponder before the opening day of the test on Thursday.
Three players, including Younis, finished with ducks. Opener Salman Butt was again the only bright spot in a second-rate batting performance, knocking 47 off 77 balls with eight boundaries.
Yousuf Youhana contributed a solid 32 from and an unbeaten 35 came from Abdul Razzaq.
The visitors had scored just 262 in their first innings and Western Australia replied with 404 for nine declared.
Apart from leg spinner Danish Kaneria, who toiled hard to extract something from a wicket known for pace, and short periods of genuine speed from Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Sami, Pakistan's attack showed little to console supporters.
The result followed a 10-run loss to a Western Australian Second XI in the opening three-day match of the tour and an unimpressive one-day win over a makeshift Cricket Australia Chairman's XI.
Just as worrying for Pakistan was their capitulation to a little-known pace bowler, Brett Dorey. In only his third first-class match he took 5-41 from 19.2 overs to add to his first innings figures of 3-38.
He was well supported by fellow quick Ben Edmondson who grabbed 3-38.
While Butt has shown some impressive form so far on tour, his likely opening partner Imran has not.
He was dismissed for five on Saturday after being caught by Murray Goodwin at third slip off Dorey, who had also trapped him lbw for eight in the first innings.
It was Imran's fourth failure of the tour after 10, 0 and 25 in previous innings.
His captain Inzamam-ul-Haq fell for just 14 to add to his paltry four in the first innings.
The burly Inzamam sauntered to the wicket after Younis had gone for a duck. leaving Pakistan in deep trouble at 31 for two.
Sixteen minutes, 15 balls and 14 runs later he walked back head bowed, after his attempted on-side drive off Ben Edmondson was caught brilliantly in the gully by Shaun Marsh.
At that stage Pakistan were 45 for three and the captain had made just 34 runs in the three innings he has played so far on tour.
At lunch Pakistan were still 37 behind the home side's first innings tally with four wickets down.
Despite a brief flicker of resistance from Yousuf and Shoaib Malik, Pakistan lost their last six wickets after the interval for just 69 runs.
Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer conceded that on current form his team did not look capable of beating anyone.
But Woolmer said he had seen the Pakistanis go through slumps before and there was too much talent in the squad to write them off before their three-Test series begins.
"Obviously we don't look as though we are going to beat the Australians - we don't look as though we can beat anyone at the moment," he said.
"But I've seen the Pakistan side play like this and I've seen them come right, so I know that they can change. I know that they are good performers and I know they are fighters and I know they will fight."
