Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi was again left dumbfounded by his side's batting display after they slumped to an eight-wicket defeat in the opening one-day international against South Africa in Abu Dhabi.
The home side collapsed from 140 for one to 203 all out in 49 overs after winning the toss and electing to bat first, losing nine wickets for 63 runs in the process.
At one stage Younus Khan (54) and Mohammad Hafeez (68) were going strong with a 114-run partnership - the former returning to the international fold for the first time since he was banned after a woeful tour to Australia earlier this year.
Afridi was pleased with the former captain's contribution but disappointed by his side's capitulation.
"I'm really happy to see Younus Khan back in the team, he really performed well and added to the batting," said Afridi.
"He and Hafeez did well with that partnership, but later on we did not do well. The rest of the guys didn't stick to the plans.
"A few of the guys are going through a tough time at the moment, but hopefully we will bounce back in the coming games.
"I am frustrated about the batting, which is struggling, but we will try to do some extra practice and try to improve."
Their opponents had little trouble in the chase, easing to victory with more than 10 over to spare thanks mainly to AB de Villiers (51) and Jacques Kallis (66), who followed in the footsteps of captain Graeme Smith by retiring hurt.
Afridi felt there was little his bowlers could do after the problems created by the batting.
He added: "The bowling and fielding are perfect, we need to bat with better plans and last 50 overs."
Man-of-the-match Lonwabo Tsotsobe was the chief tormenter for the Pakistanis, grabbing career-best figures of four for 27.
South Africa vice-captain Johan Botha had full praise for him as well as the rest of the bowlers, saying: "We were always happy with restricting them to 203. Lonwabo did a good job and all the guys chipped in nicely."