{"id":129565,"date":"2026-08-22T04:35:47","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T04:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/22\/blown-away-and-hammered-ex-england-captain-says-pakistan-lack-spirit\/"},"modified":"2026-08-22T04:35:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T04:35:47","slug":"blown-away-and-hammered-ex-england-captain-says-pakistan-lack-spirit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/22\/blown-away-and-hammered-ex-england-captain-says-pakistan-lack-spirit\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Blown away and hammered\u2019: Ex-England captain says Pakistan lack \u2018spirit\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Vaughan expressed serious concern over Pakistan&#8217;s recent Test performance.  England secured a comprehensive innings victory in the opening match.  Pakistan&#8217;s batting collapsed twice, showing a lack of confidence.  Vaughan noted tactical shortcomings and a skill gap between the teams.  The defeat marked a new era for England under captain Root.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Vaughan expressed serious concern over Pakistan&#8217;s recent Test performance. England secured a comprehensive innings victory in the opening match. Pakistan&#8217;s batting collapsed twice, showing a lack of confidence. Vaughan noted tactical shortcomings and a skill gap between the teams. The defeat marked a new era for England under captain Root.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":129566,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129565"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129565"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129565\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/129566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}