England's heavy defeat in Dubai is a 'proper reality check', says coach Andy Flower Pakistan certainly outplayed us by a long margin in this Test. We under-performed, poorly," he added. However, we can come back from this. Is it a real test? Yes it will be. There's a day off today, training tomorrow then down to Abu Dhabi to prepare. As Flower came to terms with his batsmen's collective inability to deal first with Saeed Ajmal's off-spin and then Umar Gul's pace, he was consoled by England's previous reactions to adversity.