Pakistan lived up to its reputation as Collapso kings and this brought back the Aussies in the game. At the end of Day 2, the Aussies are 34 runs behind and 8 wkts in hand. Ricky Ponting and Michael Clark are at the crease with Hussey, Paine and North to follow. Just 250 more runs in addition to the 34 to wipe out deficit would be good enough for Australia to win handsomely. Anything more than 250 would be added bonus.
Pakistan have forgot to bat in a Test match. Every time they put on whites, they have a sepia tinted memory which brings forward the so called best T20 skills in them and they try to whack everything out of the park. Before they realize that they are not in a T20 game, all is over for them.
Shane Watson before this series never had a 5-for to his name, now he has 2 in 2. A 5-for and a 6-for. Marcus North too has one. Anil Kumble, Shane Warne would have had all 10 out of 10 2 times in the test match to this lineup.
Why blame Afridi for that mindless slog last Test, even Umars, Kamrans and Maliks have been guilty of doing this. Rightly so, Shahid Afridi has invited them to go leave the game if they don’t have the aptitude for it. Right said, this lads should stop playing Test cricket and bringing mockery to their already depleted pitiable plight.
From 5/215 to 9/234 and 258 all out, thanks they had 170 run lead so they are in the game right now. Else the other day this would have been the end of the game for them. Australia are one team with self belief even if they are not on the top of the rankings table and even if their greats have left the game. They just don’t give up. Something the Indians should learn from them.
India and Australia would be playing a 2 Test rubber later this year and that should be an exciting prospect. But before that this torturous series against Lanka should end. Even if we did not have played them and not gave chance to Murali to go for 800, we would have remained # 1 in the rankings, but for BCCI we coped up with this unwanted loss.
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