yeah pakistan did everything they need to do to win here, they just came undone and were really anticlutch in some big moments. great match though and gave us a big scareThe dropped catch and rather excessive extras really making the difference in this game.
I mean, winning a game here would have been a monumental achievement. "Taking positives in defeat" is often overrated but they should definitely do that here, they'll play worse and win Tests in many places. It's definitely the most competitive performance they've put up on these shores in a long time, even moreso than the Asad Shafiq one which honestly was never quite as close as the scoreboard suggests.yeah pakistan did everything they need to do to win here, they just came undone and were really anticlutch in some big moments. great match though and gave us a big scare
the height of the new england patriots dynasty, it wasn’t just that the pats were great but also opponents seemed to always pull some really anticlutch moments and pak did that this match. still gave it a mighty shake
As well as they played at times in this match, I just never believed Pakistan would win this match. They have such a mental block over performing in Australia Tests for so long that it always felt they would crack under pressure when it mattered.yeah pakistan did everything they need to do to win here, they just came undone and were really anticlutch in some big moments. great match though and gave us a big scare
the height of the new england patriots dynasty, it wasn’t just that the pats were great but also opponents seemed to always pull some really anticlutch moments and pak did that this match. still gave it a mighty shake
In short, catches win matches.Australia win by 79 runs. As mentioned Mitch Marsh made 96. On 20 he was dropped at 1st slip...absolute sitter. So he added 76 runs, so take 76 away from the winning margins and Australia win by 3 runs but with the margin being so small it's 50/50....Pakistan should of won it. Can't keep on dropping easy catches...
It was before that but Sydney 10 was the closest they came to winning in AustraliaI mean, winning a game here would have been a monumental achievement. "Taking positives in defeat" is often overrated but they should definitely do that here, they'll play worse and win Tests in many places. It's definitely the most competitive performance they've put up on these shores in a long time, even moreso than the Asad Shafiq one which honestly was never quite as close as the scoreboard suggests.
It was their best Test performance in Oz since 09/10 Sydney.I mean, winning a game here would have been a monumental achievement. "Taking positives in defeat" is often overrated but they should definitely do that here, they'll play worse and win Tests in many places. It's definitely the most competitive performance they've put up on these shores in a long time, even moreso than the Asad Shafiq one which honestly was never quite as close as the scoreboard suggests.
It was before that but Sydney 10 was the closest they came to winning in Australia
I discount Sydney 09/10 because of literally everything that happened on the final day, that was just a disgrace from start to finish.It was their best Test performance in Oz since 09/10 Sydney.
I know they got closer statistically in Brisbane 16/17, but Oz dominated the first 3 days and only through not enforcing the follow on and a declaration did they give Pakistan a chance.