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2nd Test between Pakistan (148 & 443/7) and Australia (556/9d & 97/2d) ends in a tense draw on Day 5

Well done pakistan on drawing test. Shaffique, babar and rizwan take a bow.
 
Wow, all time great effort by Pak - not easy to draw like this.
I guess this is the impetus Babar will get to go to greater heights.
Well done, xciting last days play
 
Disgraceful pitches. 2 tests and 2 draws. It’s going to be 3 draws after the Lahore match. Absolutely pathetic. The ICC needs to take action. I was so excited for this series
 
Been a long, long time since we batted out a draw to save a Test.

Australia denied on the fifth day yet again.

Well done to the boys, but we can't let this paper over the cracks. Need a BIG improvement from our bowlers especially in Lahore.
 
AUS 556/9 d & 97/2d

PAK 148 & 443/7

Match drawn
 
I m very happy
Pakistan drew the match
Rizwan scored a century
Babar has established himself as a test batsman
Most importantly fawad the loser Alam didn't score anything.
Hopefully this will be end of him.
 
I think Australia made a mistake in not enforcing the follow-on. Imagine having another 22 overs. They were very very close
 
For all the Rizwan haters, just close your eyes and imagine Sarfraz in his place in today's situation.

Also top class innings from Nauman Ali
 
Insane rearguard, people have no idea how big this is. We just defied the Australians for FIVE sessions, they will be gutted.
 
Firebat said:
Babar Azam.
Mohammad Rizwan.
Abdullah Shafique.

Take a bow!

Only in Test cricket can a draw feel this good. What momentum to take into the final Test, let's win this series!
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Draw from hopeless position is as sweet as win, especially for Pakiatanis who do not play much and play after long gaps.
 
Incredible save. Got to be up there with all time great saves.
 
This is the Pakistan way brothers, the way we all love and know, the fight to the finish!
 
Rizwan is as clutch as they come. Heroic stuff. And to think, two days ago people were saying he can't play pace or quality bowling.
 
uberkoen said:
I think Australia made a mistake in not enforcing the follow-on. Imagine having another 22 overs. They were very very close
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172 overs is usually enough for an average side to take 10 wickets. If they couldn't then well played Pakistan. You needed them to bowl 200 overs to take 10 wickets?
 
The thing about that single by Rizwan was that, he was not only getting a 100, but that single was the one that was gonna save the test match because in the last over he would get the strike
 
uberkoen said:
I think Australia made a mistake in not enforcing the follow-on. Imagine having another 22 overs. They were very very close
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not a mistake at all they dropped 6 catches, thats what is to blame.
 
Our young guns came through, such fight, grit and determination.
 
Pakistan batted well to save the game- not easy on day 4-5 vs a decent attack on a pitch that showed some wear/cracking.

Babar will have some renewed confidence and that opener is the best I've seen developed since Azhar Ali- who scored tough runs away at his best. Hopefully Shafique has an even broader game.

Oz showed our limitations in Asia but our batting was strong and the capability of a Starc burst to open a game up, allied with a decent spinner (Lyon) just needs Cummins & Swepson to develop a tad more experience to be a real 20 wicket threat.
 
What a match!
Absolutely enthralling.. had me glued to the screen today
 
Usman Chadda said:
Insane rearguard, people have no idea how big this is. We just defied the Australians for FIVE sessions, they will be gutted.
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With two consecutive draws on home soil against a team with a scratchy record in the subcontinent, it is Pakistan that should be gutted.

Good fight by Pakistan to secure a draw, but Pakistan should dominate on its home ground, and that has not happened.

I would actually say it's 2-0 in favour of Australia.
 
Pakistan need to unde4stand Nauman is much better bat then Sajid, Hasan etc. He always gets dropped to lower positions overso called hitters, whereas he can hit too.
 
Abdullah, Babar and Rizwan. We have the making of a great batting unit and test team. I think we need to add Shadab too, he will make this team even stronger. People are sleeping on how good he can be down the order.
 
gkb101277867 said:
Disgraceful pitches. 2 tests and 2 draws. It’s going to be 3 draws after the Lahore match. Absolutely pathetic. The ICC needs to take action. I was so excited for this series
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Better to stop watching cricket, if anyone thinks the pitch was bad and the match was boring.
 
Arsal_AK said:
Abdullah, Babar and Rizwan. We have the making of a great batting unit and test team. I think we need to add Shadab too, he will make this team even stronger. People are sleeping on how good he can be down the order.
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Shadab will make his way into the test team sooner rather than later, and it will be an improvement on the current portfolio of spinners.
 
gani999 said:
With two consecutive draws on home soil against a team with a scratchy record in the subcontinent, it is Pakistan that should be gutted.

Good fight by Pakistan to secure a draw, but Pakistan should dominate on its home ground, and that has not happened.

I would actually say it's 2-0 in favour of Australia.
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In context, he’s absolutely right, we were right out of the game. We’re rubbish team compared to the mighty no. 1 ranked Aussies irrespective of conditions.

We should be delighted.
 
gani999 said:
With two consecutive draws on home soil against a team with a scratchy record in the subcontinent, it is Pakistan that should be gutted.

Good fight by Pakistan to secure a draw, but Pakistan should dominate on its home ground, and that has not happened.

I would actually say it's 2-0 in favour of Australia.
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Unfortunately our standards are now celebrating mediocrity and home draws no wonder Pakistan will remain a low ranked team for a long time it’s a hopeless situation coupled with selection errors and seniors refusing to retire or be dropped and a lack of aggression.

Anything that makes a decent team Pakistan lacks and it doesn’t look like changing for a long time.
 
Fantastic effort by Pakistan to get a draw after poor batting in the first inning. Hopefully, the pitch has something for bowlers in 3rd test.
 
Lets pray we win the toss on Monday inshallah...it would have been interesting how Aussies would have handled the last pitch today no demons but still slow and low...
 
gani999 said:
With two consecutive draws on home soil against a team with a scratchy record in the subcontinent, it is Pakistan that should be gutted.

Good fight by Pakistan to secure a draw, but Pakistan should dominate on its home ground, and that has not happened.

I would actually say it's 2-0 in favour of Australia.
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Indeed , but they were put on the backfoot by Australia from Day3 onwards it was Australia who dominated the all 5 days and Pakistan resisted to give them a win is simply awesome grit shown by them..

one of those classic test matches, led by the Captain himself batting for 5 sessions...
 
Man this was a lion hearted fourth innings. Fans rejoice and onwards to Lahore!
 
Kroll said:
In context, he’s absolutely right, we were right out of the game. We’re rubbish team compared to the mighty no. 1 ranked Aussies irrespective of conditions.

We should be delighted.
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While they are ranked no 1 in Asia they’ve lost 13 out of 17 tests recently more of an ordinary team under these conditions if this draw was in Australia then it would be decent but at home it’s not enough just to hang on for draws and have no chance of winning from day 1.
 
gani999 said:
With two consecutive draws on home soil against a team with a scratchy record in the subcontinent, it is Pakistan that should be gutted.

Good fight by Pakistan to secure a draw, but Pakistan should dominate on its home ground, and that has not happened.

I would actually say it's 2-0 in favour of Australia.
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Thank you!
Which is why I see Pakistan's test series against England 2020 as a victory.
You're a gem
 
To bat for 171.4 overs in the 4th innings against the world's #1 Test side. What an effort.
 
gani999 said:
With two consecutive draws on home soil against a team with a scratchy record in the subcontinent, it is Pakistan that should be gutted.

Good fight by Pakistan to secure a draw, but Pakistan should dominate on its home ground, and that has not happened.

I would actually say it's 2-0 in favour of Australia.
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? dumb post

You get points in WTC for winning series. Had pakistan lost the series could not been won by us.

This draw allow us to win the series in lahore.

Reverse swing got Pakistan but they made it up with the last innings. Had Pakistan batted well in the second innings, it would had been a draw....

I understand that Indians are unhappy especailly because they think pant is better than Rizwan and dont like when rizwan performs....


Lol, the audacity to come here and say that a draw is bad..
 
Amazing fightback. Congratulations to Pakistan team.

They had a slip and made up for it. Some luck yes, but plenty of grit and no shortage of guts.

Some may defend Cummins' decision but I just think he threw the match away by not declaring. Batting after follow on is its own pressure.
 
IMMY69 said:
Thank you!
Which is why I see Pakistan's test series against England 2020 as a victory.
You're a gem
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I don't think you can compare Pakistan in England to Australia in the subcontinent , though.

Pakistan has always had a decent record in England. Can't say that about the Aussies in the SC.

It is clear that the Aussies have lifted themselves pretty high in Pakistan. I really did not expect them to get two draws in a row.
 
gani999 said:
I don't think you can compare Pakistan in England to Australia in the subcontinent , though.

Pakistan has always had a decent record in England. Can't say that about the Aussies in the SC.

It is clear that the Aussies have lifted themselves pretty high in Pakistan. I really did not expect them to get two draws in a row.
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and what about England in India?
 
Is this how low our standards have dropped that we are celebrating 2 consecutive test match draws at home against Australia who aren’t the best in Asian conditions? Not only that but we have produced pathetic pitches to give us an advantage and we still can’t get a win? The Lahore test will be another pathetic pitch and will finish as a draw too. 3 test matches and all 3 will be draws. Shameful
 
Pakistani test batsmen over the past 75 years have this habbit of doing something totally historical and unprecendented, it started with Hanif Muhammad and somehow we keep doing extraordinary things in Test cricket sometimes.
 
gkb101277867 said:
Is this how low our standards have dropped that we are celebrating 2 consecutive test match draws at home against Australia who aren’t the best in Asian conditions? Not only that but we have produced pathetic pitches to give us an advantage and we still can’t get a win? The Lahore test will be another pathetic pitch and will finish as a draw too. 3 test matches and all 3 will be draws. Shameful
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Thier was no advantage on these wickets don't know what your about go to sleep.
 
Where is [MENTION=131701]Mamoon[/MENTION] and [MENTION=79064]MMHS[/MENTION] who used to say Pakistan is on par with Bangladesh in Test cricket :)))
 
Mammoth of an innings by Babar Azam. Career defining one. Incredible knock. Broke many records. As good as you will ever see

Rizwan played great as well. Made sure Pakistan closes the finishing line.
 
What happiness, what buzz, contrast this with 2 days ago. Lol
 
It's a shame Babar got out when he did, we could have gone hard at the target in the last ten overs. Aussies still have nightmares about Ben Stokes Headingly innings and might have panicked.

Nevertheless, great innings from Babar & Rizwan to get a draw after that disastrous first innings.
 
In all honesty, this match became interesting only and only because Pak got on 148 in the first innings which is an UTTER SHAME on this wicket.

Had this weakness in our batting been not exposed, it would still be a boring draw where not more than 20 wickets combined would not fall in 5 days.

Our concerns of a horrible wickets, and not so special performance with the ball is still the issue.
 
Babar Azam | Player of the Match: The plan was to bat session-by-session and build partnerships. It was a team effort, as others (Shafique and Rizwan) chipped in with useful contributions too. We took the onus and the main focus was to build partnerships right throughout the day. Rizwan was outstanding as he saved the Test for us eventually. We wanted to continue to bat in the same way (after the tea break) and we tried to be positive and play our shots. The team needed this knock, so I tried to bat for as long as I could.

Pat Cummins | Australia captain: I think so, I think we had enough overs, it was a pretty good wicket even on day 4 and day 5. We created a few chances, but we failed to grab them. Mitch Swepson was fantastic on debut, his figures don't do justice to the way he bowled. Nathan was impressive towards the end, as he always does on day 5. For an Australian team to bat over two days at the start of a Test match, I don't think we've done that for a long time. Lots of positives from this match and so far in the series. The way we batted was fantastic, the way we hunted and took those wickets on day 3 with reverse swing, that was brilliant as well. And we were always ahead in the game, so really proud of the boys.

Mohammad Rizwan: It wasn't an easy task to bat for five sessions to save a Test against a team like Australia, we all know how good a bowling attack they have. We had a plan to go for the chase when I and Babar were batting, but the ball was pretty old, so it was pretty tough to score quick runs against the old ball. We had a simple plan, we needed to play session by session. Definitely there was pressure towards the closing stages, but I tried to keep my calm. What can I say, Babar is the number 1 player in the world, no doubt about that. Everyone knows it. Batting for two days to save a Test match is not that easy, that too against a quality side like Australia.
 
This is a brilliant performance by Pakistan, irrespective of the pitch, it is never easy to play out 172 overs batting last to draw a test match.

This will give immense confidence to Pakistan, Babar and Rizwan in particular were brilliant. Babar has shown why he is amongst the best players in the world today

Massive respect for Rizwan as well, arguably the best WKB in the world atm.
 
One of the best 4th innings you'll see from a batting stand-point.

Pleased for Abdullah Shafique, Babar and Rizwan.

Still work to do with the bowling because they haven't got the spin department right for me.

Sajid and Nauman aren't spinners that'll rip through a decent-to-good batting line-up.

Also they seem to be overly defensive when they bowl. You want wicket-taking spinners and unfortunately they aren't it.
 
Amazing rareguard stuff a very exciting Test match had everything from ferocious bowling to batting collapses to hasty captaincy to classic Boycott batting 😀
 
Kianig89 said:
Amazing rareguard stuff a very exciting Test match had everything from ferocious bowling to batting collapses to hasty captaincy to classic Boycott batting ��
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The right way of saying it this,

We dug a hole for ourselves on this wicket when we scored 148, and we crawled out of it.
 
One of the best ever batting performance in test cricket by a huge mile
Batting over 5 sessions!!!
Well done Pakistan
 
Colorblind Genius said:
In all honesty, this match became interesting only and only because Pak got on 148 in the first innings which is an UTTER SHAME on this wicket.

Had this weakness in our batting been not exposed, it would still be a boring draw where not more than 20 wickets combined would not fall in 5 days.

Our concerns of a horrible wickets, and not so special performance with the ball is still the issue.
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They were bowled out by an excellent test bowling attack. That makes test cricket the pinnacle. If but this that is what those who are ignorant of test cricket say..
 
Rana said:
Where is [MENTION=131701]Mamoon[/MENTION] and [MENTION=79064]MMHS[/MENTION] who used to say Pakistan is on par with Bangladesh in Test cricket :)))
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Shouldn't you be on the 'Sack Babar and Riz' thread you started a couple of days ago?

Only joking, mubarak ho (at least you can park your biased opinions for a while and enjoy Pak team pulling off a miracle unlike the 2 you mention)....
 
Tbf Rizwan wanted to win the game

Babar’s untimely wicket proved costly to Pakistan’s chances of actually going for it

70-80 runs in the last 10 overs with 6 wickets in hand, pressure on the bowlers can make unthinkable things happen
 
Congrats to Babar , Rizwan and Abdulla on a very good fighting innings. Hope they continue to play like this. Sorr for the missed century and double century.
 
Sherlock said:
One of the best 4th innings you'll see from a batting stand-point.

Pleased for Abdullah Shafique, Babar and Rizwan.

Still work to do with the bowling because they haven't got the spin department right for me.

Sajid and Nauman aren't spinners that'll rip through a decent-to-good batting line-up.

Also they seem to be overly defensive when they bowl. You want wicket-taking spinners and unfortunately they aren't it.
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Are we asking to much from the spinners bearing in mind how Australia spinners did.
 
shamaan said:
Are we asking to much from the spinners bearing in mind how Australia spinners did.
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No. Because my issues with the pair has been pre this tour too.

I just don't think they're good enough. Especially Sajid.
 
I think Rizwan wanted to win the game.
I also think Babar was looking at a draw
 
Major said:
? dumb post

You get points in WTC for winning series. Had pakistan lost the series could not been won by us.

This draw allow us to win the series in lahore.

Reverse swing got Pakistan but they made it up with the last innings. Had Pakistan batted well in the second innings, it would had been a draw....

I understand that Indians are unhappy especailly because they think pant is better than Rizwan and dont like when rizwan performs....


Lol, the audacity to come here and say that a draw is bad..
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I would have loved Australia to Lose this Match since it would have robbed them of 4 points (Away Match Points) thus decreasing their PCT % standing

As you said,
Definately you get points in WTC for winning series. But WTC Points gained differ with Margin of Victory in the series.

Potential Best Possible Result from a three match series for any team is
3-0 win - winning team gets 36 points

Now with 2 draws either team can only win by following margin

1-0
- you get 12 points for a win and 4 points each for a draw (Maximum Points winning team can get is 20 Points against avaiable 36 points)

and if third test is also drawn, its
0-0
- so each team will get 12 ponts each against maximum available 36 Points

These draws are beneficial neither to Australia or Pakistan, other teams will be benefitted, beacause each draw gives total 8 points (4 each) to particiating teams rather than maximum available 12 points to winning team.

Since this is Australia's away series Australia will be slightly better benefitted from two draws so far
 
Major said:
? dumb post

You get points in WTC for winning series. Had pakistan lost the series could not been won by us.

This draw allow us to win the series in lahore.
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You just called someone dumb and proceeded to write probably the most dumbest sentence possible.

No, you don't get any WTC points for winning a series.
 
Master Class innings from Babar, Great suporting Acts from Rizwan and Shafiq. It was a huge task to draw the series when the opposition has dominated most of the match.
 
shamaan said:
Thier was no advantage on these wickets don't know what your about go to sleep.
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That’s not what ramiz said. According to him pakistan had to make such pitches so that they didn’t put the series “in the laps of the Australians”
 
Mixed Feelings. Happy we have escaped with a draw. But Babar and Rizwan were too defensive for around 10-15 overs before the new ball. Had they played boldy and added another 50-60 runs during that time period, the aussies would have been under serious pressure and would have been caught b/w winning and saving the test match. It is these moments where your mental toughness is tested.
 
Mesozoic said:
You just called someone dumb and proceeded to write probably the most dumbest sentence possible.

No, you don't get any WTC points for winning a series.
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Plz look at pct percent before talking
 
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