True Rizwan would have loved to go for a win, but by the time Babar got out looked like they had already decided to just go for the draw. The RRR was quite high by that time.
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True Rizwan would have loved to go for a win, but by the time Babar got out looked like they had already decided to just go for the draw. The RRR was quite high by that time.
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That's EXACTLY the problem.
There was NEVER even thought to look into the idea of actually trying to WIN this game.
It's both lack of ability and confidence.
We decided to draw the game in order to avoid defeat, before our second batting innings even began
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What PCT percent?
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Teams do not get WTC points for winning a series... they get them by winning matches. Winning/drawing/losing a series has no bearing on the amount of points you get. You get the same number of points by winning a 2 match series 1-0 and drawing a 3-match series 1-1.
Rizwan is a better keeper and a better batsman than Sarfraz.End of story.Sarfraz is an average player.When he got in the team Pakistan team was rebuilding and there were no decent keeper batsman available.
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What PCT percent?
This is what you said -
Teams do not get WTC points for winning a series... they get them by winning matches. Winning/drawing/losing a series has no bearing on the amount of points you get. You get the same number of points by winning a 2 match series 1-0 and drawing a 3-match series 1-1.
not really. you get some points for draw/tie too.
So for winning a 2 test series 1-0, you will get 16 (12+4) out of possible 24 points. So effictely 66% (16/24) of 16% (16% is the ratio per seires 100/6) , approx 11%.
Dawing a 3 test series 1-1, would mean you get 16 points out of 36 (45%). Thus 45% of 16% is approx 7 % points.
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Great performance, just 70 behind,maybe they could have pushed for win too
But it shows pitch was flat after all. Next one should be a result oriented one
But it shows pitch was flat after all. Next one should be a result oriented one
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Yes I know this but that wasn't what [MENTION=135038]Major[/MENTION] was implying. He clearly stated that a team gets points for winning a series which is not at all true. The number of points you get by winning a game has nothing the do with the outcome of the series. That is why they say there are no dead rubbers in a series thanks to the WTC model.
This drawn Karachi test will be remembered through many decades, over many of the test victories of Pakistan. It was just an incredible and historic effort by Babar, Shafiq and Rizwan.
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Think about it.
Where was that "excellent test bowling attack" in Pakistan's second batting innings?
Are we saying that Australians were not able to reverse swing with the same potency as they did in the first innings - so we survived - and hence credit to Australia for not reverse swinging in the second innings with the same potency?
OR
We are saying Australians were still reverse swinging with the same potency in the second innings but our batting stepped up - so credit to Pakistan's batting?
You can't have it both ways.
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Didn't look much into it but thanks for this.
So if there is a (0 0 0) draw, then both teams get 12 points each at end of the series?
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It went down to the wire in the second Test between Pakistan and Australia in Karachi, but centuries from skipper Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan ensured that the hosts held on to a draw.
The action in the second Test went into the final over of the match, where Pakistan managed to draw the game with Mohammad Rizwan batting out till the end to see his team through.
Both teams walked away with four points each in the WTC standings and continue to occupy the top two spots.
Pakistan resumed the day’s play on 192/2, needing to chase 506 runs or survive 90 overs on the final day, and were on track with Babar Azam and Abdullah Shafique doing the job for them. Starting the day’s play with the new ball, Australian pacers bowled tightly, with Babar, in particular, struggling against Starc early on.
Shafique, at the other end, was steadily approaching his second Test century. The batters didn't take long to settle in and continued to blunt the Australian pace attack. Cummins summoned his spinner in the first session to get him the breakthrough but both Nathan Lyon and Mitchell Swepson were unsuccessful.
However, on the stroke of lunch, the Australian pacers began to extract reverse swing as skipper Cummins got the better of the set batter Shafique on 96, breaking an epic 228-run second-wicket partnership. Shafique was undone by a Cummins' outside-off delivery, which he edged through to the slips cordon, bringing an end to his valiant innings of 96 off 305 balls.
Fawad Alam, after a golden duck in the first innings, started cautiously and, along with skipper Babar, ensured Pakistan did not lose any more wickets going into lunch.
With still 252 runs to win the match, Pakistan’s resistance continued after the interval. Alam who had finally managed to score his first runs of the series, fell to a brilliant delivery from Cummins, as he nicked the ball straight into the wicketkeeper's gloves. The wicket charged up the Aussies and Cummins started bowling aggressively, but nothing could stop the determined Babar, who surpassed his previous best Test score of 143 and shortly reached the milestone of 150 for the first time in his Test career.
Cummins deployed spinners at the stroke of tea and Lyon and Swepson started to trouble the batter. On 157, Babar survived a close leg-before-wicket call off Lyon as the ball was just clipping the leg stump, with the umpire's verdict of not out being upheld by DRS. Shortly after, Babar was dropped on consecutive balls by Travis Head and Marnus Labuschagne, both fielding close to the wicket off Swepson.
With so much happening in the middle, Babar and Rizwan batted patiently and Pakistan, after losing only one wicket in the second session, went to tea on 310/4.
All results were possible going into the final session – Pakistan needed 196 runs to win or survive 36 overs to draw, while Australia needed six wickets for the win. The home side landed the first blow of the session as they came out swinging with 20 runs in the first two overs after the break. But Cummins persisted with his spinners, who managed to cut the flow of runs.
With the field relatively spread out, boundaries were in short supply for Pakistan. Babar and Rizwan batted sensibly and found the occasional boundary to keep the scoreboard ticking.
The required rate kept climbing as a result and it looked like it was heading for a draw before Lyon turned the game around. Babar looked set for a double hundred and was just four runs away when Lyon produced a bat-pad that Labuschagne gobbled up as short leg. And the off-spinner was on a hattrick when Faheem Ashraf edged the ball to Smith at slips.
Australia took the new ball, but kept Lyon operating at one end. And after Sajid Khan smashed him for two boundaries, Lyon had the last laugh with his wicket off the last ball.
At this point, Australia required three wickets and Pakistan needed to survive eight overs, as a victory for the home side was out of the equation at 414/7.
But, thankfully for Pakistan, Mohammad Rizwan and Nauman Ali batted through to stumps, the former getting to his Test century in the penultimate over of the game.
https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2536439
The action in the second Test went into the final over of the match, where Pakistan managed to draw the game with Mohammad Rizwan batting out till the end to see his team through.
Both teams walked away with four points each in the WTC standings and continue to occupy the top two spots.
Pakistan resumed the day’s play on 192/2, needing to chase 506 runs or survive 90 overs on the final day, and were on track with Babar Azam and Abdullah Shafique doing the job for them. Starting the day’s play with the new ball, Australian pacers bowled tightly, with Babar, in particular, struggling against Starc early on.
Shafique, at the other end, was steadily approaching his second Test century. The batters didn't take long to settle in and continued to blunt the Australian pace attack. Cummins summoned his spinner in the first session to get him the breakthrough but both Nathan Lyon and Mitchell Swepson were unsuccessful.
However, on the stroke of lunch, the Australian pacers began to extract reverse swing as skipper Cummins got the better of the set batter Shafique on 96, breaking an epic 228-run second-wicket partnership. Shafique was undone by a Cummins' outside-off delivery, which he edged through to the slips cordon, bringing an end to his valiant innings of 96 off 305 balls.
Fawad Alam, after a golden duck in the first innings, started cautiously and, along with skipper Babar, ensured Pakistan did not lose any more wickets going into lunch.
With still 252 runs to win the match, Pakistan’s resistance continued after the interval. Alam who had finally managed to score his first runs of the series, fell to a brilliant delivery from Cummins, as he nicked the ball straight into the wicketkeeper's gloves. The wicket charged up the Aussies and Cummins started bowling aggressively, but nothing could stop the determined Babar, who surpassed his previous best Test score of 143 and shortly reached the milestone of 150 for the first time in his Test career.
Cummins deployed spinners at the stroke of tea and Lyon and Swepson started to trouble the batter. On 157, Babar survived a close leg-before-wicket call off Lyon as the ball was just clipping the leg stump, with the umpire's verdict of not out being upheld by DRS. Shortly after, Babar was dropped on consecutive balls by Travis Head and Marnus Labuschagne, both fielding close to the wicket off Swepson.
With so much happening in the middle, Babar and Rizwan batted patiently and Pakistan, after losing only one wicket in the second session, went to tea on 310/4.
All results were possible going into the final session – Pakistan needed 196 runs to win or survive 36 overs to draw, while Australia needed six wickets for the win. The home side landed the first blow of the session as they came out swinging with 20 runs in the first two overs after the break. But Cummins persisted with his spinners, who managed to cut the flow of runs.
With the field relatively spread out, boundaries were in short supply for Pakistan. Babar and Rizwan batted sensibly and found the occasional boundary to keep the scoreboard ticking.
The required rate kept climbing as a result and it looked like it was heading for a draw before Lyon turned the game around. Babar looked set for a double hundred and was just four runs away when Lyon produced a bat-pad that Labuschagne gobbled up as short leg. And the off-spinner was on a hattrick when Faheem Ashraf edged the ball to Smith at slips.
Australia took the new ball, but kept Lyon operating at one end. And after Sajid Khan smashed him for two boundaries, Lyon had the last laugh with his wicket off the last ball.
At this point, Australia required three wickets and Pakistan needed to survive eight overs, as a victory for the home side was out of the equation at 414/7.
But, thankfully for Pakistan, Mohammad Rizwan and Nauman Ali batted through to stumps, the former getting to his Test century in the penultimate over of the game.
https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2536439
There were three large innings and two great partnerships. That's all which kept Australia at bay, and Pakistan was definitely helped by dropped catches too. Australians took regular wickets otherwise. One of these three scores was gigantic, so much so, that it set a record for highest ever score by a test captain in 4th innings of a test match.
Regardless of the pitch, batting out two days on the back of a truly exceptional once in lifetime knock and aided by two other great innings, in a fourth innings is a remarkable and unforgettable batting achievement. It doesn't necessarily mean Australian bowled bad or worse than first innings either.
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Even with hindsight, Pat Cummins says he wouldn't change his tactics in Australia's almost-Test in Karachi.
The Australians almost bowled out Pakistan on the final day in the drawn second Test against Pakistan on Wednesday, falling three wickets short of victory.
Cummins' team almost achieved Australia's first win in Karachi in nine Tests.
And they almost secured a 1-0 series lead.
Instead, Australia head to Lahore for the third and final Test starting on Monday with the series level at nil-all.
"Coming over here in these conditions, at the start of the series if you had said it's going to be nil-all after two games, we would probably take that," Cummins said.
Cummins' comment could be classed as an admission of a conservative approach to the Pakistan tour, and the Karachi Test in particular.
In his seventh Test as captain, Cummins' decision-making in Karachi raised some eyebrows.
Australia's first innings stretched into day three before Cummins declared at 9-566 from 189 overs.
After skittling Pakistan for 148 all out in 53 overs, Cummins opted not to enforce the follow-on.
And Australia then extended their second innings some 35 minutes into day four when, overnight, they already held a 489-run lead.
Those 35 minutes could have been vital on day five as Pakistan negotiated 171.4 overs in making 7-443 to force a draw.
"In terms of the tactics, I think overall I wouldn't change too much, to be honest," Cummins said.
"Batting into day three gave us that chance to really have a crack at them on day three - it probably went better than we expected.
"But over here the wickets are pretty good. We carved up two and a half days of the best time on the wicket hoping that it was going to break up on day four and five."
Australia turfed two simple catching chances in Pakistan's second innings.
Steve Smith dropped Abdullah Shafique on 20 - he went on to make 96.
And Usman Khwaja put down a catch from Mohammad Rizwan's bat with 19 balls left in the game - the hosts would have been eight wickets down with only tailenders left if he'd caught it.
"If we took a couple of those catches it might have been a different scenario," Cummins said.
"I thought we gave ourselves a really good opportunity in this Test match, especially after the first three innings of the game.
"I was really proud and happy about how our team played.
"In foreign conditions we are showing that we are adapting quite well.
"But, of course, getting so close and not coming out with a result can feel like it's a missed opportunity."
https://7news.com.au/sport/cricket/cummins-defends-tactics-in-drawn-test-c-6085382
The Australians almost bowled out Pakistan on the final day in the drawn second Test against Pakistan on Wednesday, falling three wickets short of victory.
Cummins' team almost achieved Australia's first win in Karachi in nine Tests.
And they almost secured a 1-0 series lead.
Instead, Australia head to Lahore for the third and final Test starting on Monday with the series level at nil-all.
"Coming over here in these conditions, at the start of the series if you had said it's going to be nil-all after two games, we would probably take that," Cummins said.
Cummins' comment could be classed as an admission of a conservative approach to the Pakistan tour, and the Karachi Test in particular.
In his seventh Test as captain, Cummins' decision-making in Karachi raised some eyebrows.
Australia's first innings stretched into day three before Cummins declared at 9-566 from 189 overs.
After skittling Pakistan for 148 all out in 53 overs, Cummins opted not to enforce the follow-on.
And Australia then extended their second innings some 35 minutes into day four when, overnight, they already held a 489-run lead.
Those 35 minutes could have been vital on day five as Pakistan negotiated 171.4 overs in making 7-443 to force a draw.
"In terms of the tactics, I think overall I wouldn't change too much, to be honest," Cummins said.
"Batting into day three gave us that chance to really have a crack at them on day three - it probably went better than we expected.
"But over here the wickets are pretty good. We carved up two and a half days of the best time on the wicket hoping that it was going to break up on day four and five."
Australia turfed two simple catching chances in Pakistan's second innings.
Steve Smith dropped Abdullah Shafique on 20 - he went on to make 96.
And Usman Khwaja put down a catch from Mohammad Rizwan's bat with 19 balls left in the game - the hosts would have been eight wickets down with only tailenders left if he'd caught it.
"If we took a couple of those catches it might have been a different scenario," Cummins said.
"I thought we gave ourselves a really good opportunity in this Test match, especially after the first three innings of the game.
"I was really proud and happy about how our team played.
"In foreign conditions we are showing that we are adapting quite well.
"But, of course, getting so close and not coming out with a result can feel like it's a missed opportunity."
https://7news.com.au/sport/cricket/cummins-defends-tactics-in-drawn-test-c-6085382
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Pat Cummins in his presser:
"Think the positive thing is each time we've created more than 10 chances,[It's] probably the disappointing thing this game as well. If we took a couple of those catches it might be a different scenario."
"I walked off the field at the end of the day's play without feeling there was something I hadn't tried, or there wasn't a plan we hadn't given a really good chance at. In foreign conditions we are showing that we are able to adapt and play well over here. But of course, getting so close, [being] so far ahead of the game, and not coming away with the result can feel like it's a missed opportunity."
"I thought Swepo bowled fantastically today," Cummins said. "I don't know how he's ended up with those figures. Especially that middle session, he had an umpire's call, a couple of half chances dropped off his bowling, lots of plays and misses. The way he was able to be a real wicket-taking option on a really good wicket without really footmarks to the right handers I was just really impressed with how he went about it.
"Nathan, I thought he bowled well, particularly today. Felt like he was going to get a wicket every over. When I took off him to bowl Starcy or myself, it was a hard decision to make because felt like he was so close to a wicket all day."
"Babar, Rizwan, Shafique, thought they all batted fantastically the last two days. We knew the wicket wasn't playing too many tricks but they batted superbly and made it really hard to get that breakthrough and when we did the next guy stuck at it as well.
"Think the positive thing is each time we've created more than 10 chances,[It's] probably the disappointing thing this game as well. If we took a couple of those catches it might be a different scenario."
"I walked off the field at the end of the day's play without feeling there was something I hadn't tried, or there wasn't a plan we hadn't given a really good chance at. In foreign conditions we are showing that we are able to adapt and play well over here. But of course, getting so close, [being] so far ahead of the game, and not coming away with the result can feel like it's a missed opportunity."
"I thought Swepo bowled fantastically today," Cummins said. "I don't know how he's ended up with those figures. Especially that middle session, he had an umpire's call, a couple of half chances dropped off his bowling, lots of plays and misses. The way he was able to be a real wicket-taking option on a really good wicket without really footmarks to the right handers I was just really impressed with how he went about it.
"Nathan, I thought he bowled well, particularly today. Felt like he was going to get a wicket every over. When I took off him to bowl Starcy or myself, it was a hard decision to make because felt like he was so close to a wicket all day."
"Babar, Rizwan, Shafique, thought they all batted fantastically the last two days. We knew the wicket wasn't playing too many tricks but they batted superbly and made it really hard to get that breakthrough and when we did the next guy stuck at it as well.
It was a remarkable batting performance.
It will go down as one of the great 4th innings savers (Babar). And his team stood up with him, Rizwan is becoming a fantastic cricketer and if Pakistan have found an opener too then you have the spine of a good batting unit for there.
Oz didn't field well enough and in the end, that was probably the difference. Taking a couple of those catches probably changes the outcomes.
It will go down as one of the great 4th innings savers (Babar). And his team stood up with him, Rizwan is becoming a fantastic cricketer and if Pakistan have found an opener too then you have the spine of a good batting unit for there.
Oz didn't field well enough and in the end, that was probably the difference. Taking a couple of those catches probably changes the outcomes.
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Hopefully this will break down Australia's spirit for the final test.
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I think it won't. If we play these guys again, Aus will win
.our bowling has about much bite as a dead sheep.
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I think they will add Yasir to the squad now going into the third test after seeing our spinners doing nothing in 2 tests. And Yasir on one leg on even these wickets can ask much more questions than Nauman and Sajid. Plus he's the only one with a fear factor and experience under his belt.
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But he has been awful.
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In NZ, yes(was always going to regardless of his form) Barely bowled in the solitary test he played in the WI. He's been bowling well in the LA tournament going on.
On Asian wickets, he is better than every Pakistani spinner currently.
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Highlights of Day 5 - Babar batting a must see
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Congratulations to Babar Azam for leading the Pak team in a tremendous fightback with a superb captain's inning & world class batting display; & congratulations to the rest of the team too in the way they fought back, especially Rizwan & Shafique.</p>— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) <a href="https://twitter.com/ImranKhanPTI/status/1504346585488048130?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2022</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Unfortunately I could not watch this match as I am fighting on another front against match fixing where huge amounts of money are being used to lure my players!</p>— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) <a href="https://twitter.com/ImranKhanPTI/status/1504346588730339329?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Congratulations team Pakistan. A remarkable achievement. Congratulations to all the Pakistanis
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