Australia reach Stumps on Day 3 at 7/0, a lead of 134 in the 3rd Test vs Pakistan

[Kroll]

When you score this slowly and allow reverse swing to come into it your always asking for trouble

I said yesterday that I’m sick and tired of this batting like snails in every single match. Unfortunately this is the ceiling for this group of players.

 

[Energy]

Poor batting by Pakistan top order and an under-confident Fawad has resulted in this. Now we're playing catch-up as usual, and will have to bat well to get a draw.

What'll happen in the 2nd innings? The experienced fighters, Azhar, Fawad will be out under 10.

 

[Amjid Javed]

i said earlier in game Aussies get 350+ here would be a good total.

 

[Kroll]

The horrors of playing at 2 rpo. Pakistan really should've been 330 by now.

Shafique and Azhar deserves a lot of blame. Azhar more so because his 7k runs are utterly useless.

Bloody joke honestly, thick tank think its amazing though.

 

[Markhor]

How does Sajid with average of 17 gets to bat higher than Nauman. Nauaman has alreadyplayedsome good inninhs in tests yet always bats lower than like of Sajid and the real tailender Hasan Ali.

Maybe they think the glint from Sajid's tind will distract the bowler and he can smash double ton.

Trash cricketer.

 

[ask_analyse_act]

Well with his technique he cannot survive against high pace. Imagine him in Australia vs Starc and Cummins in Gabba or vs Bumrah with that technique. They will chew him up.

Firstly , he wasnt sure of his stance, repeatedly changed it over the years..

They should just let him rot in domestics, not get him anywhere near the national side..

Good teams and bowlers, will always chew him up easily with that laganwalae technique..

 

[Cric_lover4487]

At one point, Babar was 42(62). What happened?

 

[PakEngFan]

Sajid should be dropped for playing a pathetic shot he played let alone his club level bowling.

 

[Shams123]

At one point, Babar was 42(62). What happened?

The bowl got old so it became difficult to score. Also, they send fielders backward.

 

[Kroll]

i said earlier in game Aussies get 350+ here would be a good total.

Its our own undoing by batting under par. 390 was decent but not a massive score.

 

[Maliq_Mudasir]

At one point, Babar was 42(62). What happened?

You need support from other end. If he gets out today, we may have to chase 300+ on day 5.

 

[Amjid Javed]

cant see us get to close of play unscathed here.

 

[Kroll]

Out - Nomy

 

[Amjid Javed]

Its our own undoing by batting under par. 390 was decent but not a massive score.

i agree the snail batting is the teams fault for being negative.

 

[Zeshan547]

Pak deserve every bit of this for being such cowards and never taking initiative. At this stage I wish Aussies pulling out due to covid or something would have been better than this dross and torture, was so pumped up for this series.

 

[PakEngFan]

Maybe they think the glint from Sajid's tind will distract the bowler and he can smash double ton.

Trash cricketer.

He honestly is a terrible cricketer along with nauman.

 

[Energy]

Another test specialist bites the dust. Rusty, rotten.

 

[Amjid Javed]

We will be all out tonight. stupid decision to play such a long tail when you have tailenders like imam n fawad in your top 6 as well.

 

[CrIc_Mystique]

How come the two spinners are batting above Hassan Ali?

Surely he is a better bat than those two...i've seen him hit a few in white ball cricket, has a decent defence as well

 

[cric64]

Aussies will end up with 80-100 lead here.

Even a lead of 50-60 can be very handy

 

[The_KING]

When you got people like Imad and Fawad in your batting lineup, you can’t afford to have such a ling tail. Pakistan deserve this humiliation.

 

[ask_analyse_act]

Maybe they think the glint from Sajid's tind will distract the bowler and he can smash double ton.

Trash cricketer.

Trash think tank...

 

[Firebat]

5 wickets lost for 54 runs.

Babar needs to hit some quick runs now and knock off as much deficit as possible before we get bowled out.

 

[Kroll]

Babar’s been excellent, doesn’t deserve to be in a side with such misfits.

 

[silentkiller187]

Nauman goes without troubling the scorers

 

[Rajdeep]

In Cummins we trust to deliver it for us

 

[TheSultan]

This is why you should make runs while you are in.

Instead we approach every innings as if they are playing to save the game

 

[Energy]

As one of the posters rightly called out, the collapse starts with Fawad 50% of the time he bats. Again, it started with him in this match. Had he stuck around for 40-50 runs then we wouldn't be in this situation.

Rizwan saved our sorry **** last match - he wasn't able to do it in this innings, but will come good in the second.

 

[Kroll]

Out - Hassan

 

[Zeshan547]

When you got people like Imad and Fawad in your batting lineup, you can’t afford to have such a ling tail. Pakistan deserve this humiliation.

Saud Shakeel for Hassan was a no Brainer, even Fahim would be better choice.

 

[Firebat]

Hassan, Shaheen and Naseem will barely last 10 balls between them against Cummins and Starc. As I type that, off walks Hassan.

 

[Energy]

100+ lead for Australia. Wow. They'll massacre us tomorrow, and the test fighters will run into their holes on Day 5.

 

[Omer2002]

Absolute awful team selection plus pathetic tail as expected...honestly so sad

 

[ssuhaide]

Babar needs to take the intiative and farm the strike. It has been great bowling from the Aussies. It will be a fully deserved series win.

Whats that cliche - A blessing in disguise lol

 

[Kroll]

Congratulations PP’ers - what a batting performance!

 

[silentkiller187]

looks like we may even bowl again before the days done the way things are going

 

[cric64]

Aus should try to win this test and the series after missed opportunity in Karachi

 

[Amjid Javed]

214/2 to 268/8

pathetic batting.

 

[shah_1]

Who came up with the bright idea of having such a long tail.

 

[NishanKonar]

Pat Cummins is now entering Dale Steyn territory

Reminds me of Dale Steyn wrecking India on a dead pitch at Nagpur

 

[CrIc_Mystique]

How come the two spinners are batting above Hassan Ali?

Surely he is a better bat than those two...i've seen him hit a few in white ball cricket, has a decent defence as well

I stand corrected!!

Good intense spell by the aus quicks, just showing how reverse swing can be done on such pitches. fantastic bowling

 

[hoshiarpurexpress]

Cummins gets a 5-fer. What a Champion..

 

[JibranAnsari]

Serves pakistan right for playing negatively for extented period of time.

 

[ask_analyse_act]

How come the two spinners are batting above Hassan Ali?

Surely he is a better bat than those two...i've seen him hit a few in white ball cricket, has a decent defence as well

because they can score some runs... Hassan Ali has been poor ever since the T20 WC and after that Wade drop catch, he forgot how to bowl, bat and field...

 

[PakPremi]

How come the two spinners are batting above Hassan Ali?

Surely he is a better bat than those two...i've seen him hit a few in white ball cricket, has a decent defence as well

He is rubbish for Test cricket, I trust Shaheen more

 

[Firebat]

Need some Babar-Riz Day 5 heroics to not lose this series.

 

[hafeezrocks]

Loser batting by the late order.

 

[CrIc_Mystique]

Pat Cummins is now entering Dale Steyn territory

Reminds me of Dale Steyn wrecking India on a dead pitch at Nagpur

7/51 at Nagpur 2010. that spell was golden. full length bowling and ball reversing at high speed. One of the top three of my all time bowling that i have seen. That was sheer magic.

 

[Blistering Barnacle]

If Aussies win this test and therefore the series, they deserve to frankly, what with Pakistan's horrible defensive pitches and tactics.

PCB was happy for this to be a boring 0-0 draw, it seems anyway. And if that's the case, happy for the Aussies to walk away with a series win.

Having said that, of course, it'd be great if there is another great innings from Babar or someone to save it from a bad situation.

 

[mrtaim3]

Such a long tail tbh. Naseem should have been in place of Hasan.

The slow approach is now biting us back

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

Babar is now out, we are going to lose this game by quite a big margin now

 

[JibranAnsari]

Shafiq , azhar and fawad all played unneccesarily slow.

 

[Omer2002]

wow as i predicted wonderful collapse...was expected

 

[JibranAnsari]

Babar needs to score some quick runs. Cant just rotate strike now.

 

[castortroy]

Pak collapsing at home once again

 

[hoshiarpurexpress]

Babar Gone. Aussies may get a massive lead.

 

[Omer2002]

pathetic umpiring that honestly is

 

[Rana]

Terrible decision

 

[Rajdeep]

Poor decision by umpire...that was missing leg in real time

 

[msb314]

We are finished..

 

[castortroy]

Wow what a collapse

 

[Rajdeep]

Babar Azam is officially the best batsman in the world now and by some distance.

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

This last hour and half has been shocking

 

[Markhor]

Babar’s been excellent, doesn’t deserve to be in a side with such misfits.

To be honest even Babar's slowed right down after getting 30-40.

The root cause is the team, management and even our chairman are absolutely terrified of Australia. Saqlain, Yousuf, Ramiz all still have PTSD from the hammerings in 90s and 00s. Ramiz literally hires coaches because they're Aussies and must possess some superpower.

They have too much mental scarring hence dead pitches, negative bowling lines, defensive fields and inexcusably constipated batting even when set.

 

[mrtaim3]

The good old Pakistan collapse

 

[Omer2002]

looked like sliding just about kissing the leg stump surely you get benefit of doubt...but even babz slowed slowed down so i guess we deserve thsi humiliation

 

[PakEngFan]

This Ahsan raza is a pathetic umpire.

 

[hoshiarpurexpress]

4 wickets in 4 overs. Just Pakistan things.

 

[JibranAnsari]

In the forth test in sialkot , pakistan should give chance to saud shakil who can bowl a bit as well. Sameen gul has been a good performer at dimestic level , needs a chance.

 

[Villager6964]

Congratulations to australia for winning this one.

 

[ask_analyse_act]

Who came up with the bright idea of having such a long tail.

It is a good idea, to have extra bowler who took 4 wickets, but should have dropped Fawad knowing that Aus knows how to dismiss him with that technique ..

Also to play Nauman and Sajid for the 3rd test without any performance to speak for....

 

[silentkiller187]

last 8 wickets for 20 runs

 

[CrIc_Mystique]

Thats a bad decision by the umpire

 

[Energy]

100+ lead for Australia. Wow. They'll massacre us tomorrow, and the test fighters will run into their holes on Day 5.

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

5 wickets for 12 runs is ridiculous

 

[Amjid Javed]

Babar Gone, Aussies have lead over 100 here. Which means they have plenty time to score quick and declare.

Pathetic batting will be reason for test and series loss.

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

What a spectacular collapse That is the Pakistan batting know

 

[hoshiarpurexpress]

came back from a length and burst past Babar's inside edge as he shaped for the flick, once he was beaten, there was no way he was surviving this. Good call from umpire Ahsan Raza

 

[Kroll]

All out hahahhahaha

 

[PakPremi]

So lead be 120 odd. Great bowling by Aussies .