Australia v Pakistan | 3rd Test | Sydney | Jan 3-7, 2017 | Day 3

[static]

I don't know what happened to him in UK, but here he is playing Starc perfectly, waiting for the pitched-up ball to come & avoiding short ones without dance.

I think because he played in the UAE for so long without a away tour his stance was effected, he was crouching a lot. Got to play a lot of matches away, got used to the bounce and adjusted his stance and does not crouch too much now

 

[MMHS]

No one replied because till yesterday we wanted Younis out of the team and now you're saying he might be our next captain lol.

YK was never going to leave - and there is no point to drop him after AUS tour is over. He is comfortably better than anyone, may be even current Azhar on Asian turners. If he wants to play, he'll be there on merit - therefore making him Captain is not a bad idea. That'll protect Azhar & allow a younger potential to be groomed. If Azhar struggles with bat for the triple pressure of main batsman, opener & Captain of a struggling side - PAK will lose the WI Series.

 

[FlickedOffHips]

One finger spinner, Lyon, is turning the ball. The other isn't. incredible.

 

[Chief Destroyer]

I blame Younis for putting us in this position. We could've realistically ended the day at 280/2.

 

[shaaik]

Younis khan has been the second best batsman for us in this series and everyone wants him to retire because he is done? Other than azhar no batsman has even come close to having a good series...asad had one great innings and a total of 70 runs in the entire series other than that.....younis had starts in almost all the innings and has scored a ton here too when everyone else is falling apart like anything. He has played a part in every series over the past 5-6 years other than the newzealand one and you want him to retire? Yes misbah is done and should retire but younis should play till we have a replacement who can score consistently in all conditions.
For all those who say he scores in dead rubbers and flat tracks (maybe he does) the point is that atleast he scores, no one else seems to be doing that regulary in our team nowdays. If he retires along with misbah now believe me when i say our team will crumble, just look at srilanka after mahela and sanga retired in quick succession. Everyone scores more in favourable conditions but we dont cry about them do we? Just look at warner(14 of his 17 centuries are in australia but he is the best opener of this era?) Most of kohlis test centuries are either in india or on bating friendly pitches but hes the greatest of all time?

Finally all i can say is that we should show some respect to our legends because younis is one AND he is our greatest test batsman whether you like it or not. If it wasnt for him we probably would be sitting with srilanka and westindies in test criket terms let alone be world no 1 (which i credit younis more than misbah). Regardless of how bad he was in limited overs games he still won you a world cup too as a captain.

You hv hit the nail right on its head. There's no way we can afford Misbah and Younis leaving us together. Misbah no doubt is done for all money and if left to him I m sure he wd hang his boots after this series but the babus in pcb want him stay and there's no surprise there as those same babus who are double past their retirement age hv no knowledge and acumen about the game and are only busy filling their pockets and you suggestion of younis khan leading the test team for a year or 2 would never see a day light coz of the people at the helm of affairs in pcb though frankly speaking this is the only option we hv if you don't want to see Azhar as the test captain though I personally think he wdnt be that bad a captain.

 

[Solid Snake]

Wasn't close of play scheduled for 18:30 local time

Seems they snuck in another over !

 

[JibranAnsari]

Younis khan now averages 50 in australia , far more than the ATG salman butt in australia.

 

[Sarfarazian92]

Wasn't close of play scheduled for 18:30 local time

Seems they snuck in another over !

extra 30 mins can be taken everyday to get the overs in

 

[Bilal7]

I don't know what happened to him in UK, but here he is playing Starc perfectly, waiting for the pitched-up ball to come & avoiding short ones without dance.

It happens. He is old. He has generally been very good against pace bowling as his record shows.

 

[Solid Snake]

extra 30 mins can be taken everyday to get the overs in

Ah okay. Nervy times!

(for me at least )

 

[Sarfarazian92]

Nice garry

 

[MRSN]

loool

 

[MMHS]

[MENTION=132916]Junaids[/MENTION] - you were thinking to drop this guy for Maxwell?

 

[MMHS]

Yasir's career average is touching 12, Wahab's 9 - and the sample is not small. Why does Wahab comes ahead of Yasir?

 

[MMHS]

It was a poor squad, even poorer playing XI selection for this Test - Asghar could have a dream debut on this track.

 

[uberkoen]

Younis now only 76 runs short!

 

[uberkoen]

I blame Younis for putting us in this position. We could've realistically ended the day at 280/2.

The run out was because of Younis?

 

[MMHS]

End os a great day of Cricket. I saw a part of small history - one player hitting Test hundred in 11 countries. Since IND doesn't play in UAE; this record might last for long, long time.

 

[rollingstoned]

The margins between a close series and a proper thrashing are very fine aren't they? Pakistan have handicapped themselves with their selections n tactics.

 

[FlickedOffHips]

got to enforce the follow on here. give yourself maximum time to bowl Pak out. light day today. rest up and man up for the final 2 days.