No, you’ll be beaten comprehensively by WIN - I have seen enough cricket to have a feel of that. Last series that was won by PAK, was almost 3 years back - that too for an absolute stupidity by their No. 11 in last ball - but, that’s not the key.
The key differentiator is those four players were instrumental in that series win - Misbah the Captain, who is a master of attritional cricket on sluggish wicket both as Captain & batsman; Azhar Ali who played two painstaking hundreds but sucked the blood out of WIN pacers and two bowlers taking 40 of the 60 wickets.
Now, Misbah & Amir are retired, Azhar is hanging as Captain (unfortunately) while Yasir is better batsman than bowler. In contrast, Holder has turned into a fantastic performing Captain and 3-4 of their younger players have matured nicely - Hetmayer, Hope, Chase, Dorwich. Add to that the inclusion of Rakeem, who’ll bat at 9. You figure out your chances with your good cricket sense.
The last Adelaide Test actually doesn’t tell the real picture - couple of hours timely rain and a miracle by Yasir (backed by unusual fielding laps by Aussies), has kept the score line somewhat respectable- if you think losing by innings to 3 wickets is respectable, but that’s probably the bench mark these days.
In reality, with 150 overs bowled in 5 sessions, Aussies would have declared at 2nd dinner with Warner 401+*, Aussies close to 700, and then after following on; 3rd night rain took out 15-16 overs under lights, so despite losing Babar early, PAK ended the day respectfully (again) at 39/3 ..... otherwise, it would have ended at 72-6 or 74-7.
It’s timely rain that saved PAK talent from innings defeat by Warner alone - we may keep mincing words here.
