Asalaam alikum wr wb Brothers;
you can say that again all of us in immense pain !. I am normally resident in UK but am on holidays for three weeks in lahore, pakistan ( Coming back to london,Uk on 3rd of may
**. I was watching the match live on Ten Sports here from pakistan and enjoyed the match uptill the self destruct session. We were cruising with butt and shezhad( i watched ahmed shezhad for first time and was impressed !) at it was at 95 when the first wicket fell but i never watched the first two wickets fall. When pakistan were at 88/0 my wife shouted that zaid hamid is live on AAG channel with Ali Azmat as presenter hosting the show " Iqbal ka Pakistan" and since pakistan were in such dominating position i scrolled through to channel AAG to catch glimpse of the ever popular revolutionary defence analyst Zaid hamid as i love this guy for his service to pakistan. After 15-20 minutes i changed the channel back to Ten Sports to find pakistan at 106/2 and although the score was more than reasonable but still i was surprised that we lost two quick wickets.
As it turned out younis khan had failed for the third time in the series to make a impression with the bat which is very unlike his high standards and as it turned out misbah too failed to impress which is also uncharacteristic of him. The manner in which both younis and misbah got out is unusual this is not LIKE THEM AT ALL !. Butt really should have gone on to complete a century since he had become so well set. Ahmed shezhad too played a poor shot to get out but this was his first major match against a top side. Nevertheless Pakistan batsmen YET AGAIN failed three matches in a row. No complaints from the bowlers they have done their job in restricting Australia in all three matches but just like in the past most of the times our batsmen let us down against the aussies yet again when we really should have won today's match with comfort. I am heartbroken this is unacceptable cricket, very very unprofessional. Like ex england skipper turned commentator boycott said pakistan batsmen have themselves to blame as not much credit goes to the aussies. This is probably the weakest australian side pakistan is playing in a bilateral series and a golden opportunity to win a series and set the record straight but i am sorry to say i don't think such a unprofessional team like pakistan can even beat second or even third strength professional australian team. Look at the way we won the first match ???!!. 160 something to get and we literally crawled to finish the match this is pathetic.
Pakistan will lose the series 4-1 unless a dramatic shift in made in attitudes of our batsmen and bowlers continue to restrict alongwith immaculate fielding. I suppose it's too much to ask !!!
The same old problem where our batsmen refuse to break the shackles and continue moving the scoreboard with healthy singles and twos instead of committing themselves into the usual miscalculated lofted risky strokes played in in air resulting in ticket to the pavillion. It was more a case of throwing the match due to complacency and largely due to a unprofessional approach by top order batsmen younis, misbah,akmal and malik.
Interestingly i have small calender infront of me ( It's my brother in law's computer desk) on today's date " 27th" the message is a verse from the Holy Quran (Surah Anfal :8:22) it reads "
Without doubt in the sight of ALLAH the worst type of animal are those deaf and dumb people who don't utilise their brain, who don't think loudly/positively who don't consult who don't tolerate being criticized, these are those deaf and dumb people "[/I]
Sorrry guys if i sound harsh but just summing it up as how i see it. 
atleast......... 
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