Again Test Cricket 101, weather you score runs or stay at the wicket, important thing is you don't throw away your wicket. Even if you don't score but stay on the wicket Like Cumins or Paine, that adds lot more value than throw away your wicket within 20 balls as a clueless tail under, which Sarfraz has been doing for two years...
Paine and Cumins are the reason AUS tail is playing 40+ over pretty much every innings. He helped saved the test match on day 5 in UAE. Cumins has played more balls than probably any AUS batsman in this series and more importantly, you have to get the wicket of Cumins, he is not going to give you one. Now that makes him special for the team.
Sarfraz has not supported Babar at all throughout the year. Babar has been averaging 60, could have been 75, if Sarfraz has shown some support, Babar is 10 years younger and 10 times more mature than him. Sarfraz is not only playing himself carelessly, but showing bad example to rest of the tail. They all think batting is not their duty at all, getting out under 10 overs is normal for Sarfraz and company, which is absolutely criminal in modern day. You are not going to win many test, regardless of home or away, if that is your attitude towards batting...Captain has to lead by example, unfortunately he is setting up wrong example, a very wrong one. If he cannot score runs, he should stay on the wickets, if he cannot do either one, he is certified tail-under. He has not shown any fight while bat in hand, which is very disappointing...
The reason fans and Mickey flipped on seniors in last test, because the threw their wickets so carelessly(non of them were Bowlers wicket, they gifted them shamelessly), all three of them...Juniors had setup the match, with 100/1, 35 overs gone, honey moon period of batting begin (40-80 overs), match plate may rakh kay diya seniors koo... What they did, is absolutely madness, how could they threw away match like this??? - This is not the first time, every other match has same template... Both Shafiq and Sarfraz not only scores once in blue moon, they throw away their wickets carelessly most of the time. Shafiq has been disastrous at no 4, he cannot stay for 20 balls most of the time, gets out the same careless way... Sarfraz is very limited player, had one purple patch 3/4 years ago that too only in Asia, never played any meaningful innings in west. In west he does not have game to defend or attack, essentially a walking wicket
We always drop bowlers, allrounders but not the worthless batsmen...