"We're confident going forward, we'll try our best to beat Australia in the next two games" : Shafiq

[Abdullah719]

"We're confident going forward, we'll try our best to beat Australia in the next two games" : Shafiq

"I'm really happy but I'd be happier if we had won the match. From nowhere, we almost managed to chase the target down. It was a good collective effort."

"To be honest, I didn't feel we could chase it when I came in. When I got in and formed a couple of partnership then we got the belief that we could do it."

"This was my best hundred so far."

"Yasir bats well, he has a few fifties in FC cricket. I had firm belief in his batting which is why I was calm and focused on my own batting."

"The plan from the management was to not expose Yasir to Starc as he was bowling really well."

"When we were batting, the fielders were on the boundary so I couldn't take chances to hit boundaries. I had belief in Yasir and Wahab and after bowling so many overs, the bowlers were also tired."

"We are very confident going forward and we'll try our best to beat Australia in the next two games."

"Today, I was feeling like I was playing in Pakistan (due to the crowd) which was really good."

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[srh]

We are ready to beat Australia now after celebrating our defeat by eating a cake

 

[Major]

hmmm the plan worked quite well looks like.

too bad he got that delivery from starc. Good batting by shafiq

 

[ali ray]

Inshallah next two games will be ours

 

[ali ray]

hmmm the plan worked quite well looks like.

too bad he got that delivery from starc. Good batting by shafiq

We will make history in next two games

 

[Sufi Malang]

Australia had their best chance to win in this test which they did. Considering the wickets in MCG and SCG, Pakistan will feel much better and the way they batted in the second innings, this will give them huge boast. This run chase will give Pakistan a lot of confidence in batting. Pakistan has an edge going forward and this is our best chance to beat the Ozs in their den. Game on hai!!!

 

[Major]

Everyone is going around saying this run chase gave us confidence, but i wonder what the sentiments are if we replicate the first innings in the next 2 tests

 

[Pete Rose]

Everyone is going around saying this run chase gave us confidence, but i wonder what the sentiments are if we replicate the first innings in the next 2 tests

Then we will condemn

 

[Rayyman]

He's a pretty good slip fielder.

 

[FlickedOffHips]

i expect a resurgent pak to either wipe the remaining games with AUS or fail to show up completely. no middle ground.

 

[Pete Rose]

i expect a resurgent pak to either wipe the remaining games with AUS or fail to show up completely. no middle ground.

Sounds legit

 

[o_ahsan99]

The second innings heroics have given Pakistan a feel good factor. I think for Pakistan to win the MCG test, Yasir will need to bowl a more attacking off stump line otherwise Pakistan will find it difficult to get 20 wickets.

Also, if Misbah wants to use Amir and Wahab in short 4 over spells, then we need to play Imran Khan to bowl longer, tighter spells from the other end.

 

[khurram39]

Pakistan team is good enough and in recent past he did that so we are confident enough on his statement and backing him well. Hope you do that what u are saying.

 

[ExplicitAI]

Not gonna lie I do feel a bit upset that we didn't win the 1st Test, I remember waking up and saw that we still have Asad and Yasir at the crease with 66 runs to win, I thought we were gonna make history but then again it was a very tough task to chase 490 but we did a good job of playing with positivity.

Hopefully we can win the next two Tests.

 

[MenInG]

Really the challenge is to repeat this innings. Asad now has a point to prove and he should take this seriously.

 

[Hawkeye]

i expect a resurgent pak to either wipe the remaining games with AUS or fail to show up completely. no middle ground.

This is what's going to happen.

And I suspect it's the latter.

 

[srh]

i expect a resurgent pak to either wipe the remaining games with AUS or fail to show up completely. no middle ground.

story of Pakistan summed up nicely