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What lead is good and what do you think is likely to happen?
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I think that the skipper batted too slowly to provide insurance against bad weather on Day 5.
So I think it will be a rain-ruined draw.
I go back to my Misbah v Umar Akmal scenario with 15 overs left on Day 3, of which 12 with an old ball. The fourth wicket fell at 186-4.
Pakistan had a better chance of winning if Umar Akmal scored 35 from 40 balls, finished 260-5 after 78 overs and then were 340 all out before Lunch on Day 5, a lead of just 54.
Because Yasir Shah would have had them the current 94-4 an hour before Tea on Day 4 and 160 all out, and Pakistan could have won it last night, rather than sweating on the weather.
I hope Yasir runs through the WI.
WI will give us a target of around 100, we'll win by 7 wickets.