Win fantasy continues to elude Pakistan Down Under
WE have thrown away yet another Test and with it the series before it is over. Heart-breaking indeed, the manner in which our batsmen surrendered their wickets in quest of a comfortable target on a wicket which held no terror nor any demon if only they had applied themselves to the task and grafted their runs instead of having a bash at every delivery as if they were in a hurry to catch another flight.
With a day to spare any team would have put their head down to concentrate on picking runs through the gaps as they came but the way the two openers launched the attack instead of building a partnership to set a solid base for others to build on to it was indicative of the danger that lurked around and that we all feared.
This golden opportunity to level the series before the third and final Test was thus squandered as the rest of the batsmen including the captain continued in the same vein as their openers to provide Australia the Test and the series on the plate.
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