Pakistan's tour of Australia - 3 T20Is and 2 Tests - November/December 2019

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An unlikely dogged effort from Rizwan and Yasir. 240 is a decent effort from the Pakistanis, especially after been in a spot of bother at 5/94.

From an Aussie perspective, very keen on seeing where Labuschangne bats at. I have a feeling he wouldn't slot in at the top. Perhaps lower-middle order?
 

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Poor shots all around from the Pakistani top-order but they did well to get to 240. Good effort from Rizwan and Yasir Shah played a good hand too.
 

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That happened even with Jadeja when India toured West Indies. He was gifted a wicket off a no-ball.
 

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Few things that I have noticed so far leading upto this test and now that I have watched the highlights of the first inning.

Firstly, you can not drop your most experienced bowler just because the other one is bowling well in the nets. Someone like Abbas who has such a great record against Australia even on those UAE pitches, you can't drop him going into the first test in Australia.

Secondly, I like Harris Sohail and always thought he would fit well in this Pakistan line-up. However, he is looking completely lost right now with the extra bounce that the bower gets on these Australian surfaces. He struggled with that extra bounce in T20's as well and it was quite evident and now he has showed it in the first inning. It's cleat that Australia has figured it out and are going to pamper him there in the second inning and also in the second test if he is picked.

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It's time Pakistan should accept that they are declining are not the team they were anymore.
 
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Yasir Shah has now taken the wicket of Smith 7 times in Test Cricket - Bowlers in the world cricket be like : Am I a Joke to you ? :p.
 

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It's time Pakistan should accept that they are declining are not the team they were anymore.
It's been the case since last 6 years. Lack of home games and facilities have affected their confidence level. And poor team management adds to it. Along with that the corruption that exists in PCB it's hard to perform well.
 

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