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New Delhi. The Pakistan team is considered a tough opponent in cricket. Its image is as a team that ‘fights’ till the end in any match, but you will be surprised to know that in a Test of the 21st century, the Pakistan team was dismissed within a score of 60 runs in both innings. Not only this, the score made by a batsman of the opposition team in this match, the Pakistan team could not even cross both the innings combined. Yes… The Test we are talking about was between Pakistan and Was played between Australia (Pakistan vs Australia). Due to the poor performance of the Pakistan team, the match ended in just two days and Australia won it by an innings and a huge margin of 198 runs.
The match in question was played on 11 October and ended on 12 October with Australia’s victory.
Pakistan’s scores in both innings fell short of Hayden’s 119.
After winning the toss in the match, Pakistan chose batting after winning the toss, but the team was bundled out by scoring just 59 runs in 31.5 overs. Abdul Razzaq (21), who scored 21 runs, was the top scorer while four batsmen were dismissed for 0. Australia’s Shane Warne took the maximum four wickets while McGrath, Brett Lee and Andy Bichel got two wickets each. In response, Australia scored 310 runs in the first innings with the help of Matthew Hayden’s century (119), while Ricky Ponting contributed 44 runs. Pakistan’s Saqlain Mushtaq took four and Razzaq took three wickets.
The condition of the second innings was worse than the first innings
The condition of Pakistan’s second innings was even worse than the first innings and the team was bundled out for 53 runs in 24.5 overs. This score was less than his score of 59 runs in the first innings. Even in the second innings, four batsmen of Pakistan could not open the account. Opener Imran Nazir was the top scorer by scoring 16 runs. In bowling, Shane Warne again took four wickets while showing amazing. The match was decided in just two days. Let me tell you, this team of Pakistan, which lost in just two days, was not weak and included Imran Nazir, Taufiq Umar, Abdul Razzaq, Yunus Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq, Faizal Iqbal, Rashid Khan, Saqlain Mushtaq, Shoaib Akhtar, Waqar Yunus (captain ) and Danish Kaneria.
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FIRST PUBLISHED : June 17, 2023
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