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FORMER Pakistan test cricketers believe Brisbane’s day-night test match will be more remembered for Pakistan’s gallant fightback rather than Australia’s nervy 39-run victory.
“I don’t think Pakistan has lost it, it (the defeat) has given a new lease of life to Pakistan’s test cricket,” ex-test captain Rashid Latif said.
Man-of-the-Match Asad Shafiq defied all the odds and scored a resilient 137 as Pakistan was bowled out for 450, falling 40 runs short of Australia’s gigantic 490-run target.
Pakistan was teetering at 220-6 before tailenders Mohammad Amir (48), Yasir Shah (33) and Wahab Riaz (30) shared half century stands with Shafiq to nearly pull off the highest winning run chase in test history.
“Unbelievable, and it shows test cricket is real cricket,” Latif said. “Brisbane will be remembered for Shafiq and the way Pakistan tailenders batted.”
Latif said the Gabba wicket suited Pakistan’s batting.
“Nobody could have expected Pakistan to come so close,” former batsman Javed Miandad said. “But our team is like that, we can be zero one day and suddenly heroes emerge the next day.”
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