After Pakistan's scarcely believable 2nd innings performance in Gabbatoir, everyone expected them to give the Ozzies a run for their money in MCG and SCG. Although their bowling looked limp throughout the series, they looked very credible with the bat unlike the other subcontinent teams. But Pakistan, ever a champion of totally unpredictable and ultimately disappointing Cricket, lost both in MCG and SCG at the last days with 10 and 9 wickets in hand respectively. Subcontinent teams always find it very hard to win in Australia and thus even a respectable draw there amounts to a tremendous 'moral' win. But Pakistan made a royal mess of two perfectly Golden opportunities and that's when two of the more memorable innings of recent times in Azhar Ali's 205 and Younis Khan's 175* were played by them. They simply had to bat time on both the last days and they were playing totally stupid shots and taking unnecessary and imaginary singles when there were no need. The trend started at Christchurch in NZ when they made all the hard work batting almost two sessions in pursuit of 400+ runs and then almost lost all the wickets in last session against the medium pace of Tim Southee and Co. So again a very poor show from a subcontinent side on Ozzie soil and we might get to see Misbah's last day as an International cricket today......So long, Champ!!!!
Three things that have occupied my mind for last three days in descending order of importance are: Justin Trudeau, Heinrich Klassen and The Leftovers. I am going to write here about the least important entity for I am likely to forget about it most urgently. The Leftovers is an HBO production and like the most HBO productions, it makes for a great television experience. I chose to watch it for two reasons: First, it was only three season long with 28 episodes in total and secondly, for two years running, it was the best TV show in American Landscape. There was a third reason as well and it was in the name of its creator's promise. Damon Lindelof is one of the brightest American minds and he gave us 'Lost' all those years back. I have been a huge fan of 'Lost' and till this time, gush about its fantastical and mythical elements. People still find it very hard to crack the mysteries of Lost and when a show leaves you with more questions than the answers after its 8
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