Australian captain Pat Cummins is profitable every thing on and off the sphere and as profitable a 2023 as he had, the pacer ended the 12 months with one other feat – one other Test sequence win as skipper and a second 10-wicket haul for his aspect within the longest format of the sport. Cummins, who gained a World Test Championship, a World Cup and retained Ashes, has put Australia within the forefront of world cricket as soon as once more and never simply on the sphere, even within the press convention, he continued to win hearts.
After Australia took a 2-0 unassailable lead in a three-match Test sequence in opposition to Pakistan, the group’s Director of Cricket Mohammad Hafeez admitted that his aspect made just a few errors too many but additionally talked about that they have been the better group in these 4 days on the MCG.Â
“We played better cricket as a team. I’m proud of that. The way the team had the courage to attack this game in the best possible way. If I sum up the game, the Pakistan team played better than the other team in general. Our batting intent was better, and while bowling, we were hitting the right areas. Yes, we made some mistakes that cost us the game but as a team I believe that there were a lot of positives, enough to win the game but unfortunately at the end we didn’t win the game,” Hafeez stated on the post-match press convention.
Hafeez confronted flak for his ridiculous assertion and the reporter put a query in entrance of Cummins in a while concerning the identical. The reporter requested for Cummins’ response on Hafeez’s assertion and the Australian skipper stated, “Cool… [laughs]. Yeah, they played well. Glad we got the win.” On being insisted by the reporter to say one thing extra, Cummins added, “Doesn’t really matter, does it? It’s the team that wins at the end.”
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Pakistan had a better outing on the MCG in contrast to the primary Test in Perth, nonetheless, it wasn’t sufficient as a dropped probability, a poor shot choice or one unhealthy section with the ball saved pushing the guests again regardless of them having Australia underneath the pump for a number of durations within the match. Pakistan will hope to keep away from a whitewash in sequence finale in Sydney beginning January 3-7.
