Pakistan's terrific chase ends 40 short
Pakistan's bid for a world-record chase fell a mere 40 runs short, allowing Australia to exhale after coming close to coughing up a match they had dominated.
Pakistan's bid for a world-record chase fell a mere 40 runs short, allowing Australia to exhale after coming close to coughing up a match they had dominated.
Ian Gould and Richard Illingworth thought Australia wanted to bowl Pakistan out on the fourth day based on an earlier conversation they had with Steven Smith.
Captain MIsbah-ul-Haq credited a change in mindset and his team's determined character for Pakistan's incredible turnaround in the Gabba Test.
Stats highlights from the fifth day of the first Test in Brisbane, where Pakistan scored 450 in the final innings but lost by 39 runs
A thrilling Gabba Test highlighted how Pakistan continue to remain predictably unpredictable
With an application rarely seen in their batting performances overseas and a constant willingness to believe, Pakistan made history, and yet didn't quite make it
History nearly repeated itself as Australia looked like they would lose yet another Test from a position of complete control
In a corner of the vast Gabba stands, a small band of Pakistan supporters watched their team almost pull off the greatest chase
Asad Shafiq's unbeaten century has allowed Pakistan to dream of an unlikely victory at the Gabba.
Stats highlights from the fourth day at the Gabba, where Pakistan fought hard to finish on 8 for 382, a rare strong performance in a chase outside Asia
Azhar Ali has praised Asad Shafiq's ability to bat down the order, shepherding the tail and scoring centuries from No. 6
Australia took the extra extra half hour, much after the scheduled close, in anticipation of a win. But at the end of an everlasting gobsmacker of a day, Pakistan dared to dream
Pakistan might have been very slow and slightly flawed on day four at the Gabba. But they triumphed over common cricket logic, as they have done so often for so long
David Saker has questioned the wisdom of an extra half hour being taken on the fourth evening at the Gabba as Australia sought in vain to wrap up victory over Pakistan.
There was no mayhem this time, no clatter of wickets in a giddy rush, or frenzied burst of noise from the Gabba's biggest crowd ever outside the Ashes
Pakistan's first-innings failings under the Gabba lights didn't augur well for their second attempt. But they found a new resolve to fight another day
Nathan Lyon's place in the Australian team has been in doubt since the series loss to South Africa, but Usman Khawaja thinks he's bowled much better than the numbers suggest.
Pakistan went into free fall in the final session on day two at the Gabba, against the the swinging, bouncing, pink ball under lights
The story of a Pakistan collapse isn't new. But this one saw them getting hit on helmets, struggling under lights, and they didn't lose their heads, they gave them away
Stats highlights from the second day's play in Brisbane, where Pakistan collapsed in their first innings
When Peter Handscomb danced down the pitch and lofted Yasir Shah over long-on for the first six of Australia's innings, you wouldn't have believed he was on the verge of a maiden Test century
Peter Handscomb has looked nerveless; Nic Maddinson has appeared nervous. They debuted together in Adelaide, but could hardly have had more different experiences at the Test level
Pakistan coach Mickey Arthur has defended the selection of three left-arm fast bowlers in the attack for the first Test at the Gabba, where Australia piled on 429 in the first innings
Pakistan's batting collapse on the second day of the day-night Test at the Gabba was a continuation of their woeful history on Australian pitches
Steven Smith and Peter Handscomb capitalized on the platform laid by Matt Renshaw with an unbroken 137-run stand to take Australia to 288 for 3 at stumps
Does this Pakistan attack defy mathematics by showing that the whole attack is distinctly less than the sum of its individual parts? Maybe the maths is right, that this attack is only as good as
The portents were bad when he went down after a fielding mishap, clutching his knee. A few minutes later he was bowling a spell for the ages
Matt Renshaw's dismissal for 71 meant that his parents did not need to make a trip across Brisbane to get to the ground
Sarfraz Ahmed had dropped Steven Smith on 53. Then when he did catch the Australian captain on 97, no one appealed
Statistical highlights from the first day's play of the day-night Test between Australia and Pakistan at the Gabba
Australia's top performers at the Gabba against Pakistan have changed, in varying degrees, from the players they had once been
Steven Smith said he did edge the ball to the wicketkeeper Sarfraz Ahmed when he was on 97 but felt it was a bizarre that nothing came off it
Asad Shafiq's prominence in Pakistan's rise would have perhaps been a bigger deal, had he been a player from cricket's Big Three
If they want to be No. 1 again, they need to stop going into series so undercooked
You've heard the chant. What has gone into the making of the accidental cult of Nathan Lyon?
The players were on opposite teams for a practice football game and confronted each other after a tackle
They have won only four Tests in Australia, the last of which came in 1995. But the ludicrous has seemingly become logical in 2016 and Pakistan can take advantage of that
Australia have left open the possibility of playing four fast men and leaving out offspinner Nathan Lyon at the Gabba, choosing not to name their XI on the eve of the match.
The pink ball, floodlights and the Gabba's often lively pitch will make for a high octane contest between two sides well stocked with speed.