Australia’s two biggest Test cricket rivals slumped to surprise series losses that were seismic for the sport’s traditional format and should provide valuable lessons for this summer and next.
India is 2-0 down in its three-Test home series against New Zealand after losing the second Test by 113 runs.The third Test will be played in early November, before India comes to Australia for a five-match series this summer, starting November 22 in Perth.Pakistan won the third Test by nine wickets, with their spin bowlers picking up all 20 scalps., the boxer known as “the Greatest” is depicted with his inner circle discussing how to get a rematch with Joe Frazier, the world champion.
Pakistan, meanwhile, had just lost at home to Bangladesh, and were on the other side of a pummelling from England, in the honeymoon phase of Bazball in 2022. Under the guidance of new head coach Jason Gillespie, the Pakistanis were in a state of disarray after being well beaten in the first Test, but regathered with a pivot in tactics that left Ben Stokes and company floundering.
In Rawalpindi, meanwhile, the undulating rhetorical journey of England took another twist. Stokes, having had no personal impact on the series after coming back from a hamstring tear, spoke of how his team needed to “fight” for longer periods to succeed in the spinning conditions Pakistan flipped to after losing the first Test.
“When teams come to England, ideally we play on the surfaces that we’re more accustomed to, which allow our strengths to really flourish and maybe paper over some of the weaknesses as well, which every team naturally has,” McCullum said.
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