Dubai: Maiden five wicket haul by Zulfiqar Babar and four wickets by leg-spinner Yasir Shah helped Pakistan to register a memorable win against Australia.
Pakistan beat Australia by 221 runs taking 1-0 lead in a 2 test match series. Entering the 5th day with just 6 wickets left, iit was all but over for Australia but they showed character to drag it till the final session. Smith, Rogers, Johnson and Siddle all tried their best to delay the inevitable.
Quotes
Misbah ul Haq : Thanks to all mighty, we were struggling in the last few series a much needed win for Pakistan. Everybody was determined to fight hard. We had good performance but in this game we played well in all the departments. These bowlers are young at International cricket but they have played a lot in the domestic cricket and are use to bowling long spells and conditions was suiting them and they bowled remarkable well. We would look to seal the series, it will be a bigger incentive(on the question of winning the series against Australia after a long time) for me and the team, we will try to be determined and stay focused.
Younis Khan (Man of the match) : I would like to thanks by fans and to the people to who stood by me during the controversies. Coaches helped me a lot to get through this phase. My family motivated me to perform for the country. Grant Flower helped me a lot in the nets as we tried all the possible options, but I was prepared to face the likes of Johnson and Siddle. My motive was to set an example for the young Pakistan side. We have lot good performances in the game. Misbah too found form in the game.
Michael Clarke : Pakistan deserves a lot of credit, they outplayed us in all the three facets of the game. We have couple of days to get things right. We always knew spin would play a big part in the game but we need to play well on these sort of tracks. Smith and Rogers fought hard and deserve the credit. Pakistan played well, Younus set the example on how to play spinners on this track. We failed to put a big score on the track and which didn't helped us. Boys are trying exceptionally hard and we will see another side walking in to the ground after couple of days.
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