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Australia need a little matter of 603 to win this - their boys are getting a hell of a beating. And top work from Misbah, the joint fastest test century (his second ton in the match)

One thing that should be mentioned is Misbah's brilliance, not enough attention has been paid to this. He has taken a rabble, reeling from its three best pace bowlers banned for fixing, its best spinner banned for throwing and all sorts of politicking and has turned them into a formidable side...

That's slightly unfair on Harris who has an average of 22 and has taken wickets on all sorts of surfaces - his problem is that he's always injured (as he is at the moment) Clarke, slump? He got 161 and 69 in the two internationals prior to the last test. In the SA test series, he averaged 55...

Yes, fair points. Johnson is clearly a lot less lethal away from Oz. As for the batting, you missed out Warner - he's only 28 and has a batting average of nearly 48. Bailey's not in the side now and Clarke is only 33, he's got a few more years in him. The two on borrowed time are Rogers...

It's not in the sub-continent - it's in Abu Dhabi I take your point about spinners - although Pakistan's aren't exactly world beaters - but their batting is pretty decent. Warner's a bit of a dasher (albeit a good one) while Clarke, Rogers and Smith can build an innings.

After being well beaten in the first test, Pakistan are hitting Australia all over the park again . It's currently 280-2, with another ton for Younis. Pakistan aren't that great a team, so it's worrying we were beaten so easily by Australia last winter (even taking into account the lack of pace...