Pakistan will prosper with a leader like Yousuf
The MCG Test was always Australia's, going by the way they held the edge for majority of the game
Kanishkaa Balachandran
25-Feb-2013
The MCG Test was always Australia's, going by the way they held the edge for majority of the game. But Pakistan, depleted to an extent by the loss of Gul, Kaneria and Younis, did put up a fight and credit should go to Mohammad Yousuf for the way he has got the team to gel better, a contrast from the previous touring teams, writes Peter Roebuck in the Age.
Pakistan has often been taken apart; has lost 10 consecutive Tests against Australia. But it kept trying. Before each session its players gathered in a huddle. That has not always been possible in Pakistan. In bygone years a few corpses could have emerged as the huddle broke up. Now the visitors appeared more cohesive.
Kanishkaa Balachandran is a senior sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo