The final match of the three-match Test series between Australia and Pakistan will be played at the Sydney Cricket Ground. The two teams will compete against each other on January 3rd starting at 5 a.m. The Test series has already been won by Australia, so this game is important for only two reasons. Firstly because this is the retirement test for David Warner and secondly because this is a good opportunity for Pakistan to save its honor.
In fact, the Pakistan team has suffered continuous defeat in the last 16 Test matches in Australia. She couldn’t even get a draw here. Furthermore, Pakistan has not won a single Test in Australia in the last 28 years. In such a situation, the Pakistan team will now try to at least stop this losing streak. Even if we don’t win, a draw should at least save us some shame.
These efforts by Pakistan could also be successful. That’s because the Sydney Cricket Ground is a little different to other grounds in Australia. Spinners always get help here and batting is also easy. Due to the batting friendly wicket, numerous test matches have been played here in recent years.
In the last 12 years, 12 Test matches have been played in Sydney and 6 of these matches have been drawn. There was no result in the last three games played here. This means that if Pakistan’s batsmen work a little hard, it is possible that they can save their team from a 17th consecutive defeat.
Pakistan can also hope for a victory here. This is because Pakistan has played eight Test matches here and won two of them. This means that this soil has proven to be good for Pakistan. Then, in the last game of this series too, the Pakistan team had given Australia a good fight. Had Mohammad Rizwan not fallen victim to the controversial decision, Pakistan might have been able to defeat Australia here.