Mohammad Hafeez declares Pakistan played better than Australia after Test series defeat, Pat Cummins gives befitting reply

Pakistan faced their 16th consecutive Test defeat Down Under as they last won a Test in Australia way back in 1995.

Mohammad Hafeez declares Pakistan played better than Australia after Test series defeat, Pat Cummins gives befitting reply

Pat Cummins, Mohammad Hafeez (Images via ESPNcricinfo, X)

After clinching the Test series against Pakistan, Pat Cummins gave a befitting reply to Mohammad Hafeez, the Pakistan team director. On Friday (December 29), Cummins and his men restricted the visitors to 237, winning the match by 79 runs at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in the Boxing Day Test match that wrapped up in four days.

After the match, Hafeez declared his team played better than the hosts. Pakistan were slowly moving toward the 317-run target on the back of a partnership between Mohammad Rizwan and Salman Ali Agha.

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But Cummins dismissed Rizwan in a controversial manner which has now become a talking point among the netizens. Hafeez was left unhappy over the dismissal and blamed technology.

Right after Rizwan’s departure, the team lost the last five wickets for 18 runs. Pakistan faced their 16th consecutive Test defeat Down Under as they last won a Test in Australia way back in 1995. After the match, Cummins was asked about Hafeez’s claims, to which he said in the end his team won the match.

Ahh, Cool. They played well. I am glad we got the win. It doesn't matter, does it? It is the team who wins at the end.
Cummins said at the post-match press conference

Australia clinch series after Pat Cummins’ 10-wicket haul

As a bowler also, Pat Cummins had a great time, finishing the second Test with a 10-wicket haul. He scalped five wickets during Pakistan’s first innings and bagged his next five in the second innings.

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Pat Cummins (Image via ESPNcricinfo)

He has now joined an elite list by becoming the only third active Aussie player with a 10-wicket haul on home soil. In the list, the other two bowlers are pacer Mitchell Starc and spinner Nathan Lyon.

Australia won the first Test by 360 runs. The third is on January 3 next year in Sydney.

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