Also,we should try to use Haris Sohail toget wickets with his off spin bowling!

Another option is to use aggressive bowling with atracking fielders with Hassan Ali and Shaheen Afridi with the new ball.

Sarfraz Ahmed is a wimp,coward and d!ckhead.

It’s depends on how brave NZ feel now. 300 and the test is out of reach but that will take a session or slightly more meaning we just need to bat out less than 60 overs.

Don’t think we’d last 50 overs when the pressure is on.

NZ should play less then an hour tomorrow before putting us in. A lead of 250 would easily be enough.

True openers won’t last 3 overs

Defensive tactics. give test captaincy to Azhar or Asad,

Ptid sadly I like Asad Shafiq but I think he won't be an aggressive captain as he is a slow batsman.Pakistan should have played Fahim Ashraf in this test instead of Bilal Asif.

There have been few occasions in the past 5 years or so where we chased down 300 odd in 60 overs in a few test matches, would be lovely if we could do that again but doubt it.

comment by ZahraIhsanphile (U20361)
posted 8 hours, 37 minutes ago
Ptid sadly I like Asad Shafiq but I think he won't be an aggressive captain as he is a slow batsman.Pakistan should have played Fahim Ashraf in this test instead of Bilal Asif.
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picked a fiver on first innings.

I don't think he is a match winner Bilal Asif.However,if we had played Shadab Khan or Fahim Ashraf instead of Bilal,we would have a proper lower middle-order batsman who could have been handy and scored vital 20-35 runs down the order for Pakistan besides doing an equal job to Bilal in bowlinh on these wickets in UAE.

Good riddance to Hafeez

Depressing times as a sports fan, both Chelsea and Pakistan are a difficult watch right now....

Absolutely disgraceful from Pakistan though, major changes required!

What a bottle job. Experienced players can’t handle the pressure.

Knew it'd be downhill once Misbah & YK retired in test cricket, these lot could never handle any sort of pressure.

Some people on here thinking they'd chase 250 on the final day, seriously?

Shame on Pakistani batsmen for getting out on poor deliveries.<angry>

Collapse after collapse on Day 5 for the last 2 years -remember Egbaston 2016 ?
A team does not analyse it's defeats and weaknesses and keeps pretending everything is great will continue to fall like this.....

That South Africa tour is going to be embarrassing

Pakistan cricket team is like Tottenham Hotspurs in English Premier League.

Deary me why is this Pakistan team so reluctant to prove people wrong, it;s like they are allergic to batting respectably during a run chase/saving a test.

Sri Lanka beat us in UAE last year so we should not be suprised. Sarfaraz needs to step down as test skipper.

Shan Crapsood (who has a oil rich dad) recalled to replace Hafeez in the SA tour. Fekin joke.

Don’t think anyone is surprised by the result, we expected that. At least we lasted longer then 50 overs

Barbar at 6 is such a waste.

Yes T L L L and both you and me will have to bear a Chelsea loss tomorrow v Man City.

Pure bastey this. Twice we had a 70 plus lead in tests and then find a way to lose. Mentally weak from top to bottom. Sarfaraz needs to resign.

SA away is going to be a mauling.

Disgraceful