AUS vs PAK | Thought in my mind was to bat throughout the day, reveals Yasir Shah
Yasir Shah has stated that it was the thought about batting the whole day that helped him get his maiden Test century in Adelaide. Yasir showed the other top-order batsmen the application and patience needed to succeed against the pink ball and had the rub of the green as he reached his century.
Things are looking grim for the Pakistan team as they are reeling at 39-3 and Australia, having enforced the follow-on, will look to finish things off quickly to complete a series clean-sweep. However, where all the top-order of Pakistan failed, Yasir Shah showed exactly how to play against the pink ball and applied himself very nicely to help himself to his maiden Test century.
Although he was also helped by some dropped catches from the Australians, Yasir showed the will to fight it out against the Australian bowling attack and succeeded in keeping them at bay for a large part of the day and was ably supported by Mohammad Abbas. Yasir was extremely happy about his hundred and was satisfied that he showed the intent that was required against the Australians to succeed.
"When we were on our way to the ground in the morning, I had this thought in my mind that I will bat throughout the day. And if I bat throughout the day, I will make a century. That was exactly what I was talking to my friends Naseem Shah and Muhammad Musa about this morning. Then, I went to the nets and batted, and kept thinking about batting throughout the day," Yasir told at the end of the day's play.
Yasir was almost a victim of the nervous 90s as he spooned the ball over mid-on when he was on 99, but it just had enough bat to get it past Pat Cummins to complete his century.
"I was so excited and happy. It's a dream to score a century in Adelaide and on an Australian tour. At that point, I wasn't aware of what I was doing really but I know I jumped in the air and swung my bat around. And I enjoyed it a lot. It was great fun," Yasir asserted.
Although scoring a hundred against this world-class Australian bowling attack was a great effort, it was not enough to take Pakistan out of danger as they were bowled out for 302 and were asked to bat again by the Aussies as they enforced a follow-on. With the score 39-3 and Pakistan still behind the Australian score by 248 runs, they are staring down the barrel of another series whitewash.
A lot of credit for that goes to David Warner, who has had a fantastic series and after scoring a hundred in Brisbane, he backed it up with an unbeaten 335, which is the second-highest Test score by an Australian, behind Matthew Hayden's 380.
"David Warner played really well to score a triple-ton. He didn't let me settle and get my lines and lengths. And, at times, he even scored runs of our good balls. And he's too good a batsman to miss out on our bad balls," Yasir concluded.
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