The Finish Line

Pakistan's bowling was always decent. However, it too has suffered the inability, in the last few years, to finish things off. It again was confronted with that situation today and had its problems.

Its hard to say whether the first innings score is par for this lineup or it let slide a sure thing. Watson again was there in Balaji's avatar. The second outing has seen a fairly decent start but a couple of late wickets and Pakistan's weakest suit, neither bowling nor batting but the ability to finish things off, will be tested yet again.

This way or that Pakistan have come close to a victory. Closer perhaps than in any of the cases in which they have let it pass them by. The debutants and the young players have done well so far. Can they pull off what their elders failed to do time and again? This could be a seminal moment in the development or coming apart of a young team.