Twitter Reactions: First Test of Australia's historic Pakistan tour ends in a dull draw

Australia’s historic tour to Pakistan has started in a rather uninspiring manner with the first Test in Rawalpindi ending in a tedious draw. The fact that a total of 14 wickets fell across the three innings and five days, reiterated the dismal nature of the surface. There was not much that happened across the five days to have stirred any excitement amongst fans who for long were looking forward to the commencement of the said tour.

Pakistan elected to bat having won the toss. The pitch had nothing on offer for the bowlers, as the home team piled on the runs. Pakistan’s opening batter, Imam-Ul-Haq, and senior batter in Azhar Ali, both on a comeback trail, could not have asked for a better surface to bat on. The two batters scored 157 and 185 respectively. Pakistan declared at 476-4.

It was then the visitor’s chance to tire the opposition, as Australia started similarly with David Warner and Usman Khawaja sharing a 150+ run opening stand. The pace at which the game was being played made it pretty certain as to what direction it was heading into, a possible draw. Australia was dismissed for 459 runs with Khawaja and Marnus Labuschagne falling tantalizingly close to their centuries. While the opening batter missed his milestone by three runs, Khawaja was out for 90.

Either declare & let Australia bat for a bit or play some T20 and entertain the crowd & one of you go for a double hundred. Pindi crowd deserves some fun.

— Shoaib Akhtar (@shoaib100mph) March 8, 2022

Fact:
This morning while Mitch Starc was batting in the test match against Pakistan, his wife Alyssa Healy was batting against Pakistan Womens in the Womens World Cup encounter. It could be the very first such incident taken place in the cricketing history #PAKvAUS pic.twitter.com/tGhctKTixd

— Shoaib Akhtar (@shoaib100mph) March 8, 2022

Congratulations @ImamUlHaq12 on another 💯 each innings 100 it’s a big achievement Amazing 👏🏻 & special congratulations to @imabd28 for his maiden 💯 go well boys #PAKvAUS

— Kamran Akmal (@KamiAkmal23) March 8, 2022

Congratulations @imabd28 on maiden Test 💯👏🏼👏🏼👍🏼 many more to come pic.twitter.com/bqZcXHmdun

— Mohammad Hafeez (@MHafeez22) March 8, 2022

Well played @ImamUlHaq12 and Abdullah shafique 👏👏👏👏

— Mohammad Amir (@iamamirofficial) March 8, 2022

"Doctor, I haven't been able to sleep."

"Here, this will help."#PAKvAUS #PAKvsAUS pic.twitter.com/Ya6eYkOyOW

— CricBlog ✍ (@cric_blog) March 8, 2022

Help this boy 😁 #PAKvsAUS pic.twitter.com/AGvX9K4yp1

— Ihtisham Ul Haq (@iihtishamm) March 7, 2022

a lot of modern day test series are of only two matches. ye practice match tha guys, asli wala 3 din baad dikhega #pakvaus #pakvsaus pic.twitter.com/mdiF0rWcXN

— rizzy stan (@rizwanplsbemine) March 8, 2022

Draws are a healthy part of test cricket #PAKvsAUS

— TM (@Themb_Mazi) March 8, 2022

I left watching after imam ki century
Lol the miracle we are waiting for 😂
Anyways #PAKvsAUS

— Marve (@marvethefangirl) March 8, 2022

This is possible only in Pakistan۔۔#PAKvsAUS pic.twitter.com/Ikfp3xctUw

— Beautiful Pakistan (@PakInPeace) March 8, 2022

Pakistan at number 2 already!! #PAKvsAUS #iccrankings #PakistanZindabad #Cricket pic.twitter.com/jDfNpQj419

— Ahmer Khan (@akahmer) March 8, 2022

#PAKvsAUS @PSLMemesWalay pic.twitter.com/fB9VkwqwvN

— Cricket.NA (@theCricket66) March 8, 2022

I reckon England’s batting would’ve struggled to collapse on that batting track #PAKvsAUS

— Matt Owen (@MJowen174) March 8, 2022

David Warner will be kaptan of Pindi Boys teem in next psl??#PAKvsAUS https://t.co/7i7uPpMqd1

— Abid Rahi (@AbidRahiPK) March 8, 2022

The Test in Rawalpindi ended up being more about personal milestones than a competitive game of cricket

The first Test was more about registering personal milestones and records with no real scope of a result being established very early. Pakistan came out for the second innings on Day 5 and continued to bat on a lifeless pitch. Haq continued to make the most of the conditions by bringing up his second century of the match, while the other opener Abdullah Shafique also got the opportunity to score his maiden century. The two openers brought up a 250-run stand. The game that was nothing but laborious for the two bowling units eventually ended in a draw with the two captains shaking hands, thus ending the misery of the viewers.