Australia skipper Pat Cummins performed down Mohammad Hafeez’s remarks about Pakistan enjoying “better cricket as a team” throughout the second Test on Friday. Pakistan stood in pole place to emerge triumphant after they had been 219 for five and wanted 98 runs for a series-levelling victory because the match appeared poised to be a cliffhanger. But Australia skipper Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc bowled a exceptional quick bowling spell as they took the host to a second consecutive triumph with a 79-run victory. After the sport, Hafeez who was emotionally charged declared that Pakistan had been higher and stated as quoted from ESPNcricinfo, “We played better cricket as a team. I’m proud of that. The way the team had the courage to attack this game in the best possible way. If I sum up the game, the Pakistan team played better than the other team in general. Our batting intent was better, and while bowling, we were hitting the right areas. Yes, we made some mistakes that cost us the game but as a team, I believe that there were a lot of positives, enough to win the game but unfortunately, at the end, we didn’t win the game.”

Cummins replied to Hafeez’s remarks and stated as quoted from ESPNcricinfo, “Cool. Yeah, they played well, but glad we got the win. Doesn’t really matter, does it? [if they were the better team]. It matters who wins at the end.”

During Australia’s victory, Pakistan ended up conceding 52 further runs within the first innings via bowling inaccurate deliveries and that too in a sport the place Australia’s first-innings lead was 54.

Pakistan’s shedding wickets in a heap in red-ball cricket as soon as once more troubled them, particularly within the first innings after they misplaced 5 wickets for simply 46 runs.

“This game, we were very close but we couldn’t win. We made some mistakes, conceding 52 extras which really hurt us. And then crumbling from 124 for 1 to lose five main batters, that was a crucial moment we couldn’t win in the game. And then Australia were 16 for 4, we dropped a couple of catches that should have been taken,” Hafeez stated.

“If we had taken our chances and won those crucial moments, perhaps this match would have ended earlier and we would have won. But this is the way the game goes; if you make a mistake this game can hurt you,” Hafeez added.

Pakistan will look to stroll away with no less than a single win as they face Australia within the ultimate Test of the three-match collection on January 3 on the Sydney Cricket Ground.