Sajid Khan on how he set Warner up: 'The shot he played was one of impatience'

 It's difficult to put any twist on it. Not the ball (however that, as well), but rather the reality this Test won't rank among Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium's best minutes. The cricket hasn't been particularly captivating - regardless of whether the hitters could dissent; 747 runs have been scored, with six wickets falling across three days.

On a day when Australia hustled away to 271 - drifting around four an over for a significant part of the day - there was restricted break for bowling. The day began splendidly enough for Pakistan with Shaheen Afridi and Naseem Shah serenely beating their Australian partners with the new ball. Both Usman Khawaja and David Warner were cagey against the new ball. A couple of edges flew through the slips, one from Khawaja went directly to Fawad Alam at gorge, who put down somewhat of a sitter. In a game where wickets have been all around as scant as hen's teeth, it was an indefensible blunder. The strain bubble popped, and Australia's openers dominated.

So it was maybe justifiable, with only two wickets falling until awful light put an end to play around 20 overs early, that Pakistan offspinner Sajid Khan committed a lot of his short post-match presser spouting about how he'd set up Warner. With the hitter on 68 and having offered no genuine possibilities, Warner returned to an entire one and saw it slip through the entryway, finishing a 156-run stand.

"The wicket is slow," Sajid said. "I've utilized a few varieties yet I attempt and set the player up prior to conveying them. I bowled 27 overs, and the shot Warner played was one of fretfulness. I set Warner up and he continued to play back foot to full balls. So I went much more full, and he committed one error and I got a wicket there. David Warner's wicket is enormous, and he's an excellent player."

It's adequately standard, the mental contest among spinner and player. In any case, interestingly, it was the gradualness of the wicket that got Sajid that wicket. With the hitters having sufficient opportunity to return foot to everything, Warner started to stretch his boundaries, similarly as Sajid tried his. When he was excused, he was playing back to a ball that, had he gotten out of his wrinkle, could nearly have been a half-volley, and ultimately addressed the cost.