New Years Test: Day 3 (Pink Day)

Day 3 also known as the Pink Day...

Although this whole Test is called the Pink Test, the actual Day when most people wear something Pink is Day 3, but a lot of fans wear Pink throughout the 4/5 days, and we were no exception.

The McGrath Foundation has done a tremendous job and helped over 140,000 families in Australia who have someone suffering from cancer. We were already volunteers for our own cancer charity 'Imran Khan Cancer Appeal, who is a charity partner on our website, so supporting the Pink Day was a no-brainer. We all chose different aspects of our outfits to pink up and headed to the SCG.

The usual 'can i get a selfie?' along with the usual question of 'I wonder who you guys are supporting?' In the strong Aussie accent was now accompanied by ' You look fabulous' and 'thanks for supporting'.

The cricket itself was proper Test cricket with small partnerships and fall asleep moments. Pakistan bowled 5 consecutive maidens so you can imagine the pace of play. Even the Pakistan fans cheered when Australia finally scored a run.

Just like all the previous days the drama was never too far away and at one stage Australia were 288/5 and looking to get a lead over Pakistan who had 313 but a flurry of wickets and before you knew it they were all out for 299.

Pakistan started in their usual Heart Attack way with us losing one wicket in the first over and another in the 2nd. A small partnership by Saim Ayub and Babar Azam gave us a false sense of security but the drama hadn't finished and both perished quite quickly.

Pakistan kept losing wickets and the locals kept getting louder. We didn't know whether to laugh or cry because even I couldn't believe what I was watching.
Earlier in the day we had some comical and embarrassing fielding moments by the Pakistan players with one fielder diving near the boundary to stop the ball but somehow went knee first which stuck in the grass and the momentum flipped him right over. Another occasion two fielders converging on the same ball clashed, with the front fielder sliding spikes first into the ankle of the other fielder. Hilarious is an understatement. Even schoolboys don't field like this.

We can't bat, we can't field, but still somehow we have a tiny tiny chance to win this as batting fourth is supposed to be hard. Not over till the fat lady (wearing pink) sings.

See you later alligator.

Oh and if you're wondering.....yes we did make a donation!