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Shaheen Shah Afridi: Former cricketer Damien Fleming said Pakistan had employed bizarre bowling tactics during their entire Test series against Australia, especially during day four of the Sydney game.

In the third Test, Pakistan were tasked with keeping Australia to less than 130 runs to get an improbable win. But they decided against giving the new ball to the in-form Aamir Jamal, who took six wickets in the first innings, much to the surprise of many.

It meant they lost crucial time to make inroads, which eventually set the base for the defeat in Sydney and suffered a 3-0 series sweep. “Bizarre tactics though (from) Pakistan. We’ll look back and go, ‘Gee they had a good crack at this series’, particularly (at) the MCG, if they caught better and controlled their extras.”