With Australia visiting Pakistan for the first time in 24 years, it was supposed to be a historic tour.

Given what was at stake for Pakistan in this home series, the fans had expected to see an exciting contest between bat and ball but they have all been left disappointed, mainly due to the kind of playing surfaces that have been prepared so far.

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With no help on offer for the bowlers, the batters have been able to score some big runs in the series so far but it has taken the shine away from the contest, making it extremely one-sided.

What was supposed to be a historic tour has ended up causing huge embarrassment to the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). Not just these ‘road-like pitches’ but their hospitality has also made Pakistan a butt of jokes on social networking sites.

Pat Cummins doing some repair works on the pitch. pic.twitter.com/sB5Wy6bpUW

— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) March 15, 2022

On Monday, the visuals from the second and the final Test which is currently underway in Karachi once again became a huge talking point on the micro-blogging site.

Having cleaned up the hosts for 148 runs in the first innings, the Pat Cummins-led side would have felt half their job was done but they didn’t take into account the nature of the surface they were playing on.

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To their credit, the Pakistan batters did, especially skipper Babar Azam, produce a much improved performance in their second outing but the 22-yard strip also aided them and made their job easy.

Having picked two early wickets, the hosts went wicketless on the penultimate day of the series finale and the pitch also played a huge role in ensuring that.

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There was one particular incident involving Cummins that told you how poor the surface was. The Aussie skipper was not impressed with the uneven areas near the bowling crease at one end. 

Hence, the 28-year-old took it upon himself to even the surface out for the sake of the safety of his bowlers. At the time, Cameron Green was carrying out the bowling duties and he could be seen telling Cummins what area needed hammering.

A Test hundred in the 4th innings of a Test match for Babar Azam. A captain's knock by him, his 6th Test century. pic.twitter.com/26InYr1J34

— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) March 15, 2022

Instead of taking help from the ground staff, the world’s number one Test bowler took the hammer in his hand and started beating as ferociously as he could to make it even. The PCB’s official Twitter handle posted a video with a caption that read: “So @patcummins30 is Thor?”

But their humour back-fired as people slammed them for killing the excitement by preparing dead surfaces.

Unke pitch curators ko lagta hai, kuchh nahi aata hai, isliye players ko khud hi karna pad raha hai ..

— Birjit Singha (@helobirjit) March 15, 2022

Meanwhile his father- Ladka mistri ban gaya pic.twitter.com/uSskEHPTeP

— CricFolksIn CRFIN (@CricFolksTalks) March 15, 2022

Yeh bhi opponent captain ka se karvate h

Just Pakistan things

— Ashutosh Mittal (@IAshutoshMittal) March 15, 2022

Pehle daal roti k naam pr kuch bhi khila diya, aur ab majdoori kara rhe hai

— MSD (@certifiedmsdian) March 15, 2022

Pakistani log kitne kaam chor hote hai pitch repair bhi tour karne wale captain se kaara rahe hai

— A B H I (@AbhishekICT_2) March 15, 2022

Shame what @TheRealPCB has made Australians do

First @marnus3cricket's dal roti service and now this

— Ranzblade_09 (@ranzblade45) March 15, 2022

Poor Pakistan can’t even afford this .. players themselves have to fix the pitches

— topsy turvy (@thebovinesoul) March 15, 2022

Ambuja cement se Banbaya hai Ramiz bhai ne.... Tutega nahi

— AnuP MaHapatrA (@am_i_anup) March 15, 2022

So far, this tour hasn’t lived up to its billing and fans would hope that things change in the limited-overs series and they get to see an even competition between bat and ball.

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