Sydney 2010](http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/406200.html) - An Australian collapse for 127 in the first innings had left Pakistan with a target of 176 in the fourth innings - their best opportunity to end a winless run against Australia since Sydney 1995. The openers added a brisk 34 but wickets fell in clusters thereafter and Pakistan were shot out for 139.
Dunedin 2009](http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/423778.html) - Umar Akmal’s debut Test. After making a hundred in the first innings, Akmal was once again the lynchpin, scoring 75, as Pakistan attempted to chase 251. They had a fair chance at 95 for 3 and 161 for 4, but lost their last six wickets for 57.
Galle 2009](http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/403367.html) - Pakistan were 36 for 0 and then 71 for 2, only 97 runs away from victory. Then followed a collapse to rival all other collapses during which eight wickets fell for only 46 runs. Salman Butt was the only one to make it past 20.
Port Elizabeth 2007](http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/250666.html) - The last time Pakistan successfully chased a target of less than 200. Set a target of 191, Pakistan were facing defeat after Shaun Pollock and Makhaya Ntini had reduced them to 92 for 5. Younis Khan, who batted steadily, and Kamran Akmal led a revival that grew into a match-winning partnership of 99, securing a five-wicket victory.
^^ Apart from galle and sydney, for me the trauma today was the biggest earlier have to watch Pakistani wickets flying around with as little as 20 odd runs required to win
It is not just this team. Any keen follower of Pak cricket w'd tell you that this is what Pakistan have always been good at i.e. bringing more pressure upon themselves and making life even more difficult for themselves than it actually is by panicking when chasing a target
During much of the 80s we were a one man batting line-up i.e Javed Miandad. I have lost count of the number of times he rescued us from a hopeless 20 or 30 odd for 3 or 4. He was mentally tough
Hope this win will give them the much needed self-belief and confidence that they can beat anyone now. Half the battle is fought in the mind..
I remember a match against England in the mid 80's in Lahore when Pakistan needed 45 to win in the second innings and were 14/5 and all the leading batsmen were in the pavilion. out came our new wicket keeper Anil dalpat (Cousin of Kaneria) and hammered England away to win. I still remember the comment on BBC, the guy said "Anil is obviously not aware of the Pakistani tradition of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory".
