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Australias assistant coach, David Saker, has questioned the wisdom of an extra half hour being taken on the fourth evening at the Gabba as Australia sought in vain to wrap up victory over Pakistan.The final session was already extended to make up for earlier rain, and Australia had claimed only two wickets in the two-and-a-half-hour session when the extra half hour was granted. They still needed three wickets to win.The extra time meant the session ballooned to three hours and nine minutes, and Australia managed only one more wicket during that period, while Pakistan added 51 runs and went to stumps only 108 runs short of their monumental target of 490.The ICCs playing conditions state that the umpires may decide to play 30 minutes (a minimum of eight overs) extra time at the end of any day (other than the last day) if requested by either captain if, in the umpires opinion, it would bring about a definite result on that day. If the umpires do not believe a result can be achieved, no extra time shall be allowed.The wording of the rule suggests that Australias captain, Steven Smith, would have to have requested the extra half hour from the umpires, but Saker believed Australia might have been better off ending the days play on time and coming back fresh on the fifth afternoon.Actually I dont know what happened, Saker said. It was a bit frustrating from where we were sitting. We were quite happy to come off, as a support staff, because I thought wed done quite a bit of work and wed probably rather our fast bowlers put their feet up. We werent sure what was going on.I know the umpires and Steve were talking out there. I havent had the chance to talk to Steve about what happened. Obviously theyve just given them the half hour extra, which is allowable. I suppose with an in batter in, that probably wasnt the right decision. But a lot of people wanted the game to finish today, and the umpires are probably one of those.Pakistans No. 6 Asad Shafiq was well set on 77 when the extra time was taken, while No. 9 Wahab Riaz had already faced 31 deliveries. Shafiq went on to raise his century and Wahab struck a pair of sixes before he fell in the final over of the day when he edged Jackson Bird to Smith at slip.Smith was pleased to pouch the chance after earlier missing two opportunities at slip during the evening session. He gave Sarfraz Ahmed a life on 19 off Josh Hazlewoods bowling, and then missed another straightforward chance when Shafiq was on 72 and edged Mitchell Starc.Hes obviously a very good slips fielder and he has dropped two catches that hed usually catch, Saker said. It was a bit frustrating in the dressing room as well. I think he wouldnt have wanted to have been in our rooms with Darren [Lehmann] and I going off.But thats the way it is, and thats cricket. Hes usually a very safe pair of hands and then he ended up taking a pretty good one at the end, which is a pretty important wicket in the context of the game.Although Australia remain favourites and Pakistan would need to complete the highest successful run chase in Test history in order to win, they at least gave themselves a slight chance by their fighting work with the bat in the second innings. By stumps they had 8 for 382 in pursuit of 490, and already had the highest fourth-innings total in Gabba Test history.Right towards the end of the day when they were hitting some boundaries quite at will, Saker replied when asked when he began to think Pakistan had a chance of winning. The game hasnt really gone like that throughout. It sort of came into our mind. You think youre just one wicket away from breaking that. Were still in a very strong position. It has been a pretty heroic run chase so far from them. Fake College Jerseys . 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I just felt a bit mentally drained by the end of the third quarter.Maybe it would have been better if I was a blabbering mess on Wednesday or Thursday, got that out of my system.The other alternative would have been for coach Brad Scott to hold off delivering the news until Norths campaign finished.You can look back in hindsight and suggest maybe if I had found out after the season it might have been better, Petrie said.But Im a resilient person and mentally capable of handling these decisions.I was fine with being told.Petries game wass so poor it has led to speculation he could be axed to accommodate the expected return of forward Jarrad Waite.ddddddddddddPetrie hasnt sought any assurances from Scott ahead of Saturday nights elimination final against Adelaide.The 33-year-old pointed to his record in AFL finals as cause for confidence regarding his chances of making the trip to Adelaide Oval.I know theres some guys that have got to come back in .. but Im not worried, Petrie said.I know that my form in finals over the last two years has been as good as anybody in our team.I know Brad will be aware of that as well.Petrie added he would be entirely focused on upsetting the Crows.It will be more of a motivating factor this week, knowing its do or die. Theres no next week for us if we lose, he said.None of us - Michael, Brent, Nick or myself - want to go out by bombing out in the first week of finals.Well be doing everything we can to make sure weve got another chance and hopefully we can go out winners.Petrie said he hadnt given any more thought towards potentially playing on at a different club in 2017. ' ' '