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A sunny Melbourne afternoon, perfect for staying home, watching the television and not going to the MCG.

THIRD TEST: THE SCG

Can't believe the umpires, who appear to love a pause in proceedings, did not delay the start to the Test while I took my daughter to swimming lessons.

SECOND TEST: THE MCG

My prediction is that Pakistan will win the toss, bat, and be 2 for 60 at lunch.

FIRST TEST: THE GABBA

Pakistan have played thirty-two Tests in Australia, have won only four, two of which were during World Series Cricket, and won only one in the last thirty-five years. (They had good chances to win in Sydney in 1973 and Sydney in 2010 during the Summer of Kidding Ourselves, but blew both Tests.) Hardly a record that suggests they are comfortable playing in Australia. Nevertheless, if Pakistan get the rub of the conditions they could be hard to beat, especially if Barmy Amir gets the pink pill hooping at night. But my peer-reviewed gut-feeling is that Australia will win the series.