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Impossible, Muhammad Ali once told us, is not a fact, nor a declaration. Jarvis Landry Jersey . It is a dare. It is potential. It is temporary. The most abridged version of his famous quote comes down to three words: Impossible is nothing.In cricketing terms, a fourth-innings Test chase of nearly 500 has always been viewed as impossible. And with good reason: of all the 1504 times that a team has batted in the fourth innings of a Test, only once has that team scored more than 500. That one occasion was in 1939, in the famous timeless Test in Durban, when 10 days of play was insufficient to bring a result, and the match ended only because England had to catch their ship home.So when Steven Smith declared at the dinner break on day three at the Gabba, setting Pakistan 490 to win, their task seemed impossible. Time was not an issue. They had seven sessions ahead of them, plenty of time to score 490 runs. But this was a team that had been rolled for 142 in the first innings. A team that had been embarrassed. A team that might not take the match into day four, and certainly not day five.But Pakistan dont believe anything is impossible. This is a team that reached No.1 in the world this year, despite not having played a Test in their own country since 2009. For Pakistan, every Test is an away Test. Away from friends, away from family, away from home. Away from everything. And yet, they reached No.1. Impossible is nothing.Pakistan began the final day at the Gabba needing 108 to win with two wickets in hand. Asad Shafiq was well set, and already had a hundred. Yasir Shah was at the crease with him. Yasir can bat well enough to pull his weight. Runs came, then more, and more, and more. Before Australia knew it, Pakistan needed 41 runs with both wickets still in hand. Then Shafiq fell to a searing Mitchell Starc bouncer, Yasir was run-out, and it was all over.As the skipper of the Pakistan team, I am happy to see the team play like that, Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq said after the game. Chasing 490 in the last innings after we got out for 142 in the first innings, the character of all the batsmen showed. That was wonderful. That set the tone for the series.At the moment, I could not explain how happy I am for all the guys, especially Asad. That is one of the classiest innings I have seen. In the context of the game, the way he handled the pressure playing with the tail, he just made a match out of nothing. There were a lot of positives for us, especially in Australia where batting is your main problem.Pakistan were eventually bowled out for 450, the equal third-highest fourth-innings total in Test history. The only one higher, besides the timeless Test 654 back in 1939, was New Zealands 451 against England in Christchurch in 2002, also in a losing cause. Although Shafiq led Pakistans fight, valuable innings were also played by Azhar Ali (71), Younis Khan (65), Mohammad Amir (48), Wahab Riaz (30), and Yasir (33).The mindset was positive, Misbah said. We wanted to create something out of that, and we wanted to score runs. Azhar Alis knock was special, and then Younis Khan, that partnership was special for us. Asad Shafiq, the way Sarfraz played in the first innings ... that gave us a glimpse that these are battable conditions and if we can apply ourselves we can score runs.In the second innings, everybody was determined, they showed character. They went in and played their shots and it changed the whole scenario.Pakistans fight sets up a fascinating series, for the Gabba was likely to be the ground that would suit them the least of the three venues. If they can maintain the same level of performance as they displayed in the second innings in Brisbane, the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne and the New Years Test in Sydney should be highly competitive.They are capable of performing in any conditions because they are mentally tough, they have played enough cricket and they understand Test cricket, Misbah said. They showed great courage, I am happy. When you lose always you feel a bit of disappointment but overall I am a happy man the way we played. William Hayes Jersey . -- Gus Malzahn finally had his day in Fayetteville. Larry Csonka Jersey . -- Anaheim Ducks defenceman Luca Sbisa will be out at least six weeks with a torn tendon in his right hand. www.officialauthenticdolphinsshop.com/authentic-jawuan-james-jersey.html . The Nashville Predators were glad their captain was still on their side. Weber had a goal and two assists, and Roman Josi scored the shootout winner to lift the Predators to a 4-3 win over the Flyers on Thursday night.James Anderson says Chris Gayle was simply too good for England in Wednesdays World Twenty20 match. The West Indies cruised to a six-wicket victory over Eoin Morgans men, with Gayle smashing a brilliant and brutal 100no off just 47 balls, including 11 sixes.England posted 182-6, but Gayles pyrotechnics meant the Windies got home with 11 balls to spare. Fast bowler Anderson, left out of the squad and commentating for Sky Sports, admitted bowling to the opener is an intimidating experience but said he felt Englands bowlers were naive early on.Obviously when you get a guy like Gayle in form it can be a struggle to keep him in check and I think with our inexperience in the bowling attack it showed through, he said. Gayle celebrates after scoring his century It was a little bit naive up front when we had the ball swinging and thats the perfect opportunity to get someone like Chris Gayle out. We didnt get the ball in the right areas often enough. We gave him too many freebies and let him get going. When he gets going like that its really difficult to stop him.He is such a clean striker of the ball, he puts fear into bowlers. You can come up with plans for him, to get him out and stop him from scoring, but when he clears the ropes so easily, it does put doubts in your mind. David Willey swung the ball - but not in the right places, said James Anderson Youve got to try to stay confident and believe you can get him out. But its not as easy as that. Sometimes you have to take your hat off to the opposition. He wwas too good for England. Cody Parkey Jersey. Gayle smashed the ball to all parts of the ground, and upgraded himself from world boss to universe boss after becoming the first player to score two centuries at the World T20. Chris Morris says to stop Chris Gayle when he is in the zone is very difficult It feels like you are bowling slower and slower, Anderson said. Hes a big presence - hes a big guy with a big bat. Its very daunting when you come up against him.I think he struggles against the swinging ball. We did get the ball swinging up front. David Willey and Reece Topley did swing the ball. We just didnt get it in the right areas and challenge the edge of the bat. We bowled too full.  Also See: ICC World T20 fixtures ICC World T20 squads WATCH: Best of 2014 World T20 Pick your Ultimate World T20 XI Cheap Jerseys 2020 Cheap Jerseys Cheap NFL Jerseys Authentic Wholesale Jerseys 2020 Cheap Jerseys Store Cheap Jerseys Jerseys From China ' ' '