Looking at the stereotypes of the 10 Test-playing nations

#3 Pakistan

Hot one moment, cold the next, what is cooking no one knows!

Perhaps the term mercurial has been coined to serve Pakistan cricket team. One their day, they can be world beaters, and on the very next day their performances will leave everyone stunned.

Their ability to blow hot and cold almost simultaneously is the way Pakistan cricket has been known over the years. The unbridled talent that the country produces has been the envy of other nations, but the way the talent fizzles out keeps leaving everyone pulling out their hairs.

This and to some extent the constant in-fighting within the team and the squad has also been forever synonymous with Pakistan cricket.

On and off, all like flicking a switch, or like Pakistan!