One could go on current performance and label the Pakistani cricket team ‘mercurial’. But when have they not lived up to that tag? Pakistan is still unpredictable, and they can switch from being the best team in the world to the worst in the blink of an eye. Over the past two years in particular, Pakistan have shown immense inconsistency, but their acme—beating Australia in Australia in a one-day series—was dizzyingly high.