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Re: Pakistan/Australia series

PostPosted: Tue Mar 08, 2022 5:00 pm
by locky801
Armchair expert wrote:
locky801 wrote:May as well call stumps and head to the pub, this is a waste of time


Not sure there are many pubs in Pakistan


plenty just googled it ;)

Re: Pakistan/Australia series

PostPosted: Tue Mar 08, 2022 5:02 pm
by tigerpie
Karachi next.
A little closer to the equator so hopefully there is live grass on that pitch.
Test cricket extinction if this continued.

Re: Pakistan/Australia series

PostPosted: Tue Mar 08, 2022 5:30 pm
by locky801
Time Garry, Time ;) ;)

Re: Pakistan/Australia series

PostPosted: Tue Mar 08, 2022 5:50 pm
by whufc
4/552 vs 10/476

Probably fair to say we have been a little bit out played.

Re: Pakistan/Australia series

PostPosted: Tue Mar 08, 2022 6:14 pm
by locky801
whufc wrote:4/552 vs 10/476

Probably fair to say we have been a little bit out played.


i'd open the bowling after lunch with Usman and Carey :D

Re: Pakistan/Australia series

PostPosted: Tue Mar 08, 2022 6:31 pm
by whufc
locky801 wrote:
whufc wrote:4/552 vs 10/476

Probably fair to say we have been a little bit out played.


i'd open the bowling after lunch with Usman and Carey :D


That would be the quickest way to the Shisha house

Re: Pakistan/Australia series

PostPosted: Tue Mar 08, 2022 6:57 pm
by locky801
one of the most boring tests i can remember watching over 50 odd years, these batsman not even looking to score runs :roll:

Re: Pakistan/Australia series

PostPosted: Tue Mar 08, 2022 8:49 pm
by whufc
We really need to double think about how our bowlers approach the second test.

Apparently the last test at Karachi was a spinner paradise so we are just going to have play Swepson. For mine it’s Starc that has to make way especially if reverse swing isn’t predicted. Especially given there is a 4 day turn around and Lyon has bowled 72 overs.

Re: Pakistan/Australia series

PostPosted: Tue Mar 08, 2022 9:50 pm
by The Dark Knight
whufc wrote:4/552 vs 10/476

Probably fair to say we have been a little bit out played.
Make that 4/706 for Pakistan for the match mate.
Iman cashing in with his second hundred for the match not long after Shafique made his first test hundred. From what I've watched this afternoon and evening they haven't looked troubled at all and obviously haven't decided to do anything stupid enough to throw their wicket away.

Re: Pakistan/Australia series

PostPosted: Tue Mar 08, 2022 9:51 pm
by gadj1976
I love test cricket but this is a farce.

Re: Pakistan/Australia series

PostPosted: Tue Mar 08, 2022 9:58 pm
by whufc
Bloody embarrassing for us……yes it’s a road but the pakis found a way to get ten wickets

4/724.

Not a great start to life after Langer.

We just dont seem to have any idea how to manufacture some wickets on the sub continent

Re: Pakistan/Australia series

PostPosted: Tue Mar 08, 2022 10:05 pm
by Armchair expert
Will enjoy rolling them for 80 on a seeming gabba green top

Re: Pakistan/Australia series

PostPosted: Tue Mar 08, 2022 10:13 pm
by The Dark Knight
whufc wrote:Bloody embarrassing for us……yes it’s a road but the pakis found a way to get ten wickets

4/724.

Not a great start to life after Langer.

We just dont seem to have any idea how to manufacture some wickets on the sub continent

Hang on, the Pakistan didn't really find a way to get 10 wickets themselves, they were helped by some stupid decisions and poor shot selections from the Aussie batsman- Khawaja, Smith especially and Green gifted their wickets to them.

Australia were obviously out batted though, credit to Pakistan especially their openers to be discipline enough to not throw their wickets away and completely deny the Aussie bowlers.

Re: Pakistan/Australia series

PostPosted: Tue Mar 08, 2022 10:16 pm
by Spargo
whufc wrote:Bloody embarrassing for us……yes it’s a road but the pakis found a way to get ten wickets

4/724.

Not a great start to life after Langer.

We just dont seem to have any idea how to manufacture some wickets on the sub continent

But you need 20 wickets to win a test match, not 10 (and we were not far off 500)
We could’ve taken only 3 or even 2, it wouldn’t have made a difference.

Re: Pakistan/Australia series

PostPosted: Wed Mar 09, 2022 7:44 am
by Lightning McQueen
whufc wrote:Bloody embarrassing for us……yes it’s a road but the pakis found a way to get ten wickets

4/724.

Not a great start to life after Langer.


We just dont seem to have any idea how to manufacture some wickets on the sub continent


Palleeease don't go there, if anything, he would've made our quicks continue bowling as punishment for not getting wickets.

As TDK said, there were very few wickets that were not batter's error, chuck in the fact it's everyone's first hit over there and oh yeah, a couple of key inspirational icons passed away during the test as well.

Yes, we made an error at the selection table, Boland's omission is somewhat debatable and either Swepson or Agar needed to be included, probably at the expense of Starc.

Anyway, it's all hindsight and we are still in the box seat of holding the trophy, move on to Karachi and hopefully they bat first again.

Re: Pakistan/Australia series

PostPosted: Wed Mar 09, 2022 7:47 am
by Lightning McQueen
The Dark Knight wrote:
whufc wrote:Bloody embarrassing for us……yes it’s a road but the pakis found a way to get ten wickets

4/724.

Not a great start to life after Langer.

We just dont seem to have any idea how to manufacture some wickets on the sub continent

Hang on, the Pakistan didn't really find a way to get 10 wickets themselves, they were helped by some stupid decisions and poor shot selections from the Aussie batsman- Khawaja, Smith especially and Green gifted their wickets to them.

Australia were obviously out batted though, credit to Pakistan especially their openers to be discipline enough to not throw their wickets away and completely deny the Aussie bowlers.


Yes, credit where credit is due but when Smith, Labba, Head and Usi bowl 40% of our overs it hasn't caused much damage.

Re: Pakistan/Australia series

PostPosted: Wed Mar 09, 2022 8:19 am
by whufc
Lightning McQueen wrote:
whufc wrote:Bloody embarrassing for us……yes it’s a road but the pakis found a way to get ten wickets

4/724.

Not a great start to life after Langer.


We just dont seem to have any idea how to manufacture some wickets on the sub continent


Palleeease don't go there, if anything, he would've made our quicks continue bowling as punishment for not getting wickets.

As TDK said, there were very few wickets that were not batter's error, chuck in the fact it's everyone's first hit over there and oh yeah, a couple of key inspirational icons passed away during the test as well.

Yes, we made an error at the selection table, Boland's omission is somewhat debatable and either Swepson or Agar needed to be included, probably at the expense of Starc.

Anyway, it's all hindsight and we are still in the box seat of holding the trophy, move on to Karachi and hopefully they bat first again.


Yeah ill concede I might have been a bit harsh.....

I will stand by though that our first session with the ball on day 1 was extremely lacklustre especially comparing to the Pakis and the way they attacked our openers which whilst didn't get a wicket they did create some chances which they put down.

The best part is that no damage has been done and we can move on to next test, I do believe though:

-Pakistan batted smarter and were more patient
-The Pakistanis bowled with more energy, aggression and intent, felt like we were just looking to bowl good areas and just wait on a batsmen mistake, Pakistan looked to try and create some wickets with different strategies, it worked they took 10 wickets in half the time it took us to take 4.
-The Pakistanis had a lot more variety with their bowling in particular variety in tactics, we were very same/same
-The only area we outplayed the Pakistanis was that our fielding was better.

Lots of improvement need if we are to win second test, or hope they produce a pitch better suited to our pacemen.....would be surprised if that happened though all the talk is the next pitch will spin.

Also im not so fussed about holding this trophy...........I want us to win games and then win the test championship trophy.

Re: Pakistan/Australia series

PostPosted: Wed Mar 09, 2022 8:51 am
by tigerpie
If starc is the one to go then maybe agar spinning it away from the right handers could be the option.
Plus, he may leave some rough for Lyon to exploit with no other left armer.

Re: Pakistan/Australia series

PostPosted: Wed Mar 09, 2022 12:21 pm
by The Dark Knight
Lightning McQueen wrote:
The Dark Knight wrote:
whufc wrote:Bloody embarrassing for us……yes it’s a road but the pakis found a way to get ten wickets

4/724.

Not a great start to life after Langer.

We just dont seem to have any idea how to manufacture some wickets on the sub continent

Hang on, the Pakistan didn't really find a way to get 10 wickets themselves, they were helped by some stupid decisions and poor shot selections from the Aussie batsman- Khawaja, Smith especially and Green gifted their wickets to them.

Australia were obviously out batted though, credit to Pakistan especially their openers to be discipline enough to not throw their wickets away and completely deny the Aussie bowlers.


Yes, credit where credit is due but when Smith, Labba, Head and Usi bowl 40% of our overs it hasn't caused much damage.

Yeah true, I just thought the Pakistani openers were very good not to throw their wickets away or gift them to the Aussies (especially to the part timers you mentioned) like Khawaja, Smith and Green did during Australias innings which was very frustrating especially when they were so close to hundreds and fifties respectively. Hopefully they don't do that next innings.

Re: Pakistan/Australia series

PostPosted: Fri Mar 11, 2022 5:32 pm
by Armchair expert
Swepson to debut tomorrow

Hazlewood to mix the cordial