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^ Haha was thinking the same. Incredible though i reckon.
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***Official*** Australia vs Pakistan in UAE
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Edged&Taken
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four_or_six
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Would take a heck of a collapse to lose this one.
How come there's a sub fielder on?
How come there's a sub fielder on?
four_or_six
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Oh Watto. 
Fusion
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Well the openers are gone. Excuse my pessimism, but I always fear the worst with Pakistan's batting.
Burgey
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Honestly, why are you surprised? Seriously delighted the poor ****er lasted the 5 ODIs.Oh Watto.
dontcloseyoureyes
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From what I've read it was a "very mild" groin strain. No worries.
Noble One
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This game only re-affirms that James Hopes is a useless Twenty20 cricketer. Bowls some of the more hittable deliveries a medium pacer could serve up, 130km/h right in the slot is useful when the batsman are not attacking, but when the slog is on it is dispatched with too much ease.
His batting is terrible in this format; you can either waste an opening position on him and hope afew of his shots pierce the infield. Or you’re stuck with a batsman who can't hit the ball off the square and inevitably is dismissed by an average spin bowler.
I really rate Hopes as a OD player. But the performance last night, and his overall history in T20 suggests he can't play this game. I guarantee our foolish selectors will end up playing him every game of the WC.
His batting is terrible in this format; you can either waste an opening position on him and hope afew of his shots pierce the infield. Or you’re stuck with a batsman who can't hit the ball off the square and inevitably is dismissed by an average spin bowler.
I really rate Hopes as a OD player. But the performance last night, and his overall history in T20 suggests he can't play this game. I guarantee our foolish selectors will end up playing him every game of the WC.
vic_orthdox
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I reckon Brad Hodge would argue that point.
Prince EWS
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Yeah, couldn't agree more.
The fact that I'm actually starting to give serious thought into analysing how good a Twenty20 player someone is concerns me though, to be frank.
Matt Hayden. Probably the best T20 batsman in the world right now. It is such a shame he will not turn up for Aussies this summer.
four_or_six
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Not surprised, just frustrated cause I've never seen him play live and I have T20 WC tickets for an Australia match. Hope he makes it.
four_or_six
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Aussies fined for dissent.
Not really surprising, Watson at least smacked the cover off the ball when he was given out lbw. And Haddin is following in Gilchrist's shoes very nicely at the moment.
Not really surprising, Watson at least smacked the cover off the ball when he was given out lbw. And Haddin is following in Gilchrist's shoes very nicely at the moment.
