I was talking about this specific game also a bit harsh on Ajmal he had a bad game but I still think he is better then Hauritz.
That's why its called test cricket. It's just that this Aussie bowling lineup, while good, shouldn't inspire this type of fear. Giving Hauritz a fifer is a bit too much.
The gulf really is in batting and fielding. The bigger issue is also that Australia are simply more used to playing test cricket, have a more settled side, a more experienced captain, more of a mean streak, etc.
What a prediction I must say
Would have burnt your hair off tbh. Crazy out there.Came very close to heading to the MCG today because I thought it'd be kind of close, and had a funny feeling Pakistan may give Aust a real scare.
Glad I didn't tbh
Great effort from Australia.
Would be an awesome team really.
Younis or Laxman is a toss up also Kaneria to get ahead of bhajji in Aus or SA.
Even at the time of the partition and immediately after the best new ball bowlers were Mohammad Nissar(though Nissar was past his prime), Khan Mohammad and Fazal Mehmood. This never changed as they went on to Sarfaraz, Imran, Wasim, Waqar, Shoaib and now Asif and Aamir while we had to make do with Dattu Phadkar, Ramesh Divecha, Ramakant Desai, Madan Lal, Karsan Ghavri, Roger Binny, Chetan Sharma, Prabhakar, Venkatesh Prasad, Zaheer and Ishant. Kapil and Srinath are the only two of genuine class since Nissar and Amar Singh and that was three quarters of a century ago.
Yeah, fair. I left Younis out because his form was really poor before he pulled the pin, although it's very reasonable suggest the internal struggles played a large part in that. I personally rate him as a better bat than Laxman when he's in his usual sort of form so it's a fair call. Still though, we'd have Laxman not making the team which is just as impressive.
Yeah but the thing is things are going up for India while Pak is declining further and further it pains me to see that talentless guys like Farhat and Faisal can make the playing XI just because they have relatives sitting in the PCB office.
My mistake. I meant Khan Mohammad when I typed Gul Mohammad. Gul Mohd was more a batsman though he bowled a bit too.
When you look back decades from now, Imran Khan's emergence and influence may have been an aberration in Pakistan's cricket history. He could have been just another medium pace trundler but had to leave the system and develop as a pure fast bowler in England. Then of course his leadership had to circumvent the failed cricket structure in Pakistan time and again. He left a legacy of relying on fast bowlers and aggressive cricket. After he left the scene, Pakistan had sporadic success with lack of leadership and discipline but still enjoyed the services of those players he picked/mentored (Wasim, Waqar, Musthaq, Anwar, Inzi, Moin) along with an aggressive streak. With Inzi gone, so was the last vestige of Imran's influence and Pakistan has entered the post-Imran era.
Those two aren't as bad as they are made out. The one who is seriously bad and undeserving of a place in the side imo is Misbah.Pakistan's problem isn't that they have got a crap team, it's that they fail to maintain their intensity for a long period of time.
