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*Official* Pakistan in Australia
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I'd argue that the shot he smashed had intent but the dismissal was a nothing shot.
Anyway, he's out and it wasn't entirely unpredictable.
Burgey
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Except for the shots of Hughes, Ponting, Hussey, Clarke (to an extent), North and Haddin?
Pakistan has bowled well, and to a large extent that pressure produces bad shots, but imo doesn't excuse them.
Jono
Virat Kohli (c)
Burgey you always drop this line. Subcontinental batsmen aren't from the 60s anymore.
It will still bounce above waist height tomorrow, you know...
http://www.cricketweb.net/forum/cricket-chat/21319-so-i-watching-bit-test-cricket-over-weekend.html
chalky
International Debutant
I've only saw the last 3 wickets but they were very poor batting:
Hussey - pulling a good lengh ball
North - wafting at a ball angled across him
Haddin - Trying to drive through the line of a good lengh delivery
edit: In North's defence Asif had the the Innswinger working to him that over so maybe was playing for that.
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Harsh, tbh. Tried to pull out of the shot after it got big on him but was a decent ball.
Zinzan
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Yup, particularly enjoyed TH on Sami
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Only marginally though
Faisal1985
International Vice-Captain
get outta here.....wat! Gul can't "dream" of reversing the ball............LOL....
chalky
International Debutant
Yeah I was harsh especially in context with the rest of the over which had the ball moving in to him good bowling by Asif more than poor batting
Beleg
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read the post properly before commenting
mohammad16
U19 Captain
What a ridiculous assertion. This is PAKISTAN cricket, both Sami and Gul and extremely capable and when they rarely have their tails up can run through the batsmen. Sami actually got swing not only seam movement.
Aussies played stupid shots though, Ponting, Hussey, hughes North and Haddin all played bad shots to get out even though the ball was doing a lot. Clarke even went for an extravagent drive when he could have had his bat and pad close together and played the ball late.
Ponting needs to get over himself and realize that sometimes the man thing to do is defend or sway out of the way when facing short bowling, No one right now is looking more foolish. Apart from Afridi who gave up test cricket.
cowboysfan
U19 Debutant
the sad thing is that i think the pakistanis will try their best to lose this one too.
Hurricane
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Haddin got out indirectly because of the pitch. He had decided that batting sensibly wasn't going to work so he wanted to hit out. Normally he doesn't bat that aggressively so early in his inning.
At least we are all agreed that Watson didn't do anything wrong that was just a good cheery.
Phil Hughes will be having mixed emotions right now. From a team perspective he will be upset that his country is in trouble. From his perspective he will be thinking they can't blame me for getting a duck if every one else failed.
At least we are all agreed that Watson didn't do anything wrong that was just a good cheery.
Phil Hughes will be having mixed emotions right now. From a team perspective he will be upset that his country is in trouble. From his perspective he will be thinking they can't blame me for getting a duck if every one else failed.
Tony Greig would be proud.