*Official* Pakistan in Australia

[chalky]

Once again like in the NZ series, Gul has been the most disappointing of their bowlers ......enormously overrated for mine

Suprising cos he looks awesome in ODI's and 20/20's seems to swing & reverse the white ball & has an excellent yorker.

 

[Top_Cat]

Ugh, 9 just showing footage of Steve Waugh's 'Perfect Day'. Yes I bought the DVD. What the **** was I thinking paying money for it? In my defence, it was in the bargain bin..

 

[Top_Cat]

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.

Think pro's see it different, tbh. They'll have noticed that he was dropped first ball playing a silly shot and got out soon after playing a similarly silly waft..

 

[Jono]

Ugh, 9 just showing footage of Steve Waugh's 'Perfect Day'. Yes I bought the DVD. What the **** was I thinking paying money for it? In my defence, it was in the bargain bin..

Apparently the 5th best moment in Australian test cricket this decade.

Bit much.

 

[Faisal1985]

So any predictions what Australia will score? i say a sweet 99............

 

[Top_Cat]

Apparently the 5th best moment in Australian test cricket this decade.

Bit much.

Yeh, what the? Great knock and all that but ****.....

 

[thierry henry]

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.

imo it was actually a good ball by Asif that genuinely seamed, but because it didn't catch the edge people tend to look at the shot and not the ball

 

[Top_Cat]

So any predictions what Australia will score? i say a sweet 99............

Think if they swing the bat a bit, 120 will be the minimum, 150 fantastic and 180 the dream.

 

[chalky]

If Pakistan were in Australia's position would anyone be blaming the pitch or would people be saying that the batsman wern't capable, too used to playing on sub continent feather beds etc?

 

[DaRick]

So any predictions what Australia will score? i say a sweet 99............

See whether they can make 80+ first.

 

[Top_Cat]

imo it was actually a good ball by Asif that genuinely seamed, but because it didn't catch the edge people tend to look at the shot and not the ball

Yeah agree it was a good ball but fairly poorly played.

 

[Burgey]

Burgey you always drop this line. Subcontinental batsmen aren't from the 60s anymore.

http://www.cricketweb.net/forum/cricket-chat/21319-so-i-watching-bit-test-cricket-over-weekend.html

Jono, I'd like to say I'm surprised, but I can't.
I respond to a comment about FTBs and get the not-altogether unfamiliar sensitivity from you.
Pakistan batsmen have always struggled with the bounce in Australia, for as long as I've watched them tour here. Not in the 60s, but certainly in the 80s, 90s and the 00s as well. If they don't this time then good luck to them. History suggests they will though.
Just to overcome the smarminess of your comment though, I don't give a **** where they're from, if the records suggest they can't cope with it, then I'll say it. Just as you and many others are well within your rights to say Australia struggle in India (a point made far more often I'd have thought).

Anyway, some good bowling there from Pakistan - fair to say they shaded the session

 

[Beleg]

What a ridiculous assertion.

it aint

This is PAKISTAN cricket

and that doesnt mean diddly squat

both Sami and Gul and extremely capable and when they rarely have their tails up can run through the batsmen.

sami's statistically one of the worst bowlers in the history of test cricket - and guess what, the stats actually dont do justice to the **** he's served up over the years. his ability (or lack thereof) to run through ****e sides aint worth ****e if it isnt backed by consistency of any sort

gul's never been somebody who's going to run through a team. that's backed by his performance over the years. he's a stock bowler that was kinda sorta touted as the next best thing since sliced bread after his heroics in lahore. par the course for pakistanis. his ability to reverse it on scruffy pitches with a DIFFERENT ball and the field set up to ensure the shine is preserved isn't particularly relevant on a green test match sydney pitch during the course of first day's play.
furthermore reverse swing aint much use if ye cant pitch it properly on the pitch. his length's been shambolic throughout his spell and he's gotten carted around as a result leaked runs like nobody's business though of course compared to sami's he's still tighter than a [censored]

Sami actually got swing not only seam movement.

sami usually gets swing early on in an innings and he celebrates it by duly putting up a hit-me-outta-park ball every over

 

[Jono]

Jono, I'd like to say I'm surprised, but I can't.
I respond to a comment about FTBs and get the not-altogether unfamiliar sensitivity from you.
Pakistan batsmen have always struggled with the bounce in Australia, for as long as I've watched them tour here. Not in the 60s, but certainly in the 80s, 90s and the 00s as well. If they don't this time then good luck to them. History suggests they will though.
Just to overcome the smarminess of your comment though, I don't give a **** where they're from, if the records suggest they can't cope with it, then I'll say it. Just as you and many others are well within your rights to say Australia struggle in India (a point made far more often I'd have thought).

Can't you just be **** at batting all together (i.e. the top 3 of Pakistan) rather than simply struggle with bounce?

These batsmen fail everywhere!

 

[mohammad16]

LMAO I just cant get over how foolish ponting looks playing the pull shot, common your first ball???

 

[Burgey]

So any predictions what Australia will score? i say a sweet 99............

Will be lucky to get that tbh, unless Johnson bombs a few.

 

[chalky]

Watchin Ponting's wicket think Pakistan owe Roach a drink for that looked a very hesitant shot.

Mark Butcher making point that he had never seen Ponting use an arm guard before.

 

[Top_Cat]

Mark Butcher making point that he had never seen Ponting use an arm guard before.

Yeah, never has before, apparently hates them. After getting his arm tenderised by Roach, I would guess it was the only way he'd play this game. Suggest he'll get rid of it ASAP.

 

[Beleg]

cant blame ponting for playing the shot - on another day that would either have been put down (most likely, given the standards of **** fielding) or gone for a boundary

 

[Top_Cat]

cant blame ponting for playing the shot - on another day that would either have been put down (most likely, given the standards of **** fielding) or gone for a boundary

Was no sitter either, Gul took a blinder.