*Official* Pakistan in Australia

[Mister Wright]

****, Taylor really sticking the boot in.

Taylor has overtaken Nicholas as my most hated commentator.

 

[Howsie]

Poor old Yousuf.....blaming his own shot more than anything else

Should be blaming his piss poor captaincy tbh.

 

[Ilovecric]

Taylor has overtaken Nicholas as my most hated commentator.

What is taylor saying ?

 

[Zinzan]

Nope.

Can see what he was getting at ....as I said would have been better for test cricket if Pakistan had won a close game for mine....would've made for a far more exciting 3rd test.

 

[Zinzan]

Taylor has overtaken Nicholas as my most hated commentator.

No way !@!! Tubby >>>>>>> the Pantyhose wearing Pom

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

LOL at the "bad for test cricket" stuff. Would people be saying that if Pakistan came from being 8 down with a two digit lead at the start of the day to win? It was an incredible day of test cricket, and overall a great test with a thrilling conclusion and the result in doubt from the first ball to the last.

You couldn't ask for a better advertisement for this form of the game. Bad for test cricket my arse.

 

[Burgey]

How many times was Botham dropped?

I think the closest he came was being dropped off a top edged hook from Lillee by a bloke 15 rows back.

 

[Johnners]

Ponting: "The wicket was challenging and the way the guys struck out was wonderful, the first half an hour would have told the story, how the game was going. we held on to our catches and the boys bowled well. Yousuf's wicket was massive and Haddin's catch was excellent, once we exposed the Pakistan tail the game was over. A great win for us and the boys will celebrate. Not many changes at Hobart and all of guys were terrific."

Not many = 2?

 

[Howsie]

Well Afridi said he's available for Hobart, your've got to play him ahead of Misbah surely.

 

[Ilovecric]

I agree, would have been better for test cricket if Pakistan had got to 1-1

AUS escapes defeat for the third time in 4 matches, this kind of performance is expected from a top team with top players (good records) and I don't think it's good for AUS in the long run even though it saved them some embarrassment today.

 

[Xuhaib]

This loss has knocked the stuffing out of me.Galle hand Dunedin hit me hard but this just is insane.Taking a break from cricket for the meanwhile I don't think I can follow this team any time soon.

Congrats Aus we made maistakes and you capatilized.

 

[mohammad16]

Yousuf backs Kamran

Yousuf backs Kamran despite drops | Cricket News | Australia v Pakistan 2009/10 | Cricinfo.com

haahahah good stuff

 

[AaronK]

Egg on my face for heaping so much **** on Hauritz earlier.

I was going to say that mate.. not the egg part but pretty much what i said before he got any wicket.. u were harash on him mate and he proved u wrong lol

 

[Gumi]

Why was Fawad Alam sent home he should be first choice after some of the shots I saw today.

 

[pasag]

LOL at the "bad for test cricket" stuff. Would people be saying that if Pakistan came from being 8 down with a two digit lead at the start of the day to win? It was an incredible day of test cricket, and overall a great test with a thrilling conclusion and the result in doubt from the first ball to the last.

You couldn't ask for a better advertisement for this form of the game. Bad for test cricket my arse.

^

 

[Zinzan]

LOL at the "bad for test cricket" stuff. Would people be saying that if Pakistan came from being 8 down with a two digit lead at the start of the day to win? It was an incredible day of test cricket, and overall a great test with a thrilling conclusion and the result in doubt from the first ball to the last.

You couldn't ask for a better advertisement for this form of the game. Bad for test cricket my arse.

'Bad' is taking it too far granted ....but better for test cricket if it were 1-1 . Truth of the matter is the match wasn't even close in the end & pakistan were never going to get close from the moment Karman & Umar got out.

Would've been awesome for test cricket had Pakistan scrapped through in a close one.

I say this from a neutral POV, whereas you're more interested in Australia's fortune (and fair enough).

From a neutral perspective, I'm disappointed because now I'm 'meh' about the 3rd test ....whereas would have been damn excited at 1-1 ..surely u can see that would've been a better result for test cricket (world-wide & not just Faaip-wide)

 

[Sanz]

Can anyone tell me what ilovecric is on about ?

 

[GotSpin]

Poor day for test cricket.

Stupid statement

 

[Burgey]

AUS escapes defeat for the third time in 4 matches, this kind of performance is expected from a top team with top players (good records) and I don't think it's good for AUS in the long run even though it saved them some embarrassment today.

It's good for them long term when they're mostly an inexperienced team, and thei inexperienced blokes are learning how to win tight games, especially after the disappointment of England, SA and India over the past year or so.
I think there's a tendency to forget just how inexperienced much of Australia's side is - Johnson's the most experienced bowler and he's played what, 30 odd tests? Watson at the top hasn't played much, neither have North or Haddin, likewise Hauritz.

 

[Cruxdude]

Poor day for test cricket.

It should be poor test cricket from Pakistan. But really this game killed the interest in the series for me.