*Official* Pakistan in Australia

[Woodster]

Aussies have won the toss and are having a bat.

 

[Top_Cat]

If the Pakistan line-up on Cricinfo is correct, Yousuf batting at 5 and Umar Akmal at 6 is weird. Why bat your two best so low?

 

[vic_orthdox]

Yeah, exactly. Typical case of the journo putting words in his mouth for a headline. I don't like the way he defined "most successful" as "most wickets" throughout the article either.

As much as I dislike Ben Dorries, headlines tend to be the job of the sub-editor.

But lets still blame Dorries.

 

[Streetwise]

I wonder what the Australian team will be accused of at the end of this test.

 

[TT Boy]

If the Pakistan line-up on Cricinfo is correct, Yousuf batting at 5 and Umar Akmal at 6 is weird. Why bat your two best so low?

Cricinfo...

1. Imran Farhat 2. Salman Butt 3. Khurram Manzoor 4. Mohammad Yousuf 5. Umar Akmal 6. Shoaib Malik 7. Sarfraz Ahmed 8. Mohammad Aamer 9. Umar Gul 10. Danish Kaneria 11. Mohammad Asif

 

[stephen]

I wonder what the Australian team will be accused of at the end of this test.

I think that Hauritz, despite taking 3/120 for the match will be shouted down as a terrible offspinner who should be dropped (conveniently forgetting that last time he was here Murali did much, much worse).

 

[Top_Cat]

Cricinfo...

1. Imran Farhat 2. Salman Butt 3. Khurram Manzoor 4. Mohammad Yousuf 5. Umar Akmal 6. Shoaib Malik 7. Sarfraz Ahmed 8. Mohammad Aamer 9. Umar Gul 10. Danish Kaneria 11. Mohammad Asif

Bastards killed my post by changing theirs!

 

[Burgey]

Now that is interesting.

Is an Aussie tbh.

Has there been a more gracious visitng team in recent years than this Pakistan outfit? Really got into the cancer awareness thing in Sydney, Yousuf has been gracious and tolerant of the media, as have the other team members who've been interviewed. Intikab Alam's handling of questions about Yousuf's dismissallate in Melbourne was awesome, same with the Younis Khan thing.

Kudos.

 

[Craig]

Chappell blowing his load over Aamer shocker.

 

[four_or_six]

Yum.

 

[Woodster]

Absolute crunching drive from Watson there off Asif. Looks in good touch again.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Is an Aussie tbh.

Was far from serious tbh.

 

[Craig]

And now Chappell is on his 'what every captain is doing wrong' line.

 

[four_or_six]

And now Chappell is on his 'what every captain is doing wrong' line.

I'm no master tactician, but I would have thought Asif would want more than two slips in the fifth over of the day.

 

[Craig]

 

[_Ed_]

 

[four_or_six]

Lol, comical fielding, would have been better if just one player had tried to take the catch.

And comical running too, don't really need to injure a batsman by colliding with your partner.

 

[Furball]

Good review. Wtf that was given not out for is beyond me.

 

[Top_Cat]

Good review. Wtf that was given not out for is beyond me.

Indeed, the decision was Asoka.

 

[Uppercut]

Indeed, the decision was Asoka.

That joke was asoka.