*Official* Australia vs Pakistan in England

[kingkallis]

Losing all 10 for 68 may be an Aus record.

Nope, 53 against the Poms some 120 years ago

 

[Sir Alex]

I think it was just over confidence by Ponting. ut this performance by Australia is quite spineless. They are missing someone like Gilchrist who could score a quick 100 in such trying circumstances.

 

[Pratters]

Yeah fair enough social.

 

[kingkallis]

Cricinfo's

"That is, incidentally, the lowest score by a team electing to bat first since 1957"

stat even more interesting.


Oh and hopefully England might actually play straight when they face Pakistan. Definitely showed up modern batting. I want a Boycott rant.

And people dont like RDs and Kalliss and Chanders

 

[Athlai]

Watto averages 48 opening and 48 since he returned in 09.

Worst call.

 

[Faisal1985]

Play is held up momentarily by Mohammad Aamer, of all people, walking behind the bowler's arm

He's just a kid.....

 

[wpdavid]

Nope, 53 against the Poms some 120 years ago

Nicely done mate.

 

[Jayzamann]

If Salman falls cheaply, anything can happen.

But when you're conceding over 10% of the deficit in 5 deliveries... errrgh

 

[Spark]

I think it was just over confidence by Ponting. ut this performance by Australia is quite spineless. They are missing someone like Gilchrist who could score a quick 100 in such trying circumstances.

Think you're being a bit rose-tinted there. The ball was curving a bucketload. Of all the dismissals, I would only call Clarke's truly spineless.

 

[Faisal1985]

I think it was just over confidence by Ponting. ut this performance by Australia is quite spineless. They are missing someone like Gilchrist who could score a quick 100 in such trying circumstances.

But this is what Ponting did in Sydney and ended up winning the game...so with Pakistan...Ponting knows he can take risks of that magnitude... If by a miracle Pak manages to take a 100-150 run lead, then i think would be the right time to criticize Ponting for that decision.....he is trusting his bowlers at the moment..which is fair...

 

[NasserFan207]

Pitch it up Bollinger.

 

[grecian]

Yeah the Oz batting line-up is poor, but honestly how great are the Pakistani seamers, potentially frightening.

 

[Spark]

Pitch it up Bollinger.

This

 

[social]

But this is what Ponting did in Sydney and ended up winning the game...so with Pakistan...Ponting knows he can take risks of that magnitude... If by a miracle Pak manages to take a 100-150 run lead, then i think would be the right time to criticize Ponting for that decision.....he is trusting his bowlers at the moment..which is fair...

He actually has too much faith in his batsmen and not enough in his bowlers to take advantage of favourable conditions

88 is a disaster and his decision at the toss played right to his opponents' strengths

 

[Sir Alex]

Think you're being a bit rose-tinted there. The ball was curving a bucketload. Of all the dismissals, I would only call Clarke's truly spineless.

Yeah I am not discounting Pak effort at all. But fact is Australian batsmen were just not upto the task today.

But this is what Ponting did in Sydney and ended up winning the game...so with Pakistan...Ponting knows he can take risks of that magnitude... If by a miracle Pak manages to take a 100-150 run lead, then i think would be the right time to criticize Ponting for that decision.....he is trusting his bowlers at the moment..which is fair...

Hmmm.. perhaps on home grounds yes. But I seriously believe he misread the conditions here, or put far too much trust on the batting lineup.

 

[Kylez]

Australia bowling some real dross so far and they have already bowled more crap balls than Pakistan have in their whole innings.

 

[Pratters]

He actually has too much faith in his batsmen and not enough in his bowlers to take advantage of favourable conditions

88 is a disaster and his decision at the toss played right to his opponents' strengths

This. He should have never backed the Aussie batting given their lack of strength in these circumstances.

 

[Mister Wright]

OMG! Just got home and had a look at the score. Simply amazing! Wish my computer wasn't slow tonight and the scorecard would low.

Really, you'd be confident of Australia getting beaten from here, but against Pakistan you can never write the opposition off.

 

[silentstriker]

Aside from Viru, Tendy and a dreadfully faded Dravid, who's in your batting lineup?

I would take Gambhir, Sachin, Viru, Laxman, Dravid, and Dhoni over the Pakistani lineup without thinking twice.

 

[Sir Alex]

Quite dire stuff this from Australian bowlers so far. Too early though.