Agent Nationaux
International Coach
Nah, it's OK, he is weird and a freak. 
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***Official*** Pakistan and England in UAE
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Black_Warrior
Cricketer Of The Year
Just to add some perspective, before the India series, the last two test series Australia played were 1-1 and featured a few batting collapses.
Agent Nationaux
International Coach
AWTA
Wouldn't judge the Aussies against a poor Indian team.
Wouldn't judge the Aussies against a poor Indian team.
Howe_zat
Audio File
"Knows more about the cricket" not necessarily the same as "has the scorecards saved to his
Black_Warrior
Cricketer Of The Year
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
I don't think Black Warrior likes me very much.
Black_Warrior
Cricketer Of The Year
Didn't you say Jayawardene was better than Inzamam? Kidding..
Its funny you say that because I was merely reacting to a comment someone made about you. If anything, you should be saying "I don't think Howe_Zat likes me very much."
To be honest, I admire the knowledge and information you have about most teams and even their first class structures..Many people don't even follow the first class cricket of their own teams let alone other teams..and I respect the fact that you know more about the first class cricket of some countries than some fans of those countries.
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
I'm mates with Howe (kinda
Kidding..
Its funny you say that because I was merely reacting to a comment someone made about you. If anything, you should be saying "I don't think Howe_Zat likes me very much."
To be honest, I admire the knowledge and information you have about most teams and even their first class structures..Many people don't even follow the first class cricket of their own teams let alone other teams..and I respect the fact that you know more about the first class cricket of some countries than some fans of those countries.
); he was joking. You often seem to take disproportionate joy in me getting burned by a post though. You dug up a burn from like a year ago the other day.
Thanks for the compliment though.
Black_Warrior
Cricketer Of The Year
Look..I take joy in retorts that are witty and funny...not my fault all of those ones on Cricket Chat seem to be directed at you
And I know Howe_Zat was joking and so was I..
superkingdave
Hall of Fame Member
Bell cleared from the scan, expected to play
marc71178
Eyes not spreadsheets
Bit of an overreaction there. Only last month Aus lost a game at home to NZ.
Black_Warrior
Cricketer Of The Year
"He may be risk-averse by nature, but he has managed to translate that into a cohesive unit that is showing results. That is a remarkable achievement." - Sikander Bakht
The problem with that line of reasoning is that those results people are talking about are not going to come when you are playing against a stronger opponent..
If you go into a shell and try to draw a match, and you are up against one of the top 3 teams in the world, it is very likely Pakistan will lose the test match.
For example, these are two matches Pakistan should have won.
3rd Test: Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Sharjah, Nov 3-7, 2011 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo
2nd Test: New Zealand v Pakistan at Wellington, Jan 15-19, 2011 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo
If you play like that against a top side, then you won't get away with a draw. I simply cannot understand a team that is content with drawing a test match rather than winning it..even if you have already won the series. I have grown up listening to Imran Khan saying losing when trying to win is better than playing for a draw. I cannot accept this sort of thinking from a Pakistan team.
Agent Nationaux
International Coach
So now that Bell is cleared to play, who will be next on England's injury scare?
smash84
The Tiger King
Not really. The Aus bowling in this series has been better than the previous one and if this is the rate of improvement for their overall game (i.e. going from strength to strength) then definitely other teams have quite a bit to worry about.
P.S. Might be that India are actually looking Aus look better than they actually are but really, watching them in this series reminds me of the days of the early somewhat 00s
Black_Warrior
Cricketer Of The Year
The bowling is good no doubt..and it was good even in the South Africa and New Zealand series..People forget that when they got bowled out for 47, South Africa got bowled out for 90.
However, its the batting which is the problem and I can see this batting crumbling against a better bowling attack. Even during this series they have had their weak moments..the fact that India could not capitalise on it and were already bowled out for 160 meant it did not cost them the match.
four_or_six
Cricketer Of The Year
Really looking forward to this series starting. I hope we bat well, I think that's going to be key. What's the consensus with the third bowler - is Tremlett playing?
flibbertyjibber
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They have a half decent bowling line up but the batting still collapses too easily and too often.
Howe_zat
Audio File
Bold claim.I'm mates with Howe (kinda
theegyptian
International Vice-Captain
Guess I'm the only one still worried about Tremletts lack of match fitness given the press seem to think he'll be playing tomorrow. Hopefully he gets through the game fine.
Gona really need to change my sleep pattern around to follow this series.
Gona really need to change my sleep pattern around to follow this series.