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*Official* Pakistan v Australia in UAE 2014

Tangles

Tangles

International Vice-Captain
Rough scoreboard to wake up to this morning. Hopefully TPC and Rogers can put up a fight.

Cricinfo says SOK did more bowling than Lyon so Clarke could limit the damage. So Lyon just couldn't use the conditions like the Pakistani spinners?

Was there any comms discussion on Clarke hitting the ball he got out on? Looked like it might have hit the edge before the pad but after a long discussion with Rogers he didn't review. Should have done a Watson IMO.
 
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adub

adub

International Captain
adub said:
Yeah we could always fold like a house of cards. That's always on the table for us. I wouldn't be stunned at all by that, but I think we're not as fragile as we were a year ago when such a result seemed pretty inevitable.

But Warner is in rare form - it will end, but maybe not today. Rogers probably would have been dropped by now if it wasn't for his 4th innings record of 2 tons and a 50 in 6 digs @ 57.5, I reckon after working so hard on ugly runs in the first dig he'll be a bit freer next time out and will post another 4th innings score. I'm not a huge fan of Doolers but he did score a good ton in the warm up and then ran himself out here when he wasn't in too much bother, so his form in the conditions seems sound. Clarke is our best player of spin, no one at all would be surprised to see him go big, TPC is our 2nd best player of spin and looked in fine touch until he played a bad shot. It's really different from the mess we were in India.

Over 300 is always tough in the 4th innings of any test. But on a pitch where there's a little turn, but mostly it's just slow and low, patient batting should allow you to survive. And if Warner, Clarke or Smitteh did get going then 300 or more could be very getable.
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or Dermo could be right...
 
Prince EWS

Prince EWS

Global Moderator
ImpatientLime said:
WRT Mitch, any concerns about how he'll go with the duke next summer?
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Yeah it'll be extremely interesting. Not even just the Duke itself but the psychological scars that will exist on both sides -- Johnson with playing in England and the English batsmen with playing against Johnson.
 
Prince EWS

Prince EWS

Global Moderator
Flem274* said:
well the english have dropped half the batsmen.
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Haha yeah that's true I guess. Cook, Bell, Ballance and Root are their best batsmen though and they were all there. Admittedly Ballance probably won't be carrying too many demons from his one Test.
 
Riggins

Riggins

International Captain
morgieb said:
Yeah, it's getting concerning. Only one decent score in the last 7 Tests. Obviously he won't be dumped, but there's a chance his back or captaincy may be adversely affecting his batting.
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Yeah i reckon his body is way more cooked than he lets on.
 
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