*Official* Pakistan v Australia in UAE 2014

[Spark]

Who did Eddie Cowan come in for against India in 2011-12?

Watson got injured.

 

[wiff]

I turned the game off after australia had pakistan 2-5 in the first innings. Was very surprised that we lost it from there.

 

[morgieb]

Lower bound is 2009 - Marcus North dropped after 2 wins in SA for the 3rd test (McGain's)

Probably the last one though

North was injured IIRC.

 

[Tangles]

Think Smith could handle 3 in this series but I agree it doesn't help him or the team in the long run. Not keen on Hughes at 3 where he will start against spin. Wouldn't surprise me if they brought in Maxwell and then also swapped SOK for another bowler.

 

[dermo]

warner
rogers
smith
clarke
maxwell
marsh
haddin
johnson
siddle/starc
sok
lyon

not sure if its the right option but i think this is what they'll go with

 

[social]

Think Smith could handle 3 in this series but I agree it doesn't help him or the team in the long run. Not keen on Hughes at 3 where he will start against spin. Wouldn't surprise me if they brought in Maxwell and then also swapped SOK for another bowler.

Agreed re Smith

Don't think the selectors would do it as it would almost certainly consign Doolan to the test scrapheap and I doubt that they are ready to do that yet

 

[Nate]

 

[Dan]

1. Warner
2. Maxwell
3. Johnson
4. Clarke
5. Smith
6. Marsh
7. Haddin
8. Starc
9. O'Keefe
10. Siddle
11. Lyon


You know you want to, Replacement Invers.

 

[Tangles]

Agreed re Smith

Don't think the selectors would do it as it would almost certainly consign Doolan to the test scrapheap and I doubt that they are ready to do that yet

He's a walking wicket if he stays in this series but Hughes would be the same. I don't like keeping him or a funky Maxwell selection. Vexing.

 

[adub]

Same XI for me. Maxwell for Doolers the only possible consideration I think, but I agree the selectors will want to give him one more shot to stake a claim before the home series.

 

[Daemon]

Oh the joy of winning against a side that dominates you! Read this interesting nugget on Twitter:

"Combined experience of Pak XI after Test is 86 wickets, their least experienced side to win a Test since the Oval 1954 vs Eng (71 wickets)."

Was the 1954 one before or after the Test?

 

[Jono]

Play Maxwell. The Big Show can turn this around. Open the bowling with him too.

 

[social]

Play Maxwell. The Big Show can turn this around. Open the bowling with him too.

And Burgeinho - form on the board

 

[uvelocity]

for this next test

warner
rogers
clarke
smith
maxwell
marsh
haddin
johnson
siddle
lyon
starc

would change for brisbane regardless of the result. watson to bat 3 in brisbane and smith back to 5

 

[Magrat Garlick]

yesss

carry on people

 

[wpdavid]

This must have been a decent shout for the time, Gooch may skew it a bit.

Oh beaten by Howe, never mind.

No idea where it stands in this particular list, but this England side wouldn't have had a truck load of test wickets at the time.

3rd Test: England v South Africa at Nottingham, Aug 14-18, 2003 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

Probably spoiled by Giles' stellar series in Pakistan a couple of years earlier tbf.


EDIT
The other obvious contender would be the first SA side to win a test after readmission.

 

[Howe_zat]

ftr you can use the 'career averages' option from the top of the cricinfo card to see all the players' records at the time of the game.

That game doesn't quite fit the bill wp, flintoff and giles had a hundred between them from the previous few years

Edit: on to a winner re: south africans, they only had 47

 

[wpdavid]

ftr you can use the 'career averages' option from the top of the cricinfo card to see all the players' records at the time of the game.

That game doesn't quite fit the bill wp, flintoff and giles had a hundred between them from the previous few years

Yeah, I was swayed too much by how inexperienced Jimmy, Harmy & Kirtley were. It would have helped if Giles had been left out for Kabir Ali in that test,instead of the next one.

The other thing that didn't help was Tres, Vaughan and Butcher having 21 test scalps between them.

 

[Fusion]

Out of curiosity, why is Usman Khawaja's name never brought up in terms of a batting replacement? He seemingly performed well for Queensland in the Matador Cup. Has he completely been written off from National selection based on his last stint with the side?

 

[Furball]

Khawaja being rubbish probably has a lot to do with it.