***Official*** Pakistan in Australia 2016/17

[dontcloseyoureyes]

I can't ****ing stand watching Warner bat.

 

[jonbrooks]

I can't ****ing stand watching Warner bat.

I don't particularly like the guy but I respect his batting ability. The guy is damn good.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

I don't particularly like the guy but I respect his batting ability. The guy is damn good.

Never said anything to the contrary.

 

[jonbrooks]

Never said anything to the contrary.

I didn't say you did ...

 

[jonbrooks]

C'mon Warner. I wanna see a bit of history.

 

[jonbrooks]

35 minutes to get 22. Definitely doable. They've spread the field though so it won't be as easy to get boundaries.

 

[Burgey]

Waqar lives in Sydney. They should have him every year. Good guy and a nice contrast to the oi oi oi.

I played a season with his brother in law about ten years back. I tried to get him to play a game for us but he had his priorities wrong as I think he may have been coaching Pakistan at the time.

 

[Burgey]

If I was to rank the 9 commentary team it would go something like this:

1) Mark Taylor - probably the least biased of the lot
2) Bill Lawrie - was rabidly biased back in the day but has mellowed some what in his old age
3) Michael Clarke - fresh insight but probably will be corrupted in time
4) Michael Slater - Rising star in the traditional 9 commentating style
5) Shane Warne - has his comic moments
4) Mark Nicholas - there for the money me thinks
5) Ian Healy - biased as they come

Waqar is head and shoulders above the regulars but since he is a guest commentator I did not include him in the list.

I think a lot of Bill's schtick back then was to offset Tony Greig. They were gold together.

 

[jonbrooks]

I think a lot of Bill's schtick back then was to offset Tony Greig. They were gold together.

Kinda reminds me of the 12th man skits ...

 

[adub]

i played a season with his brother in law about ten years back. I tried to get him to play a game for us but he had his priorities wrong as i think he may have been coaching pakistan at the time.

wac

 

[Scaly piscine]

Hmmm will be pleasantly surprised if this match isn't a complete paddling.

 

[Compton]

Renshaw appears to be Warner's biggest threat to making this ton pre-lunch.

 

[Burgey]

Kerry O'Keefe just expressing his pity for Renshaw, who he's described as probably feeling like the support act at a Foo fighters concert.

 

[jonbrooks]

Renshaw appears to be Warner's biggest threat to making this ton pre-lunch.

Warner's gone back into his shell a bit. A ton before lunch < a big double ton at stumps. Having said that he's just hit a 4 to go to 86!

 

[adub]

Renshaw appears to be Warner's biggest threat to making this ton pre-lunch.

Kid's doin fine. With Usman, Smitteh and even an in form Handscomb to come his job is just to bat and bat and bat.

 

[jonbrooks]

Kerry O'Keefe just expressing his pity for Renshaw, who he's described as probably feeling like the support act at a Foo fighters concert.

Kerry O'Keefe = best god damn commentator in history.

It's a knickknack Patty Whack give the frog a loan. His old man is a rolling stone!

 

[Compton]

Kid's doin fine. With Usman, Smitteh and even an in form Handscomb to come his job is just to bat and bat and bat.

On a pitch like this he is going too slowly for mine. Obviously if he ends today with a couple of hundred runs to his name he'll be vindicated, but he needs to be playing more positively.

 

[Burgey]

Odds on now

 

[jonbrooks]

93 now

 

[Dan]

Last time I remember a "goddamn our opener is scoring too slowly, just get out already" conversation, it was Jaques vs SL in Hobart. Who promptly made 150 in a game where every run was needed.

Renshaw is fine.