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

[Spark]

Surely he should have looked for a single there? Imran probably won't see out this over against Starc (presumably)

Or Hazlewood.

 

[NotMcKenzie]

And that's it

 

[Starfighter]

Love to see a proper tailender.

And that's it.

 

[Nate]

Bird has done very well as a sub fielder.

 

[adub]

so right that Haze gets the last one.

 

[Starfighter]

And the team which so many on here were calling the no. 1 in the world few months a go loses by a whitewash.

 

[vcs]

He's Chris Martin level bad with the bat.

 

[OverratedSanity]

What a pathetic team.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Nathan Lyon 2/100

Rest of the team 8/144

 

[vcs]

And the team which so many on here were calling the no. 1 in the world few months a go loses by a whitewash.

Nah, many including me had serious doubts about their credentials even after the 2-2 in England. It's just that the bar is low in world cricket right now. All you need is a favorable run of fixtures to fall your way to get up there.

 

[Starfighter]

Oooh, and look who topped the batting chart. None other than The People's Champion himself.

 

[quincywagstaff]

Amazing amount of praise Lyon has gotten from media and commentators all summer (incl Ian Chappell just now) considering his record for the summer is 17 wickets @ 49.88.

 

[Prince EWS]

He's Chris Martin level bad with the bat.

Nah, many including me had serious doubts about their credentials even after the 2-2 in England. It's just that the bar is low in world cricket right now. All you need is a favorable run of fixtures to fall your way to get up there.

Yeah I think every team is a some chance of suffering a whitewash loss away against at least one team at the moment, and *someone* has to be number one. It's a relative rather than absolute claim.

 

[social]

Had to laugh at Warnie talking up Lyon's bowling in this match #neveradmityou'rewrong

OK, so 2/100 might be a bit harsh on him but let's not pretend that it was some kind of stellar performance where on another day, he could've picked up 5 or 6

He was serviceable and that's about it

Furthermore, I saw nothing in this match to suggest that he'd be a better bet than SOK in India as the latter at least provides control & variations in spin/bounce on those pitches could see him do well

 

[Prince EWS]

Had to laugh at Warnie talking up Lyon's bowling in this match #neveradmityou'rewrong

He spent some time today when Yasir was batting talking about how Yasir had been "fantastic with the ball" in this series too. It's like most of his commentary lines were written before the series and are spat out regardless of what actually happens.

 

[Starfighter]

Anyway, Haze's series economy was 1.99. That's incredible, especially considering how batting friendly the surfaces were. The next best was SO'K with 2.78

 

[Gnske]

On a scale of certain to beyond certain how certain is it Gaz is going to get 100% outbowled in India by O'Keefe or whoever else he gets partnered with?

 

[adub]

Maybe Ian Gould decided to give that just to piss off Warne.

Legitimate reason

 

[TheJediBrah]

Amazing amount of praise Lyon has gotten from media and commentators all summer (incl Ian Chappell just now) considering his record for the summer is 17 wickets @ 49.88.

Well I guess compared to Yasir Shah he's been incredible

 

[TheJediBrah]

On a scale of certain to beyond certain how certain is it Gaz is going to get 100% outbowled in India by O'Keefe or whoever else he gets partnered with?

If it's SOK, 100%