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***Official*** Pakistan in Australia 2016/17
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quincywagstaff
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To maintain public interest, this series really needed Pakistan to win this match.
Now it's hard to see Oz losing a game and even local fans will focus more on the BBL. I was planning to go to Sunday's ODI but hard to see it being much of a contest tbh.
Now it's hard to see Oz losing a game and even local fans will focus more on the BBL. I was planning to go to Sunday's ODI but hard to see it being much of a contest tbh.
Zinzan
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Nah it's criminal, I could have been out at a ****tail party with the missus but opted for an evening in watching cricket hoping for a competitive ODI and a good BB game afterwards, only to discover BB are having a night off.
It's all about me, don't those idiot BB organisers not get it?
Starfighter
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Cummins looks a much better bowler when the ball is reversing a bit.
TheJediBrah
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Well that's definitely fair enough
personally I was just looking forward to a night off to finally do something other than watch cricket, but looks like I'll have to wait another week at least
Starfighter
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This is ending rather tamely. Faulkner having a good night with the ball.
Starfighter
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That's all folks. How weak from Pakistan.
NotMcKenzie
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And it ends before ten o'clock
Pakistan are certainly masters of inept chasing.
Pakistan are certainly masters of inept chasing.
TheJediBrah
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I don't think they were really that bad tbh, not like they were in the Test series. They were just thoroughly outplayed, especially in the second innings
Starfighter
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Nah, they should have come a lot closer than they did. I think they checked out mentally in the last over of our innings and never really came back. They needed a Wade type innings but nobody was up to the mark.
quincywagstaff
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I reckon Pakistan checked out mentally at the end of the Boxing Day Test.
Starfighter
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Zinzan
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Jeez mate, if that wasn't really bad, then I'd hate to see what is
quincywagstaff
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I think even for the new additions to the squad it's the intimidation of playing in Oz (especially when they're on a winning roll) that's a factor as well.
Oz's home ODI record in the past decade is a fair bit stronger than their Test record at home in the past few years (which is strong enough as it is); I think you have to go back to the SL 10/11 series for the last time Oz lost a ODI series at home. And there have been a lot of whitewashes in that time.
quincywagstaff
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I think you'll see a fair bit of it before this series is done; a bit like how the NZ ODIs turned out.
Starfighter
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I reckon a more competitive match may require the opposition batting first. And not doing a Williamson and choosing to bowl on a ground with a bat-first history because of rain that is clearly not going to effect the match if you actually looked at the radar. On our pitches letting us set the target is bad unless you plan on bowling real well, because the pressure will tell.
quincywagstaff
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Perhaps but I don't think this Pakistan has it in them even batting first to be competitive, esp with multiple players having to depart for personal reasons and Azhar Ali now injured.
Starfighter
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Can we just say that Pakistan are poor? And in a spot of bother too.