*Official* Pakistan vs Australia in the UAE 2018

[Starfighter]

current cricket forum posters wonder why australia persists with shaun marsh for so long.

ftfy

 

[quincywagstaff]

By my count, Shaun Marsh has been dismissed for single-figure scores 23 times in 59 innings (two not outs); reckon there would be a few tailenders over the years who wouldn’t have such a high percentage of sub-10 dismissals.

 

[quincywagstaff]

Re: Mitch Marsh and Abbas, it looks like a replay of Moeen Ali/Lyon last summer where you’re just waiting for him to be LBW

 

[social]

Leave Uzi & Arun as openers (ain't broke, etc plus rather not have either one of them start against spin)

Renshaw to 3 as he has temperament

From there, it gets murkier

SMarsh has scored 151 runs in his last 5 tests @ 15.1 and virtually anybody else would be gone with that record BUT we don't have anyone capable of batting 4

MMarsh is vc and that's about all I got as he isn't a 4

Not convinced by Head but he's scored some runs and that's really all that matters

Manus took some wickets and if he scores some runs, it makes him hard to sacrifice

Agar (don't laugh) may well be just as able to score runs here as most of the others plus can bowl

Unfortunately, I can easily see the selectors doubling down on their nonsense and fielding the same team

 

[Flametree]

Yes, given the rather... unproven... nature of the top 6, I was surprised Agar wasn't picked ahead of Holland purely on his batting ability.

 

[stephen]

If domestic performances mean anything then Holland has earned his place.

 

[stephen]

Taking all bets on how many runs will be scored before Pakistan win.

I'll start the bets - 50 runs. Australia 186 AO.

 

[Daemon]

 

[the big bambino]

Abbas has bowled well; and he has been more than a mere minimalist trundler. The only bowler in this game, who got noticeable reverse swing.

I thought you had to bowl 140 clicks to get reverse swing. Abbas is 10-15k short of that. There goes another cricket theory I guess.

 

[vcs]

No doubt the genetic wonders will somehow turn into Sobers and Bradman against the Indian attack on home soil this summer.

 

[TheJediBrah]

I thought you had to bowl 140 clicks to get reverse swing. Abbas is 10-15k short of that. There goes another cricket theory I guess.

Where'd you hear that? ridiculous

 

[stephen]

Safraz, the first to discover bottle caps, err, sorry, reverse swing was noticeably slower than Imran/Wasim/Waqar.

 

[GotSpin]

Head needs to show a lot more patience. Something renshaw is so much better at

 

[mr_mister]

No doubt the genetic wonders will somehow turn into Sobers and Bradman against the Indian attack on home soil this summer.

Yeah its pretty crazy how godly some meh Aussie batsmen have looked in recent home summers. From Voges to Handscombe to the Marshes. They all get to chance to rescue their stats after horrid away tours. Wonder if we'll give the Marshes yet another chance to do that if they fail in the second test

 

[stephen]

Yeah its pretty crazy how godly some meh Aussie batsmen have looked in recent home summers. From Voges to Handscombe to the Marshes. They all get to chance to rescue their stats after horrid away tours. Wonder if we'll give the Marshes yet another chance to do that if they fail in the second test

Of course we will. Shaun Marsh plays until the banned duo return at the very least. Mitchell Marsh won't be dropped until after the Ashes next year.

Renshaw is going to be dropped (Or not even picked) when Bancroft returns. Head and Labaschagne won't last long either.

 

[OverratedSanity]

This is pretty good from Australia. Even if the game goes **** up from here for them, Khawaja's batting is a huge positive.

 

[social]

Plumb

 

[Daemon]

Travis Head

Average 50
FCA 23.5

 

[Burgey]

Head must have nearly monopolised the strike in this partbership.

 

[vcs]

75 more overs of this. Has the wicket deteriorated appreciably?

Love a 5th day blockathon.