*Official* Pakistan vs Australia in the UAE 2018

[NUFAN]

So I am embarrassed once again, pathetic.

Full credit to Abbas though, magical bowling.

 

[Burgey]

This is actually how the side was expected to perform in the first test. Good on them for keeping us interested for a little while.

Baby steps.

 

[Burgey]

Starc. He don't **** around.

 

[Burgey]

Why, what would a full length Labor government do?

Save us from the time of trial.

 

[ajdude]

You say that, but his series has been symptomatic of why picking batsmen with poor Shield records is a bad idea: he's had no experience constructing long innings.

still feel like he’ll be a scapegoat because he’s aaron finch odi master and we’ll cop kurtis ‘5 fc tons in 7 years’ patterson or someone anyway

 

[Spark]

5/****-all and we're gonna lose by 400+. incredible.

 

[Spark]

still feel like he’ll be a scapegoat because he’s aaron finch odi master and we’ll cop kurtis ‘5 fc tons in 7 years’ patterson or someone anyway

i mean he's done ok but he hasn't actually convinced me he's a test batsman yet

 

[Borges]

Come to your senses. Revoke those silly bans; bring Warner and Smith back.

Dale Steyn sees a new number one test bowler coming: Mohammmad Abbas!

 

[CricAddict]

5/****-all and we're gonna lose by 400+. incredible.

Essentially 6 gone. Doesn't look like Khawaja will bat again.

 

[Howe_zat]

Facing Mohammed Abbas is like walking a tightrope. The rope's not going anywhere, and it's not going to doing anything unexpected. It's still really, really hard

This is especially true when your best tightrope-walkers, who are experienced at this and can tightrope-walk for a long distance without making a mistake, are out of the side

 

[nightprowler10]

abbas should show off his chompers a bit more during those staredowns, frightening

Looks as frightening as Gru.

 

[quincywagstaff]

This is potentially a more embarrassing batting performance than the final morning of the SA series.

Amazing how much Oz have struggled with the bat this series considering how Shah has been much less a factor than expected.

 

[Starfighter]

This series:

SE Marsh: 14 runs at 3.50
MR Marsh: 30 runs at 7.50

 

[Burgey]

It's not that amazing given most of the blokes in the side aren't test standard batsmen, and those who arguably are have never played that well away from home.

 

[Burgey]

This series:

SE Marsh: 14 runs at 3.50
MR Marsh: 30 runs at 7.50

Yeah, but #pedigree.

 

[Gnske]

This series:

SE Marsh: 14 runs at 3.50
MR Marsh: 30 runs at 7.50

At least one brother made his 30

 

[Borges]

Lasagne is just going to show all these top order batsmen how it is done.

 

[quincywagstaff]

Don’t understand why Shah continues to go round the wicket to lefties straight away, even to Starc. Surely he’d have the confidence to get on top of the tail over the wicket.

 

[Starfighter]

Don’t understand why Shah continues to go round the wicket to lefties straight away, even to Starc. Surely he’d have the confidence to get on top of the tail over the wicket.

It's because he's actually not as good and more one-dimensional than his figures suggest, as was shown by his bowling in Australia.

 

[Spark]

Essentially 6 gone. Doesn't look like Khawaja will bat again.

i meant at lunch of day 1