17th Match - Australia v Pakistan

[trundler]

What the ****

 

[smash84]

wtf

 

[stephen]

Pakistan gonna Pakistan.

 

[Spark]

anyway, australia is playing zero spinners at a world cup they picked two spinners for

i mean if you're gonna pick two thousand quick bowlers, might as well use some

 

[trundler]

That's a shambles

 

[smash84]

you don't get a more regulation slip catch than that

 

[Starfighter]

That's a terrible drop.

 

[Tec15]

Why on earth do teams keep choosing to bowl first when it hasn't worked out once in the tournament yet? Pakistan doing it especially when they can't chase anyway and their win against England being all about scoring bug batting first.

 

[OverratedSanity]

ffs Pakistan

 

[Spark]

so they've decided that the ball to bowl to an out-of-touch warner is... short and wide, rising to about shoulder height

good plan

 

[trundler]

Hassan Ali needs to replicate what Hardik did with Warner at this stage. Shaheen is a lost cause.

 

[harsh.ag]

Poor Sarfraz

 

[stephen]

Who in earth would be a Pakistan fan/ coach? I mean supporting India you could do if you like cricket high scoring and featuring finger spin and defensive cricket. You could support the kiwis if you like nice guys who outperform. You could like England if you're a psychopath and you could support Australia if you like to win. But who the heck could support Pakistan and remain sane?

 

[trundler]

Yeah, short and wide or at leg stump. Perfect plan.

 

[Arachnodouche]

Pakistan trail Australia 2-26 over the last ten years in ODIs. Is this the most lopsided current record among major teams?

 

[smash84]

looked not out

 

[Spark]

That's just boneheaded, and weak from Sarfraz

edit: huh much closer than I thought

 

[Starfighter]

That's lucky.

 

[harsh.ag]

That's a lot higher than it looked. Thought it pitched outside leg.

 

[ankitj]

I mean, when it's cloudy in England...

Ehhh, for me I would've preferred to chase than set.

It's also a case of wanting to take advantage of the clouds.

OK, scorecard suggests it's been easy going so Pak hasn't bowled well then.