17th Match - Australia v Pakistan

[Spark]

we really aren't good at slogging hey

 

[stephen]

That was a top catch.

 

[trundler]

Finally some luck for Riaz. Roll them over now. 300 can be chased.

 

[stephen]

Send in Starc.

 

[Burgey]

Gonna get bowled out here.

Amit has been fantastic. Certainly enough in the deck of you bowl about a yard fuller than every other Pakistan bowler.

 

[Spark]

> Cummins comes in the last five-ten overs
> Gets a back-of-a-length ball outside off stump
> Tries to dab and misses

Like clockwork

 

[trundler]

Hassan Ali has been utter rubbish

 

[Spark]

Cummins seriously needs to develop another shot if he's going to play above Starc

 

[trundler]

Yesss. Good consolation wickets.

 

[Arachnodouche]

> Cummins comes in the last five-ten overs
> Gets a back-of-a-length ball outside off stump
> Tries to dab and misses

Like clockwork

He's really no good at this format, is he? But with his talent he could develop into someone a little more...impetuous.

 

[trundler]

Yeah, we may have been overrating Cummins with the bat in ODIs

 

[trundler]

So the 2 bowlers who prevented Pakistan from being disgraced by conceding 400 were drafted in late to the squad lmao

 

[harsh.ag]

Have been saying it for the last 2 games. Starc is better than Cummins with the bat.

But the larger problem is why in god's name would anyone with a brain send out Maxwell that early when there is a lack of finishers in the side. It's the same mistake that India made. Just that it worked in India's case (but it was still a mistake).

 

[Spark]

He's really no good at this format, is he? But with his talent he could develop into someone a little more...impetuous.

He can obviously bat, he just doesn't seem to have any other shots to that particular ball. Which is a bit of a problem.

 

[Spark]

Have been saying it for the last 2 games. Starc is better than Cummins with the bat.

But the larger problem is why in god's name would anyone with a brain send out Maxwell that early when there is a lack of finishers in the side. It's the same mistake that India made. Just that it worked in India's case (but it was still a mistake).

Because every ****ing person in the country is absolutely convinced that Maxwell smashing 40-odd in the last 5-10 overs automatically means he'll smash 80-odd in the last 20.

 

[harsh.ag]

Pakistan are going to end up underbowling Wahab

 

[Spikey]

anyway, of the trio, usman's innings was the best

 

[stephen]

That's a great Yorker.

 

[quincywagstaff]

Pretty amazing Cummins comes in ahead of Starc considering his SR is 20 worse at a lower average.

 

[morgieb]

Have been saying it for the last 2 games. Starc is better than Cummins with the bat.

But the larger problem is why in god's name would anyone with a brain send out Maxwell that early when there is a lack of finishers in the side. It's the same mistake that India made. Just that it worked in India's case (but it was still a mistake).

India also had less overs to spare so a quick 20-30 would not be a bad thing. This case there was time to build a proper innings.