*Official* Pakistan in Australia 2019

[duffer]

Haha, well in mate

 

[StephenZA]

Well done Shah.

 

[Gnske]

Jesus christ I could have swallowed my testicles watching that

 

[harsh.ag]

I hope some of the whole "Wrist spinners are the bomb in Australia" are taking note. Especially Virat. Just because you are a wrist spinner does not mean you are magically able to pick wickets in Australia. You always gotta play your best bowlers, whether its seamers or spinners.

 

[StephenZA]

That is also a middle finger to rest of Pakistan batting line-up, do your ****ing job.

 

[GoodAreasShane]

Is it too late in Yasir's career for to do a Smith and become his team's best batsman?

Seriously though, well played

 

[OverratedSanity]

Good on him. Showed some spine unlike most of his team.

 

[harsh.ag]

 

[TT Boy]

Nah I still think Jerome Taylor has him covered. It's certainly a close run thing though

Remember that knock. Streamed it in an internet bar in the middle of nowhere in China. Better knock than this as the wicket wasn't flat and I can't recall Taylor giving New Zealand much of a sniff. Just came out, took them on and played some great shots. There was a period where Taylor looked ok with the bat, remember he scored a 50 against England in the same time period and then did nothing ever again. Weird.

 

[honestbharani]

Still a 100 adrift from evening up his bowling score, I believe...


Also, does Yasir Shah now have more wickets AND runs than Steve Smith this series? That is a bet that would make someone a millionaire, right?

 

[honestbharani]

That is also a middle finger to rest of Pakistan batting line-up, do your ****ing job.

Definitely. Do not remember an innings where the top order just threw it away so easily as Pak did here. I think you can count on a finger the number of dismissals actually caused by the bowlers in this test so far. Labuschagne and Smith were defintely out to loose strokes and apart from Shan and perhaps Imam, I do not think any of the Pak batsmen got out to any good deliveries really.

 

[Gnske]

This must be an exceptionally boring test match in the life of Travis Head

 

[GoodAreasShane]

Remember that knock. Streamed it in an internet bar in the middle of nowhere in China. Better knock than this as the wicket wasn't flat and I can't recall Taylor giving New Zealand much of a sniff. Just came out, took them on and played some great shots. There was a period where Taylor looked ok with the bat, remember he scored a 50 against England in the same time period and then did nothing ever again. Weird.

He had a pretty strange career in general. Seemed to completely fall off the face of the earth for a couple years, barely even played any cricket domestically. Always a cricketer who could randomly have a real hot streak and then go cold just as suddenly

 

[stephen]

Good to see Pakistan put up a fight and give Smith a chance to avoid losing his streak of not going two tests without a 50.

 

[Gnske]

I wonder how many times we've actually enforced a follow on this decade.

 

[stephen]

At what point do we begin to wonder about Lyon's form? Averaging over 50 in the last 6 tests.

 

[oatmeal]

If Pakistan manage to score in the excess of 450, we could have a match on our hands

 

[stephen]

Good to see Pakistan put up a fight and give Smith a chance to avoid losing his streak of not going two tests without a 50.

Apparently I can't maths and we enforced the follow on.

 

[Spark]

I wonder how many times we've actually enforced a follow on this decade.

Would be the second time I think. Oval 2015 being the last.

 

[NUFAN]

Still a 100 adrift from evening up his bowling score, I believe...


Also, does Yasir Shah now have more wickets AND runs than Steve Smith this series? That is a bet that would make someone a millionaire, right?

Nah, not a millionaire, unless you return back and say, what if they bet 250,000..

Wickets was expected..

Two test series with the chance Yasir bats 4 times and Smith twice a possibility, means it wasnt completely outlandish. I wouldnt have picked it though, what a knock!