*Official* Australia in Pakistan 2022

[Gob]

Pretty crap to not get a first innings lead from 4/400-odd. Plausibly enough time for Pakistan to force victory?

what's wrong with you?

 

[nightprowler10]

Sarfraz used to be good. Never was Rizwan though. Myself, np10 and Cribb have been on the Rizwan train even when Sarfraz was serviceable. Get in line lads.

I think I've told the story that he was my constant batting partner in DBC14 career mode, so I was always a fan through sheer virtua-loyalty.

 

[morgieb]

Doesn’t really look like Pakistan are making a full-blooded play for it anyway, so my theory about a potential attack to pressure Australia is looking moot.

 

[trundler]

The next test isn't far. Just bat all day.

 

[Burgey]

After an hour or so, Aus should just bowl Lyon and part timers all day.

 

[GotSpin]

After an hour or so, Aus should just bowl Lyon and part timers all day.

Should just come around the wicket and fire them down the leg side for a session straight as well

 

[Prince EWS]

Should just come around the wicket and fire them down the leg side for a session straight as well

#NaumanThoughts

 

[Daemon]

if anything travis head should be bowling now, not in the first hour of day 1

 

[trundler]

if anything travis head should be bowling now, not in the first hour of day 1

Couldn't do worse than Lyon has tbh

 

[Fuller Pilch]

I do think Rizwan > Pant but anyone claiming one is far better than the other has the obvious "its only cricket in Aussie summer" syndrome IMO. Anyone who has seen both play knows its close as far as tests go. Rizwan still clearly better but Pant is narrowing the gap all the time.

Of course, when we consider all formats, Rizwan is far better as I dont think Pant is any good in LO cricket at this point.

Pant is still devastating in white ball cricket, but in tests Rizwan is technically tighter with batting and keeping and less prone to brain explosions. Pant is an amazing ball striker though, especially to spinners. It is useful to have that x-factor player like a Stokes or De Grandhomme.

 

[Prince EWS]

Pant is still devastating in white ball cricket

People think this should be true but it really hasn't been so far.

 

[Burgey]

I think this is in the top five somnambulant pitches I’ve seen at test level. Even out of what little rough there is, the turn is slow AF.

 

[honestbharani]

Pant is still devastating in white ball cricket, but in tests Rizwan is technically tighter with batting and keeping and less prone to brain explosions.

Nah, I feel you are overrating his white ball prowess and underrating his red ball prowess there. He can bat properly when he needs to and bat time anywhere and on any pitch. He just has to learn when to attack and when to hold back.

 

[Burgey]

This is missing by a foot

 

[SteveNZ]

You know you've got it horribly wrong when you bowl a leggie and DRS rules it out because it's hitting the batsman outside off stump. By almost a foot.

 

[Burgey]

I wonder why Lyon’s record is so bad vs Pakistan? It isn’t like they’re especially regarded as great players of spin.

 

[Burgey]

Or all that good at all tbh

 

[quincywagstaff]

I wonder why Lyon’s record is so bad vs Pakistan? It isn’t like they’re especially regarded as great players of spin.

I think he thrives on pitches that have bounce moreso than spin, which is why he does well on pitches like the Gabba. The UAE pitches and this one just don't suit him at all imo.

 

[trundler]

I wonder why Lyon’s record is so bad vs Pakistan? It isn’t like they’re especially regarded as great players of spin.

Tests in UAE/Pakistan catapult Lyon into leader of the attack status without giving the spinners too much to work with outright. He's just not good at bowling long, long spells without the quicks to fall back on.

 

[quincywagstaff]

Tests in UAE/Pakistan catapult Lyon into leader of the attack status without giving the spinners too much to work with outright. He's just not good at bowling long, long spells without the quicks to fall back on.

Yeah, definitely someone who works better as a support act and not when he's the main man and perceived as the main threat.