*Official* Australia in Pakistan 2022

[GotSpin]

Daily Reminder that Australia actually chose their XIs for the 2013 Ashes for EACH test a few months before the tour actually started.

I wouldn't be surprised if they were somewhat directed to do so for purely marketing reasons

 

[Gnske]

@Gnske

Our Australian wicketkeeper ladies and gentleman (sledger)

 

[Spark]

Yeah, but its one thing to know what your first XI is for the first game going into a series, and quite another to actually pick your XIs for 5 tests like months in advance, including which players go out and come in each test when you have no idea of their form.

Isn't this also what England did last year in India and got absolutely slated for it?

 

[honestbharani]

Isn't this also what England did last year in India and got absolutely slated for it?

Well, it's similar but not quite the same. England decided who will be rested when but IIRC Australia actually went with so and so will play in so and so ground coz this usually helps their style etc. And I mean c'mon, actual XIs selected ahead of a series with no regard to their form is just

 

[Daemon]

Isn't this also what England did last year in India and got absolutely slated for it?

At least they had the bubble fatigue/covid/quarantine excuse

 

[Daemon]

How about just prepare the wickets how they would naturally come out without trying to give your team an advantage? Is that such a weird mentality?

What does this actually mean though? Pitches are not naturally occurring patches of dirt that stadiums are then built around.

I can get on board following a general tradition if the ground has history but it’s fine to switch it up once in a while.

If the pitch behaves very differently to what the home batsmen play on domestically then you have a point but I really don’t see that happening too much outside from less than a handful of crazy spinning wickets in BD and India. And even then you could argue that they play on those domestically from time to time.

 

[Spark]

Well, it's similar but not quite the same. England decided who will be rested when but IIRC Australia actually went with so and so will play in so and so ground coz this usually helps their style etc. And I mean c'mon, actual XIs selected ahead of a series with no regard to their form is just

Nah I specifically remember that they decided months in advance that they would structure their selection plans around Broad and Anderson being match-ready and selected for the day-night game. Which, you know, turned out to be a raging turner.

 

[honestbharani]

Nah I specifically remember that they decided months in advance that they would structure their selection plans around Broad and Anderson being match-ready and selected for the day-night game. Which, you know, turned out to be a raging turner.

And Archer. But I think even that makes some semblance of sense, coz day night tests have been very different to typical normal test matches so far.

 

[trundler]

Right so there's a very real chance that Swepson could embarrass Pakistan here. Pakistan have only ever lost two tests at Karachi though. Here's hoping we get some reverse going.

 

[Spark]

And Archer. But I think even that makes some semblance of sense, coz day night tests have been very different to typical normal test matches so far.

There's a certain logic behind it but it definitely counts as an example of pre-picking your XI, or at least the most critical parts of your XI, months in advance, long before you have any clue of form or pitch conditions.

 

[Daemon]

There's a certain logic behind it but it definitely counts as an example of pre-picking your XI, or at least the most critical parts of your XI, months in advance, long before you have any clue of form or pitch conditions.

Pre-picking is alright to an extent I think but announcing it is an interesting tactic tstl

 

[Gnske]

Carey still playing.

PROTECTED SPECIES

 

[Starfighter]

Babar describing it as a 'typical Karachi pitch'. I'm guessing we can expect 650 plays 550 then.

 

[morgieb]

Seems like a good toss to win. Be interesting to see how we go on it, I'm not that optimistic after Rawlapindi....

 

[Daemon]

Lots of talk about reverse before a single balls been bowled. Wonder if we'll see it.

 

[Daemon]

Shaheen is the real deal isn't he. So good.

 

[nightprowler10]

Damn that was a nice ball

 

[Prince EWS]

Damn that was a nice ball

That's what she said.

 

[Daemon]

That's what she said.

hitler's wife?

 

[nightprowler10]

Hasan needs to come around the wicket I reckon.