***Official*** Pakistan in Australia 2023/24

[Spark]

Hahahaha that's absurdly unlucky

 

[morgieb]

Jesus that's unlucky.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Bit rough but fair enough decision

 

[Skyliner]

Got heem! Tell your story walking pal!
The usual dissent from Sandpaper Steve, he’s never out according to him.

 

[Starfighter]

Got heem! Tell your story walking pal!
The usual dissent from Sandpaper Steve, he’s never out according to him.

Piss off you blow in. Get back to watching the rain in Dunedin.

 

[morgieb]

Bit rough but fair enough decision

It feels like Smith cops those a lot. Hard to think of a batter who cops a worse run of actually marginal LBW's.

 

[Spark]

It feels like Smith cops those a lot. Hard to think of a batter who cops a worse run of actually marginal LBW's.

It's because he walks in front of all three.

It's concerning that he thought that was down leg; fair enough to review on height but if he thinks it's down leg then he's lost his off stump.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Umpire's calls like those are not unlucky.

 

[Starfighter]

131 km/h. Shaheen not exactly soaring here.

 

[morgieb]

Umpire's calls like those are not unlucky.

I'd probably agree for those which are hitting like 30% of the stumps, but that was barely clipping. Honestly would've been touch and go as to whether it would've taken the bail off had it hit it.

End of the day you win some, you lose some.

 

[GoodAreasShane]

That was out, if anything on the basis that actual wooden bails are in use

Would bet good money an impact that glancing wouldn't have dislodged the zing bails though

 

[morgieb]

That was out, if anything on the basis that actual wooden bails are in use

Would bet good money an impact that glancing wouldn't have dislodged the zing bails though

This is true.

 

[The_CricketUmpire]

Piss off you blow in. Get back to watching the rain in Dunedin.

Don't like another opinion? Not everyone is going to sing from the same song sheet.

 

[Starfighter]

Don't like another opinion? Not everyone is going to sing from the same song sheet.

Oh, another one.

 

[morgieb]

These are some genuine jafs from Shahzad. If Naseem actually got fit they've potentially got a hell of a pace attack.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Umpire's calls like those are not unlucky.

Bit strange to call it unlucky when the ball was hitting the stumps (however marginally) on hawkeye

 

[Starfighter]

Deary me.

 

[Skyliner]

Must be a major concern for Australia that the bloke who put up the big score in the first innings is the one retiring. Worryingly, ‘Lucky’ Labuschange has averaged around 29 over the past year & Smith looks like he is now in a steep decline.

 

[Starfighter]

These are some genuine jafs from Shahzad. If Naseem actually got fit they've potentially got a hell of a pace attack.

Or he might be decent for five minutes and then become awful. Pakistan isn't lacking in raw bowling talent but nurturing it so it grows rather than fades is their problem. Shaheen is showing a good example of this right now.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Or he might be decent for five minutes and then become awful. Pakistan isn't lacking in raw bowling talent but nurturing it so it grows rather than fades is their problem. Shaheen is showing a good example of this right now.

Spot on. Bowling a good spell or having a good game is meaningless in the long run. Pakistan have never been short of bowlers capable of short-term brilliance. Point of difference would be a more consistently excellent performer. One that doesn't take bribes ideally