Starfighter
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'They're going to try a short ball'
*Bowls a beamer*
*Bowls a beamer*
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***Official*** Pakistan in Australia 2023/24
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Prince EWS
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Definitely tested him upstairs tbf.
Darwin Award
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Unless its's a World Cup Final.Apparently it's no that important to warrant one
Starfighter
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
It doesn't look like he's going to get back to scoring like he used to though. Like he can't fix the problems the way he did.
Could maybe try not getting as square though (although Gary Palmer would approve of his current technique)
Starfighter
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
I can't believe Head played that shot with that field in place.
Jamal is bowling noticeably faster in this spell. Passed 140 a few times.
Jamal is bowling noticeably faster in this spell. Passed 140 a few times.
Spark
Global Moderator
Right but my point is that if he doesn't feel he can fix them he'll probably just retire.
King Kane
International Debutant
That was another poor day for Pakistan, choosing to bowl first with conditions that favoured their pace bowlers all day and only finished with 3 wickets,
And one of those wickets was off the part time spinner Salman from a dumb slog from Warner just before lunch.
Their pace bowlers bowled too wide, too short and too slow for most of the day to take advantage of the conditions.
The likes of Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis and Shoaib Akhtar would have had a field day in those conditions and Pakistan would've been batting by now.
And one of those wickets was off the part time spinner Salman from a dumb slog from Warner just before lunch.
Their pace bowlers bowled too wide, too short and too slow for most of the day to take advantage of the conditions.
The likes of Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis and Shoaib Akhtar would have had a field day in those conditions and Pakistan would've been batting by now.
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But they still would have lost
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
Possibly by an innings.
King Kane
International Debutant
Probably, their batting wasn't great even when those 3 great bowlers were playing for them but at least they were exciting to watch when they bowled.
They are pretty boring to watch now whether they are batting or bowling, at least they picked Rizwan who can be good to watch bat if he gets going.
ashley bach
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And 350 runs.
Proof that Burgey, despite being a lawyer, is actually stupid when it comes to discussing cricket
ataraxia
International Coach
Yeah it's good that he didn't decide to join a cricket forum and make 94,358 posts or anything
Daemon
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It's not just limited to cricket
Starfighter
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
I'm not sure about that. Pakistan and WI seem to have gotten set on that line from the get-go. It seems to be partly from the fashion of their bowlers from bowling from the outside half of the crease. They naturally bowl down that line and when they go more towards off the angle lets the batsmen work it to leg - this was very noticeable when Warner and Khawaja were in.
Shaheen and Hamza in particular would have been a lot more threatening if they bowled down the same line a foot or so closer to the stumps. Even Cummins and Boland, who both naturally slant the ball in, start off closer.
Gob
International Coach
I wonder if he could go in and just try to be free flowing (ala late career Jacques Kallis). He seems way too cautious these days and looks like he is worried about getting out. I think I read somewhere that, on average, he plays the same amount of balls now as he used to when he was on song but because he is striking at 40, he ends up falling short of a century
