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

[King Kane]

Salman taking that screamer, the no rounder proving his worth there, he's a specialist fielder.

 

[Starfighter]

I'd be interested for another look at the right hand side of that noise readout.

 

[Spark]

He's looked absolutely garbo at times but it's a sign of a great player that he's still really ****ing hard to get out despite being way off his best.

 

[Daemon]

That's a great 50 from Smith. Looked awful but shown great patience and grit to stick around and not do anything silly.

 

[honestbharani]

It does look like Father Time has hit Australia's batting like a speed train. Warner's about to go, Khawaja's aging and doesn't have a front foot, Marnus seems to have forgotten the art of the play and miss, Smith is getting squared up like there's no tomorrow in contrast to even 12 months ago, Head is dangerous but has enough technical flaws that if you're willing to go against the grain in tactics you will usually get him out before he gets the chance to do much damage and while Marsh is #inform his lack of a forward defence will get him into trouble. There's **** all quality coming out of the Shield too to put pressure on these guys either (granted I don't think any of them should be dropped regardless bar maybe Warner who's already announced his retirement). If Marnus and Smith (and Smith in particular I'm not confident can) can't turn it around the batting starts to look really threadbare.

Australia really need a proper swing bowler. Please let Richardson stay fit.

Well Gambhired.. just when your side needed it the most.


@trundler should be ashamed of his efforts here. Pathetic. Need to up your gambhiring buddy.

 

[NotMcKenzie]

Smith has decided to turn himself into Trevor Bailey

 

[honestbharani]

Dougie Bollinger!

CSK Stalwart

 

[Starfighter]

Maybe if he had actually played some shots he could have got a few more runs before getting out.

 

[King Kane]

Williamson and Root are more threatening off spinners than Salman but he still has Smith pinned down,

Now he is out in the last over of the day to Shaheen with the specialist fielder Salman taking another catch,

 

[morgieb]

Unplayable but the problem with grinding is that you might not go anywhere before you get one of those.

 

[ashley bach]

Since when did Smith become a clone of Bob Taylor.

 

[Spark]

Might help Smith if he played some damn shots again. No reason he had to be so ultra defensive against the offie.

 

[andruid]

Smiff runs like a girl

TPC is so beloved in Australia that your women pay homage to him by imitating his running style.

 

[Gob]

Williamson and Root are more threatening off spinners than Salman but he still has Smith pinned down,

Now he is out in the last over of the day to Shaheen with the specialist fielder Salman taking another catch,

It was the last fifteen ****ing minutes. Its perfectly acceptable to play it out instead of holding off to mid off and look like a clown

 

[TheJediBrah]

Williamson and Root are more threatening off spinners than Salman but he still has Smith pinned down,

Now he is out in the last over of the day to Shaheen with the specialist fielder Salman taking another catch,

give it a rest you're making Starfighter look like a well-adjusted friendly and positive cricket fan by comparison

 

[Daemon]

Can’t fault Smith for being defensive at pretty much any point in this innings

 

[Gob]

give it a rest you're making Starfighter look like a well-adjusted friendly and positive cricket fan by comparison

Had it been Williamson, the same bloke would be wanking hard over grit and determination obvs

I've been critical of Smith's slow scoring for a while but it was perfectly justifiable here. Marsh was scoring runs fluently in the partnership so holding up an end, especially when he was struggling and it was 16 for 4, was perfectly acceptable. So was trying to get to the stumps and starting over tomorrow

 

[ashley bach]

Can’t fault Smith for being defensive at pretty much any point in this innings

Yeah for the most part his strike rate was irrelevant with the only important thing being maintenance of wickets and rebuilding.
But seriously when Australia got back on top he could have been a bit more proactive. One run in the last hour of play is pretty pathetic by any standard.

 

[ashley bach]

O N E
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[Prince EWS]

Yeah for the most part his strike rate was irrelevant with the only important thing being maintenance of wickets and rebuilding.
But seriously when Australia got back on top he could have been a bit more proactive. One run in the last hour of play is pretty pathetic by any standard.

I think he basically decided to play for tomorrow, especially after Marsh got out.