***Official*** West Indies Tour of Pakistan- TEST SERIES- Jan 16 to 28, 2025

[Bahseph]

Never mind.

 

[trundler]

West Indies annoyingly got to triple figures from a similar position in the first test. Can we wrap it up quickly today?

 

[The_CricketUmpire]

Brathwaite = 33.05 Test average after his dismissal.

 

[trundler]

Brathwaite = 33.05 Test average after his dismissal.

He's lucky Bairstow got to 100 because there won't be any one else in contention for worst player to play that many once Brathwaite gets there

 

[Shady Slim]

He's lucky Bairstow got to 100 because there won't be any one else in contention for worst player to play that many once Brathwaite gets there

zak crawley is headed to numero uno quite quick tbf

 

[Kenneth Viljoen]

zak crawley is headed to numero uno quite quick tbf

Crawley is better than Braithwaite..If Kraigg had to play 5 test series vs Australia and India his average would be in the 20's

 

[trundler]

He's only on 53 tests at the moment. Long way to go.

The last 2 wickets outscoring the first 8 was cute the first time it happened. I'm thinking we've got to rethink our plans against the tail. The West Indian top order needs to have some shame too.

 

[Shady Slim]

Crawley is better than Braithwaite..If Kraigg had to play 5 test series vs Australia and India his average would be in the 20's

if you take out australia and india then so is zak's

 

[Starfighter]

One good thing about pitches like this is that we get to see batsman batting in a cap (or bare headed in Motie's case). It's definitely better aesthetically.

 

[Sliferxxxx]

Crawley is better than Braithwaite..If Kraigg had to play 5 test series vs Australia and India his average would be in the 20's

Ha not even that much. You give Kraig wayyy too much credit.

 

[WICFan]

163 All-out, something to work with thanks to the tail.

 

[kevinw]

I'm all for healthy competition between bat and ball, but if teams are getting rolled over first day regularly and some old man looks like the best SLA bowler of all time, it's not much of a game.

 

[mackembhoy]

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Whoever made this should have filtered the average column. Rather than the hideous all over the place order it's in.

 

[ataraxia]

Two thoughts:

• A session lasting into its 42nd over is not only pretty funny but might be a record for the past 30 years where rain was not a factor.
• Given that in this series West Indies' bottom three have twice all outscored the entirety of their top nine (), you'd think they'd seriously consider reversing the batting order for the second innings to blunt / see off the new ball.

 

[trundler]

I'm all for healthy competition between bat and ball, but if teams are getting rolled over first day regularly and some old man looks like the best SLA bowler of all time, it's not much of a game.

You sound like your team got a hiding on spinning wickets recently

 

[kevinw]

You sound like your team got a hiding on spinning wickets recently

Well yes but if you're an overseas batter you're better off skipping the tour. Pitches shouldn't be roads and shouldn't be rank turners from ball one either.

 

[govinda indian fan]

Babar out

 

[Flametree]

It's like we've gone back to the 19th century and Peel and Briggs are running rampant...

 

[PlayerComparisons]

It's like we've gone back to the 19th century and Peel and Briggs are running rampant...

It’s like Ashwin and Jadeja

 

[Bahseph]

Well yes but if you're an overseas batter you're better off skipping the tour. Pitches shouldn't be roads and shouldn't be rank turners from ball one either.

I’m from SA so I’ve seen some real green tops over the years and it’s got me thinking about this on numerous occasions. If countries can dish up green decks that totally nullify spinners then I’m okay with SC teams doing the same to seamers. What I have an issue with are pitches like Cape Town 2024 or even the one in this first test of this series TBH. I watched long passages of play and one end was clearly doing more than the other. Doing this makes the opposition bowlers who are less skilled than the home bowlers have a bigger say. If this was a flatter pitch Pakistan would still win but here they are giving the West Indies a shot.