17th Match - Australia v Pakistan

[harsh.ag]

Terrible planning by OzThinkTank

 

[morgieb]

Australia's planning with its batting order has been all over the shop this innings; surely a Carey or NCN who has a licence to tee off would compliment Marsh better.

Almost as if they felt guilty about putting Khawaja any lower.

It's the sort of side that almost needs one of Finch and Warner to go out early. Otherwise you're in a situation where Australia can't kick on properly. As frustrating as it is though there wasn't enough time to bring Mitch Marsh in and I don't think there's another batting option in the squad.

 

[stephen]

Australia have basically decided their batting line-up by the handedness of the batsmen. One of these two needs to get in and go hard though with Carey, NCN and Starc still to come.

 

[Starfighter]

More bad fielding...

 

[Cabinet96]

Australia's third and fourth openers don't seem particularly suited to coming in at this stage.

 

[stephen]

That was a lovely shot.

 

[trundler]

That's a great shot

 

[stephen]

Intelligent cricket by Khawaja.

 

[Spark]

Australia's third and fourth openers don't seem particularly suited to coming in at this stage.

Khawaja is actually much more suited to coming in right now than coming in with 25 overs to go. He's far better at smacking some boundaries than, say, milking a bowler like Hafeez.

 

[trundler]

These 2 are doing very well

 

[trundler]

If they declared now it wouldn't be chased.

 

[slippy888]

What happen to Hassan Ali bowling

 

[Starfighter]

Still trying to work out how Hafeez got so many overs when being so expensive. The fact he was kept on after that really expensive one was interesting.

 

[morgieb]

Still trying to work out how Hafeez got so many overs when being so expensive. The fact he was kept on after that really expensive one was interesting.

He did take a wicket I guess but looked worse than Malik.

 

[Spark]

Still trying to work out how Hafeez got so many overs when being so expensive. The fact he was kept on after that really expensive one was interesting.

i mean, between him and shoaib malik

 

[harsh.ag]

Hassan bowling to right handers.

 

[stephen]

Amir deserved that.

 

[morgieb]

Soft as **** that.

 

[trundler]

Amir you legend. Get them 290 all out.

 

[stephen]

Geez the took that catch terribly.