17th Match - Australia v Pakistan

[trundler]

Aaaaaaaaaaa-mir! Singlehandedly brought Pak back in.

 

[harsh.ag]

Pakistan are just... No one else like them. It's almost like their impetuousness is infectious.

 

[stephen]

The back fifteen overs really pulled Australia back. Looked like 350 was easily on the cards at one point.

 

[MW1304]

Love a topsy-turvy innings like this one.

Well-deserved Amir.

 

[vcs]

Great comeback by Pakistan. Now watch them fold for 40 or something. Because Pakistan.

 

[Arachnodouche]

This has to be one of the great WC bowling performances now?

 

[Borges]

Not too little, but far too late in my reckoning. It could have been a lot higher, but still this is an imposing total on this wicket.

 

[mr_mister]

Trash tier finishing

 

[stephen]

This has to be one of the great WC bowling performance now?

Yeah it was an excellent bowling performance from Amir. One of the best I've seen and certainly the best this cup.

 

[trundler]

Score predictor was 364 at one point. 165 at the halfway mark. Wastd the new ball and dropped 5. End up bowling Australia out. Amir with an ER of 3. Just what the ****.

 

[mr_mister]

And let's not pin too much blame on maxi. Contributed as much as marsh, khawjawa and Carey, just did it in the blink of an eye

 

[morgieb]

Didn't even bat out the 50, which is incredible when you consider that it took 20 overs for the first wicket to fall.

Brilliant spell from Amir, well earned 5-fer.

307 well below expectations, but whether it's below par is another question. The pitch does look to have something in it but the ground is very small and the change bowlers could be a problem.

Maxwell really should've been made to wait in hindsight. I guess that 400 was on early on but having Marsh/Khawaja batting 4 would probably have given Australia more of a genuine platform rather than Maxwell self-imploding and Australia not having an idea of how to time the death overs. Hope the Victorians have learned their lesson.

 

[stephen]

Kerry Okeefe has such a great face for radio.

 

[trundler]

The demons in this pitch must've been exorcised by now.

 

[quincywagstaff]

Didn't think It mattered at the time, but Smith throwing away his wicket so needlessly early in his innings really destabilized the innings; would have been the perfect sheet anchor for the rest of the side to attack around.

 

[morgieb]

The demons in this pitch must've been exorcised by now.

If anything it looked quicker later on in the innings.

 

[smash84]

The pitch seems to have become much harder to bat on in the last hour or so

 

[stephen]

I'm not sure that the deck was a 350 deck. 300 might be 20 runs too many.

 

[Burgey]

Been bowled out in our last three games. Needs addressing.

 

[stephen]

Didn't think It mattered at the time, but Smith throwing away his wicket so needlessly early in his innings really destabilized the innings; would have been the perfect sheet anchor for the rest of the side to attack around.

Sending Maxwell in instead of Khawaja or Marsh was a mistake. Maxwell should come in with 10-15 overs to go. Marsh/Khawaja need more time to get set.