***Official*** Australia in Bangladesh 2017

[cnerd123]

this pitch huh

 

[WindieWeathers]

They've clearly learnt how to prepare wickets to suit themselves - fair play to them for that

Yep, it seems like the England series made up their minds, didn't it? Then you have idiots like my team who love to prepare wickets for the opposition

 

[cnerd123]

urgh these two are getting frustrating

 

[Howe_zat]

urgh these two are getting frustrating

They're on 5 and 9.

 

[TheJediBrah]

They've clearly learnt how to prepare wickets to suit themselves - fair play to them for that

I've been wondering why the non-asian countries don't do this as much and I've come to the conclusion that it just isn't as doable. It's a lot easier to prepare a dustbowl/rolled mud on purpose, or a pitch that suits spinners more than average, than it is to deliberately prepare a pitch than suits the non-Asian sides. I mean once you get to a certain point you can't get the pitch that much faster or bouncier, whereas if you want it slow and low you can pretty much just keep going until the pitch falls apart on day 1 or 2.

I'm not kidding myself into thinking it's purely some kind of moral superiority

 

[fredfertang]

urgh these two are getting frustrating

pour yourself a beer and calm down

 

[Aritro]

They've clearly learnt how to prepare wickets to suit themselves - fair play to them for that

Yep. If we'd had pitches like this a few years ago instead the roads designed to encourage draws, we would have started being good at home a few years in advance.

Ffs, hold your catches dickheads

 

[cnerd123]

They're on 5 and 9.

pour yourself a beer and calm down

a six and a drop following these posts

ffs do you see why I do what I do.

 

[morgieb]

Jeez that drop's a shocker.

 

[Furball]

Fun fact, in the 1st Test of the 2006 tour of BD, after BD won the toss and batted first Aus trailed in the 1st innings of the 1st Test by like 170 runs, and still won.

Then the 2nd test Aus won by an innings and only lost 4 wickets for the match.

This series is following a similar trajectory it seems

You had batsmen on that tour though.

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

**** who was that

 

[fredfertang]

Oh dear - been watching Moeen and Gabriel

 

[ajdude]

more like pat dummins

 

[Burgey]

hahahahahaha that's terribad. More WI-Eng standard stuff.

 

[cnerd123]

**** who was that

Shaiful

 

[TheJediBrah]

Shaiful

*Shameful

 

[Howe_zat]

Shafiul covering himself in glory.

Why isn't Taskin playing btw? Doubt he'd be much of a fielder either but can bowl

 

[Burgey]

They should be trying to score as many as possible off the pacers here. Good move to bring Fizz back though, because I think they'll try to go after him and he bowled well earlier. Sort of a subcontinental Nathan Bracken, isn't he? But with a better haircut.

 

[TheJediBrah]

They should be trying to score as many as possible off the pacers here. Good move to bring Fizz back though, because I think they'll try to go after him and he bowled well earlier. Sort of a subcontinental Nathan Bracken, isn't he? But with a better haircut.

He makes Bracken look obese in comparison

 

[cnerd123]

They should be trying to score as many as possible off the pacers here. Good move to bring Fizz back though, because I think they'll try to go after him and he bowled well earlier. Sort of a subcontinental Nathan Bracken, isn't he? But with a better haircut.

eh he seems like a Bracken today but at his best he's a yard quicker and his cutters have more 'fizz' behind them.