*Official* Australia in Pakistan 2022

[honestbharani]

The worry is how much the ball will do in terms of reverse from overs 30-60.. After that the kook should get so soft that the swing won't matter and may not be so late and prodigious.... If these two can see them through to at least over # 50, they have a decent shout of surviving today.

The Aussie batting coach agrees...

Ghosts of Sydney cast uneasy shadow over Australia's Karachi quest

They remain on course for a rare win in Asia, but recent near-misses will be in the back of their minds

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When the ball was hard and reversing we got a couple of breakthroughs and were able to put a hole in them. Today they got through that, the ball softened and it doesn't do as much. We probably thought there might have been a bit more in the wicket today as far as spin and variable bounce [were concerned], but once the ball softens, there was occasionally, but those chances just didn't come for us."

 

[Pup Clarke]

Do the whole squad

Good areas from Gnske. Wonder if he has the fitness and durability for a second spell on this.

Also eagerly awaiting how Marnus and Smith will be depicted as burgers

 

[honestbharani]

Gonna say, how they start against the new ball with both seamers and spinners tomorrow.. the first 10 overs and then overs 25-50 or so woud be the toughest. If Pak can bat through those without losing many wickets, game should be a draw or even a win.

 

[Gob]

Gonna say, how they start against the new ball with both seamers and spinners tomorrow.. the first 10 overs and then overs 25-50 or so woud be the toughest. If Pak can bat through those without losing many wickets, game should be a draw or even a win.

350 to win instead of 310 looks way out of reach for Pakistan which brings me back to the point I made earlier today of aus going at 4.5 rpo only losing two wickets instead of 7 rpo while losing 8 wickets in the same number of overs. They called me a mad man

 

[Gob]

In the second innings obvs

 

[Nikhil99.99]

It’s gonna be interesting final day.If Pakistan can really chase 506,that will be remembered for a long long time.

 

[Chrish]

No way there are chasing this. Would be surprised with draw but even that is unlikely.

Like that quote from Dune, “Hope clouds judgement”.

 

[Anil]

if they can maintain ~3 rpo over the 1st two sessions without losing more than 1 or 2 wickets, they can legitimately up the tempo and push for a win in the last session...

 

[slippy888]

Imagine if the pitch flattens out on day 5 Aus might have egg on there face

 

[GotSpin]

if they can maintain ~3 rpo over the 1st two sessions without losing more than 1 or 2 wickets, they can legitimately up the tempo and push for a win in the last session...

pakistan aren't going for a win unless theyve legitimately lost no wickets after lunch

 

[nightprowler10]

This is Pakistan, and we're not playing in the UAE. The chances of anything but a loss from here are extremely low.

 

[Burgey]

Pakistan isn't chasing this. They might draw it, but realistically Aus are three wickets from basically having it won.

 

[Daemon]

If they somehow survive the reverse later on with this new ball they’re in with a good shot of drawing I suppose. Imam and Azhar enjoy a bit of tuktuk so them being out is really quite massive.

 

[Prince EWS]

them being out is really quite massive.

Like your face, and @cnerd123's posts.

 

[Shady Slim]

If they somehow survive the reverse later on with this new ball they’re in with a good shot of drawing I suppose. Imam and Azhar enjoy a bit of tuktuk so them being out is really quite massive.

tbf even if azhar and imam didn't enjoy a bit of tuktuk having two extra top order wickets in hand is generally good, even if they're trav head and mark ramprakash

 

[OverratedSanity]

They'll bat well until lunch with no alarms and then a classic quick single runout will unravel things. It wont even get to the final session.

 

[ankitj]

Do Pakistan have a Pant? Or are they playing without Pant

#LamePantDoubleEntendre

 

[morgieb]

Do Pakistan have a Pant? Or are they playing without Pant

#LamePantDoubleEntendre

Rizwan might be the closest, but yeah no real signs of a Pant/Stokes type who can go after the bowling in style.

 

[honestbharani]

Faheem could go LO mode later on if they are set up. But really dont see it as an odds on option on this track. And unless Faheem is promoted, if he is out there, it usually means they are not far from a tail lollapse, so they may still not go for it at all.

 

[Burgey]

This is really good from Starc