***Official*** Pakistan in Australia 2016/17

[vcs]

Just quietly he must also be getting up there in terms of numbers and centuries while chasing. Been a few of those in the last couple of years. Also scored runs in the WC. He really is brilliant.

 

[Crazy Sam]

Still can't believe how poorly Pakistan did in the last 10 overs of their innings yesterday. With wickets in the shed, going at 5 an over at the 40 over mark, you should be scoring a lot more than 50 runs in the last 10.

 

[KRIS 148]

Hazlewood's gotta be my favourite bowler going around at the moment.

Hazlewood is on another stratosphere at the moment. He copped, from me as well, heaps of flack for an underwhelming second test year but now in his third season he is the world's best pace bowler, That is one hell of an improvement on the man who had trouble controlling the English Duke ball in England and was dumped, rather unfairly, from the final test. He also struggled in Sri Lanka to take wickets on low, flat decks.. He could well find similar decks in India not to his liking but he is learning all the time and will find ways to take wickets over there.

 

[KRIS 148]

Pretty incredible considering he played pretty much the first half of his career as a bowler batting at 8

I blame CA for spoiling his early Test career. CA rushed him into test cricket because they were looking for a new Shane Warne. Smithy just did not have the same incredible control as the
"shiek". Luckily Smith has a smart head on his shorlders and realised the same by jettisoning his bowling to concentrate on his batting. The rest is history.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

lol smith is now the fastest aussie to 3000 runs

Records | One-Day Internationals | Batting records | Fastest to 3000 runs | ESPN Cricinfo

And Root and Williamson beat Kohli!

 

[stephen]

I can't believe Starc has fallen below 2wpm. Has 120 from 62 matches now.

 

[Starfighter]

Chances on Warner and Kahawaja nicking off again?

 

[stephen]

Chances on Warner and Kahawaja nicking off again?

Not high vs the spinner. More likely to get a leading edge or get stumped.

 

[Starfighter]

Not high vs the spinner. More likely to get a leading edge or get stumped.

Nah, to the pacers.

 

[Daemon]

Zampa, finally. Despite being the leading wicket taker in ODIs for your lot last year somehow this is his first game in ages.

 

[vcs]

Gorgeous stroke from Khawaja.

 

[Starfighter]

Nice footwork there on the boundary.

 

[stephen]

Going at a decent clip here.

 

[stephen]

That 4 was superbly placed.

 

[stephen]

Terrific 50 from Warner.

 

[The Battlers Prince]

Hafeez just chucked the first ball of this over

 

[Starfighter]

It was coming natch.

 

[vcs]

Pakistan have come back well.

 

[Starfighter]

The Pakistanis' footwork this match has been exemplary.

 

[Starfighter]

Love Waqar waxing lyrical there.