***Official*** Pakistan in Australia 2023/24

[morgieb]

Could Jamal get a ton? Would be one of the greatest innings from a bowler ever if so.

 

[GotSpin]

This is tough to watch live right now

 

[morgieb]

This is tough to watch live right now

I switched off about 15 minutes ago. Just pathetic. You know they won't learn either.

Australia is damn lucky Cummins finished off the job last week, otherwise this would be the India series 2.0. As it is, it's just an annoyance.

 

[Starfighter]

Nice to see Cummins bowling the slower ball, but I think he needs to pitch it right up there, to try make it look like a full toss.

 

[Spark]

I fully regret not calling this a pudding now. There's seriously nothing there at all for the quicks with the old ball.

 

[Kenneth Viljoen]

I would've thought more of an aggressive all-rounder ala Stokes, but I can't remember the last time I've seen someone batting 9 bat like this.

 

[Starfighter]

There's seriously nothing there at all for the quicks with the old ball.

Time to break out the sandpaper.

On a more serious note, Pakistan's attack is slower than ours, and not any more disciplined. If they don't get wickets with the new ball, it's hard to see them getting many at all, unless Hasan gets some reverse swing.

 

[morgieb]

Not sure why Marsh hasn't bowled yet. Wicket-to-wicket might be the go.

I mean that was 10 years ago, and he was doing it with a proper batsman too. Not a #11.

 

[Starfighter]

So much time has been wasted getting the field in place.

 

[Spark]

Time to break out the sandpaper.

On a more serious note, Pakistan's attack is slower than ours, and not any more disciplined. If they don't get wickets with the new ball, it's hard to see them getting many at all, unless Hasan gets some reverse swing.

Yeah that's why this is annoying but not a massive problem. We'd have to bat seriously badly to not get a significant lead here, this pitch is so slow and the two-pacedness of it will become less important as it dies more and more.

 

[King Kane]

Jamal smoking Lyon for another six and a four, this could be a ton for the ages if he can get there.

 

[Starfighter]

Yeah that's why this is annoying but not a massive problem. We'd have to bat seriously badly to not get a significant lead here, this pitch is so slow and the two-pacedness of it will become less important as it dies more and more.

I'm glad it's given Pakistan a total they can mount some kind of defence of. When they were nine down it looked like they were going to get no more than 230, and from 4/40-odd it looked like even less.

 

[Spark]

I'm glad it's given Pakistan a total they can mount some kind of defence of. When they were nine down it looked like they were going to get no more than 230, and from 4/40-odd it looked like even less.

Plus if by some freak instance this does lead to serious issues for Aus, it might cause some actual introspection and analysis of picking the same damn attack in every single game. In particular Starc and Hazlewood who have shown repeatedly they do not have the stamina to back up this many games in short succession.

 

[morgieb]

Yeah that's why this is annoying but not a massive problem. We'd have to bat seriously badly to not get a significant lead here, this pitch is so slow and the two-pacedness of it will become less important as it dies more and more.

One thing that does worry me is confidence, though. Going from 4/47 -> 315+ will give Pakistan confidence, especially if Hamza can get the new ball hooping like he did at Melbourne. If Khawaja gets a good one early I don't have that much faith in others fully stuck in.

That said, you're right it's an utter road once the ball stops swinging. Even with a moving new ball, no excuses for the first session collapse.

 

[Shady Slim]

you have to throw aamir the new rock

 

[Spark]

Well I guess that was going to happen eventually. Great innings nonetheless, made this a game out of nowhere.

 

[Starfighter]

Plus if by some freak instance this does lead to serious issues for Aus, it might cause some actual introspection and analysis of picking the same damn attack in every single game.

Frankly I'm not that fussed about the bowling, though I would like to see someone else get a go and some more varied tactics.

But the thing that got me about Shafique's drop giving us a huge boost in the Melbourne test was that if we'd lost it might have forced a reconsideration of the batting and that much more application is needed. I don't think our batting has been on point for quite a while now.

 

[Spark]

One thing that does worry me is confidence, though. Going from 4/47 -> 315+ will give Pakistan confidence, especially if Hamza can get the new ball hooping like he did at Melbourne. If Khawaja gets a good one early I don't have that much faith in others fully stuck in.

That said, you're right it's an utter road once the ball stops swinging. Even with a moving new ball, no excuses for the first session collapse.

We'll see how the new ball behaves but Melbourne had far far more in it than this does

 

[Starfighter]

Bugger

 

[King Kane]

No ton for Jamal, he smoked that one too but it was just short of another six.

Great knock, he has got Pakistan right back in this.