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

[Starfighter]

So will Pakistan make the most of the new ball or waste it again? I think they are going to really miss having a 140+ bowler here once the ball gets older.

 

[Prince EWS]

So will Pakistan make the most of the new ball or waste it again? I think they are going to really miss having a 140+ bowler here once the ball gets older.

Jamal does have a weird knack of bowling a bit quicker later in the day tbf.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Never going to get used to Khawaja blocking half-volleys from the back foot

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Seeing the score 0-6 gives me a good chuckle over here

 

[Starfighter]

Jamal does have a weird knack of bowling a bit quicker later in the day tbf.

Older ball, more grip. Nortje was the same. But even then he's only just poked over 140 on a few occasions.

 

[Prince EWS]

Seeing the score 0-6 gives me a good chuckle over here

@india

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

@india

Aha

Usman is 0 (6) also

What the **** is going on?

@ashley bach

 

[Starfighter]

Gotta question why that's not a wide.

 

[Starfighter]

Feels like Kahwaja is the only batsman going around who wouldn't have straight driven that.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Feels like Kahwaja is the only batsman going around who wouldn't have straight driven that.

He's obviously a hard bloke to get out but it must be nice for a bowler to be able to float it up all day without worrying about being driven

 

[Starfighter]

135.5 from Hamza. Fastest ball he's bowled so far.

 

[Starfighter]

I hope everyone's prepared to congratulate Warner on his farewell century.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Why aren’t they talking about the Darts World Championship?

Michael Vaughan so boring

 

[Prince EWS]

He's obviously a hard bloke to get out but it must be nice for a bowler to be able to float it up all day without worrying about being driven

I remember making a post on here years ago when he and Phil Hughes were coming through as young players that I rated Hughes higher because his strength was right next to his weakness. They both nicked off in the corridor a lot but if you got too wide Hughes would absolutely punish you through the off side while Khawaja would just leave it. That made him much easier to bowl to as you had such a big margin of error when bowling for his weakness.

I thought if he made it as a Test bat he'd have to figure out how to score off the front foot on the off side, but instead of adding a strength near his weakness he just worked on the weakness.

 

[Starfighter]

*speechless*

 

[thierry henry]

Warner century here is absolutely predestined right

 

[Prince EWS]

 

[Starfighter]

Hang on, it's the debutant in first slip. Pakistan's more senior players are an absolute bunch of pikers.

 

[morgieb]

rofl

 

[TheJediBrah]

Why even have slips