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

[Spark]

Hahahaha what a terrible way to get out

 

[Spark]

Another batsman out between 30 and 60 btw. It's a goddamn disease

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Smith looks like he’s got a mental block. Hes making plenty of start and then freezing up between 30-50z im sure he’ll snap out of it but he said himself he thinks about not getting out at times. That mindset just bogs you down so badly. Hes still facing bulk balls and looking comfortable.c he’s just not scoring any runs off them. He’s patting back half volleys ffs

Basically doing a less fluid version of what Root did from 50-80 for about 7 years.

 

[morgieb]

Damn. That's a bit of an unlucky way to get out, but also a bit of a poor shot.

Still a pretty important partnership. Need Bison to go full Bison to hit 350+.

 

[ashley bach]

It's hard to believe what a model of consistency Marsh has become.

 

[Gob]

Yes, which is why I think he can still do it, and most of his problem is mindset and concentration.

Yeah. He had a low key pretty good run after 20/21 Ashes to 23 Ashes with the only exception being the BG away

Even the sequences of scores here aren't terrible and we won't even be discussing them had he not been Steve Smith

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Hopefully restrict the Aussie lead to no more than 50 and set up a great run chase.

 

[morgieb]

Another batsman out between 30 and 60 btw. It's a goddamn disease

Also another dismissal just before a break, lol.

 

[Spark]

Basically doing a less fluid version of what Root did from 50-80 for about 7 years.

This is a good comparison tbh, and why I think a white ball retirement could do him a world of good like the enforced pandemic break did for Root.

 

[Spark]

Also another dismissal just before a break, lol.

Yeah. It's just mentally soft batting.

 

[GotSpin]

This is a good comparison tbh, and why I think a white ball retirement could do him a world of good like the enforced pandemic break did for Root.

He might as well. Nothing to accomplish apart fom more head noise. He's got a ton of money anyway

 

[Burgey]

Another batsman out between 30 and 60 btw. It's a goddamn disease

This deck is filthy though. Honestly, it’s just getting lower and slower by the half hour. And the outfield is slow too. Hardly anyone has timed a thing since day one save Carey just now. Even Marsh by his standards has been very pedestrian. SCG ground staff need to be be sacked en masse and replaced. The status we put on grounds people is Aus is ridiculous.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Yeah the getting starts and getting out thing is mostly the pitch

Smith the only one that really threw it away. If they all played similar shots to Smith between 30 and 60 I'd be asking questions

 

[Starfighter]

Clipping leg at best.

 

[King Kane]

It's shaping up as a great test, that wicket from Sajid just before tea has kept it even just when Marsh and Carey looked like getting the Aussies in front.

 

[morgieb]

What the hell was that?

Marsh has been great all series, but that's not good enough in this situation.

 

[Starfighter]

Another one for what has become the every batsman's fifties thread.

 

[King Kane]

Jamal with another big wicket getting Marsh, that probably ends Australia's hopes of getting a decent lead.

 

[GotSpin]

Australia are just so ruthless in these conditions!

 

[Spark]

This deck is filthy though. Honestly, it’s just getting lower and slower by the half hour. And the outfield is slow too. Hardly anyone has timed a thing since day one save Carey just now. Even Marsh by his standards has been very pedestrian. SCG ground staff need to be be sacked en masse and replaced. The status we put on grounds people is Aus is ridiculous.

That's true tbf. Tom Parker wasn't the best IMO but whoever has been in charge since then has done a rancid job.