**Official** Pakistan in Australia Thread

[Mister Wright]

Is that a 20Twenty match, tho??

Could be. I didn't think of that.

I would have thought they would play it at night though.

 

[Mister Wright]

channel 9 is showing i think the 2 games on the weekend against aust a (i hope)

Yeah, they are. Both games at Bellrieve, starting at 9am.

 

[Josh]

Could be. I didn't think of that.

I would have thought they would play it at night though.

Yeh, I know. But I'm sure Simon O'Donnel said something about a 20Twenty match with AUS A Vs. PAK

 

[Mister Wright]

Yeh, I know. But I'm sure Simon O'Donnel said something about a 20Twenty match with AUS A Vs. PAK

Yeah, they do have a 20-20 game against them on that day. Will have to get the day off work now.

 

[Josh]

channel 9 is showing i think the 2 games on the weekend against aust a (i hope)

Live and in full, mate

 

[Crazy Sam]

Channel 9 have no idea what's going on. They went to the news just before McGrath made his 50, and they did something similar with Warney earlier in the year (bowling, tho) if I'm not mistaken. It's out of hand. We need a free-to-air all sport channel... But it will never happen

well we saw glen's 50 here in qld as we're an hour behind you southerners. but yes, some of the scheduling is ridiculous, such as the perth test here in qld when the tea break went from about 5.10pm til 5.30, then we had the news at 6.00pm and yet lost a half-hour when they could easily have had the news in that 20 minutes.

 

[PAKMAN]

i wonder if there could be a channel just for cricket,anyway i like ten sports they show alot of cricket,but thats only in the middle east and indopak

 

[Dizzy #4]

Like Fox Footy?

 

[Dizzy #4]

Wait a sec! You're a brit, wrong thing to say.

But the Aussies know what i mean about fox footy



It shows non stop footy for the whole time!

 

[marc71178]

Yet he still faces the axe from the starting line-up for the tour of New Zealand - Lol!

I would've thought that even he would accept he's not as good as Warne though.

 

[marc71178]

When it comes to playing a leg spinner , India happens to be the best side in the world!

Whatever

 

[Craig]

I would've thought that even he would accept he's not as good as Warne though.

AFAIK MacGill hasn't said anything about this. It will be interesting to see what happens to Shane Watson when they go back to Kasprowicz - keep Watson or bring in Katch?

Having a look at the Test averages for this series, Kyle will be pleased to know about boy-wonder (Michael Clarke) averaging less then 21 with the bat v Pakistan and Gillespie averaged more with the bat then Hayden did!

 

[Scallywag]

I would've thought that even he would accept he's not as good as Warne though.

He might say that but I doubt he believes it.

 

[Dydl]

Did MacGill say that he was better?

 

[Gangster]

Whatever

Turned into a 12-year old girl have we?

 

[Smudge]

On channel nine it clearly showed the ball pitching on the line of leg stump turning back and taking leg/middle stump, thats what I saw and thats what the umpire adjudged. Cant complain about that.

I saw two replays - in the first the ball pitched just outside Hawkeye
s shaded area, and in the second replay, it pitched just inside.

Go figure.

 

[Linda]

Im really quite sick of hearing about poor MacGill in all the papers and all over the news. Its pretty clear hes not as good as Warne, and never will be, so how does anyone expect he'll get a more permanent place in the side? He played well (not Man-of-the-Match-well, but thats a different matter), but that doesnt mean he scores an instant trip to New Zealand.

On a happier note, Man of the Series again to DM. You wont hear the end of this from me. Ever.

 

[LongHopCassidy]

I think there's room for MacGill in the Aussie line-up.

Have you noticed (at least 2004 and 2005) that when one of the tandem of Warne/MacGill fail, that the other more often than not delivers?

 

[Deja moo]

I think there's room for MacGill in the Aussie line-up.

Have you noticed (at least 2004 and 2005) that when one of the tandem of Warne/MacGill fail, that the other more often than not delivers?

Its probably because both are played together only when conditions favour spin. One of them is bound to perform well.

Interestingly, of the 9 tests they have both featured in together, MacGill has outperformed Warne in 7. MacGill averages 23 to Warnes 30 in those 9 tests.

 

[LongHopCassidy]

Still, I reckon they're both matchwinners.

They'd be bowled into the ground every Test and ODI in any other team.