Victor Ian
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*Official* Pakistan vs Australia in the UAE 2018
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Jarquis
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They could have picked Abdul ****ing Qadir and he would have rolled you ****s with this batting lineup.
Prince EWS
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True, hard to take a Test batting lineup with Marnus in it seriously.
morgieb
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There isn't a lot, mostly because the batting is flat out terrible, and I don't think we bowled all that badly. I'm not even sure winning the toss will do much in so much as the pitch still looks pretty decent. And given this is a tour dropping half the batting lineup can't happen (though calling up Renshaw given he can bat time really needs to happen unless we can save a draw somehow).
I think the Khawaja and Marsh dismissals were kinda key. Marsh because he should've been experienced enough to not lose his head and Khawaja because he was looking comfortable and probably could've afforded to eat up some time and build a partnership.
Jarquis
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Marnus - bowled well, fielded well, batting poorly.
Bilal Asif - nothing proven based on the standard of opposition.
So I'm currently 2/3. Stock prices on the up.
Burgey
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Nothing is ever so bad that you should wish you are *****, mate.
Burgey
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Renshaw has to play next test and one of Finch or Khawaja goes to three. One of the daybootants drops out. It’s not much but Renshaw bats time at least.
The stupid thing is I think Australia has worked out a method of playing in Asia which can work - bowl dry lines, patience in the field and bat time. But this line up isn’t capable of doing it sans the Angry Ant and TPC.
The stupid thing is I think Australia has worked out a method of playing in Asia which can work - bowl dry lines, patience in the field and bat time. But this line up isn’t capable of doing it sans the Angry Ant and TPC.
morgieb
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They were generally decent balls, but no-one got one that was realistically unplayable, there were some flat out terrible shots there. Paine and Marsh probably got the best balls whereas Finch was more of a case of excellent captaincy rather than a bad shot (poor shot selection, though).
stephen
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Looks like I'm too much of an optimist. Fmd 202 is 1980s dark days kind of stuff.
morgieb
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Yeah, there were signs in 2017 that Australia were getting closer to fixing the Asia issue (or at least be less laughable over there) - they played very well in India (at least until the 4th Test) and while drawing 1-1 in Bangladesh isn't a great look I don't think we did all that badly over there. This lineup just doesn't have the tools to succeed here.
Gnske
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But he made 60 in India, that's hot property.
stephen
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Honestly sans-bans and picking batsmen based on performance we'd have:
Renshaw
Warner
Khawaja
Smith
S Marsh
M Marsh
Paine
Bowlers
Which looks a while lot better for these conditions. Even with the bans, a performance- based team would have:
Renshaw
Burns
Khawaja
S Marsh
M Marsh
Finch/ Maxwell
Paine
Bowlers
Which still looks a lot stronger for these conditions.
Renshaw
Warner
Khawaja
Smith
S Marsh
M Marsh
Paine
Bowlers
Which looks a while lot better for these conditions. Even with the bans, a performance- based team would have:
Renshaw
Burns
Khawaja
S Marsh
M Marsh
Finch/ Maxwell
Paine
Bowlers
Which still looks a lot stronger for these conditions.
quincywagstaff
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Continuing the 2016/17 analogy:
Travis Head = Callum Fergusson
Maddison = Labuschagne
From earlier this year, Sayers = Mennie
Who will fill the Hilton Cartwright role?
morgieb
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I don't either, but he had still earned his crack and he's probably better than Head and Labuschagne.