CRICKET Australian tour of Pakistan

[BroncosFever]

I think a few of you are thinking too much about that first test match and the condition of that pitch.

This one has cracks all over it, variable bounce, Swepson is ripping it, it's reversing for all 3 of our pace bowlers and the most important thing is that Pakistan are under pressure. We all seen yesterday what happens when they're under pressure, 2 run outs. Pakistan do not handle pressure.

I'll be stunned if this gets past tea on day 5.

 

[Sproj]

I think a few of you are thinking too much about that first test match and the condition of that pitch.

This one has cracks all over it, variable bounce, Swepson is ripping it, it's reversing for all 3 of our pace bowlers and the most important thing is that Pakistan are under pressure. We all seen yesterday what happens when they're under pressure, 2 run outs. Pakistan do not handle pressure.

I'll be stunned if this gets past tea on day 5.

If they decide to just block everything because it is all over, they will be hard to dislodge still.

 

[Sproj]

Marnus chops on for 44 and Aussies declare.

 

[Sproj]

Lyon gets the first!

 

[Sproj]

Green does a McGrath to Tendulkar bouncer on the chest LBW.

 

[Sproj]

There have been some shocking decisions this match and that one is another.

 

[Sproj]

Smith drops an absolute sitter, that's three this test.

 

[Bull Shark]

This is going to be hard work..

 

[Sproj]

This is going to be hard work..

Well you thank Smith for that after dropping Shafique ages ago. It was a sitter.

 

[Bull Shark]

Well you thank Smith for that after dropping Shafique ages ago. It was a sitter.

I missed that (no pun intended) .. was it a slips catch ?

 

[Sproj]

I missed that (no pun intended) .. was it a slips catch ?

Yep. He didn't have to move, straight into his hands and straight out.

 

[Fozz]

Seems we still struggle to bowl out teams in the fourth innings. I wonder what the actual stats are, is there any team with a worse 4th innings bowling record in recent years?

 

[Sproj]

Seems we still struggle to bowl out teams in the fourth innings. I wonder what the actual stats are, is there any team with a worse 4th innings bowling record in recent years?

I wouldn't imagine so. The pitch is dead BUT the bowling in this innings has been really wayward. It doesn't help when sitters are being dropped though when chances are few and far between.

 

[BroncosFever]

Swepson looks the most likely

 

[Bull Shark]

If Pakistan is 2 down at stumps I will be genuinely nervous about us LOSING tomorrow.. Ss decent as Australia is, I reckon we’re the only team in world cricket who can set an opponent 500 to win and within a few hours have you feeling nervous about losing

our bowling attack looks an NRL side that won 36-0 last round and has been reading its own press all week.

 

[Sproj]

If Pakistan is 2 down at stumps I will be genuinely nervous about us LOSING tomorrow.. Ss decent as Australia is, I reckon we’re the only team in world cricket who can set an opponent 500 to win and within a few hours have you feeling nervous about losing

our bowling attack looks an NRL side that won 36-0 last round and has been reading its own press all week.

New ball is coming. But hey good on Pakistan for making a game of it.

 

[BroncosFever]

Yeah look, if we can't get them out tomorrow it's fair game on Nathan Lyon

 

[Fitzy]

Just horrible tactics. Why would you not enforce the follow on. Especially when all you wanted was to bat 90 runs. **** me you try get them all out and use your second innings as insurance you fucken retard Pat and whoever else came up with that decision. Fucken lazy pigs if they were to tired from 50 overs of fielding with like an hour left in a days play yesterday if that was the reasoning. So fucken stupid. I saw this coming a mile away. It was batter error mostly last innings not the pitch playing tricks. Pakistan is just good enough to not make those mistakes a second time on a borderline road.