CRICKET Australian tour of Pakistan

[BroncosFever]

Yeah look, Pakistan has to be one of the worst places to tour (India as well)

The pitches are slow, low bouncing roads, bat first and post 450+ (that's probably on the lower side too), then they throw spinners at you session after session

Is it different if we bat first? Well I am probably not ranting but it's not good cricket when a game is dominated by bat

 

[The True King]

Get stuck into them Gaz, the premier spinner of Australia, the best since Warne, the best off-spinner we've ever had

Get into em Gazza

Credit to him, he's bowling really well here.

 

[BroncosFever]

They may as well bowl off a 2 step run up and hope they find an edge, would be just as effective on that deck

 

[The True King]

They may as well bowl off a 2 step run up and hope they find an edge, would be just as effective on that deck

Or bowl pies and hope the batsman gets himself out trying to tonk it out of the park.

 

[BroncosFever]

Nathan "The Destroyer" Lyon all over them here, got the breakthrough

 

[BroncosFever]

Or bowl pies and hope the batsman gets himself out trying to tonk it out of the park.

Mate, it drifted, spun, bounced, might've even swung off the deck too

It did everything

Supreme bowling

 

[The True King]

Mate, it drifted, spun, bounced, might've even swung off the deck too

It did everything

Supreme bowling

If that was one of our top order batsmen we'd all be in here lambasting the shot.

 

[BroncosFever]

He got himself out, no doubt, it's the only way we're getting them out on that pitch

They'll be telling themselves to keep it tight and keep the ball in the right areas to try and force a mistake, rather than rip one past the outside edge

 

[BooKhaki]

Fuckin road. Hopefully keep them under 5.

 

[Bull Shark]

Didn’t see the coin toss earlier but I imagine it went something like this..

 

[Waynesaurus]

Euuuggghh this pitch, what a fine example of how to destroy test cricket.

 

[Sproj]

Fair go, they haven’t had many tests there in 20 years and Aussies bowling attack is a strength, they want to get five days of crowds.

 

[BroncsFan]

Watch the Aussies have no idea how to read the two Pakistani spinners and play them like they're spinning sideways even though they'll be doing next to nothing off this pitch

 

[Bull Shark]

Euuuggghh this pitch, what a fine example of how to destroy test cricket.

Wait until we bat on it.. we’re $1.03 to be 4 for 90 in pursuit of Pakistan’s 3 for 680 dec

 

[Battler]

Wouldn't be surprised if Pak bat out tomorrow and then the pitch mysteriously gets roughed up overnight.

 

[BroncsFan]

1 wicket on day 1... holy fucking shiiiiit this is a road

 

[BroncosFever]

Unless something dramatic happens, we need to keep it tight and make them have to bat as long as possible to get to 450+, a draw is on the cards and it will depend how much that pitch deteriorates but based on today.. there is nothing doing for the bowlers

 

[Bull Shark]

while the Ashes were all about winning, can’t help but feel there’s a bit more to this series in the grander scheme of things