17th Match - Australia v Pakistan

[ajdude]

****'s sake ajdude

thanks man owe ya one

 

[trundler]

Bring back Haris Sohail. Drop Malik, preferably off a cliff. Bash Fakhar's head and hope it starts working again and NEVER drop Shadab again .

Australia were class, especially Finch at the top and Cummins when Pakistan looked solid in the middle overs. Gold standard player.

 

[shifty_eyes]

Would have been fun to watch closer ending.

 

[trundler]

This kind of match is basically why I gave up on cricket at one point lol

 

[slippy888]

Safraz is kinda misunderstood

 

[Borges]

I suppose one could say that the significant difference between the two sides was in the fielding department.

 

[harsh.ag]

Shoaib Malik needs to step up. Which he will do against India, obviously.

 

[shifty_eyes]

Yea he is charged up for the India game

 

[Borges]

I don't know if Shoaib will play the next game. Mickey Arthur might just pick him up by his ears and fling him out of the team.

 

[shifty_eyes]

There is no way he won't be playing. India + spinners. Infact Kohli might rest Kuldeep and pick Shami who knows.

 

[Arachnodouche]

Is everyone studiously ignoring just how monumental a comeback this is from Warner? He's been patchy, yes, cost them the last game, but scoring like this after the past year takes some balls.

 

[Howe_zat]

I find t very, very hard to believe that there are no middle order batsmen in Pakistan better than a 93 year old Shoiab Malik.

 

[trundler]

Haris Sohail is about thrice the batsman he is.

 

[Arachnodouche]

Pak will be rueing that washout against SL so hard right about now. Unpredictable they might be but they are showing enough glimpses to suggest they would have absolutely steam rollered over the Lankans.

 

[trundler]

Malik averages in the teens in England. Sohail had a very good bilateral series in England earlier this year. It's a no brainer.

 

[Arachnodouche]

Also, Finch best work out some way of reserving his best two bowlers for the last five. It worked tonight and I understand he's hamstrung by the options available, but it's going to bite him on the ass later on.

 

[Burner]

How incredibly stupid was that single by Sarfaraz on the last ball of the over when you have a number 11 on the other end. Jesus that made my blood boil and I had no stakes in the match, just wanted to watch a good ending.

 

[SteveNZ]

Holy ****, how Ponting was Maxwell's run out. Absolute carbon copy of how Ponting used to look doing it. Epic.

 

[Burgey]

On the odd occasion there’s pay, this WC is dishing up some really good games.

The sooner Stoinis is ruled out with the side strain the better. The fifth bowler options are threatening to derail a sixth triumph

 

[smash84]

Pak played better than I thought they would. Too sloppy in the bowling and fielding cost them the match.

SL washout was a loss of 1 point. They're pretty much out of the tournament now.

They're definitely not beating India on Sunday, especially with this bowling and fielding