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Armchair expert wrote:Absolutely terrible middle order batting

Turned 360 into 300

wont even get that

jackpot jim wrote:Carey bowled 4th ball trying to reverse sweep a Full Toss on Leg Stump that that he could of hit out of the groud with a conventional smash over Mid Wicket

Seriously brain dead cricket

313, an okay score after the middle order implosion, Stoinis wtf was that.

Had to lol at Green playing a ramp shot, if I were his size I wouldn't be playing dinky ramp shots


Probably not enough on this wicket but have given the bowlers something to work with.

Armchair expert wrote:313, an okay score after the middle order implosion, Stoinis wtf was that.

Had to lol at Green playing a ramp shot, if I were his size I wouldn't be playing dinky ramp shots


Probably not enough on this wicket but have given the bowlers something to work with.

apart from Green and Zampa we dont have much of a bowling attack really

locky801 wrote:

Armchair expert wrote:313, an okay score after the middle order implosion, Stoinis wtf was that.

Had to lol at Green playing a ramp shot, if I were his size I wouldn't be playing dinky ramp shots


Probably not enough on this wicket but have given the bowlers something to work with.

apart from Green and Zampa we dont have much of a bowling attack really

Pakistan bowled out for 225 from 45.2 overs, Aussies win by 88 runs.
Imam 103 (96)
Babar 57 (72)
Zampa 4/38
Head 2/35
Swepson 2/53

Highlights available on the Pakistan Cricket YouTube channel.

jackpot jim wrote:Carey bowled 4th ball trying to reverse sweep a Full Toss on Leg Stump that that he could of hit out of the ground with a conventional smash over Mid Wicket

That was terrible lol, just saw it. He bloody loves the reverse sweep.
His catch off Zampa to dismiss Rizwan was very good though.

Thoughts on Finch?

Is he done and there nursing him to the the T20 world cup ?

or

Is he done and playing on credits?

Arry Gablett wrote:Thoughts on Finch?

Is he done and there nursing him to the the T20 world cup ?

or

Is he done and playing on credits?

He’s Done, play Usman.

Arry Gablett wrote:Thoughts on Finch?

Is he done and there nursing him to the the T20 world cup ?

or

Is he done and playing on credits?

Bit of both IMO, being nursed to the next T20 Cup whilst playing on credits.

He struggled to get going last night while Head was off to a flyer, I'm interested to see how his next two innings go.

Warner can open with Head if Finch retires/gets dropped

Warner
Head
Marsh
Smith/McDermott/Tim David/ Inglis/Someone
Maxwell
Green/Stoinis
Wade/Carey
Cummins
Starc
Hazlewood/Richardson/2nd Spinner
Zampa

helicopterking wrote:

Arry Gablett wrote:Thoughts on Finch?

Is he done and there nursing him to the the T20 world cup ?

or

Is he done and playing on credits?

He’s Done, play Usman.

Just need a captain.

Is public perception changing?

Would they let warner captain the white ball stuff ?

Arry Gablett wrote:Is public perception changing?

Would they let warner captain the white ball stuff ?

I wouldn't think so, I just don't think he has the attributes to be a good skipper and being this close to the end of his career would it be worth the backlash?

He seems to have improved as a person as far as onfield antics go.

Had to laugh at Yahoo headline:

"This is sad"

Aussie fans left shattered over Mitch Marsh news.


He'll miss 3 games because of a minor hip flexor injury, I don't even think Marsh himself would be sad given the fact that he can get injured just thinking about walking on the field.

Finch not even in our best 22 anymore IMO TSO or one day.

Good captain but its not the Australian way to pick primarily on captaincy skills

Time to move him on. Cummins, Carey, Head, Khawaja could all captain our white ball teams

Armchair expert wrote:Warner can open with Head if Finch retires/gets dropped

Warner
Head
Marsh
Smith/McDermott/Tim David/ Inglis/Someone
Maxwell
Green/Stoinis
Wade/Carey
Cummins
Starc
Hazlewood/Richardson/2nd Spinner
Zampa

Is that your next ODI World Cup team? And/or your T20 World Cup team?

Lightning McQueen wrote:Had to laugh at Yahoo headline:

"This is sad"

Aussie fans left shattered over Mitch Marsh news.

He'll miss 3 games because of a minor hip flexor injury, I don't even think Marsh himself would be sad given the fact that he can get injured just thinking about walking on the field.

Listening to him in various press conferences in the last 3 years (since the oval Ashes Test in 2019) he appears to be a very resilient person even after all the shit he's copped and looks to see the funny side in things. This is only a minor injury like you said but it must be frustrating after being in Pakistan and watching the test series for him to injury himself just as he's actually about to start playing some cricket.

The Dark Knight wrote:

Lightning McQueen wrote:Had to laugh at Yahoo headline:

"This is sad"

Aussie fans left shattered over Mitch Marsh news.

He'll miss 3 games because of a minor hip flexor injury, I don't even think Marsh himself would be sad given the fact that he can get injured just thinking about walking on the field.

Listening to him in various press conferences in the last 3 years (since the oval Ashes Test in 2019) he appears to be a very resilient person even after all the shit he's copped and looks to see the funny side in things. This is only a minor injury like you said but it must be frustrating after being in Pakistan and watching the test series for him to injury himself just as he's actually about to start playing some cricket.

He's come a long way over the past few years, he's a bit of a lad from all reports and yes, it would be a very frustrating journey, he could've been a 70+ test player by now if he didn't continually break down, could've been one of the best all-rounders to have played, his best is very good in either discipline.

am Bays wrote:Finch not even in our best 22 anymore IMO TSO or one day.

Good captain but its not the Australian way to pick primarily on captaincy skills

Time to move him on. Cummins, Carey, Head, Khawaja could all captain our white ball teams

Three of them need to work on maintaining their spot first, the other would be rested too often.

I do agree with you though, I just wish at least one would cement their place in the team first, preferably all 3.

2nd match

Pakistan have sent us in

Afridi in for Pakistan

Lol, Finch LBW to a full banger first ball