Pakistan Tour of Australia 2009/10

[drainpipe32]

Yousuf said Asif is injured hence Gul came in. I guess Yousuf has fond memories of bowling first at the SCG. Should be good for swing so might not be the worst choice.

OMG! A mod agrees with me

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Good start from Watson.

 

[aussie1st]

Watson getting some early revenge on Aamer for that delivery last match. Doesn't look to be much in there for the bowling so far.

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Watson going great guns, really attacking the bowlers something which he wasn't really doing for most of last year early in his innings.

 

[drainpipe32]

MArsh is doing really well here, to give Watson the strike. I smell 300

 

[aussie1st]

Excellent 50 by Watson, given us that start we needed. Marsh solid but could rotate the strike a bit better.

 

[ksduded]

good fightback by Pak... Afridi was great... and good backing provided by Ajmal and the rest.... Watson was the prized wicket.. he really turned it on initially

 

[ajdude]

Now, what's Greig going to call him, KAMARUN WHITE, or CRAIG WHITE?

 

[angryangy]

The problem with these middle overs is that if the bowlers get on top, you often don't see any pushing of the advantage. In the last 20 overs, we've seen only 70 odd runs, but just one wicket. Pakistan have yet to deny Australia the ability to attack later and get a good score.

 

[ajdude]

The problem with these middle overs is that if the bowlers get on top, you often don't see any pushing of the advantage. In the last 20 overs, we've seen only 70 odd runs, but just one wicket. Pakistan have yet to deny Australia the ability to attack later and get a good score.

Exactly, what South Africa did last year with Botha/Duminy, and then Van Der Merwe is choke up the runs while taking wickets. If Pakistan are only drying up the runs, we have the wickets at the end to have a go with, as demonstrated by Cameron White on Friday.

 

[aussie1st]

Usual story for us, the spinners have got the better of us and once we lost our aggressive opener the ship sunk. Ponting has lost his form from Hobart again, thought he would kill it after Hobart not to mention his scintillating form in the ODI arena. Over to White and Clarke again.

Marsh really needed to go on and I was hoping he would so we could see him change gears.

 

[ksduded]

The problem with these middle overs is that if the bowlers get on top, you often don't see any pushing of the advantage. In the last 20 overs, we've seen only 70 odd runs, but just one wicket. Pakistan have yet to deny Australia the ability to attack later and get a good score.

drying up helps.. because it ramps up pressure and wickets fall.... if wickets don't fall.. still what was looking like a 320+ score looks to be inside 300... which is not bad...

 

[McLOVIN]

I was about to order this OZ home ODI jersey. I love the shiny gold.

It's around 120, but 1s i put "Warne, #23" and mailing cost, it goes over 175 bucks! man thats a LOT for a cricket jersey.

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Afridi it's fine when you get a wicket and do your hands up point to the sky thing. but its not funny when you do it everyyy time! after getting a massage from your team mate, or stop the ball or catch the ball

 

[drainpipe32]

MArsh is doing really well here, to give Watson the strike. I smell 300

:doh

 

[McLOVIN]

BTW can you call Batting PP in the middle of the over?

 

[angryangy]

drying up helps.. because it ramps up pressure and wickets fall.... if wickets don't fall.. still what was looking like a 320+ score looks to be inside 300... which is not bad...

Yeah, it is tactically viable, which is why all the teams do it, but it is dull cricket. Sure, there are low scoring periods in a Test match, but in that form of the game, such pressure brings men into the slips cordon and bristling down the side of the pitch. Even in a lot of T20s now, the need to stop batsmen early (and the assurance that they will play a shot early) often momentarily brings out field sets of extreme aggression.

 

[ksduded]

Yeah, it is tactically viable, which is why all the teams do it, but it is dull cricket. Sure, there are low scoring periods in a Test match, but in that form of the game, such pressure brings men into the slips cordon and bristling down the side of the pitch. Even in a lot of T20s now, the need to stop batsmen early (and the assurance that they will play a shot early) often momentarily brings out field sets of extreme aggression.

I wasn't referring to the dull period..... in fact I am an advocate of 40 overs