Pakistan Tour of Australia 2009/10

Its more to do with the lack of concentration. the players have been busy with alot of things other than cricket that it effects the minds. As a bowler if you are not fully concentrated the worse you can get is recieve a boundary or a six. As a batsman you can join your mates in the pavilion. That probably is the reason for the constant disappointments with the bat
 
I think this series has just shown the huge difference between the sides.

Australia has a MUCH better batting line-up, and this is probably heading for another whitewash. Umar Akmal has been a big disappointment for me :facepalm
 
Hopefully we can win the next match and start blooding a few guys. But got a bad feeling the only guys being "blooded" would be Hopes and Voges.
 
I think this series has just shown the huge difference between the sides.

Australia has a MUCH better batting line-up, and this is probably heading for another whitewash. Umar Akmal has been a big disappointment for me :facepalm

Actually, I think the Pakis have potential here and will win a match at some point in this series. Their fielding was much better last night. Their bowling was good - apart from the new ball at Watson. 2 of their top 5 wickets were unlikely to be repeated. McKay running out Akmal and Ponting's stunner to get rid of Malik.

In fact I think Australia hasn't played near as well as people think. Take out White from Brisbane and they probably lose - heck take out those 3 6s in a row and it's probably a toss up. Take out Siddle and Bollinger's opening spell and Watson's quick start from last night and I think the game is quite close. None of the other batsmen really did a lot, apart from the last 5 overs. And McKay and Hauritz were hardly looking awesome, despite their wickets.

So looking forward, Siddle and Bollinger are inconsistent and if they don't show up I think Pakistan can bat well. And if they nip Watson out early with the ball, suddenly Australia has a bunch of scratchers - apart from White, but even he started out slowly last night.
 
Marsh and Ponting have had 2 bad games. These 2 can perform at any given time. In comparison, I don't see YK, MoYo or the Akmal brothers ever causing any damage this series. Sorry.
 
Hopefully we can win the next match and start blooding a few guys. But got a bad feeling the only guys being "blooded" would be Hopes and Voges.
Finally, someone agrees about those two!

IMO, that was the wrong game for Yousuf to find form :facepalm

But yeah, the series is a lot closer than it looks. Especially with Pakistan, the most erratic team ever. You never know what they'll do next.

Admittedly once Johnson returns it's going to bolster our bowling a lot, and Pakistan are returning to their graveyard in Perth.
 
OK so no one likes Ryan Harris? At least they've picked him before and it's not some random dude who's had a good Big Bash *cough* Rimmington *cough* I'd like to see Nannes play actually, but I can't really split the challengers, they are all about the same level to me. Even Rimmington I guess :p
 
Well yeah, but Geeves has more experience than Harris, and has awesome facial hair. What the hell happened to Ben Laughlin?
 
Brett Geeves would have been a bad option.. He's been bowling absoluitely shockingly during the last few months. Usually I would support a Tassie guy, but he's been going terrible. How about James Faulkner anyone? He's been bowling terrific, maybe not now in the Aussie side, but in the future.
 
Brett Geeves would have been a bad option.. He's been bowling absoluitely shockingly during the last few months. Usually I would support a Tassie guy, but he's been going terrible. How about James Faulkner anyone? He's been bowling terrific, maybe not now in the Aussie side, but in the future.


Even Hastings would have been a good chocie.
 
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Surely Geeves or ANYONE else would have been a better option.
:doh

I don't get how they can call Burt Cockley up for India, and then simply discard him like that. Give a youngster a go FFS! Try to build some confidence! Look what happened to Beau Casson!
 

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