Pakistan Tour of Australia 2009/10

[angryangy]

Watson
Marsh
Clarke
White
Hussey
Warner
Haddin
Smith
Johnson
Nannes
Tait

I wouldn't hate this. Express pace, big hitting middle order, robust top order. Spin is a concern, but it was always going to be one and at least there are options. Long batting can be a waste, but everyone below six is there to do something else anyway.

 

[TumTum]

I reckon 3 is the future for Michael Clarke when Ponting vacates the other teams as well. the key for him is nowadays he is still a strokemaker but he has toned down the aggression to a point where he is playing smarter. And I think he plays the quicks a lot better than he used too.

Sorry I can't see him at #3. He is more like a Damien Martyn.

When Ponting will retire, I have a feeling Mitch Marsh will be playing, and will take that spot after a couple of years.

 

[stereotype]

Will be interesting to see, after 2013 when the Ponting leaves the test arena I think Pup will be averaging near Ponting is with the bat and will be in his prime. I can't see any player coming from outside the team to bat at 3. If Marsh gets there imo he will have to be already playing for Australia.

 

[TumTum]

I think Pup will be averaging near Ponting is with the bat and will be in his prime.

You can't compare Clarke with Ponting

 

[drainpipe32]

Awesome, we're batting first.

Babysitting is preventing me from going to the T20I in Melbourne for the first time :crying

Australia team
DA Warner, SR Watson, MJ Clarke*, DJ Hussey, CL White, TR Birt, BJ Haddin†, SPD Smith, MG Johnson, SW Tait, DP Nannes

Pakistan team
Kamran Akmal†, Imran Nazir, Imran Farhat, Umar Akmal, Shoaib Malik*, Khalid Latif, Fawad Alam, Naved-ul-Hasan, Mohammad Asif, Umar Gul, Saeed Ajmal

This is what we've been waiting months for, the debut of Steen Smith! Can he live up to it? A strong showing here could earn him a berth in the ODI team against the West Indies.

 

[pcfan123]

Babysitter is preventing me from going to the T20I in Melbourne for the first time :crying

Fixed

 

[drainpipe32]

:rtfl

 

[TumTum]

look at the outfield. Absolute Genius. :hpraise

 

[drainpipe32]

The MCG looks sick

 

[pcfan123]

2:34 am, wanted to see Tait and Nannes bowl and go to sleep, will be a long time now

 

[angryangy]

that was an abortion of a 3rd run, doesn't matter how bad the arm is, the ball had already been thrown

 

[CG123]

The outfield looks great, first time I've ever seen that effect.

 

[pcfan123]

Ive seen it done before in Australia. Remember the commentators arguing about whether it would cause fielding to be difficult.

 

[TumTum]

To keep Clarke quite, just bowl good length balls, i thought the Pakistanis would know that by now

 

[pcfan123]

What do you think is par here? 170/180? Pitch is an absolute road.