Australia (204/8) beat Pakistan (203) by 2 wickets in a low-scoring thriller in the first ODI

[mominsaigol]

My bad then apologies

Lol no need to apologise. I was just asking if that's true. Let me pull up the statistics for mcg hold up.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Pakistan’s slowest powerplay ever against Australia

Surely there's been worse?

 

[G0rmintAunty]

Bobsy with a point to prove..

 

[MMHS]

Out field is large & slow - 260 under lights might be a challenge here. PAK doesn’t have any genuine spinner though….

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Starc bowled 6 on the go and pace has been up over 140kph throughout.

 

[FearlessRoar]

what he is trying to tell umpire here

 

[mon858]

Babar should open in ODIs. Not sure who partner should be, but he needs maximum overs and can get more along the ground boundaries when field is in. Maybe Fakhar once he is back.

 

[Bilal Ahmad15]

Babar looking good so far

Its been a while

 

[offstump]

Torturous to watch this team bat. They put everyone to sleep.

 

[mominsaigol]

@emranabbas

Lowest is England at mcg in first 10 but that was in 1979 lol.

Pakistan is 2nd lowest in first 10 at MCG in 2024

Yar kamal team

 

[Dr_Bassim]

The pitch looks flat.

But Pakistan have made it into a tough one.

 

[mominsaigol]

Australia misfielding alot. They did this against England as well. Why? I thought their the best fielding team? Come on aussies

 

[G0rmintAunty]

Pathetic commentary. No one questions when the prepare green tops for asian sides.

I think they forgot about the wicket in Waca which needed a mini bridge cross the cracks.

Tbh they did say fairplay to Pak for preparing spinning pitches, its their prerogative

 

[emranabbas]

Babar tuk tuking will be a hero regardless where the match stands now.

 

[mominsaigol]

The pitch looks flat.

But Pakistan have made it into a tough one.

Proper 400 run pitch

 

[Bilal Ahmad15]

Who put this match on a Monday?

 

[mominsaigol]

Who put this match on a Monday?

CA

 

[Bilal Ahmad15]

Babar tuk tuking will be a hero regardless where the match stands now.

Dont need to have unnecessary hate

Babar striking at around 100 at the moment

 

[sweep_shot]

Babar is doing well so far.

27* off 25 balls.

 

[Ijaz Ahmed07]

They are trying to end the series quickly so that they have time to prep for Indian Test series

Who put this match on a Monday?

 

[G0rmintAunty]

Babar tuk tuking will be a hero regardless where the match stands now.

He's striking at 108...

 

[MMHS]

@emranabbas

Lowest is England at mcg in first 10 but that was in 1979 lol.

Pakistan is 2nd lowest in first 10 at MCG in 2024

Yar kamal team

Impossible. 2/35 after 10 was a very good score till 2000. Teams were quite happy with a start of 30/1 after 10, 75/2 after 20, 125/3 after 30 and 245/9 after 50 was match winning.

There should be many, many starts slower than 35 after 10 overs.

 

[Dr_Bassim]

The problem is that Babar and Rizwan both play for themselves and not Pakistan.

So they will play till the innings is almost over without regard to what will be a good score.

 

[G0rmintAunty]

They are trying to end the series quickly so that they have time to prep for Indian Test series

Apparently its a holiday there on a Monday (Melbourne Cup or something)so they are hoping to attract more spectators

 

[Vikram1989]

Aussies showing entire world the way to bowl to riz

 

[Bilal Ahmad15]

They are trying to end the series quickly so that they have time to prep for Indian Test series

With what you said,

What I was trying to say is they should have put this first ODI on the day before on a Sunday or Saturday...

 

[mango_bite77]

Pak has history of giving wickets to newbies. Hardie may get few here

 

[Muhammad Saad]

it's a 350 pitch but we will be lucky to get even 250.

 

[Kianig89]

Babar and Rizwan to do the catch up worrk, nobody criticizes garbage Saim & Shafiq

 

[mominsaigol]

Hardie is an excellent bowler. Gun prospect for Australia

 

[Bilal Ahmad15]

Babar and Rizwan to do the catch up worrk, nobody criticizes garbage Saim & Shafiq

Actually just about everyone is criticising those two

 

[mominsaigol]

Impossible. 2/35 after 10 was a very good score till 2000. Teams were quite happy with a start of 30/1 after 10, 75/2 after 20, 125/3 after 30 and 245/9 after 50 was match winning.

There should be many, many starts slower than 35 after 10 overs.

Not at mcg, that I know of. But I'm happy to be proven wrong. If you can find those stats then I'd be grateful

 

[Dr_Bassim]

Babar and Rizwan to do the catch up worrk, nobody criticizes garbage Saim & Shafiq

There is no such thing as catch up in ODI.

Either you play strokes or you dont.

Babar and Rizwan have shown repeatedly even when opening in T20 that they only care about themselves and their averages.

Same for ODI.

 

[mominsaigol]

Apparently its a holiday there on a Monday (Melbourne Cup or something)so they are hoping to attract more spectators

Holiday in Melbourne only. Not in Sydney which is where I live

 

[lazy cricketer]

rizzy riding babas wave as of now scoring nothing playing test

 

[mango_bite77]

Rizwan the attacking captain

 

[mominsaigol]

Babar and Rizwan to do the catch up worrk, nobody criticizes garbage Saim & Shafiq

Babar is playing well, Rizwan not so much

 

[Kianig89]

There is no such thing as catch up in ODI.

Either you play strokes or you dont.

Babar and Rizwan have shown repeatedly even when opening in T20 that they only care about themselves and their averages.

Same for ODI.

What should they do slog blindly

 

[kingusama92]

Rizwan looks terrible.

Captains can't be batting like this.

 

[batandballbattle]

playing abbott like prime steyn

 

[Rana]

what is this batting?

They bat faster in Test cricket

 

[hafizexpress]

this is our captain leading from the front

 

[Justcrazy]

50 up for Pakistan

 

[mango_bite77]

Wasim Akram yaar chup hojao, talk about something else, no point praising babar and jinxing him.

 

[mominsaigol]

what is this batting?

They bat faster in Test cricket

Starc and Hardie are unplayable.

cummins bowled really bad today however

 

[FearlessRoar]

Starc in Overs 1-10 in ODIs at MCG

Overs: 37
Wickets: 9
Avg: 18.2
SR: 24.7
ER: 4.43
Dots: 172 (77.5%)

 

[JilaWatan]

I've seen nightwatchmen have better offside game than rizwan.

 

[Bilal Ahmad15]

6 off 23

 

[Dr_Bassim]

Australians really exploited Fawad weakness in ODI as well.

By the time this series is over, Rizwan might have to retire from ODI.

 

[mango_bite77]

Rizwan waiting for spin I guess, but guess what it is MCG and not 60M pindi ground.

 

[heddie19]

What kind of inning is these from Captain Rizwan?

 

[mominsaigol]

Australians really exploited Fawad weakness in ODI as well.

By the time this series is over, Rizwan might have to retire from ODI.

Inshallah he will. Nothing would make me happier.

 

[mominsaigol]

I change my mind, Rizwan and Misbah start their innings at the exact same speed

 

[Kianig89]

Rizwan bogged down by pressure also creating burden on Babar, this may get ugly

 

[heddie19]

Inshallah he will. Nothing would make me happier.

And who should keep the wickets in ODIs? Rizwan is your best wicket keeper batter ever, The problem is that everything else is even worse

 

[Dr_Bassim]

I change my mind, Rizwan and Misbah start their innings at the exact same speed

Misbah might be a bit faster with a better all round game.

His issue was appointing favorites as players and then always being in 15-3 crisis.

 

[Kianig89]

Hardie is being hard too play

 

[batandballbattle]

ugly ugly batting straight out of the 70s

 

[mango_bite77]

I change my mind, Rizwan and Misbah start their innings at the exact same speed

Misbah was better at rotating strike, he just struggled hitting boundaries. Rizwan is bad at both.

 

[hafizexpress]

Wasim Akram yaar chup hojao, talk about something else, no point praising babar and jinxing him.

This is so annoying about **** commentators. They just glaze Babar all the time

 

[Mohraheem]

Rizwan is playing like Misbah … tuktuk what are u doing. Just like Misbah thuk lagana with his tuktuk Rizwan doing the same

 

[emranabbas]

Rizwan holding the wicket while babar is going all out

 

[G0rmintAunty]

Babar in the nervous 40s, needs to kaancentrate here.

 

[sweep_shot]

Pakistan - 59/2 (16 overs).

Need to improve that run-rate.

 

[Rana]

He’s itching to play his one shot but knows he can’t because he is captain now

 

[Kianig89]

Babar ko kaptaani se hatane ka maqsad kia tha, stupid PCB

 

[mominsaigol]

And who should keep the wickets in ODIs? Rizwan is your best wicket keeper batter ever, The problem is that everything else is even worse

Usman Khan was the best performer in champions one day cup, he's fine

 

[ask_analyse_act]

Babar and Rizwan to do the catch up worrk, nobody criticizes garbage Saim & Shafiq

Shafiq has been terrible after he was found out.. his technique has a serious flaw where the bat comes from an angle say gully and very vulnerable with that...

 

[emranabbas]

Hardie is being hard too play

Ye bro all bowlers are hard to play when babar and rizwan are batting

 

[Dr_Bassim]

Australia will use this series to test players.

Pakistan will use this series to glorify Babar and Rizwan.

 

[mango_bite77]

He’s itching to play his one shot but knows he can’t because he is captain now

and boundaries are too big for that famous flick

 

[hafizexpress]

This is so annoying about **** commentators. They just glaze Babar all the time

Pakistani* bruh

 

[mominsaigol]

Ye bro all bowlers are hard to play when babar and rizwan are batting

Tbf Hardie is bowling well. He's one of Australia's brightest prospects. It's just rizwan makes every bowler look like Mcgrath

 

[Rana]

9 off 30 odd

It won’t get any easier with Zampa coming on. Hardy and Abbott are the easiest overs

 

[Dr_Bassim]

Babar ko kaptaani se hatane ka maqsad kia tha, stupid PCB

Because he was clueless and he couldnt buy a run either.

Captaincy was affecting his batting.

 

[emranabbas]

9 off 30 odd

It won’t get any easier with Zampa coming on. Hardy and Abbott are the easiest overs

Didn't think you would waste your sleep.

 

[ask_analyse_act]

Australians really exploited Fawad weakness in ODI as well.

By the time this series is over, Rizwan might have to retire from ODI.

Well i do rmb that.. Aus are really shrewd at this , exposing players with weak technique who doesnt belong to intl arena according to them... Show the opponents this is what u got for me lol

 

[Mohraheem]

Misbah tactics all over this Odi.. one guy defends and other guy puts pressure on the other guy… never works for Pakistan…

 

[mominsaigol]

Babar's sr drops below 100.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Stop talking about Babar