Australia convincingly beat Pakistan by 80 runs in third ODI, take unassailable 3-0 series lead

[Cric1234]

He's still in but Imam is struggling to find the gaps his batting is being exposed.

 

[ILcricket]

I expect Pakistan to score around 220. A pointless innings by Malik leading us to a “respectable” defeat.

i will hold you on that . Anything in pitch - i got no telecast .

 

[Syed1]

Imam ul Haq striking at 50 SR, but watch the reactions from his fans when he gets to a fifty. I would rule out him getting to a ton because there aren't enough balls left in the innings.

 

[Cric1234]

Even the umpires want the match to end quickly

One for the you know things are bad thread.

 

[CricketDon]

Boring. Only word that describes Pakistan cricket. I mean which person would flock to UAE grounds to watch imam, Malik and Shan swish and swosh and bore them.


UAE is a market that can easily be exploited. I mean look when the IPL came.

When exciting cricket comes the people will come.

Pakistan ain’t exciting

 

[Mamoon]

How is it "well and truly finished" if you have to repeat it after every few years. Surely the last time it was "well and truly finished" should have been THE last time.


Doctor sahab pehlay apna ilaaj karalien

Unless we stop playing cricket altogether, my statement will remain valid.

 

[Hasan123]

Imam ul Haq striking at 50 SR, but watch the reactions from his fans when he gets to a fifty. I would rule out him getting to a ton because there aren't enough balls left in the innings.

Like you don’t hand mitya out when Sarfaraz scores a 50.

 

[Syed1]

Unless we stop playing cricket altogether, my statement will remain valid.

I suggest you come out with versions of it so that we can keep track.... pretty sure we are on "well and truly finished" 3.0 at the moment

 

[Hasan123]

Can’t afford too many mores dots.

 

[Abdullah719]

Boring. Only word that describes Pakistan cricket. I mean which person would flock to UAE grounds to watch imam, Malik and Shan swish and swosh and bore them.


UAE is a market that can easily be exploited. I mean look when the IPL came.

When exciting cricket comes the people will come.

Pakistan ain’t exciting

No worries, Umar Akmal is in next.

The crowd puller

 

[Afhan Ali]

We are truly finished as mamoon says.
In our mohalla all the young boys ( 11-18) just watched the PSL and these young boys also already knows about the upcoming humiliation

 

[a_tahir]

Six but Imam needs to stop coming out so often.

 

[Gullycricket]

Some posters here have no shame.Imam is fighting it out on a tough pitch against tough bowling when so called Haris(disapperars when need him most) fails.Its not like Aus are bowling pies.

 

[Hasan123]

Imam get out shot. I hope he can improve in this aspect.

 

[ILcricket]

No worries, Umar Akmal is in next.

The crowd puller

you will regret this . Junior Akmal will score a blistering 80 today .

 

[Kroll]

Umar Akmal when he gets in will be smacking that smug Cummins sixes for fun.

 

[sindhiboy]

i hate tapal tea

 

[ILcricket]

Some posters here have no shame.Imam is fighting it out on a tough pitch against tough bowling when so called Haris(disapperars when need him most) fails.Its not like Aus are bowling pies.

why do you think this is a tough pitch ?

 

[Mueez]

Imam what a six!

 

[a_tahir]

Some posters here have no shame.Imam is fighting it out on a tough pitch against tough bowling when so called Haris(disapperars when need him most) fails.Its not like Aus are bowling pies.

Look at cummins' recent record, he's been a beast. People need to realise that

 

[sindhiboy]

have got to admit, imam has looked pretty good

 

[babajee]

Imam what a six!

I wish he could hit these sixes from the crease.

 

[Hasan123]

Lyon has improved in LO.

 

[Kroll]

Imam leading the charge, look at the fire in those eyes.

 

[a_tahir]

Wish Babar was as strong as Imam mentally.

 

[Gullycricket]

why do you think this is a tough pitch ?

12% or so wins to team chasing 250 above totals tells you everything.

 

[sindhiboy]

lyon doing very well to contain malik

 

[Mueez]

I wish he could hit these sixes from the crease.

Will definitely improve if we invest on him...

 

[Kroll]

Imam will sort out this Cummins, no problem.

 

[Hasan123]

Imam has a good mentality. He just needs to improve his strike rotation and shot range. That shot where he comes down the crease will not always work.

 

[Hasan123]

Don’t let Maxwell settle.

 

[Syed1]

lyon doing very well to contain malik

Isn't very hard to do

 

[Hasan123]

Decent shot by imam.

 

[Plumb]

Imam winning the game and doing this...

 

[Hasan123]

Need these 2 to bat for another 10 overs.

 

[a_tahir]

12% or so wins to team chasing 250 above totals tells you everything.

Teams chasing 250plus have won only 4 out of 24 ODIs in Abu Dhabi.

 

[Gullycricket]

Imam winning the game and doing this...

Good way to shut some people who have come alive after last 2 ODI's

 

[Plumb]

The aim is not to win but check the bench strength which is ?? we are still figuring out

 

[Hasan123]

Great running.

 

[Hasan123]

Imam knows how to go big when set.

 

[Syed1]

One of the most selfish 50s in Pak history about to come up

 

[Hasan123]

Great running again.

 

[a_tahir]

Best chance for imam to prove that he's good enough

 

[Gullycricket]

Imam knows how to go big when set.

Shown his ability many times in tough chases

 

[Dr_Bassim]

Australia played too many dots.

So I am sure Pakistan can win.

 

[a_tahir]

One of the most selfish 50s in Pak history about to come up

Imam's haters are getting agitated

 

[Hasan123]

Shown his ability many times in tough chases

I like his mentality. It’s his strike rotation and shot range that worry me.

 

[Pete Rose]

Malik continues to be the worst of the lot. Captaining poorly, unable to play pace, unwilling to get going against spin.

 

[sadida97]

One of the most selfish 50s in Pak history about to come up

he's done Nothing wrong...

 

[Hasan123]

Played across the line.

 

[Gullycricket]

I like his mentality. It’s his strike rotation and shot range that worry me.

He will get better with time.Umar Akmal with all the shots is mentally fragile as people will see if he comes next

 

[Hasan123]

Imam gone.

 

[Ilan Bluestone]

One of the worst reviews I can remember in recent memory.

 

[Pete Rose]

Imam has scored +4 in this game and gotten dismissed by a part timer.

 

[sindhiboy]

time for an umar akmal masterclass

 

[Hasan123]

Umar Akmal shouldn’t go gung ho straight away.

 

[Dr_Bassim]

Imam cannot play any substantial innings if Pakistan has to chase 300 or more.

Infact, none of the Pakistani batsmen can.

I stand by my original problem.

They are all Tuk Tuk stop stop players.

 

[Madplayer]

Selecting duds as batsmen has cost Pakistan.

 

[DRsohail]

pathetic.

 

[Gullycricket]

that was watsonesque

 

[Pete Rose]

Should be 5 down pretty quickly. With malik playing a courageous 30 of 60 and team dismissed for about 160

 

[Ilan Bluestone]

Match is done. Umar to come in and hit a 6, then get out.

 

[a_tahir]

Against nz in the first odi imam got out when pak were 70/3 chasing 260 and the same happened today. He needs to learn how to build his innings

 

[Mueez]

Can we see an Umar Akmal blinder...?

 

[Mp812]

Maxwell to Imam-ul-Haq, out Lbw!! Imam has been given out lbw. He has taken the review as soon as umpire raised the finger

 

[Syed1]

First he drops Maxwell who goes onto score 50 additional runs in QUICK time, then he scores a tuk tuk 46 and his fans are doing bhangra over it. Garbage perchy selection.

 

[JibranAnsari]

A good 25 runs coming from akmal.

 

[Kroll]

Akmal to come in and save the day.

 

[sindhiboy]

imam dropped maxwell, and maxwell gets him out.

 

[Dr_Bassim]

Umar Akmal has 30 overs to play today and has 200 runs to play with.

Any excuses for him failing today?

 

[JibranAnsari]

Cummins will soon be number 1 bowler

 

[ask_analyse_act]

Both Shan and Imam are not LOI players. It's sad that we don't have enough talent and have to play these guys.

Zeeshan, Saif Badar, Saud Shakil, Nasir nawaz are there but not given chance so far

 

[Abdullah719]

Poor shot by Imam. But overall not a bad innings, 46 off 72. In comparison, Finch took 82 balls for his fifty.

We simply conceded too many runs here, that period after Maxwell's drop was costly. Should have kept them down to around 240. Catching really needs to improve, this was on display in PSL as well with the standard dropping quite a lot from where it was around a year ago.

 

[Syed1]

Cummins will soon be number 1 bowler

If he has to bowl at batsmen like Imam he will be greatest bowler ever.

 

[Ilan Bluestone]

Can we see an Umar Akmal blinder...?

Will close his eyes and blindly slog like his mentor Lala.

 

[a_tahir]

First he drops Maxwell who goes onto score 50 additional runs in QUICK time, then he scores a tuk tuk 46 and his fans are doing bhangra over it. Garbage perchy selection.

Aus weren't 10/3

 

[Syed1]

Poor shot by Imam. But overall not a bad innings, 46 off 72. In comparison, Finch took 82 balls for his fifty.

We simply conceded too many runs here, that period after Maxwell's drop was costly. Should have kept them down to around 240. Catching really needs to improve, this was on display in PSL as well with the standard dropping quite a lot from where it was around a year ago.

Funny you skipped out the name of the guy who dropped Maxwell. I wonder why

 

[JibranAnsari]

Hoick is on

 

[Farhan93]

Pathetic innings by most selfish player in Pakistan's history even Imran farhat - perchii of the last decade - was better. We should make Mr ilyas our CS, at least we will get to see better perchii playing for us.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Unnecessary leaves.