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

[babajee]

3rd ODI century for Akmal coming up anyone?

 

[Hasan123]

Rizwan gone.

 

[Green Patriot]

 

[Cric1234]

In comes Malik expect fireworks against the he pacers.

 

[troodon]

Pak cannot handle the pace of Cummins.

Cummins has become a world class bowler. He was terrific against India too in the recently concluded ODI series.

 

[Green Patriot]

Malik )
How will he negotiate Cummins.

 

[Asif321]

Dhoni gone

 

[a_tahir]

3rd ODI century for Akmal coming up anyone?

INSHAALLAH.
If he does and wins it for us, i'll actually rate him.

 

[babajee]

Why would Malik send himself in )

 

[GLORY OF '92]

Batting bowling and fielding are pathetic.

 

[Cric1234]

Techniques are being exposed.

 

[Afhan Ali]

We are not better than Bangladesh and afghanistan.
One of Afghanistan or Bangladesh will beat us in wc19

 

[sindhiboy]

cummins would have gotten 8 wickets in this innings if it was a test match

 

[a_tahir]

We are not better than Bangladesh and afghanistan.
One of Afghanistan or Bangladesh will beat us in wc19

Calm down. Don't get so carried away. We're better than both of them in england at least.

 

[Hasan123]

Akmal should have come in now. He needs to prove he is good enough.

 

[troodon]

We are not better than Bangladesh and afghanistan.
One of Afghanistan or Bangladesh will beat us in wc19

Pak is not playing Zaman and Babar. Their 2 best batsmen. A full strength Pak team is no push over.

 

[Afhan Ali]

Calm down. Don't get so carried away. We're better than both of them in england at least.

We loss to Bangladesh in 1999 with our best odi team ever

 

[Cric1234]

The top 4 needs changing hopefully future one will be:

Fakhar
Akmal
Babar
Haris

Only quick starts can win matches slow tuk tuk batting will lose more matches.

 

[Justcrazy]

3 down

Pakistan in big trouble here

 

[castortroy]

Typical pak. Can't chase any total over 220

The 50 over form has been diabolical now for about 2-3 years. Need to change management asap

 

[Afhan Ali]

Pak is not playing Zaman and Babar. Their 2 best batsmen. A full strength Pak team is no push over.

Fakhar is a hack
Babar is similar to Haris

 

[Bigbb]

The man , the myth, the legend Umar Akmal to get a match winning hundred for pakistan. You've heard it here first.

 

[Hasan123]

Malik gets off strike straight away lol.

 

[Cric1234]

Imam wants a test style fifty to silence the haters.

 

[MRSN]

Some test match batting is going on. Pathetic

 

[Pete Rose]

Well imam has to score 42 runs to net out to zero for the game.

 

[Bigbb]

Fakhar is a hack
Babar is similar to Haris

Babar has become much more dynamic after the South Africa tour. I think you'll see him play at a much better strike rate now.

 

[Kroll]

Some test match batting is going on. Pathetic

Don't worry, Imam's calculated and is leading us to victory!

 

[a_tahir]

We loss to Bangladesh in 1999 with our best odi team ever

So.
We beat aus in the group stage but lost in the final.
Don't forget that was their first EVER odi win against us.

 

[ILcricket]

Superstar Cummins . How is the pitch playing - any help for bowlers ?

 

[Bigbb]

We have four no.11s playing today in the lower order. It's Akmal or bust now.

 

[Afhan Ali]

Imam is our best batsman.
At least he is at the crease

 

[Cric1234]

Current run rate 2.22

 

[Hasan123]

Zampa and Lyon will cause problems on this pitch.

 

[Kroll]

And someone was saying Cummins and co. would struggle on this pitch.

 

[ahmed16]

Why would Malik send himself in )

He probably has no faith in Umar Akmal

Which from a batsman like Malik is saying something.

 

[Bigbb]

Superstar Cummins . How is the pitch playing - any help for bowlers ?

A little bit of movement when it's pitched up. But nothing alarming.

 

[ahmed16]

Superstar Cummins . How is the pitch playing - any help for bowlers ?

the rain has helped definitely but doesn't justify being 3 down in the first 10

 

[a_tahir]

He probably has no faith in Umar Akmal

Which from a batsman like Malik is saying something.

Give him some credit. At least he's trying to lead from the front.

 

[Afhan Ali]

Babar has become much more dynamic after the South Africa tour. I think you'll see him play at a much better strike rate now.

Babar is soft runs machine.
He played at good strike rate in South africa but failed to cross the winning line

 

[Hasan123]

Malik struggling on this pitch. Imagine when the ball is bouncing higher and has pace in it lol.

 

[Justcrazy]

Drizzle has not stopped.

 

[Cric1234]

Run rate 2.1 after 10 overs Zimbabwe would do better.

 

[Hasan123]

Need to target Stonis.

 

[ILcricket]

the rain has helped definitely but doesn't justify being 3 down in the first 10

any thing in pitch or another dead surface ?

 

[Cric1234]

There's zero urgency it's not a test match with unlimited time go down fighting not a meek 200-9 after 50 overs.

 

[ManFan]

Can’t even get mad because Cummins is such a beast.

Can’t take it... he’s such a beast!

 

[ahmed16]

Give him some credit. At least he's trying to lead from the front.

I am, I'm giving him credit for identifying that Umar Akmal is too inconsistent, and even with Maliks limited ability against pace, he's the better option at 3 down.

 

[Mamoon]

Pakistan cricket is well and truly finished. I see Afghanistan overtaking us within the next decade.

We are officially entering the league of minnows now.

Facts time:

Since fluking the Champions Trophy, we have played 18 ODIs (excluding this ODI) against New Zealand, India, South Africa, Australia and Bangladesh, and have lost 14.

So please spare me the excuse that we are struggling because this is our B team. Our so-called main players are jokers as well.

 

[sindhiboy]

i hate to say this, but bhanja has looked like the least inept batsmen to seaming conditions

 

[a_tahir]

Pakistan cricket is well and truly finished. I see Afghanistan overtaking us within the next decade.

We are officially entering the league of minnows now.

Facts time:

Since fluking the Champions Trophy, we have played 18 ODIs (excluding this ODI) against New Zealand, India, South Africa, Australia and Bangladesh, and have lost 14.

So please spare me the excuse that we are struggling because this is our B team. Our so-called main players are jokers as well.

Check aus's record before the series against ind.
Stop jumping to conclusions so fast.

Aus got whitewashed 5-0 in eng and lost 4-1 and 2-1 twice at home.
They've recovered.

 

[Mamoon]

Check aus's record before the series against ind.
Stop jumping to conclusions so fast.

Aus got whitewashed 5-0 in eng and lost 4-1 and 2-1 twice at home.
They've recovered.

We are not Australia. They have 5-6 elite players and we don’t. Our team stinks of mediocrity.

 

[Justcrazy]

Imam is playing selfish cricket here , he does not care about win or loss

 

[a_tahir]

We are not Australia. They have 5-6 elite players and we don’t. Our team stinks of mediocrity.

So according to u our cricket was finished in 2015 coz that was definitely our worst team
Imagine if we were in sri lanka's position, i wonder what u would've said.

 

[Mamoon]

So according to u our cricket was finished in 2015 coz that was definitely our worst team
Imagine if we were in sri lanka's position, i wonder what u would've said.

We are the same level. They are better in Tests and we are better in Limited Overs.

 

[ahmed16]

i hate to say this, but bhanja has looked like the least inept batsmen to seaming conditions

Was gonna say the same thing, for all the stick Malik gets for his 'inability to play pace', he's actually not looked bad at all in this innings. His problem is that he doesn't know how to accelerate against pace

 

[Amjid Javed]

Imam playing for himself, while rest looking clueless. Pathetic effort so far.

 

[Plumb]

Now Malik isn't hiding?? Malik became the puppet of PCB and that's making him look a bigger fool than he was before...

 

[Hasan123]

Lyon into the attack.

 

[Justcrazy]

Required rate over 6 now

 

[Hasan123]

Malik may target Lyon.

 

[Plumb]

Malik may target Lyon.

for a single may be

 

[Hasan123]

Imam will need to up the ante soon.

 

[a_tahir]

Imam playing for himself, while rest looking clueless. Pathetic effort so far.

He doesn't need to play for himself. SHAN failed and there is no other opener that can replace him. Also he had a very good series in sa. So he's not going to get dropped. Someone tell him this so he can start playing properly

 

[Plumb]

Wondering after 3 games what have we figured out?? a X1 for WC? well most of the current playing will be part of WC squad which is very pathetic.

 

[a_tahir]

Wondering after 3 games what have we figured out?? a X1 for WC? well most of the current playing will be part of WC squad which is very pathetic.

That our bench strength is Lol material

 

[Hasan123]

Weird leave.

 

[Cric1234]

Leaving too much to do go down attacking.

 

[ILcricket]

We are the same level. They are better in Tests and we are better in Limited Overs.

your prediction for the current match ?
A bird says Hosts win it

 

[Hasan123]

Malik needs to target Lyon.

 

[Plumb]

UA excuse today... I didn't bat at my position and conditions were tough

 

[ILcricket]

220 from 209 on a flat surface & wet outfield is definitely on .

 

[The_Odd_One]

It is not just losing matches but the way Pakistan has been losing them. Most of them have been one-sided thrashings.

Sad but bitter truth, this team is at minnow level now and can only beat the likes of Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Zimbabwe, Ireland, etc.

All top teams, Bangladesh, and WI will beat this team 4 out of 5 times.

 

[Mamoon]

your prediction for the current match ?
A bird says Hosts win it

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

 

[a_tahir]

Cummins current odi form is outstanding. He's challenging bumrah for the no.1 spot.

 

[Hasan123]

What a ball that was.

 

[Alamgeer]

Everyone playing for a boarding pass to UK.

 

[Hasan123]

1 thing I found funny was posters predicting Australia would struggle against our spinners. Completely ignoring the fact Zampa and Lyon are better spinners than what we have.

 

[Syed1]

Pakistan cricket is well and truly finished.

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

 

[a_tahir]

Even the umpires want the match to end quickly