Australia v Pakistan | 17th Match, World Cup | Taunton | June 12, 2019 | Australia innings

[Red Devil]

Freaking Maxwell is in.

 

[Mean&Green]

Chuker strike

Harbhajan and bumrah say hello

 

[imshally81]

Chuker strike

He isn't chucker anymore..

 

[Majestic_Inzi]

They will score 350+ from here
What a rubbish team

England was just too unlucky to lose to this mediocre team

Hassan, Malik need to be dropped..

 

[Mueez]

Kiya joke marta hai

)

 

[Hasan123]

Same thing said about Virat too bye same person

Kohli is in his peak. 1 out of sort innings and your finished. Too much OTT reactions.

 

[szundercover]

Two overconfident shots. There is where Indian batsmen have superior discipline.

yes Australia are ultra aggressive,while indian batters play with a plan.

 

[Green Patriot]

Need to get Maxwell early.

He is a legend against us.

 

[NauV]

Good decision by Australia to send Maxwell . . if he stays for any length of time, this could get realllyyy ugly for Pakistan really quickly!!

 

[ARK Rafay]

We are out of this tournament

*South Africa company us*

 

[imshally81]

Harbhajan and bumrah say hello

Include Ashwin too ),

 

[hussain.r97]

Bring Wahab on, don't let them milk our spinners.

 

[GLORY OF '92]

Only hope if staying in the WC is to get 4 more wickets in the next 10

 

[castortroy]

Maxwell loves pak bowling

Expect him to score a quick fire 60

 

[Pete Rose]

Maxwell Afridi is here

 

[adil79]

Imagine shadab had been picked up. One less azhar mehmood trained bowler to worry about for Pakistan then. Spinners getting bit help. Fast bowlers time and again proven that their coaching hasnt been upto the mark.

 

[Omer2002]

wow maxwell in what a move knowing khwaja might slow the run rate

 

[Red Devil]

Bring on Wahab, need more wickets here.

 

[Billa86]

Australia can afford to go for big hits due to decent opening batsmen platform.

 

[Mueez]

Bring Wahab now and bowl out Amir.

 

[Pak Warrior]

Here we go boys, finally getting some breakthrough

 

[watson367]

I don’t want Pak to make the semis. Maybe sarfaraz can be sacked then.

 

[Sir-fraz]

Match is still on, our fans are super polarizing tho, one second positive, next second negetive.

 

[90MPH]

Match was gone the moment we dropped those two catches.

Well more because the bowling was rubbish, just a poor length.

 

[jnaveen1980]

I think maxie likes spinners better. In the back end Pakistan will use only seamers. Pak has to use only seamers now otherwise he will pick out a 20 run over now.

 

[Titan24]

We cant afford Maxwell clicking today

 

[castortroy]

Is there any chance of rain today?

Really need this match to be abandoned

 

[obaidshariq]

[MENTION=131701]Mamoon[/MENTION] sorry that wasn't the question. Which group of people do you belong to from the list you provided? i.e. players, ex-players, analysts and fans. Because according to your all of them have a rotten mentality which is a pretty offensive thing to say

 

[hur rizvi]

Negative mentality trying to get through spin overs

 

[ViciousMachine]

Is there any chance of rain today?

Really need this match to be abandoned

Very low chance. This match will most likely be fully played out

 

[castortroy]

Starc and Cummings will have us 40-3

 

[Mamoon]

[MENTION=131701]Mamoon[/MENTION] sorry that wasn't the question. Which group of people do you belong to from the list you provided? i.e. players, ex-players, analysts and fans. Because according to your all of them have a rotten mentality which is a pretty offensive thing to say

That is not for me to decide.

 

[Azzurri]

Look guys if we lose this game. we won't be winning the cup. Instead of hoping for rain you should hope that these guys man up and put up a fight

 

[Afhan Ali]

Thanks God i am not watching it live on tv

 

[castortroy]

Very low chance. This match will most likely be fully played out

We won't beat India so that's probably our world Cup over

 

[Ram Shekhar]

Pakistan might have to create history today in order to win.

Pakistan always surprises in unlikeliest of scenarios. Don't lose hope yet..

 

[Madplayer]

Starc and Cummings will have us 40-3

I dont think Pakistan will score more than 120 today. They will be 60-5 at least.

 

[imshally81]

That is not for me to decide.

Actually Coach

 

[Mueez]

Get Warner and Maxwell out and suddenly 360 will become 330.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Rameez and Waqar are fighting lol

 

[ViciousMachine]

What a great over by Malik, just 1 run to Warner!! Amazing

 

[IMMY69]

To do something beyond the ordinary is what they known for..

Pakistan is a team that pumps up the gamblers to look for out of ordinary hooks.

Does Pumping Up also include the pre-match bullish statements from some of our players?

 

[Cricket lover 27]

Not when chasing

 

[Fahdi]

Finch was dropped but Riaz has been bad since then and not consistent at all.

Shadab has bowled more consistently career wise.

Wahab has still been great overall this tournament.

Bhai I am not dissing on Shadab, he was great in the last match and has been a great asset for us since his debut.

 

[Sherazkhalid]

Even 6-7 from here takes them to 330.

 

[Sycamore]

Plan should be to bowl next 10 over for only 60 runs. Anything can happen in last 10 overs with Amir and wahab bowling yorkers.

 

[Mp812]

If Australia need to ensure victory, Warner needs to bat till 45th over . The Pakistani batting has scored 340s chasing few times in last few series. Get the feeling this will be close game

 

[Pete Rose]

We have found a way to negate maxwell: give Warner a single off the last ball

 

[castortroy]

Why are we bowling 2 part time spinners against maxwell

 

[watson367]

Pak Team is not that bad. It’s just Sarfraz who is always yelling at bowlers and demoralizing everyone.

 

[obaidshariq]

[MENTION=131701]Mamoon[/MENTION] so you can "decide" that all of the group's you listed have a rotten mentality but you can't "decide" which group you belong to? A bit of a hypocritical situation/comment isn't it!?

 

[Green Patriot]

Why is Sarfaraz letting Maxwell settle down with spin.

Bring a more attacking option i feel.

 

[Madplayer]

Pakistan needs 3-4 tight overs to get the run rate down.

 

[big_gamer007]

If you look up the word ‘delusional’ in the dictionary, you will see your portrait.

Nah Pakistan top 3 is very strong and in form. Imam and Babar are consistent. When they give a good start on this phatta hafeez can blast at the end.

 

[ViciousMachine]

Rameez and Waqar are fighting lol

I give Waqar some credit here. Rameez is clearly just using hindsight to complain.
Even Aus picked 4 seamers, so clearly all teams thought pace would work (And Amir has shown if you bowl well, you get rewards).

 

[Sherazkhalid]

Dont know why commentators are still in love with Hasan Ali.

 

[Angrez Pakistani]

Waqar defending Shahdab's omission and Rameez comparing him Shane Warne are some of the most cringe worthy things i've heard in my life.

 

[obaidshariq]

Look guys if we lose this game. we won't be winning the cup. Instead of hoping for rain you should hope that these guys man up and put up a fight

Well said @aazzurri

 

[Titan24]

Why are we bowling 2 part time spinners against maxwell

Some of the pacers arent bowling better than part timers and Wahab is being retained mainly for death overs. Maybe he can be brought for couple of overs.

 

[imshally81]

5 runs in M Hafeez over... Not bad

 

[Mamoon]

[MENTION=131701]Mamoon[/MENTION] sorry that wasn't the question. Which group of people do you belong to from the list you provided? i.e. players, ex-players, analysts and fans. Because according to your all of them have a rotten mentality which is a pretty offensive thing to say

I am sorry if I sound offensive, but I will give you an example. A couple of months back, the Wisden Cricketer of the Year Khurram Manzoor was in a talk show and he stated that Pakistani batsmen are better than Indian batsmen who can only bat on flat decks.

The host agreed with his as well, but this is the same Khurram Manzoor who was doing a belly dance in the 2016 Asia Cup on green-tops, while India won the tournament.

This is just a small, insignificant example of our rotten mentality.

 

[Mueez]

Hasan Ali and SSA had made things worse for us.

 

[ARK Rafay]

Press them now

 

[ViciousMachine]

Why are we bowling 2 part time spinners against maxwell

Why not? last 3 overs, just 7 runs and a wicket. May not last but right now it is working really well, and we dont want them bowling at the death.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Already 60 from 8 overs of 5th bowler. If they score another 20 runs that will be 8 an over.

 

[Mueez]

Bring Wahab fgs.

 

[Rohan_97]

Surely gotta get wahab on to maxwell

 

[castortroy]

Why are we still bowling spin

 

[ARK Rafay]

Need to bowl Wahab here but Shaheen will then have to bowl in death

 

[CrIc_Mystique]

Is'nt Mo Abbas in the squad....he'd be a handful in swinging conditions - to the best of my knowledge....also feel maxi is playing a spot higher and has come in about 10 overs too early....shaun m shoud have been in now with maxi to swing for the tall timber over 36 onwards....still feel if wahab bounces out maxi now...pak are in with a massive chance....on another nostalgic indian front - on this ground-taunton-in 1999 Saurav and Rahul got that massive 318 (then ) record partnership against SL...ah ...for that clean shaven fantastic look of the class of 99 - the present indian team look like a bunch of goons from a ship wreck with their beards....

 

[Billa86]

Need spinners to bowl atleast 7 to 8 overs each so the likes of Afridi and Hassan and Wahab don't bowl.

 

[Sherazkhalid]

We are bowling part timers as Shaheen is going for plenty, need to keep Wahab for reverse swing, Amir is almost done and well those part timers are our 5th bowler.

 

[jnaveen1980]

They should use one seamer against Maxie when he is new.

 

[NauV]

Was this the stadium that had a tree in the outfield?

 

[Billa86]

I think Wasim and Waqar need to have a word with Hassan and remind him how good he was during the Champions Trophy.

 

[ARK Rafay]

Bowling game is gone now. 350+ for sure.

Now Pakistan needs a plan to chase the 350+ total that Australia will put

 

[Invincible Gujjar]

Why not wahab yet.

 

[Mueez]

I think Wasim and Waqar need to have a word with Hassan and remind him how good he was during the Champions Trophy.

Just like Waqar had a word with Amir and look how he is performing.

 

[jnaveen1980]

9 overs 66 runs Spinners. Max is going to explode very soon against spinners.

 

[watson367]

Maxwell always plays well against Pak. Have to be cared