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

[lahoriyah1234]

Bring hafeez and buy a wicket of Warner bowl is skidding and he can get a wk here.

 

[Madplayer]

Shaheen Afridi in England, 2019
10-0-80-1
10-0-83-0
10-0-82-4

And today it seems 10-0-85-0

 

[Rana]

Nathan Lyon carrying drinks, wow that’s a sight

 

[Madplayer]

Untidy bowling. But Hasan lools threatening.

 

[adil79]

Clearly shows the performance of azhar mehmood. He didnt give his bowlers any plan. Get ready for another failure.

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

More legside rubbish. What a disgraceful attitude.

 

[imshally81]

Good start by Australia

 

[Gabbar Singh]

Shaheen is still just a teenager - can’t expect him to be the finished article yet.

 

[asfandyar]

This seems like a good batting wicket to be honest

This. Apart from the new ball blues, nothing extraordinary.

 

[hur rizvi]

First 10 overs were critical. If we dont strike soon

We'll be chasing 300+. It's a small ground and Aussies are a hitting power house

 

[ExpressPacer]

Shaheen Shah Afridi collapses after bowling.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Bowlers ineffective on a green pitch lol.

True. This offered a lot of help. But they consistently pitched short. Even Amir was the culprit a few times.

 

[Afhan Ali]

Pakistani player ability to play under pressure in hilarious

 

[IAJ]

Sarfraaz is too slow huh

 

[Gullycricket]

Warner batted with 66 SR against India.Here he is already smashing us.

 

[ExplicitAI]

Why is the atmosphere so bad?

 

[Madplayer]

Poor control of line and length by Pakistani bowlers. Really how hard is it to bowl a good line and length.

 

[hur rizvi]

Shaheen is still just a teenager - can’t expect him to be the finished article yet.

He is not a finished article he is finished as an article

 

[saeedhk]

Lol at people who wanted Pak to field first.

 

[Omer2002]

no doubt the weather has tricked both teams...taunton is famous for batting and a proper spinner was defo required...Pak were just worried if they went in with shado they would have only three seamers...

 

[Inswing]

I just cant see Pakistan winning this match

 

[cricketInsight]

The pitch is not as menacing it looks to a Pakistani batsman - still not too bad bowl first. Our batsman are more worried about the shade of the wicket than Aussie bowlers.

 

[Sunny_majoka]

Look like 5fer is waiting for hassan

 

[IAJ]

Lucky there Finch

 

[Aman]

Pakistan wasting these conditions.

 

[Afhan Ali]

Australia played initially overs of Amir with proper planning

 

[ExplicitAI]

We're struggling to get wickets here

 

[Rana]

Yeah now Warner will play aggressively after helping India.

He’s playing Pakistan, in his mind Pakistan is a much worse and immoral side than he is.

 

[Usman Chadda]

Sorry, but Australia have been incredibly lucky to not be one or two wickets down by now. The number of near misses and inside edges are nauseating.

Australia should ride their luck for maximum effect today.

 

[Sunny_majoka]

I just cant see Pakistan winning this match

How do u know about future

 

[shah_1]

Great batting so far

 

[IAJ]

Yaar, rubbish bowlers, such inconsistency at this level is not good

 

[asfandyar]

Playing Shaheen was the right idea, it's just that he didn't bowl to plan.

Yup right idea for Australia.

 

[hur rizvi]

Looking ominous

Pitch is also easing out now

 

[Madplayer]

A really pathetic opening spell by Pakistanis.

 

[Aman]

Warner and Finch looking set, if these two set up a platform 300+ is on.

 

[Faisalabadimunda]

we getting smashed

 

[imshally81]

Look like 5fer is waiting for hassan

5 boundaries...?

 

[Ellipsism]

Pitch it up ***

 

[adil79]

Very stupid to drop shadab. Stupid stupid decision. Cant even make use of nee ball. In last game, we couldnt even get england out all the way. Our bowlers are toothless and cant bowl with any swing.

And see how aussies will bowl. Where are the wicket taking balls? Where is azhar mehmood's plan to pick wickets? The bowlers clearly dont have a plan to bowl. Their basics all wrong. Shaheen is perfect example. As he will follow what coach has asked of him.

 

[lahoriyah1234]

I just cant see Pakistan winning this match

And you want pakistan to win a WC with such hope from fans. If we had batted 1st we probably been down 3 wk now. Let the wk settled down and we can restrict them to 250 and hopefully will chase it.

 

[IAJ]

too easy for Aus now, this is a good batting wicket, so need to be right on the money here

 

[Grunge101]

No it didn't. You need to weigh the risks of playing a pacer who has been in terrible form lately vs an all-round spinner who had a good last game. Plus, as the saying goes, you don't change a winning combination.

You need to adapt to conditions and that Shadab-Shaheen swap made sense in theory. Afridi had been our best bowler for a while before the Eng series..

 

[Aman]

Australia played initially overs of Amir with proper planning

Amir really didn't trouble them much, didn't attack the stumps enough.

 

[Invincible Gujjar]

Well so far so good for Australia.I think Australia is going to score 350 here

 

[Markhor]

Pathetic bowling in overcast conditions.

 

[Mainul]

Why is it a fluke? Why Srilanka, Bangladesh, Afghanistan other low/mid-table teams dont have such flukes?

In my opinion there is no such thing as fluke in 50 over and test cricket. YEs in T20s you can fluke wins. They raised their game on that day and beat the best team in the world and deserve credit for that. Discrediting a team for a hard fought win is not good

Cricket is not a card game that flukes can win trophies and matches against best teams in the world cricket should

I respect your opinion. But Pakistan has to shred off the term " unpredictable" and " inconsistent" to be that force in reckoning. They are now at par with WI,BD,SRL in mid tier level in ODIs. One or two wins here and there shall raise question in mind. I am not taking away any credit from Pakistan and it shouldn't be, was just saying, random thinking

 

[Zeshan547]

Still think bowling 1st was right decision but we have crap new ball bowlers bar Amir.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Bowling all over the shop. Bowling both sides of the wicket.

 

[Madplayer]

Pakistan needs 3 quick wickets. Who can be the hero for Pakistan?

 

[adil79]

Looking ominous

Pitch is also easing out now

Wait till australia bowls. We will tumble for 100 odd, before 200 for certain

 

[desi_launda]

Warner is fired up,strike rate of 135

 

[hur rizvi]

WAhab to bang more short stuff

 

[Mamoon]

Our talentless hacks are bowling the wrong lengths as usual. You bowl short on this pitch and batsmen will hit you for fours all day. Only Amir has bowled at the right length.

Bowl full and get the batsmen on the front-foot.

 

[imshally81]

Wahab on

 

[UsmanhailsAfridi]

Who told them to bowl short? WTH

 

[Cricket lover 27]

We needed Shadab here to be honest. Added bonus was that he could bat as well.

 

[adil79]

Pakistan needs 3 quick wickets. Who can be the hero for Pakistan?

Lol. I doubt if we will be successful in picking 3 over 50 overs

 

[Invincible Gujjar]

I hope wahab picks up a wicket or two here

 

[jnaveen1980]

Sarfraz is not a bowler. He should stop advising bowlers. He has somewhat screwed up the thought process of bowlers by yelling at them what to bowl

 

[hur rizvi]

Warner is flying

Shows difference between India and Pakistan

 

[britishpakistani]

o shadab ..

 

[Afhan Ali]

Hope Rain arrive to save us

 

[asfandyar]

You need to adapt to conditions and that Shadab-Shaheen swap made sense in theory. Afridi had been our best bowler for a while before the Eng series..

Highlighted the relevant part for you.

 

[Abdullah]

Thank God we picked amir, other wise it would be total carnage.
I thought picking Shaheen was the right call but...

 

[adil79]

Who told them to bowl short? WTH

May be its the bowling coach job?

 

[MMHS]

By any chance, does PAK tank think that this Aussie pair is vulnerable on back-foot? Bowling length suggests there is something wrong in upper chamber - and this is before Wahab.

 

[yasir]

Amir really didn't trouble them much, didn't attack the stumps enough.

Boult would have run havoc here, that tells you quality missing from Amir.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

True. This offered a lot of help. But they consistently pitched short. Even Amir was the culprit a few times.

Shageen bowled too short and Aamir last over was floating it up like he was peak Dale Steyn bowling a late outswinger. They should simply Bowl a tight line and bang that good length and the wicket would have done the rest.

 

[Madplayer]

Lol. I doubt if we will be successful in picking 3 over 50 overs

Wahab bowling gun barrel straight.

 

[Majestic_Inzi]

Looks like a big total coming

 

[imshally81]

In 9th over... Pakistan already used 4 bowlers

 

[Shafi]

Apart from Amir all our bowlers are not good enough. Same batsmen would have score 30 against India in 8 overs.

 

[lahoriyah1234]

Its a dead grass pitch. But lets be positive and still believe u can bowl Aussies out be positive as a team Sarfraz must nit show negative body language what a dush bag captain.

 

[Gladiators]

Can we pray for rain? And not make this Shadab error again?

 

[Invincible Gujjar]

Oh Yaar this is getting frustrated now

 

[saeedhk]

Pakistan should always bowl first no matter the conditions.

By bowling first, Pakistan has already lost the match.

 

[Usman Chadda]

I respect your opinion. But Pakistan has to shred off the term " unpredictable" and " inconsistent" to be that force in reckoning. They are now at par with WI,BD,SRL in mid tier level in ODIs. One or two wins here and there shall raise question in mind. I am not taking away any credit from Pakistan and it shouldn't be, was just saying, random thinking

Bangladesh and Sri Lanka do not have the capability to compete with the likes of England.

 

[ExpressPacer]

I think fans on here are panicking a little too much for no reason. Sure, the conditions were overcast but certainly not bowling friendly. The ball hardly swung for the first over. Let's not forget we're playing this game in England. The UK has been notorious for its flat roads.

Yeah, we've seen small scores but that's not because of the pitches being bowler friendly, rather the pressures of playing in a WC. I think we need to relax. As long as we can contain them and prevent them from crossing 300, the match is in our hands.

Just need to make sure Riaz or Shaheen dont bowl short needlessly.

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

Amir really didn't trouble them much, didn't attack the stumps enough.

Agreed. He is getting over-praised simply because he didn't give lot of boundaries, but he was bowling too wide.