Australia v Pakistan | 1st Test | Brisbane | Dec 15-19, 2016 | Day 1

[Saeed]

Omg runrate is already over 5.

 

[Zeshan547]

Make them play the damn thing,

 

[Speedster777]

Poor bowling by Rahat as expected wayward

 

[Snatch]

Warner relies on luck more than most batsmen around. Any score above 50, you can guarantee will include a couple of french cuts, balls skied into the outfield or snicks wide of the slips.

Very rare Warner plays a chanceless innings like a Root and Williamson often do.

 

[Saeed]

Rahat doesn't even look threatening. As usual we will have to depend on Amir and Yasir.

 

[MMHS]

Already I can see that bounce has gone into Rahat's head.

 

[Statsman]

Surprised to see that Asad Shafique and Azhar Ali have played almost as many matches as David Warner and more than Steve Smith.

 

[jeetu]

Australia 8/0 (2.0 ov)
Matt Renshaw (lhb) 4 (6)
David Warner (lhb) 4 (6)

Mohammad Amir (lf) 1.0 0 4 0
Rahat Ali (lfm) 1.0 0 4 0

 

[Justcrazy]

Again pakistan leaking runs

 

[Zeshan547]

Plus bowl on the off stump nor to wide nor on the leg side. Plz

 

[Saeed]

3rd , this time on the leg side.

 

[Waqarkhan]

I never liked rahat he is not even average bowler

 

[Justcrazy]

Already I can see that bounce has gone into Rahat's head.

He has played so many test matches , if he cannot adapt himself , no doubt its his own fault.

 

[Shafi]

Warner will murder our bowlers!!!

 

[Snatch]

Pakistan seamers won't get the assistance they got in New Zealand, there's no green on this wicket at all. Looks like a day 3 pitch that's had plenty of sun of it but without the wear.

Cricket pitches in Australia suck these days.

 

[Abdullah]

filthy first over from rahat

 

[ahmedwaqas92]

3 overs 12 runs....

1 bad ball
1 edged through gully
1 played on the up !!!!

 

[Zeshan547]

Short and wide and zero swing, rahat at his best.

 

[Swaraj!!]

Haven't hit the right length yet. Either too full or short mostly.

 

[Saeed]

Rahat is still bowling way off the stumps. Bowl close to the batsman and make them play.

 

[Third Man]

This should be the last series for Rahat. He's gonna get a phainty of his life here.

 

[Justcrazy]

Both batsmen dealing in boundaries here

 

[m.shah]

Rahat toothless ali

 

[Saeed]

Wide and smashed for .

 

[ahmedwaqas92]

Rahat needs to come close to the stumps

 

[QalandarFan]

They keep on hitting us for a boundary an over!

This is getting worrying!

 

[Justcrazy]

Rahat is still bowling way off the stumps. Bowl close to the batsman and make them play.

This is really stupidity , wasting the new ball again !

 

[Saeed]

Get Rahat off, he isn't going to get a wicket with this kind of bowling.

 

[ahmedwaqas92]

Why is he landing so much away from the stumps !!!!!

 

[Hawkeye]

So as expected.

WE'RE WASTING THE SWING!!! Amir not bowling the right line either.

 

[QalandarFan]

Why is Rahat bowling soooo wide!

 

[Red Devil]

Very unlucky to lose the toss here.

 

[Itachi]

Why people getting so angry about a four in a test match?

 

[Snatch]

This is really stupidity , wasting the new ball again !

Where do you expect them to land it? If they ball too straight and get worked off the pads, you'll probably complain. If they're too wide of off-stump, you'll say they're wasting it.

Look at the surface and the batsman, the margin of error is tiny.

 

[lahoriyah1234]

Man i m off to bed now. It's going to be a long day for us.

 

[QalandarFan]

Amir bowling a tighter line.

 

[yasir]

Wicket is pretty good for batting, no grass, very little swing. Good toss to win for Australia

 

[Third Man]

Amir looks in good rythm..

 

[Waqarkhan]

I can't wait for asif to to make a comeback we need a seam bowler who can seam both ways this is just easy picking for Australia

 

[Abdullah]

Why people getting so angry about a four in a test match?

people just comparing how long it will take us to get to 16!

 

[QalandarFan]

Oh good bowling here from Amir that last bowl was 142.5 Km/h

 

[Saeed]

We still have Wahab Riaz to make things interesting.

 

[QalandarFan]

Yaar, need to control the flow of runs. So far 5 overs 5 boundaries RR - 4

 

[Swaraj!!]

On the plus side .... no dropped catches yet ??

Oz motoring along with a boundary ball every over .....

 

[Justcrazy]

20 after 4 overs , great start.

 

[DRsohail]

amir pace is up...

 

[ahmedwaqas92]

Uncle Gandalf needs to do something here.....If things keep on going how they are we'll be seeing 150 runs in the first session

 

[lahoriyah1234]

Come on Aussies. Even NZL had more guts than u guys. They made green mambas and you prepared road...

 

[Bilal7]

Amir looking good. Should be a handful in the third session.

 

[tahir_dj]

whoes showing it in uK?

 

[Saeed]

No four this time.

 

[Junaids]

Pink ball Cricket without a greentop ain't great!

 

[lahoriyah1234]

I would actually get Yasir ON now, because later on he will be ineffective under lights best to use him now.

 

[badsha001]

whoes showing it in uK?

BT sports

 

[Junaids]

You really need Asif strangling the scoring at one end.

 

[Rayyman]

Need a wicket here.

 

[MMHS]

May be I am wrong, but PAK's UAE strategy had been to restrict scoring with new ball, take the shine off & bring the spinner - each & every bowler is groomed in that mantra - keep short of length, just a bit wide out side off, don't get driven on front foot & try not to concede boundary - after 10-12 overs Ajmal/Rehman/Yasir/Babar/MoHa will do the job till 60 overs - then reverse swing will come in to play. I don't think in 6 overs, I have seen probably 2, max 3 balls that forced batsman to play at it, may be couple more.

 

[Saeed]

Good bowling from Amir so far, too bad Rahat releases sll the pressure with his wide balls.

 

[Bilal7]

Should look to bring Riaz on early.

 

[kingusama92]

Amir bowling well, Rahat not so much.

 

[Red Devil]

Seems like we'll have to rely heavily on Yasir again.

 

[Justcrazy]

24 / 0

7 overs

 

[Rayyman]

Sami sleeping at square leg.

 

[MMHS]

You really need Asif strangling the scoring at one end.

Asif will go at 8/over after first 4/5 overs on this compact, hard wicket with true bounce & little grass.

 

[Saeed]

Looks Rahat's long hair are blocking his vision, he should get a haircut because he has no idea where he is pitching the ball.

 

[Syed1]

First meaningful bowl by Rahat

 

[Syed1]

That was streaky by Warner

 

[Rayyman]

First meaningful bowl by Rahat

His first over was trash, but he's been a bit better since then.

 

[kingusama92]

Main problem with Rahat is he's not bowling with a plan. Just going through the motions looking for swing.

 

[Bilal7]

Bring Riaz on, he can get Renshaw with his extra bounce and pace.

 

[lahoriyah1234]

Why is Rahat playing. Where is Sher Khan...

 

[Shawaiz]

Renshaw looks so odd while batting

 

[Rayyman]

Should look to bring Riaz on early.

Riaz should have the shortest spells. Maybe should come out after 14-15 overs. Too bad Misbah will get anxious and won't do that.

 

[MMHS]

Wahab is a good pick actually - this is not a green top to keep the pink ball in shape. Probably, he is the best bet with extra pace.

 

[Suleiman]

Seems like Amir is finally using the full extent of the crease rather than bowling from a foot behind, so his pace is up as well.

Really needed a right armer... not named Sohail Khan.

 

[qaiser]

I don't understand concept of playing 3 left arm pacers. I don't remember it ever worked and always the one right arm pacer had more success than two left arm pacers whenever they had one right arm pacer in the line up

 

[Justcrazy]

Pathetic bowling so far.

 

[Rayyman]

48% humidity is humid for Australians. Desert boys.

 

[lahoriyah1234]

I don't understand concept of playing 3 left arm pacers. I don't remember it ever worked and always the one right arm pacer had more success than two left arm pacers whenever they had one right arm pacer in the line up

If sher was not fit then should have played Imran here, i like his attitude decent bowler.

 

[Rayyman]

10 minutes and I'm out.