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Australia v Pakistan | 2nd Test | Melbourne | Dec 26-30, 2016 | Day 2

I think Pakistan has scored more half centuries and centuries than they managed in the last couple of tours.
 
Like the look of Jackson Bird. Very tight and nice lines. Only bowls at 132k.

Gives me hope Sohail Khan can deliver.
 
still not completely out of the woods, but a very strong foundation.
 
Third Man said:
Soor does mean red but do they call him that? He isn't red.
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In Pakistan when you have a VERY fair complexion you are sometimes called red or "laal shakal hai iski"... maybe that is why that nick came from
 
Archer said:
Not really, the ball was getting hard to grip and it was getting easier to bat which would have meant that the new ball would have been wasted. In my opinion, Aussies acted smartly
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who says? did you speak to one of the players?
 
We had a Niazi friend in school who was so fair it seemed like he was Caucasian. We used to call him Pinky LOL :afridi


Maybe Pinky might be a good nick for Yasir
 
I know it sounds ruthless, but Smith should have considered resting lyon and bringing in chadd sayers. should have been using part time spin here.
 
after one good session: definitley 800 on the cards here and aussies out for 15.
 
Love the coverage on BT sport. So much more interesting compared to Skys coverage, honestly!
 
[MENTION=57506]hadi123[/MENTION] and [MENTION=142227]Archer[/MENTION]

I got Amir confused with Irfan. Fortunately, Amir can bat:yk.
 
With better batting approach we can put up close to 400 here. We need another 100 partnership from these 2.

Tail better wag here. We need contributions from them.

There is a strong case, Babar should at no.6 and let Asad bat no.3.
 
We should wait until the sky is perfectly blue and sun is out. Otherwise we might get out to the new ball under clouds. :smith
 
These Aussies are clear cut Cheaters !! What a bunch of Whinging individuals !!
 
I am not impressed by Gould's umpiring this series, second time he gave unfair advantage to Australians. Whenever it's time for Pakistan to milk situation, he stops the play 👺👺👺

This is like going back to old days of cricket before neutral umpires, why the hell play was stopped, so that Pakistan cannot add another 20/30 runs?? 🤐🤐🤐
 
Aussies. ICC and BCCI. These 3 bodies have destroyed Cricket. India is too scared to play Pakistan at home. Knowing they dont want to be embarrassed by US. And now you have incompetent umpires running the most precious format of the game.
 
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lahoriyah1234 said:
Aussies. ICC and BCCI. These 3 bodies have destroyed Cricket. India is too scared to play Pakistan at home. Knowing they dont want to be embarrassed by US. And now you have incompetent umpires running the most precious format of the game.
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The Guy has no sense of Professionalism at all. For all the flak Dharmasena and Aleem Dar get, those two blokes are as professional as they come !!
 
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lahoriyah1234 said:
Aussies. ICC and BCCI. These 3 bodies have destroyed Cricket. India is too scared to play Pakistan at home. Knowing they dont want to be embarrassed by US. And now you have incompetent umpires running the most precious format of the game.
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In other news I was listening in to Game on hai before the match and they had "inside" news that Kamraan Akmal is not going to be in the ODI side. Muhammad Irfan is making a come back and it is a toss up between Junaid Khan or Sohail Tanvir. The team management wants Tanvir but the selectors want Junaid. Let's see who wins and let's see how accurate this bit of news is.
 
The forecast says that rain should ease off by around 3 or 4 PM. I think we will have around 2 more hours of playing time today.
 
Syed1 said:
In other news I was listening in to Game on hai before the match and they had "inside" news that Kamraan Akmal is not going to be in the ODI side. Muhammad Irfan is making a come back and it is a toss up between Junaid Khan or Sohail Tanvir. The team management wants Tanvir but the selectors want Junaid. Let's see who wins and let's see how accurate this bit of news is.
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Kamran is on TV every week lobbying for his selection.

Today or yesterday he said I won't keep anymore in the ongoing one day cup because I want to play as a specialist batsman.

Imagine Kami fielding :facepalm:
 
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Syed1 said:
In other news I was listening in to Game on hai before the match and they had "inside" news that Kamraan Akmal is not going to be in the ODI side. Muhammad Irfan is making a come back and it is a toss up between Junaid Khan or Sohail Tanvir. The team management wants Tanvir but the selectors want Junaid. Let's see who wins and let's see how accurate this bit of news is.
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Not Irfan again :facepalm:

I think Junaid deserves a chance again considering his recent performances, but not Tanvir.
 
Sarfarazian92 said:
Kamran is on TV every week lobbying for his selection.

Today or yesterday he said I won't keep anymore in the ongoing one day cup because I want to play as a specialist batsman.

Imagine Kami fielding :facepalm:
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Oh bhai what are you talking about, we had experienced PP experts and tajziya-nigaar claiming it as a good decision when the news was first floated of Kami's return.
 
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Syed1 said:
In other news I was listening in to Game on hai before the match and they had "inside" news that Kamraan Akmal is not going to be in the ODI side. Muhammad Irfan is making a come back and it is a toss up between Junaid Khan or Sohail Tanvir. The team management wants Tanvir but the selectors want Junaid. Let's see who wins and let's see how accurate this bit of news is.
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sohail tanvir..ooh my God!
 
it is impressive that Azhar has scored 22 off 30 balls from stark with only one four but that is because of the slow outfield perhaps.
 
DRsohail said:
sohail tanvir..ooh my God!
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Dr Nauman (host of Game on hai) said that the only reason team management (read Azhar Ali) was rooting for Tanvir was because of his dislike for Junaid.


Don't know if that is masala news or not, but Azhar did drop Junaid from his Pentangular Cup side after a game or two and played some unknown youngster.
 
desirous of desire said:
it is impressive that Azhar has scored 22 off 30 balls from stark with only one four but that is because of the slow outfield perhaps.
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We would have easily been 20-30 runs more had the outfield been international standard. Just look at the number of threes being scored.
 
In OD you cannot afford to have more than one tail ender .

You need bowlers who can bat a bit

Irfan / Aamir / Wahab that is it.
 
Justcrazy said:
In OD you cannot afford to have more than one tail ender .

You need bowlers who can bat a bit

Irfan / Aamir / Wahab that is it.
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The thing with Irfan is you get the most out of him from his first six overs and that it. He won't bowl well in his second spell, would cost 10-20 runs in the field and if gets a chance to bat will flop on the first ball.

HUGE LIABILITY

Besides he is on the wrong side of 35, till when are we going to play him? He might not even be able to participate in the CT next year, then what is the use of selecting him?

Horrible horrible decision, but quite typical of Inzi
 
I wonder how much of these minor rain delays are solely to protect Auses new ball?? - conditions are not that bad, umpires has been too sensitive just because Auses are near new ball 👺👺👺

Imagine if Pakistan was 6 down, bet you 30 /45 mins of play would have happened since the stoppage. This is what we call corruption of riches 👹👹👹
 
Doubt we'll get a result in this game

Unless someone gets bowled out cheaply
 
Justcrazy said:
Irfan would be good choice in OD , he usually strikes with new ball
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Should only play odi

For t20i, he's a liability with bat and fielding

That being said
Since 2013, he's not done anything special in any format

So I'd rather see someone like ehsan adil who could have more of a future
 
Syed1 said:
Oh bhai what are you talking about, we had experienced PP experts and tajziya-nigaar claiming it as a good decision when the news was first floated of Kami's return.
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lol

I have seen people here, who are very strict on fitness, ignore Kami's body fat very conveniently
 
Anyone in melbourne? All the weather forecasts claim its not raining right now. Whats the situation?
 
Syed1 said:
The thing with Irfan is you get the most out of him from his first six overs and that it. He won't bowl well in his second spell, would cost 10-20 runs in the field and if gets a chance to bat will flop on the first ball.

HUGE LIABILITY

Besides he is on the wrong side of 35, till when are we going to play him? He might not even be able to participate in the CT next year, then what is the use of selecting him?

Horrible horrible decision, but quite typical of Inzi
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I would always pick irfan for Australia 🇦🇺 if he can bowl 7/8 overs, nothing wrong with that. Tanvir is not exactly young, not Junaid has done anything special, maybe I have not seen Junaid recently. With Irfan, performance was never an issue, it was fitness, whatever we can get out of him, we have to get it now. Aussie ODI team is beast, throwing Irfan and Amir at top is not bad strategy for this series, this is best possible way to stop Warner, Finch and Smith, obviously if Irfan is fit. If he is not fit, who will be taking the hit?? - Inzi, I guess he should.
 
yasir said:
I wonder how much of these minor rain delays are solely to protect Auses new ball?? - conditions are not that bad, umpires has been too sensitive just because Auses are near new ball 👺👺👺

Imagine if Pakistan was 6 down, bet you 30 /45 mins of play would have happened since the stoppage. This is what we call corruption of riches 👹👹👹
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A lot of decisions by the umpires here conveniently seem to help Aussies
 
Nothing more frustrating than constant rain interruptions during a good match. :jordan
 
The forecast I see has rain till 3pm local time, then clear after that.
 
Looks like it will be a draw, don't think there is enough time left to get a result.
 
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