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Australia v Pakistan | 3rd ODI | Perth | Jan 19, 2017 | Australia Innings

As usually happens, Handscomb playing a very valuable innings after we let him go a couple of times . .
 
Game drifting away now. This was surely a 300 wicket and we should have achieved it. Surely short by 30 -40 runs here
 
Aus playing smart going after spinners unlike us gifting 2 wickets to a lousy part timer
 
Game drifting away now. This was surely a 300 wicket and we should have achieved it. Surely short by 30 -40 runs here

yup..needed some of our more experienced players to get us to that mark..but alas..the story continues..
 
Game drifting away now. This was surely a 300 wicket and we should have achieved it. Surely short by 30 -40 runs here
or could have taken our chances and reviewed our appeals and ofcource noballs
 
99.99 australia and 0.01 pak now?

Well, Australia will have to play AS POORLY as Pakistan did in the last 15 overs from here for Pakistan to have any chance . . I don't see that happening.
 
Well, Australia will have to play AS POORLY as Pakistan did in the last 15 overs from here for Pakistan to have any chance . . I don't see that happening.

Its game over barring a miracle.
 
Imad Wasim c Head b Cummins 9(13)
Mohammad Rizwan† not out 14(19)

23 runs off 31 balls will be the difference in the end..
 
Imad Wasim has been the difference so far in this game. If he had bowled with better control like previous 2 ODIs we would be in much better shape.
 
Imad Wasim c Head b Cummins 9(13)
Mohammad Rizwan† not out 14(19)

23 runs off 31 balls will be the difference in the end..

How about not bowling no balls and not dropping catches . . could also be the different eh?
 
Imad Wasim c Head b Cummins 9(13)
Mohammad Rizwan† not out 14(19)

23 runs off 31 balls will be the difference in the end..

63 runs were scored in 63 deliveries in the partnership between malik and babar and by default the next partnership should have gone at the equal rate if not brisk but the next partnership came at 5 runs per ove rin 12 overs. Pakistan lost all its momentum in these overs where babar azam was trying to get quick runs whereas akmal on the other end hell bent on sucking some.
 
Pakistan have already punched above their weight by winning one odi against Australia. Should be counted as an achievement.
 
Hafeez missing a trick, letting the game drift away ... needs to bring both Amir & Junaid on else it's game over.
 
It's so painful to see this nothing of a batsman scoring 50 when he shd hv been out duck.
 
Time to get rid of Inzamam for selecting squad without base on variation or understanding. How can he select Shafiq, Rahat, Nawaz, Rizwan without understanding their limitation
 
Junaid Khan should be thrown out after this game, as a deterrent to other bowlers to watch their no-balls.

It doesn't matter how well a bowler bowls, if he bowls a no-ball at a crucial point in the game which ultimately costs Pakistan the match, he should be mercilessly removed from the team. This will send a clear message to all the bowlers:

No more no-balls!!!
 
I think our selectors are happy to be on rank 8 or even 9. Unless we get brave, intelligent and honest selectors we will be stay on that ranking
 
Time to get rid of Inzamam for selecting squad without base on variation or understanding. How can he select Shafiq, Rahat, Nawaz, Rizwan without understanding their limitation

I nvr rated him as a captain let alone a chief selector. The guy doesn't hv much cricketing acumen. He was only good at batting probably our best but never a good mind.
 
How babat bat today.. it seems he was batting to achieve 1k runs.. too slow for batsman like him to play 100balls and score 84. He should have been around 110 on this road.
 
Where are those that were comparing Misbah to Smith in the last game?lol can't find them...
 
Imad should bowl a lot quicker and pitch it up, pitching it very short and the bounce of the pitch is giving the ball a good carry apart from other pitches which will give him a very low bounce.. Inexperience is speaking at the moment...
 
How babat bat today.. it seems he was batting to achieve 1k runs.. too slow for batsman like him to play 100balls and score 84. He should have been around 110 on this road.

his SR of 84 for a number 3 is ok.. the problem was no.6,7 and 8 SR are less than 80 and 70
 
stop giving the ball to imad, he is getting hammered... Bowl all pacers now and finish their 10 atleast look for an outside chance..
 
Well, you basically don't deserve to win if you can't even score 100 runs in the last 20 overs. Pakistan's lower order batting was rubbish today.
 
Pakistan have been decimated here....

I'm sorry about this but it's just a pet hate of mine.

Decimated doesn't mean what people think it does.

Correctly speaking, to decimate a batting lineup means you took one wicket.
 
I'm sorry about this but it's just a pet hate of mine.

Decimated doesn't mean what people think it does.

Correctly speaking, to decimate a batting lineup means you took one wicket.

I suppose you are right.
 
his SR of 84 for a number 3 is ok.. the problem was no.6,7 and 8 SR are less than 80 and 70

yes, i didnt saw the match so I am not in position to comment on his batting.. but truly 100 in 20overs was abysmal. but we cannot justify babar's batting with others fault. we cant be relative in batting and compare #3 and #6,7 and 8. Also babar is known to be strokemaker. which doesnt seem to be the case here. is he in too much pressure to score or is he finding his feet. dont know. I am critical of babar because in the start with sharjeel he was slow too.
 
toothless bowling is costing PAK the match

It's not the bowling its the batting, we reached 200 in 39 overs, we were set for atleast 280-300, very poor from the batsmen and tail.. no impetus whatsoever
 
It's not the bowling its the batting, we reached 200 in 39 overs, we were set for atleast 280-300, very poor from the batsmen and tail.. no impetus whatsoever

280-300 appears to be bare minimum batting first on this wicket
 
Couple of batsman have made a permanent spot, only weak thing now is the lower order hitting. Need to bring in two lower order hitters in the next tour for ODI's, can't go wrong without trying at least.
 
Poor batting by the middle and lower order. Poor fielding at point. Average bowling.

Same old story. Pakistan are still collectively not smart enough and they're not good enough.

Hafeez gives his wicket away early on in every innings, Sharjeel is a good striker of the ball but he looks the most brainless power hitter in the world (unaware of every match and ball-by-ball situation), Shafiq has learned nothing in ODI cricket despite a promising technique, Umar Akmal has learned nothing since his first ever appearance, Rizwan is clearly a very limited talent and offers nothing with the bat while Imad continuously gets out right when he tries to push the scoring rate. He wants to hit big but by inlarge he can't pull it off.

Basically our best bet is to coach Sharjeel to defend and maintain his wicket at certain times. We need him to convert his good knocks into big scores. Everything else will stay flawed with the poverty of our set up.
 
On this track 300+ is a good total batting first..
We set it up nicely, but failed to capitalise in the last 10 overs.
I did think 260 would be enough but clearly it was not, Australia just cruised to the target easily even after a decent first spell of bowling..

We were 30-40 runs short! Maybe it would've been a different story if we took the catch, or the wicket dint fall on a no-ball..
Anyways it was a textbook chase by Australia.

Need hitters of the ball if we are planning to pace our innings like today (keep 100 runs for last 10 overs), if not all the batsmen need to convert the singles to doubles & up the aggression.

Also captaincy today by Hafeez was poor! Field placement was below average, he bowled Amir 7 overs at the start (yes, i know Amir did well) but amir was needed to break partnerships, we just let the spinners bowl & relax as Australia scored easy runs.
 
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