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David Warner 151* as Australia pile on 312/1 at Stumps on Day 2 against Pakistan at the Gabba

Wasn't Imran meant to be the 'work horse'? He's bowled a grand total of 12 overs, while Nasim and Shaheen have bowled 16 and 18 respectively.
 
Australia should bat out for 80 overs tomorrow, give Pakistan a few overs before the close and get them 1 or 2 down..

Finish it in the 4th day.
 
Pakistans fast bowling is experienced , 10 odd test matches between them. Pakistans batting should have at least scored 350 on this phatta.
 
Cuts_and_cuts_hard said:
India usually atleast manage to put runs on the board and draw a few games and win a game somewhere. They are many levels above us in Australian conditions even if you ignore the series Warner and smith didn't play. This will be our 5th whitewash in a row. Embarrassing stuff, can't even get a draw on these patta wickets.
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The 90s team did have their chances but i would say india have a better record than us in australia, but we have a better record in england tnan india.
 
Quite possibly one of the most disheartening days of Test cricket in a decade or so. At no point of time did we seem to be an international class team.

Our workhorse bowls less overs than two teenage quicks. Sums up the day for us.
 
Australia should rest Warner, Smith, Starc, Cummings, Hazal, Burn etc next match and give opportunity to some promising new emerging players. Even that team can outsmart our timid players.
 
I don't think ANY of our bowlers have hit their lengths CONSISTENTLY enough.

Imran being the poorest of the 3. And it sums up his day that when he did bowl a good bowl it kissed the bails without dislodging them.

Starc and Cummins will show the right lengths on this pitch. Even they failed in the 1st session but they quickly realized what the right lengths were in the 2nd session and before the new ball. Either Pakistan hasn't realized the right lengths in 3 sessions or they are not CONSISTENT ENOUGH.

I think its a mixture of the two.
 
Huge inns defeat incoming as i mentioned at close of play yesterday.
 
shah_1 said:
Proper humilation
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Don't worry Imran Khan will pick a 5fer tomorrow and will show you how to bowl with the new ball. He is a new ball bowler now and that's why Misbah picked him. Not sure why Misbah changed his mind and did not use him with the second new ball right away.
 
Day 2: Australia lead by 72 runs with 9 wickets remaining in the innings

That is stumps , Australia in complete dominance.
 
Dr_Bassim said:
I don't think ANY of our bowlers have hit their lengths CONSISTENTLY enough.

Imran being the poorest of the 3. And it sums up his day that when he did bowl a good bowl it kissed the bails without dislodging them.

Starc and Cummins will show the right lengths on this pitch. Even they failed in the 1st session but they quickly realized what the right lengths were in the 2nd session and before the new ball. Either Pakistan hasn't realized the right lengths in 3 sessions or they are not CONSISTENT ENOUGH.

I think its a mixture of the two.
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It's the story of Pakistan bowlers in Australia from the beginning of time.
 
I never get too fussed about test cricket, if we win, great but if we lose, no big deal!

I only get angry when we play rubbish in world cups!
 
I still can't wrap my head around as how Misbah and Azhar managed to score 350+ in the last day of test match against Sri Lanka in that famous win.
 
Looking at how badly we're going to lose, at least I won't have to wake up at 3 in the morning tomorrow lol
 
Relic said:
Then why do you keep on watching the matches?
Don't you get tired of constantly ranting?
If you have a problem with the team then just DON'T watch the match
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Its ok - this is normal - best is to not respond if you dont like such posts.
 
Minnow level performance. No consistency in bowling..misfields and low energy.they just gave up after 40 overs
 
Pakistan fans have so much of optimism and energy and enthusiasm.. their team not so much. Sad to see
 
ARK Rafay said:
I still can't wrap my head around as how Misbah and Azhar managed to score 350+ in the last day of test match against Sri Lanka in that famous win.
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Had more to do with Mathews completely botching up that test and also the real impetus given in that innings was by Sarfaraz who scored a quickfire 48 to get the ball rolling.
 
Dr_Bassim said:
I don't think ANY of our bowlers have hit their lengths CONSISTENTLY enough.

Imran being the poorest of the 3. And it sums up his day that when he did bowl a good bowl it kissed the bails without dislodging them.

Starc and Cummins will show the right lengths on this pitch. Even they failed in the 1st session but they quickly realized what the right lengths were in the 2nd session and before the new ball. Either Pakistan hasn't realized the right lengths in 3 sessions or they are not CONSISTENT ENOUGH.

I think its a mixture of the two.
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Not quite sure if Waqar is that technical or not when it comes to coaching in general. Surely he would know by now what the lengths are to bowl on this wicket after especially watching the Aussie bowlers after their first session on day one and how quick they adjusted after lunch.

Pakistan's bowlers look lackluster as to seems to be no plans nothing when it comes to bowling just look to be ambling in and just looking to bowl and go through the motions most of the times.

It really is a sad state to see this and a major concern too as Pakistan's attack has majorly looked toothless.
 
Yasir Shah quotes

"The wicket doesnt have the moisture it had on the first day but we didnt use the new ball that well, which allowed the batsmen to get set"

"I wasnt getting that much support from the wicket and the ball wasnt breaking that much but there was bounce"

["Our bowlers have bowled well with 2nd new ball and its our hope that we will bowl better tomorrow morning"

"I tried bowling with different speeds and have bowled with variation today but they have played [me] very well"

"This is the 2nd day of the Test match and the spinners are not getting that much support"

"The idea is to bowl at one spot and then get a wicket with the bounce and that is what I tried but wasnt that successful because the ball wasnt breaking that much, so we will try and bowl well tomorrow morning"
 
An optimist would say:
Australia will get a lead of around 200-250 and Pakistan will then make 400-450 with Babar scoring a double and then pakistan bowling out Australia for less than 200.

A realist would say:
Australia will try to bat fast tomorrow and gain a lead of around 250-300 and will bowl out Pakistan for less than 200 and win by an innings

The latter is the more likely option
 
David Warner has returned to the familiar conditions of home in hauntingly familiar style, blazing his 22nd Test century on day two of the Domain Test Series opener against Pakistan at the Gabba.

Warner, who endured a tortured Ashes campaign in which he collected just 95 runs at 9.50, had a dramatic reprieve on 56 when he edged behind from 16-year-old quick Naseem Shah, only for the third umpire to rule the delivery a no-ball.

A wait of almost two years for a Test hundred was then delayed by an extra 20 minutes when was forced to go to tea on 99; after pushing a single through point from the final ball before the interval, he appeared tempted to scamper a second run before wisely opting against chancing his arm.

He then patiently played out a total of nine dot balls after the resumption, including a maiden from Shaheen Afridi, but eventually celebrated three figures with his trademark leap, the first time it has been seen in the five-day format since the Boxing Day Test against England in 2017.

The opener was visibly emotional as he accepted the warm applause from the crowd, kissing the badge on his helmet and raising his bat to his teammates.

Warner's 18-innings stretch without a Test century is the longest of his career since a 23-innings sequence across 2012-13.

Sixteen of Warner's 22 Test hundreds have come in Australia.

It is the fourth time in Warner’s career that he has scored a Test century after being dismissed off a no ball. He also took full advantage of a front-foot reprieve against India in Adelaide six years ago, against Pakistan at the MCG in 2016 and during that Ashes hundred on Boxing Day two years ago.

The innings on Friday was Warner's fourth Test hundred at the Gabba and his second in first-class cricket at the venue already this summer. It was littered with sumptuous drives through the cover region, while he busily picked up ones and twos as he and opening partner Joe Burns ran the Pakistan fielders ragged.

The visitors initially failed to follow the Stuart Broad blueprint of attacking the left-hander from round the wicket, and that decision allowed Warner to make a solid start to his innings. When Imran Khan switched to round the wicket with the batsman on 11, he promptly cover drove him for four.

There was little respite for Pakistan from there. Warner celebrated his half-century shortly before lunch as he capitalised on some ill-disciplined bowling, and after the interval, he patiently worked the leg-spin of Yasir Shah into the gaps as three figures appeared increasingly inevitable.

There was a surprising scare for the 33-year-old when on 93, as Yasir's direct-hit throw from the outfield almost caught him narrowly short, however he was found to be safe after a lengthy third umpire review.

With 22 Test hundreds, Warner moves ahead of Neil Harvey and David Boon into outright 10th position on Australia's century list – one short of national coach Justin Langer, who was enthused by the prospect of his superstar opener returning to these shores in the build-up to this Brisbane Test.

"He loves batting in Australia … we are looking forward to him having a great summer," Langer said.

"When he simplifies the game, stays still and watches the ball, keeps his mind clear, we know there's no more destructive player in the world, probably."

Statistically at least, Pakistan are comfortably Warner's favourite Test opponent: from 10 innings he averages more than 76 and strikes at better than 85, while in his past four trips to the middle against them, he has made three hundreds and a fifty.

https://www.cricket.com.au/news/dav...stan-first-test-ashes-stuart-broad/2019-11-22
 
Australa tour is always the biggest torture for us fans everything that can go wrong goes wrong and we get humiliated in each test in a new manner
 
Team management deserves everything it gets on this tour.

You appoint a captain that doesn't merit a starting XI place.

You play a middle-order batsman (Haris Sohail) in an unsuited format (T20s) where he fails, ruining his confidence and technique for red ball cricket.

You randomly pick Imran Khan out of nowhere despite a mediocre FC season, and a disasterous showing on the previous tour.

You persist with Yasir Shah who averages over 90 in the Southern Hemisphere and still sideline Zafar Gohar who is one of the leading wickettakers in QEA Trophy on dead wickets.

In a desperate Hail Mary attempt to save face, you debut a 17 year old rookie Nasim Shah with barely any FC experience, who's just lost his mother days before the Test, at arguably the toughest venue for touring teams in the world against one of the best teams in the world. That when you already have inexperienced Shaheen in the XI, and when you had more sessoned alternatives like Sameen Gul you chose to ignore.

Pathetic decisions all round getting the results it deserves.
 
Pakistan requirement a miracle to come back from this point.


Clinical performance by Aussie openers. Pakistan must try to learn something at least :yk

Phainta Glore! 😂
 
Markhor said:
Team management deserves everything it gets on this tour.

You appoint a captain that doesn't merit a starting XI place.

You play a middle-order batsman (Haris Sohail) in an unsuited format (T20s) where he fails, ruining his confidence and technique for red ball cricket.

You randomly pick Imran Khan out of nowhere despite a mediocre FC season, and a disasterous showing on the previous tour.

You persist with Yasir Shah who averages over 90 in the Southern Hemisphere and still sideline Zafar Gohar who is one of the leading wickettakers in QEA Trophy on dead wickets.

In a desperate Hail Mary attempt to save face, you debut a 17 year old rookie Nasim Shah with barely any FC experience, who's just lost his mother days before the Test, at arguably the toughest venue for touring teams in the world against one of the best teams in the world. That when you already have inexperienced Shaheen in the XI, and when you had more sessoned alternatives like Sameen Gul you chose to ignore.

Pathetic decisions all round getting the results it deserves.
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Spot on. PCB and Management deserve this humiliation.
 
topspin said:
Spot on. PCB and Management deserve this humiliation.
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You actually think the management give a duck?

They're making money they don't care about anything else

The real losers here are the fans who wanted 8 hours of their lives each day for 5 days straight just to watch their team get humiliated

If someone actually thinks the management cares, you're delusional
 
For those of us who pointed out bowling two teenagers without having Abbas to back them up, and only having one spinner who must continuously bowl 30 overs a day in his career just wasn't going to work.

In yesterday's thread, I labeled it "suicide", quote me on that.

This is just what Pakistan have committed and done so playing to the gallery...it's that term again. I said almost from the beginning of Misbah's term as coach that he was/is playing to the gallery.

"You want phaaaast bowlers yaar?"

"YOu want teeeenagers yaar?"

"Two spinners in Australia? Noway, is land of fast bowlers yaaaar"

Look what happened. Those of us who know the game a little warned you.
 
barah_admi said:
For those of us who pointed out bowling two teenagers without having Abbas to back them up, and only having one spinner who must continuously bowl 30 overs a day in his career just wasn't going to work.

In yesterday's thread, I labeled it "suicide", quote me on that.

This is just what Pakistan have committed and done so playing to the gallery...it's that term again. I said almost from the beginning of Misbah's term as coach that he was/is playing to the gallery.

"You want phaaaast bowlers yaar?"

"YOu want teeeenagers yaar?"

"Two spinners in Australia? Noway, is land of fast bowlers yaaaar"

Look what happened. Those of us who know the game a little warned you.
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Why are you blaiming the teens. Imran Khan Sr was the worst bowler by far. Naseem and Shaheen were forced to bowl the overs Imran should havve bowled due to Imran Khan Sr being incompetent at this level. Abbas should have been in the team ahead of Imran.
 
Danyaalr01 said:
Why are you blaiming the teens. Imran Khan Sr was the worst bowler by far. Naseem and Shaheen were forced to bowl the overs Imran should havve bowled due to Imran Khan Sr being incompetent at this level. Abbas should have been in the team ahead of Imran.
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Exactly.

Why drop your best test-bowler for Imran Khan sr.?

Pathetic selection.
 
Interesting... Naseem was 16 year old as per Andy Roberts tweet in 2016 and 17 year old according to Saj’s tweet in 2018. How come he is still 16?
 
Relic said:
You actually think the management give a duck?

They're making money they don't care about anything else

The real losers here are the fans who wanted 8 hours of their lives each day for 5 days straight just to watch their team get humiliated

If someone actually thinks the management cares, you're delusional
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Oh bhai do you think I've been living under a rock?!

For the record, I am the only poster who has highlighted the fact that Misbah's selfishness and greed has been apparent ever since that Mohali innings, eight years ago. He was playing to save his place in the side rather than pursue the chance to win that Semi.

In the last few years we have seen him delay retiring from test cricket and if he hadn't been for his recent appointment in his current role, he would have still been playing PSL.

As for Waqar, he does care but he's incompetent and a delusional individual. He doesn't have a clue on how to bowl in Australia.
 
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topspin said:
Oh bhai do you think I've been living under a rock?!

For the record, I am the only poster who has highlighted the fact that Misbah's selfishness and greed has been apparent ever since that Mohali innings, eight years ago. He was playing to save his place in the side rather than pursue the chance to win that Semi.

In the last few years we have seen him delay retiring from test cricket and if he hadn't been for his recent appointment in his current role, he would have still been playing PSL.

As for Waqar, he does care but he's incompetent and a delusional individual. He doesn't have a clue on how to bowl in Australia.
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If you know it then there's no point of getting happy about the management getting what they deserved because as I've said they don't care
 
I can see Aussie batting all day tomorrow and getting 650-700 and then pakistan been skittled inside 2 -3 sessions on day 4
 
Relic said:
If you know it then there's no point of getting happy about the management getting what they deserved because as I've said they don't care
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Lol no one is getting happy over it.

My post was a reminder to all the Misbah's loyalists who keep vouching for him despite all the blunders he's making.
 
As a long standing indian supporter of a particular gen - been there felt that what tyou guys are going thru...on our multiple overseas tours in the 80's and 90's....however i still most are juding the teen guys a tad harshly, their bodies will get stronger , they will bowl better.....on the other front-sick of my fellow indian posters laying the boot in and making this a one upmanship slugfest.....am not a regular here but come here to read some good posts and PP is def better than a lot of indian sites...however gloating on someones misfortunes is not our way...we are here to discuss the game we love and cherish....cheers and :salute
 
Naseem did wonderfully well...abbas no doubt should have played but he would have been hammered too
 
GrandMaster said:
Interesting... Naseem was 16 year old as per Andy Roberts tweet in 2016 and 17 year old according to Saj’s tweet in 2018. How come he is still 16?
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Exactly
I thought of posting same.
I think Saj mentioned as 18 in his tweet
 
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How to save this Test match?

So there are still 3 days to go. Australia will most likely bat until tea on day 3, maybe beyond. I recon Pakistan’s best bet is for Australia to enjoy the bowling feast and take as much time out of the game as they can. Pakistan have to survive 2 days. This track is ok, David Warner and burns have showed you can stand and bat as long as you back yourself.

I’m really hoping for one day of rain lol. We are doomed, but let’s believe they will stand and bat 200 overs to save the Test match
 
Hard for many desiz to believe but i am actually sad for Pakistan but i remain hopeful they will manage to rise from this.
 
Danyaalr01 said:
Why are you blaiming the teens. Imran Khan Sr was the worst bowler by far. Naseem and Shaheen were forced to bowl the overs Imran should havve bowled due to Imran Khan Sr being incompetent at this level. Abbas should have been in the team ahead of Imran.
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I didn't blame the teens, I have blamed the selection of a poor/inconsistent/inexperienced bowling unit by chief selector cum coach Misbah Ul Haq. If the think-tank, which seems to be one man at the moment, wants to go for these supposedly very quick young bowlers, then he has to back them up with the right players, i.e. Abbas. He also has to understand Shah can not spend his whole career bowling 30 overs a day, no leggie should be under that level of sustained pressure while there is nothing at the other end. it is also why the chief selector should have picked a second spinner in the team.

Also, the other point I raised was a problem with internet fans and media such as yourself.

There are no such things as fairy tales and anyone with an ounce of cricketing understanding could see that on the dead, hard, roads of Australia (known as cricket pitches apparently), a 16 year old would be ground to dust. In fact, if a teenage bowler was to be picked, it should have been Hasnain. I mentioned that and was told Hasnain was not fit enough to bowl 20 overs a day...Shah only bowled 16 and was the most expensive of the lot.

He is far too young to debut, to debut in tests is madness, to debut in tests in Australia is suicide.
 
why everyone blaming Imran Khan?, no point of raising finger against specific blower.
This is collective failure as an unti, all blowers nowhere close to getting a wicket.
 
australian cricket is just too physical and tough for this pakistani side. india won here though so pakistan have no excuse
 
CrIc_Mystique said:
As a long standing indian supporter of a particular gen - been there felt that what tyou guys are going thru...on our multiple overseas tours in the 80's and 90's....however i still most are juding the teen guys a tad harshly, their bodies will get stronger , they will bowl better.....on the other front-sick of my fellow indian posters laying the boot in and making this a one upmanship slugfest.....am not a regular here but come here to read some good posts and PP is def better than a lot of indian sites...however gloating on someones misfortunes is not our way...we are here to discuss the game we love and cherish....cheers and :salute
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Appreciate it my bro
 
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