ICC World Cup 2023: Australia v Pakistan | Match 18 | Bengaluru | 20 October | Australia Innings

[Nikhil_cric]

sometimes underestimated, 'dimaag' bhi chahiye

True. Also, it's not a high score chasing venue as many think. 335 can easily be a winning score especially against a team like OZ who currently are prone to batting collapses.

 

[imshally81]

Some Recovery?

 

[jnaveen1980]

I sense something is coming. Boundary or wicket.

 

[Sherazkhalid]

They still have Maxwell.

 

[globetrotter]

Today if Aussies scored 500 then it is equivalent to first man landed on moon

 

[RyanRyan10]

Back to back good overs for Pakistan.

 

[Firebat]

2 overs in a row without boundaries!!!!! Im on cloud 9

 

[volcyz]

lol Pakistan bowling first, with one of the most jokable chasing lineups.

 

[kron]

Yeah Bumrah bowled at economy of 8 why they had to switch to a slow pitch for their match in the WC

I admit he is a great bowler but on such pitches everyone gets hit man. Yea lol it is funny. I looked at his record vs aus. On flatter pitches he has averaged 35 plus tbh.

 

[jnaveen1980]

True. Also, it's not a high score chasing venue as many think. 335 can easily be a winning score especially against a team like OZ who currently are prone to batting collapses.

Garbage bowling will be severely punished here.

 

[Devadwal]

Tes

First have one bowler averaging under 25 in tests and odi by the time their career ends then open your big mouth.

Not one single past indian fast bowler averages under 25 in tests or odi. Bumrah and shami are on their way. Not there yet
Their careers are still in progressYes Pakistan

Yes yes your Phhast bowler were great .now get one wickets .lol

 

[Spitfire]

Love the way Warner and Marsh are going about their business here. Tonking the bad balls for boundaries and keeping the score board ticking with plenty of singles in between.

 

[CrIc_Mystique]

Also, dimensions are similar to Karachi if not slightly more, It's the pitch, altitude and outfield that makes it feel smaller.

also narrative, feeling of hard done by, seige mentality, saazish -everything is someone else's fault...
that said am no fan of them BCCI cement heads and wish they did a lot of things differently...but yeah....the narrative dominates...

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Garbage bowling will be severely punished here.

yeah much more so than those slowish decks elsewhere.

 

[adi_62941]

All of them are supremely annoying....and i am indian...i share your pain m8

But i like them. They should enjoy. They worked hard for this time and deserves every bit to enjoy our humiliation.

 

[aukhan]

This is comical stuff from Babar 11.

 

[GLORY OF '92]

Hold your horses, I have a feeling Imam is about pull off something special

Strawberry cake instead of chocolate damn man going big

 

[Firebat]

Gonna be 3 overs without boundaries I can feel it

 

[JattMaula]

Pressure building!

 

[shah_1]

Just replace Zaman Khan with Haris Rauf as Fakhar Zaman is injured

 

[boomboomcheema]

Forget the match just want to see how many Sixes Pakistan will hit in their innings. If they don't hit enough Sixes means they never tried . Australia already at 8 Sixes

 

[AAli98]

Pak not looking interested in this game theyr more interested in ripping Steve smiths shirt of him at the end of the game & then having a cake to celebrate .

 

[Shafi]

Don't think we'll even qualify next World Cup. Pakistan cricket has no future

 

[jnaveen1980]

Marsh is tuk tuking Iftikar's friendly bowling.

 

[Cover Drive Six]

Worth remembering that high pace is useless here unless allied to accuracy here. '96 Waqar half vollies come to mind.

This is the reason why Umesh got thrashed left and right in the IPL on this pitch.

 

[Unbiased-Fan]

Am pretty sure it was in 2019 Wc ind vs pak, happened when pak fielder on boundary dropped hitman....and camera panned to this bald dude...

Warner was drooped by Asif Ali, and that man was standing behind Asif Ali

 

[imshally81]

Just 6 runs in last 4 overs

 

[RyanRyan10]

Chacha and Nawaz bringing Pak back with their tight bowling.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Nice "bowling" action by Chacha

 

[MMHS]

What little I understand is that you can’t contain players like Mitch Marsh - if they stay in middle, they’ll keep bashing. Best way to deal with such players is pin then down at one side & don’t allow them to free arm - eventually they’ll get out. What I see is a spectrum of pie offerings - short or too full, generously either side of the wicket and some full tosses as well.

Long back an WIN opener (Philip Wallace ???) scored 2-3 hundreds at modern T20 rate - took WIN to final of inaugural CT in 1998 at Dhaka. Unfortunately, just after that guy had couple of tours against Australia & SAF - he didn’t cross 15 for next 10/12 innings and got dropped forever. In those games opening pacers didn’t give him a single ball to cut, nothing on back foot to pull and kept him on front foot for entire innings, unless it’s an intended bouncer. Guy got out 3-4 times caught at mid-on, trying to manufacture a pull of a good length ball, dragging from off side.

Not sure, what’s the thought process of Rauf - Shaheen is definitely not at his best, but still got away with 14 in 4, in same game, means it’s definitely not an one way traffic for batsmen out there.

 

[Sherazkhalid]

Why have they slowed down?

 

[Devadwal]

Spinners bowling well now.

 

[CrIc_Mystique]

First have one bowler averaging under 25 in tests and odi by the time their career ends then open your big mouth.

Not one single past indian fast bowler averages under 25 in tests or odi. Bumrah and shami are on their way. Not there yet
Their careers are still in progress.

If individual stats were the only parameter, Sachin, veeru, Rahul would be the batting galacticos from the metaverse.
for all the talk for bowlers averaging <25 and the whole phaast baawler narrative - ever looked at how your blokes fared on the phaast pitches on the southern hemisphere?

 

[Ahmed216]

Just checked Haris Rauf's stats to understand why he's so erratic.
A total of 9 FC games for him

 

[7sins]

Spinners bowling well now.

Too late now damage is done

 

[emranabbas]

Need to decrease the run rate to 6 or under

 

[batandballbattle]

Why have they slowed down?

already tonked enough previously, can just cruise to their centuries now

 

[globetrotter]

Is ODI have follow-on system? If no, why don’t they implement before this match

 

[aukhan]

Why have they slowed down?

They are tired of bashing this school boy attack.

 

[Ali Active]

Nice "bowling" action by Chacha

Bumrah’s action is more suspicious

 

[GLORY OF '92]

Too late now damage is done

Probably 320 was par here with the amount of spin

 

[lazy cricketer]

rauf should only come in after 15 over

 

[nish_mate]

Flat pitch or atrocious bowling?

 

[kron]

Tes

Yes yes your Phhast bowler were great .now get one wickets .lol

We are trying lol. With naseem we are beyond mediocre

 

[imshally81]

Ia it good bowling or they tired?

 

[Rana]

152-0

 

[Devadwal]

Finally a six

 

[jnaveen1980]

After a brief pause another six

 

[imshally81]

Finally a Six on over pitched ball

 

[Nil Dhumrojal]

Ifti and nawaz pulled it back

 

[Sherazkhalid]

There is the six

 

[Firebat]

Gonna be 3 overs without boundaries I can feel it

Nearly made it to 4, we'll get em next time

 

[hitthestump]

Do you think on Australian forums they’re saying “Marsh and Warner are playing for personal milestones”

Or are our own fans only that dumb?

 

[emranabbas]

Why have they slowed down?

They got tired just taking a rest

 

[kron]

If individual stats were the only parameter, Sachin, veeru, Rahul would be the batting galacticos from the metaverse.
for all the talk for bowlers averaging <25 and the whole phaast baawler narrative - ever looked at how your blokes fared on the phaast pitches on the southern hemisphere?

Not just stats. Ability and people's opinion about how great imran wasim were is all that matters. You haven't even produced a shoaib level bowler. Get real. 80 plus years in test cricket and not one retired indian bowler averages under 25. You need sub 25 and atleast 200 wickets to be termed a great bowler.

Embarassing lol.

 

[Hitman]

I'm enjoying this

 

[GLORY OF '92]

Do you think on Australian forums they’re saying “Marsh and Warner are playing for personal milestones”

Or are our own fans only that dumb?

Our fans thought Babar is great and we are winning this WC. You decide.

 

[CrIc_Mystique]

But i like them. They should enjoy. They worked hard for this time and deserves every bit to enjoy our humiliation.

I feel a commie should be neutral and not support any team. He / She is there to describe to us guys what is happening behind the scenes, ie like fielding change or different angle of bolwler and induce some humour in it, not take sides.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Marsh playing sensibly here is not a good news here fpr Pakistan. Usually he throws his wicket away. He can out of nowhere smash bowlers

 

[RyanRyan10]

Chacha has conceded just 6 runs is his last 3 overs.

 

[Cover Drive Six]

Predicting 380 to 400m runs.

 

[Sherazkhalid]

This team was due a big reckoning, hope they got it and change things after the WC. Whatever change is made is backfiring big time

 

[aukhan]

Babar was Captain for 4 years and this is the result. Lesson to learn for PCB

Hopefully Imad or Shan will lead us. Rizwan (another Gawar) will turn this team into Mulla 11.

 

[imshally81]

Good over by chacha

 

[Devadwal]

We are trying lol. With naseem we are beyond mediocre

Lol if you bowler were so great than why they didn't win a single world cup game against India.
Has your great phast bowlers won any series in Australia .
Now enjoy the phainta . I know it hurting you but you dont have any other option
When were last time Pakistani so called fast bowler take 200 test wicket??

 

[7sins]

Pitch is doing something for spinners and they have Maxwell and zampa we are doomed

 

[Ahmed216]

Marsh playing sensibly here is not a good news here fpr Pakistan. Usually he throws his wicket away. He can out of nowhere smash bowlers

Agree. If it's in the slot hitting a six is like extension of forward defense for him

 

[Aseem_Khan]

Last match pakistan lost and excuses were like " Dil Dil Not played that's why we lost After this match They probably will say Karachi and Pindi pitch wasn't imported in world cup at indian venue And that's the reason Babar refused to perform .
Nation first ,Nation pitches first. We aren't gonna perform in hostile mulk .

 

[Ali Active]

Aussies probably showing sympathy.

 

[ask_analyse_act]

Nigh impossible to defend on this ground, these two won’t get out unless by their own mistakes.

That drop off Warner might have ended Usama Mir’s career here.

He seems so uncooked, bowling slow and full pitch deliveries... This Aussies are not great against spin and a bit of escape for him.... Hitman Rohit would have made 6x6 in a row...

 

[YousafTheBeast]

I'm enjoying this

Why, an in form Australia can potentially stop India from getting their hands on the trophy.

 

[Sunzi]

Desperately need a wicket to just slow things down somehow.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Dot balls are piling up

 

[Asif321]

Still Hassan Ali to receive pitai

 

[batandballbattle]

a bit like when the germans slowed down after being 5-0 up in the first half against brazil

 

[angrypathan]

Nawaz has been tidy

 

[Devadwal]

Nawaz is really bowling very well

 

[angrypathan]

Nawaz has been tidy

Never mind

 

[heddie19]

Nawaz has been tidy

spoke too soon

 

[FearlessRoar]

Australia is showing no signs of slowing down at 162-0 after 22 overs! Pakistan's bowlers need to step up their game and grab some crucial wickets to shift the momentum.