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

[Devadwal]

This pitch has turn and bounce .what out for zampa and maxi

 

[pillionrider]

Couple wickets and Usama's beautiful looking pies suddenly look like they're carrying some fizz and potency.

Cricket is such a beautiful game.

 

[GLORY OF '92]

Turn and bounce. It is not going to be as easy as how these guys played if that persists.

Maxwell and Zampa will skittle us for 180

 

[angrypathan]

Bruh

 

[Ali Active]

babar drops one more

 

[Sunzi]

This is going to be only match Aus will win other than SL NED AFG BD games

We are in the same league as those teams bro.

 

[castortroy]

what is this fielding

Disgraceful

 

[Devadwal]

Dropped??

 

[7sins]

Get Warner wicket

 

[topspin]

He is the only proper batsman in the team

Lol he got schooled by a retired 39 year old Morne Morkel in the nets prior to this game.

 

[hoshiarpurexpress]

Pakistan are still in the game.. 360-370 is definitely chaseable under lights.. Just need the openers to add 70 in first 10 instead of 40..

 

[Asif321]

Shameful from Babar

 

[jnaveen1980]

Babar did a Kohli there lol

 

[castortroy]

This type of fielding is just unacceptable

 

[imshally81]

Another dropped

 

[Ali Active]

Good drop smith can stay as long as he wants get warner out

 

[7sins]

King misfielding and dropping catches now waiting for him to choke while batting

 

[battler]

Feel bad for Usama, already 2 dropped catches of him lol

 

[kingusama92]

Wow Babar

 

[Mamoon]

Babar is mentality gone already. Expect a failure with the bat today.

 

[PakPremi]

It was BBrs dumb captaincy best time to bring Afridi was when Masha and Warner were eying their 100s.

 

[Gullycricket]

Strategic drop

 

[hitthestump]

5d chess by Babar not to take Smith’s wicket. He knows the tuk tuk is better .

 

[castortroy]

How can drop a catch like that.

Shameful

 

[BouncerGuy]

Babar dropped an easy one. probably showing usama how it feels like when you drop a dolly catch.

 

[JattMaula]

Dropped! By Bobby B!

May prove blessings in disguise. Smith liable to waste couple of dozen balls.

 

[Sunzi]

if we wanted to salvage anything from the position we are in, THAT had to be taken.

 

[hitthestump]

Strategic drop

Below the belt thinking from Babar

 

[batandballbattle]

need to keep the pressure on and another drop...

 

[VForVendetta]

Babar letting Usama know how does it feel when lollypop catches are dropped. This entire unit is currently functioning like a circus of clowns with Babar the clueless as incharge.

 

[Firebolt007]

Dropped

 

[7sins]

What kind of rubbish was that?

 

[Devadwal]

Lol Rizwan

 

[jattafridi]

Babar Master plan

We want tuk tuk Smith

 

[lontje]

Afridis celebration was like a incompetent man celebrating his wife’s pregnancy by another man.

U guys take it too far with emotion.

 

[jnaveen1980]

This guy Smith will play Tests now.

 

[Nado_]

I had low expectations from this team but now I have zero expectations. At least I won’t be nervous during games now and I probably won’t waste my time watching either. Pakistan need to invest in the right players and build after this World Cup. The first priority is to groom a world class spinner

 

[7sins]

U guys take it too far with emotion. relax

Exactly that was a pathetic post the fan should be banned for that post

 

[jnaveen1980]

Ball is sticking apparently.

 

[Ali Active]

This guy Smith will play Tests now.

Another master move from babar to drop smith

 

[Markhor]

One thing's for certain, Australia will always have our number.

 

[7sins]

One thing's for certain, Australia will always have our number.

Now a days every team have our number

 

[NeVerMind]

Babar has more important things on his mind like whose cake will they be cutting today after the match and where they are going for dinner tonight...

 

[aukhan]

This pitch will become a bowling pitch when our heeray will bat.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Smith is so done. Very poor reflexes.

 

[asfandyar]

Eagle and spinners pulled the game back. Credit where due. Well played.

 

[hitthestump]

Smith playing for his personal milestone

 

[ask_analyse_act]

Rauf already hit 54 in his 4th over. He will go for 100+

Yes Babar will bring him back in the death to spray those 145+ kph and Aus will smash all over the park

 

[Wasim Ghulam]

Another dolly dropped.. its painful to watch. Sure you are not as good as other team but our players cant seem to even do basics right

 

[Mamoon]

Fair play to the fake eagle today. Without him Australia would be cantering to 500. Those are amazing figures in the context of the game.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Pakistan's best chance here is Smith batting till 50th over

 

[Ali Active]

Let smith play dont get him out

 

[Gullycricket]

350 under lights can be chased. This has been a traditional high scoring ground. 370+ should be forgotten. But question is where is cricket going with these pitches?

 

[angrypathan]

What in the world is Shaheen doing at backward point? )

 

[ask_analyse_act]

From Rauf's first ball onwards, Aussies had been targeting him. It makes sense, at his pace even an edge will end up as a boundary.

that is what he cant learn after bowling four overs to reduce pace and bowl back of a length wicket to wicket...
His brain is probably made of just air...

 

[jnaveen1980]

Ball is holding up now. May be under lights will get quicker. But dew won't fall till 20th over.

 

[jattafridi]

Pakistan can still win the match

Nothing is impossible

 

[7sins]

350 under lights can be chased. This has been a traditional high scoring ground. 370+ should be forgotten. But question is where is cricket going with these pitches?

Rcb games are mostly 200 plus. It is chaseble but not sure about our batsmen

 

[7sins]

Decent few overs by Usama if we can get Warner here somehow

 

[Devadwal]

Pakistan is back in the game

 

[Sunzi]

There's just too much batting and too many overs to think that they will only score 75 more (350 target).

Especially with dollys being dropped.

 

[7sins]

Pakistan is back in the game

Too early to say need Warner wickets 1 big over can change things quickly

 

[DandyFellow]

8 overs of spin remaining and total 12 overs left after this one. It would be interesting to see how many overs of spin are bowled from here as pitch is spinning and difficult to hit.

 

[castortroy]

4th centry in a row v pak for Warner

 

[angrypathan]

Imagine thinking a chest high short ball will trouble Warner

 

[Devadwal]

Ball is holding up now. May be under lights will get quicker. But dew won't fall till 20th over.

This pitch has turn and bounce .wait how Australian bowlers will use .

 

[7sins]

Why bowl short bowls at that pace

 

[Shafi]

LOOOOOL carnage

Really enjoying the demise of king. He had four years and he assembled the worst bowling attack ever we had in the world cup.

Should be it for him.

He needs to be kicked from the team as well. Pathetic over-hyped batsman

 

[hoshiarpurexpress]

Warner has to bat through.. anything under 370 Pakistan are favorite to win this.

 

[Kriketer]

Out of form main bowlers and bad bowling happens, it's just sport so part and parcel of it, but ridiculous fielding just can't be an exception, bare minimum in cricket to be a good fielder.

Today's loss will be solely on drop catches if they lose....unless there is a miracle chase on the card

 

[JattMaula]

120 in 12 overs isn't impossible.

We might see Pakistan break their own record of chase in WC today.

 

[7sins]

This pitch has turn and bounce .wait how Australian bowlers will use .

Normally it's been a very good batting ground ipl games suggest that as teams have chased 200+ easily here

 

[7sins]

Use spinners from both ends ifti and usama/nawaz

 

[BouncerGuy]

Usama has got 1 now. Smith is gone. 284/3

 

[imshally81]

Smith gone

 

[Devadwal]

Gone .

 

[Asif321]

Smith gone if only we had picked Warner earlier

 

[pillionrider]

Agree I think with all Pakistanis who’ve been hankering for Babar to quit captaincy. It will be better for the team and himself as a batsman (possibly). He just has this clueless look about him when the opposition is going nuts. Rizwan definitely doesn’t look cowed down. Some people just don’t have captaincy meant for them

 

[Ali Active]

lol smith should have stayed here

 

[7sins]

After the world cup take captaincy away from babar and give it to anyone else the guy not a captaincy material