Does it matter anymore? Pakistani fans know it's painful to see England and Australia performance in australia so they don't have anything to defend.
England’s bowling has gone to the dogs after the retirements of Anderson and Broad. Jofra is struggling with fitness and is no longer lethal. That’s the main reason we were able to draw in England on pitches where swing offered nothing. Gill played like Bradman on flat pitches.
He didn't take on short balls. He took it on the body. He wore them out then capitalized on it
Especially with 2 missing stalwart bowlers and them having world no.1 no.2 ranked batsmen and maverick captain. This team simply cannot bat time. That is what wins you matches in Australia. Australians are relentless. They will keep putting the ball in the same area all day. Their muscles are trained to do that. Nothing fancy. Batsmen who can't strike a balance between attack and defense get exposed.
England has been preparing for 4 years. This was the dream of this unit. They were supposed to display their "bazball" on this tour. As a stroke of luck Australia even lost 2 of their premiere fast bowlers one of them being the captain. They also bat deep. Yet coudln't bat long enough.
Silent villain is Ollie pope. He is occupying one of the most important spot.
Good point, bro.
I had posted stats about India being #1 travelling team since 2015, Eng v Aus stats were probably posted by @jnaveen1980.
We are unique trailblazers by giving debuts to 40 year olds.
Yes, the 1999 Hobart test is another big heartbreak in Australia. Though I would argue that Sydney 2009 is an even bigger one.
I will never forgive him for his wicketkeeping in that matchThat moron Kamran Akmal man
Pakistan were cheated in Hobart '99 just like India in '08 at Sydney.
I take my satement back. I could at least watch Pak-Aus with a bit more interest than Aus-Eng.
Adding to that list, Jamie Smith is another average England batsman.
Hobart 1999.
99 series.
*** for tat
. But Pakistan umpiring was even worse back then. The video where Mcgrath traps Inzamam twice in one over stone dead both were not given. But nobody suffered in Australia more than India when it comes to umpiring. Despite all that India was way more competitive for a subcontinent team.
Australia opened the gates themselves in 2nd test of Melbourne when they got bowled out at 180 odd in first innings of Day 1 on the so called flat pitch. They could have batted big and make India suffer more after the first test debacle. It was brilliant day 1 spell from Ashwin and Siraj and captaincy by Rahane.
There are a few things that work well in Australia. batting time/ consistent line and length. Mostly fuller length. People can get carried away with bounce and bowl short here. SOuth Africa doing well in Australia should not be a big thing. Because South African conditions are exactly similar albeit they also have more movement than Australia. For South Africans , Australian wickets are road wickets as they are used to bounce already and also Kookaburra ball. Pakistan atleast plays kookaburra ball. But West Indies/England play duke at home. India plays SG at home. For India it is more unfamiliar than any other team. NZ also sucks here
Well Yousuf is one of the worst captains Pakistan has ever had, so that part never surprised me, but had that moron Kami even held on to one of those catches of Michael Hussey it would have almost certainly allowed us to win the match. Even chasing 180 odd should have been a walk in the park for any other team. Although by that point I was almost certain that Pakistan would not chase it just because of how they had mentally disintegrated over the course of that match.Bruh, then Yusuf and his dumb field placings for their tail. We should have known it was all set up for a classic Pakistan choke
Not all pitches are same. There is movement in first 20 overs in Australia too. England do well in South Africa, a place harder than Australia to bat. Stokes record is much better in South Africa than in Australia. He should have done better here with bat given his ability vs pace and bounce. But he has mostly struggled there.
It was a very evenly match series until the final day in Hobart. A victory there would have changed the complexion of the series. They were never coming back from that demoralising loss in the 3rd test.
Just to add the loser attitude in the last 10 years has been pathetic too
5 test series is too much for Subcontinent players. They won't survive 5 tests. They will be falling like flies. It is tough even for India.
Yes, it's true. Also bearing in mind the series would be a 5-match encounter could make PCT take it damn series. Instead of jotting down name of regular bunch of convicts on squad paper.
What’s the point, isn’t that what I mean in the initial post? Stokes should have done well here with his skills but he didn’t.
Today they just had to block block block and put away loose balls. That is what they were doing. THen came the idiotic shot lol Jamie smith is doing it second time. He had opportunity to draw the test at edgbaston. Succumbed to tempting slow bouncer
