Pakistan bowled out for 240 on Day 1 of 1st Test against Australia

[Captain caveman]

Australians are nasty. They mocked Babar and forced him to play that rash shot the next ball.

Give it a rest!
Babar is class but that was an awful shot!

 

[Rayyman]

Bold prediction, but I don't think Babar will ever come good in Tests like we want him to. 55 FC matches and 21 Tests later, he still averages mid 30s..His rash tendencies and impatience won't let him. He'll still be our best white ball cricketer though.

He averaged 50+ in the last year.

Babar will grind out centuries in Asia, but he gets overexcited on these Australia type wickets.

 

[Savak]

Misbah ul Haq UAE batting tactics being applied to non UAE conditions. Result was inevitable. If you let the opposition bowl to you, they will never give you any freebies

 

[ARK Rafay]

Good old Wasim teaching Aussie kids how to swing the ball.

 

[Snowflake]

Guys, we've got our first lock and flick of the summer! :Wasim:

 

[angrypathan]

Pakistan got 90 all out 1st innings at Brisbane in 16/17. Now it's 90/4. Improvements

No we got 142 in the first innings

 

[Mamoon]

Exactly. He only popped on and commented as soon as Pakistan lost first wicket and said oh i just put the cricket on and Masood out. What a coincident everytime Pak doing well he's hiding as soon as a wicket falls that's when he comments and makes it look he only start watching it now.

Do you realize it is still only 9:06 am in Pakistan? You might want to wake up at 5 to watch this crap team but I can’t.

 

[angrypathan]

Shot Ifti

 

[Big Mac]

Gwaaaaaan Ifti chacha

 

[Abdullah719]

Guys, we've got our first lock and flick of the summer! :Wasim:

More gems:

"Pakistan have undone all the good work done by Azhar Mahmood and Shan Masood"

"Asad got a lot of important hundreds for Pakistan batting under pressure"

 

[Snowflake]

More gems:

"Pakistan have undone all the good work done by Azhar Mahmood and Shan Masood"

"Asad got a lot of important hundreds for Pakistan batting under pressure"

I noticed that first one )

There's also been a lot of the typical reading the stats off the screen! haha

 

[omairsiddiqui]

Ifti reminds me of Younis Khan in his stance and strokeplay.

 

[Snowflake]

Any reason why Willow isn't showing the com box camera angle?

 

[Abdullah719]

I noticed that first one )

There's also been a lot of the typical reading the stats off the screen! haha

The other commentators are working on minimising that by constantly asking him questions

 

[TeamPak95]

No we got 142 in the first innings

Lol whoops, got that way wrong. They were 67/8 in the first innings of the first test.

 

[Snowflake]

Khuda k liye 100 toh cross kero yaar! Been batting since an eternity!

 

[omairsiddiqui]

More gems:

"Pakistan have undone all the good work done by Azhar Mahmood and Shan Masood"

"Asad got a lot of important hundreds for Pakistan batting under pressure"

Pretty shameful if you can't even get the captain's name right.

 

[Belawal2014]

The 21 Tests are included in the 55 FC matches. So he has played 34 domestic matches and 21 Tests. Still a decent amount of games.

Yeah, I guess i should have explained what I meant by that, 55 FC matches of which 21 are tests, which is more than enough of a sample size to make inferences.

 

[King_Kohli]

Iftikhar gone
Silly cricket shot

 

[angrypathan]

Man we're hopeless

 

[ARK Rafay]

Woah. Some of the shots our batsman played today. I'll give them 0/10 marks

 

[Big Mac]

No we got 142 in the first innings

Don't think we're going to make even that

 

[Belawal2014]

He averaged 50+ in the last year.

Babar will grind out centuries in Asia, but he gets overexcited on these Australia type wickets.

Yes fair point about him doing well in the past year, but I don't see him sustaining it.

 

[omairsiddiqui]

Why are you playing in front of your pad mannn!! Basic cricket mistakes!

 

[TeamPak95]

Iftikhar gone. At this point 150-160 will be an accomplishment. This is pathetic from Pakistan.

 

[Captain caveman]

Ifti is out!
Shafiq has to score a double century!

 

[ARK Rafay]

Pakistan 135 - All out 68 overs
Australia - 385 - All out 92 overs
Pakistan 230 - All out 77 overs
Australia 22 - 0 in 4.4 overs

 

[King_Kohli]

Lyon is real threat.
Top class spinner

 

[omairsiddiqui]

Look at the bright side boys! We'll get to see Naseem bowl tonight!

 

[ARK Rafay]

Look at the bright side boys! We'll get to see Naseem bowl tonight!

Won't be a good sight when Warner and Smith shatter his confidence

 

[Indiafan]

Yes fair point about him doing well in the past year, but I don't see him sustaining it.

He is just 25. None of smith, Kohli, Root has great stats at 25

 

[another drop catch]

How much balls will Rizwan survive ?
Any guesses

 

[angrypathan]

Gorgeous shot

 

[Belawal2014]

Kohli was averaging 44 till 2015 in test cricket
Now 55, things can change

Kohli is a different type of beast. Best in the world for a reason. These guys don't even come close.

 

[ARK Rafay]

How much balls will Rizwan survive ?
Any guesses

He'll get hit on the hand first

 

[King_Kohli]

How come people judging Babar for one bad match.
Even kohli started as an average test player. At 25 Babar better than kohli and Williamson

 

[JaDed]

Lyon is real threat.
Top class spinner

In this ground..

 

[angrypathan]

How come people judging Babar for one bad match.
Even kohli started as an average test player. At 25 Babar better than kohli and Williamson

Kohli had a better test record at the age of 25, and more match-winning ODI knocks.

 

[ali2220]

Babar will improve with time, but no matter how much he improves, he will be playing for a rubbish batting team and result of this teams batting lineup will always be rubbish.

 

[Rayyman]

Screw off tim paine

 

[angrypathan]

Screw off tim paine

Doubt Rizwan even understands 80% of the stuff he's saying

 

[King_Kohli]

In this ground..

Why
He is doing well everywhere right?

 

[Professor]

He is just 25. None of smith, Kohli, Root has great stats at 25

Hey man, stop making logical points. Since Babar failed today it means he will always be a failure. His age and last years stats mean nothing.

 

[ali2220]

Kohli had a better test record at the age of 25, and more match-winning ODI knocks.

Also he had better support staff, better senior players and role models in the team.

 

[BaankeJi]

Pretty shameful if you can't even get the captain's name right.

To be fair to him, he got the first name right.

 

[shah_1]

What a poor shot from Babar

He let himself and his team down with that poor shot

 

[Rayyman]

Reverse swing coming boys

 

[angrypathan]

Rizwan's leg side game is poor

 

[ARK Rafay]

Whether or not Imran Khan performs in this test match or not. It is playing Pattinson instead of Hazlewood because he picked a 5-fer in a warm up game.

 

[Ahmed216]

Hey man, stop making logical points. Since Babar failed today it means he will always be a failure. His age and last years stats mean nothing.

Failure is one thing but looking like a bundle of nerves and throwing away ur wicket is another.

 

[shah_1]

Babar should try to redeem himself by playing well in the 2nd inngs

 

[Rayyman]

Have not see one pull shot today

 

[angrypathan]

Babar should try to redeem himself by playing well in the 2nd inngs

The whole top order needs to redeem themselves

 

[ARK Rafay]

Even Aussie pacers are better fielders than some of our specialist fielders

 

[Ahmed216]

I think Ponting deliberately praised Babar to put extra pressure on him knowing that out best batsman is a bit of a softie

 

[angrypathan]

Don't mind this from Rizwan. Need to hit Lyon out of the attack so the quicks or Labuschagne have to bowl more

 

[jiduguravindra]

Hey man, stop making logical points. Since Babar failed today it means he will always be a failure. His age and last years stats mean nothing.

Age didn't matter, what matters is the amount of experience playing in those conditions..he played 7 innings and avgs lessthan 10, maybe sample size is small to judge..but stop playing this nonsense age card.

 

[hussain.r97]

Have not see one pull shot today

Needed Babar to stay in to see that happen. Only other person who can pull is Asad, but I've only ever seen him play it once he's got 30-40+ on the board.

 

[hussain.r97]

Rizwan looking far less fidgety, and as a result, looks much better then he did in the T20s.

 

[Greenstorm]

Have not see one pull shot today

I expected Shan to atleast play a few.

 

[Captain caveman]

More gems:

"Pakistan have undone all the good work done by Azhar Mahmood and Shan Masood"

"Asad got a lot of important hundreds for Pakistan batting under pressure"

Wasim actually said azhar mehmood and shaan mehmood and then corrected himself to shan masood, but did not correct azhar ali's name.

 

[Professor]

Rizwan looking far less fidgety, and as a result, looks much better then he did in the T20s.

I think Test cricket is probably his best format. It was a mistake picking him for T20s.

 

[angrypathan]

Rizwan looking far less fidgety, and as a result, looks much better then he did in the T20s.

Yeah think he'll do well not having to play at a high strike rate, and as I type this he plays a beautiful on drive

 

[Abdullah719]

Rizwan

 

[hussain.r97]

Beautiful shot from Rizwan. I wish he was this still at the crease in the T20s, would've done so much better.

 

[JaDed]

Among recent modern great except Sachin,Lara no one really had ATG stats in tests.. hunger and will power helps make a difference.

Ponting,Kohli,Williamson,Smith blossomed after 25, guess modern test game is like that.

 

[angrypathan]

Have not see one pull shot today

There it is

 

[Captain caveman]

Rizwan is on fire!

 

[King_Kohli]

Rizwan started counter attack.
Good approach rather than tuk tuk tuk.

 

[hussain.r97]

Have not see one pull shot today

Well there's your pull

 

[ExpressPacer]

Needed Babar to stay in to see that happen. Only other person who can pull is Asad, but I've only ever seen him play it once he's got 30-40+ on the board.

Rizwan just played a nice pull shot.

 

[hussain.r97]

Rizwan just played a nice pull shot.

Good to see someone other than Babar and Asad willing to pull.

 

[omairsiddiqui]

First time a batsman takes on the short ball and pulls very well.

 

[Rayyman]

Okay will I wake up to 180 all out or 270-8.

 

[ARK Rafay]

Expecting a warp up try from the Aussie after the tea break

 

[ARK Rafay]

Okay will I wake up to 180 all out or 270-8.

The former

 

[imshally81]

All hard work of openers are undone by middle orderz ....

 

[imshally81]

Expecting a warp up try from the Aussie after the tea break

Spot on....

 

[TeamPak95]

Nice little partnership brewing up here, but I'm still fearing for the worst.

 

[JaDed]

Why
He is doing well everywhere right?

Much better here than others.