Pakistan v Australia | 1st ODI | October 7, 2014 | Sharjah | Pakistan Innings

[Amjid Javed]

Why have we sent in a nightwatchmen to open?

 

[IAJ]

close your eyes and just swing blindly. Shahbash nikkea

 

[aukhan]

and people are talking about Sarfraz these two bowlers will make all our batsman look clueless.

 

[imshally81]

Out finally

 

[Amjid Javed]

shehzhad gone, he was always likely to be exposed against a decent pace bowler 9/1

 

[Fastandfurious]

I've only got the cricinfo feed at the moment. How is he bowling? Are the wides poor bowling?

How fast is he?

Watch it online.

 

[The intelligent Supporter]

Still a better OPENER than SIRfraz.....

Shahzad is gone too....Well WTH

 

[Justcrazy]

Pakistan gone

 

[OZGOD]

I've only got the cricinfo feed at the moment. How is he bowling? Are the wides poor bowling?

How fast is he?

Hes bowled ok but within himself thus far


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[saiyan0312]

shafiq in at three. lets see what he can do.

 

[Justcrazy]

Chasing means a loss , again Pakistan doing that, getting bogged down.

 

[Executioner]

I really hope Pakistan bags a win somehow.

Its sad to see such Bangladesh-isque performance from them. But got to give credit to the Aussies. They look to be on top

 

[RehanG]

Shahzad is Ridiculous

 

[saiyan0312]

WOAH what the hell. bounced

 

[Vayuu]

Wooaha that's quick from johnson

 

[Mr Consistent]

byes

 

[Amjid Javed]

MJ is likely to bombard sarfarz with short balls here!

 

[Jabo]

Please take his head of Johnson

 

[OZGOD]

Jonno bowls a bouncer that sails over Haddos head


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[Justcrazy]

This playing negatively while chasing will again cost pakistan the game

 

[Nikhil_cric]

1 bounce four. That really took off a length. Furious pace!

 

[Vayuu]

Johnson is really testing them.

 

[saiyan0312]

WOW good ball there. nearly edged it sarfraz

 

[Amjid Javed]

As expect MJ bending his back and sending down some shortstuff!

 

[Sandeep]

Dearly missing MoJo's bowling!

 

[Justcrazy]

Johnson is looking for wickets , not trying to contain

 

[ahmedwaqas92]

Guys we're playing at the WACA

 

[OmaIR1]

anyone really believe deep inside that Pakistan will chase this down? Only hope is Fawad Alam?

 

[Mr Consistent]

grant flower not happy with kohli

 

[MRSN]

finally Sarfraz plays one with the bat..) )

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Good follow up delivery. Enticing the batsman.

 

[Convict]

As expect MJ bending his back and sending down some shortstuff!

He remembers what Irfan bowled to him

 

[Justcrazy]

14 / 1

3 overs

 

[Mr Consistent]

asad off the mark

 

[Fastandfurious]

That was awkward bounce from the pitch.

 

[saiyan0312]

Shafiq off the mark. come on man if you are going to play with favoritism then atleast score runs.

 

[Vayuu]

Even Richardson is bowling well.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Australia will miss Starc here. He would have been brilliant!

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

I thought he would be opening but we have some geniuses in the dressing room.

Whoever is deciding these has no brains.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

His strength is spin.

But Sarfraz looks hopeless against pace.

 

[Mr Consistent]

3 dots in a row

 

[saiyan0312]

That was a good shot and what a stop by bailey. Well done.

 

[Mr Consistent]

excellent fielding by bailey

 

[HamzaSaeen]

Both batsmen looking totally clueless
Asad 'MoYo' shafiq tuking with a classy technique

 

[aukhan]

 

[saiyan0312]

Edged and boy did we need that. sarfraz really needed that.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

They are both hitting the deck quite hard. Getting some fair bounce.

 

[OZGOD]

Edged just wide of second slip


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[OmaIR1]

is this a test match? i can't tell.

 

[Mr Consistent]

edged & lucky runs for sarfraz

 

[Justcrazy]

19 / 1

4 overs

 

[MRSN]

edged and . That's the area most of Sarfraz's runs will come from probably..

 

[Mr Consistent]

19-1
4 overs

 

[IAJ]

Run rate is good for Pakistan.

Australia have similar bowlers, bowling well but giving runs.

 

[Justcrazy]

Need to find gaps and keep scoreboard moving

 

[Electron]

Runs coming fast now. Aussies need a Misbah special

 

[Amjid Javed]

Good chance for both these guys to stake a place in ODI team long term if they can get some big runs

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Johnson bowling low 140's here.

 

[Electron]

I hope Pakistan batsmen forget about the bowler's reputation, and smack this pacy trundler around like Dhawan and company did in India.

 

[jusarrived]

Promoting sarfaraz is not a bad move . Lot of half decent bats can look good opening with all the field restrictions.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Shafiq needs to rotate strike.

 

[Mr Consistent]

just 2 from the over

21-1

 

[Sandeep]

Johnson bowling low 140's here.

He isn't likely to get any zip even if he bends his back on the dead surfaces here.. Better to bowl in low 140s and high 130s..

 

[Amjid Javed]

As per usual loads of dot balls been eaten up by our batsmen

 

[Justcrazy]

21 / 1

5 overs

 

[saiyan0312]

Well sarfraz moved alot to cover the swing and hit it back.

 

[Indiafan]

I hope Pakistan batsmen forget about the bowler's reputation, and smack this pacy trundler around like Dhawan and company did in India.

Here hitting through the line won't even clear the circle. There were many hits today which would have gone for easy sixes in IPL but were caught well inside the boundary

 

[IAJ]

Shafiq needs to rotate strike.

Like Shehzad did?

Calm down, he has just come to the crease, you can't just take singles against Johnson like that.

 

[Tera Gawaandi]

Grant Flower's reaction said it all on Shehzad's dismissal.

 

[MRSN]

that was nasty..

 

[OmaIR1]

As per usual loads of dot balls been eaten up by our batsmen

if even 60% of those dots had been converted to 1s and 2s (something our counterparts - India do so well) we would have had more runs on the board and would have relieved the pressure that will be on the batsmen to come.

 

[Mr Consistent]

wth sarfraz

 

[Bashira_taeli]

Sarfraz

 

[Asif321]

waiting for sarfraz to sweep lol

 

[Pete Rose]

Ahead of oz at same stage

 

[aukhan]

good sarfraz try something to disturb the bowler.

 

[DrSchultz]

Sarfraz thinks he is playing off spinner.

 

[Indiafan]

Poor Sarfaraz clearly out of depth

 

[saiyan0312]

Man that was close. jumping to a pacer when you are not ponting and he is bowling 140 plus is not smart.

 

[Fastandfurious]

hahaha love Sarfraz's aggression.