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daytrader said:
Could be but he wasn't captaining Australia though. He's still Pakistan's most successful captain. If Smith and Misbah had the same XI, Misbah would come out on top.
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Misbah is definitely more honest after sandpaper gate. I’ll give him that.
 
daytrader said:
Smith's career was never in doubt. He's Australia's greatest batter ever, only behind the Don.

He hit 3 fifty plus scores in that brief period where you considered him out of form.

The thing is though, you being an Australian cricket follower, know that his board and fans back him. Smith, in the Australian setup simply doesn't have pressure that Babar has to face in the Pakistani setup. Apples and oranges.

Babar's been under the knife for 2 years. Let's try backing him instead of over criticizing and hopefully he too can get back into form.
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Pressure?

They literally kicked smith out of t20 and had he not scored 2 back to back centuries aus managment was planning t9 force him to retire either after wtc or Ashes?

It's only now after his form back they want him to surpass pointings run tally and century tally?

While babar gets free rides 24/7 in the team..he got dropped once vs England only.
 
Please stay on topic. This thread is not about Babar or Misbah... no more irrelevant stuff now
 
Smith nearing 150 and Khawaja nearing 200 now... Superb stuff from these 2... continuing where they left yesterday...

AUS 399/2 atm
 
Lol what a disgraceful pitch. I m so glad Pakistan stopped preparing GT roads like this.
3 day tests are so much better than this boring highway pitches.
 
followed said:
Lol what a disgraceful pitch. I m so glad Pakistan stopped preparing GT roads like this.
3 day tests are so much better than this boring highway pitches.
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Their is turn on this pitch bhai. Sri Lanka are bowling poorly that's it.

Genuinely their osnt any pther reason. Just because a team scores 400 to 500 doesn't mean it's an easy pitch.

Australia scored 400 something against India in bgt does that mean the pitch was flat? Especially when india got bowled put for 156?

Wait until sri lanka bats, they'll collapse easily.
 
daytrader said:
Could be but he wasn't captaining Australia though. He's still Pakistan's most successful captain. If Smith and Misbah had the same XI, Misbah would come out on top.
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Are you kidding? Smith avg 66 as a captain.

Steve smith and Younis Khan in the same 11 would murder misbah 11 into next week since you're replacing misbah with Steve smith and that's the only change you're making for these 2 sides.

If they play in Australia or England (Wtc) smith would demolish misbah, it's only in uae where it could go either way but you have yk and smith 2 masters in rank turners.

Get your head out and stop fam buying for the sake of it.

misbah being the best statistical test captain for pakistan post imran Khan doesn't mean that he's godly for aus standards.

He's bang avg for aus standards..in Australia good captains like smith aren't good enough cause their standards are high case in point pat Cummins who is the best captain of this era.
 
A maiden Test double ton … and the first by any Australian in Sri Lanka ever and by none other than USMAN KHAWAJA>.. fantastic inning
 
When Australian players go for a drs instantly you know their correct.

Pakistani players need to learn not to be selfish. Excellent review by inglis
 
mominsaigol said:
Are you kidding? Smith avg 66 as a captain.

Steve smith and Younis Khan in the same 11 would murder misbah 11 into next week since you're replacing misbah with Steve smith and that's the only change you're making for these 2 sides.

If they play in Australia or England (Wtc) smith would demolish misbah, it's only in uae where it could go either way but you have yk and smith 2 masters in rank turners.

Get your head out and stop fam buying for the sake of it.

misbah being the best statistical test captain for pakistan post imran Khan doesn't mean that he's godly for aus standards.

He's bang avg for aus standards..in Australia good captains like smith aren't good enough cause their standards are high case in point pat Cummins who is the best captain of this era.
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A few things you haven't considered before posting.

1. Steve Smith had better players at his disposal in tests. Warner and Khawaja for the most part and then Labuschagne and Head. These guys are better test batters than what Misbah had baring Younis Khan - unless you're trying to argue that Azhar Ali > Warner.
Even guys that were in and out of the team such as: Voges, Chris Rogers, Bancroft, were better test batters than majority of Pak XIs that Misbah fielded.

Let's not even get started on the bowling resources. Starc + Hazlewood + Lyon that's literally 3 ATG level bowlers. And then consider fielding as a factor. Anyone that Australia selects is twice the fielder of the Pakistani equivalent in that playing position.

2. Like Smith, Misbah also upped his game as captain. He averages 51 as captain vs 33 as non captain. That's a big difference.

And at the age he did it at... only deserves respect. He was 36 when he took over as captain, Smith hasn't hit that yet. Let's see if Smith can average 50+ in the years after turning 36.

Anyways my last comment on this as the thread isn't about Misbah yet your boy @topspin brought him into discussion just like you guys do in every other thread.
 
Sri Lanka is in deep trouble here. Australia batting them out of the game...

Highest totals for Australia v Sri Lanka in Tests:
617-5d - Perth 1995
600-5* - Galle 2025
551-4d - Brisbane 2007
542-5d - Hobart 2007
534-5d - Canberra 2019
 
daytrader said:
A few things you haven't considered before posting.

1. Steve Smith had better players at his disposal in tests. Warner and Khawaja for the most part and then Labuschagne and Head. These guys are better test batters than what Misbah had baring Younis Khan - unless you're trying to argue that Azhar Ali > Warner.
Even guys that were in and out of the team such as: Voges, Chris Rogers, Bancroft, were better test batters than majority of Pak XIs that Misbah fielded.

Let's not even get started on the bowling resources. Starc + Hazlewood + Lyon that's literally 3 ATG level bowlers. And then consider fielding as a factor. Anyone that Australia selects is twice the fielder of the Pakistani equivalent in that playing position.

2. Like Smith, Misbah also upped his game as captain. He averages 51 as captain vs 33 as non captain. That's a big difference.

And at the age he did it at... only deserves respect. He was 36 when he took over as captain, Smith hasn't hit that yet. Let's see if Smith can average 50+ in the years after turning 36.

Anyways my last comment on this as the thread isn't about Misbah yet your boy @topspin brought him into discussion just like you guys do in every other thread.
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Irrelevant because you said same 11's so basically

1) Khawaja
2) Konstas
3) Labu
4) Steve smith (c)
5) Travis
6) Weabster
7) Carey
8) Cummins
9) Starc
10) Hazlewood/Boland
11) Lyon

Vs

1) Khawaja
2) Konstas
3) Labu
4) Misbah
5) Travis
6) Webster
7) Carey
8) Cummins
9) Starc
10) Boland/Hazlewood
11) Lyon

^^ Misbah instantly weakens this squad lol
 
The 266-run partnership between Usman Khawaja and Steven Smith for the third wicket during 1st Test between Australia and Sri Lanka is Australia's third-highest stand for any wicket in Asia and the highest in Sri Lanka. It surpassed the 258-run partnership between Shaun Marsh and Michael Hussey in Pallekele in 2011. It's also the third-highest partnership for any wicket against Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka and the highest by a non-Asian pair, overtaking the 262-run stand between Kane Williamson and Ross Taylor at Colombo PSS in 2012.

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mominsaigol said:
Irrelevant because you said same 11's so basically

1) Khawaja
2) Konstas
3) Labu
4) Steve smith (c)
5) Travis
6) Weabster
7) Carey
8) Cummins
9) Starc
10) Hazlewood/Boland
11) Lyon

Vs

1) Khawaja
2) Konstas
3) Labu
4) Misbah
5) Travis
6) Webster
7) Carey
8) Cummins
9) Starc
10) Boland/Hazlewood
11) Lyon

^^ Misbah instantly weakens this squad lol
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Not the same XI though is it. Same would have both. And they don't play at the same positions. Smith is a top order batter whereas Misbah is middle order.
 
daytrader said:
Not the same XI though is it. Same would have both. And they don't play at the same positions. Smith is a top order batter whereas Misbah is middle order.
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So how does that work? You said captaining the same 11.

But misbah and Steve smith both can't play in a versus match obviously. That's stupid by any metric.
 
daytrader said:
Not the same XI though is it. Same would have both. And they don't play at the same positions. Smith is a top order batter whereas Misbah is middle order.
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Haan sure Misbah played at 5, Smith at 4. Put Travis at 4 and misbah at 5. Wouldn't make a difference. Misbah weaknes the team either way. Especially if their playing in aus.
 
@jeeteshssaxena

But but but, I thought this was a phatta, and sri lanka was a goat team and I was making a knee jerk reaction.

I wonder why goat sri lanka are 37-3 on a phatta 🤡🤡.

What only use to curated rank turners in india and bilo bounce pitches in Australia, oh ho.
 
mominsaigol said:
So how does that work? You said captaining the same 11.

But misbah and Steve smith both can't play in a versus match obviously. That's stupid by any metric.
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So the rest of the XI can face each other in a vs match? Only thing stupid is you butting into conversations that you don't understand in the first place.

Khair I feel even stupider bothering to respond to an attention seeker like you.

You'll get a high-five from your boy @topspin who left you in this mess so kudos i guess 👏 👏
 
mominsaigol said:
@jeeteshssaxena

But but but, I thought this was a phatta, and sri lanka was a goat team and I was making a knee jerk reaction.

I wonder why goat sri lanka are 37-3 on a phatta 🤡🤡.

What only use to curated rank turners in india and bilo bounce pitches in Australia, oh ho.
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Lol, so even after 650 has been scored with each and every batter doing well you still don’t want to acknowledge that its a patta.

You haven’t seen matches in subcontinent, pitches start taking turn from day 3 or 4, Sr Lanka collapsed under scoreboard pressure, it was obviously a patta.
 

Sri Lanka vs Australia, 1st Test​

AUS 654/6 d
SL 44/3 (15)
Day 2: Stumps - Sri Lanka trail by 610 runs
 
FearlessRoar said:

Sri Lanka vs Australia, 1st Test​

AUS 654/6 d
SL 44/3 (15)
Day 2: Stumps - Sri Lanka trail by 610 runs
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Australia have posted a 600+ total 35 times in Test cricket, the most in the format

India are second behind them, with 33 instances of going past 600 runs in a Test innings (the last of which took place in 2019)
 
daytrader said:
So the rest of the XI can face each other in a vs match? Only thing stupid is you butting into conversations that you don't understand in the first place.

Khair I feel even stupider bothering to respond to an attention seeker like you.

You'll get a high-five from your boy @topspin who left you in this mess so kudos i guess 👏 👏
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What do you even want?

2 misbah's and 2 Steve Smith's in the same squad?

You yourself created duplicated and paired one another. It's your own stupid logic

Quit the drama and have Steve smith captain aus vs Misbah captaining Pakistan.

And pair them in a 1 v 1, on Australia, then in pak/uae, then in England for wtc and argue who'll win.

I argue aus smacks.
 
jeeteshssaxena said:
Lol, so even after 650 has been scored with each and every batter doing well you still don’t want to acknowledge that its a patta.

You haven’t seen matches in subcontinent, pitches start taking turn from day 3 or 4, Sr Lanka collapsed under scoreboard pressure, it was obviously a patta.
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Lol, so even after 650 has been scored with each and every batter doing well you still don’t want to acknowledge that its a patta.

No because Australia batted well plain and simple and sri lanka bowled poorly plain and simple.

Australia also scored 400 against India, and bowled them out for 156 in one of the BGT test yet was that a phatta?

Each and every batter did well in that game as well besides Khawaja and Mcsweeney.

Australia would have scored 500+ in most games if bumrah wasn't their because without bumrah, The bowling is useless and ashwin + jadeja are grade A comedy in Australia so much so that ashwin ended his career due to Travis head carnage bashing.

Australia batted well and the likes of Usman khawaja struggled due to bumrah and unrah complimenting a few others.

Sri Lanka has weak bowlers. Their is nothing wrong with the pitch, the fact that you think it is wrong convinced me that you have only ever watched test games in aus, India and pakistan.

Infact your understanding of England pitches are comical.
 
I thought Khwaza would retire after the BGT series. He looked worse than a tailender the entire series. All of a sudden he resurrects himself and scores a double ton. :hasan2
 
FearlessRoar said:

Sri Lanka vs Australia, 1st Test​

AUS 654/6 d
SL 44/3 (15)
Day 2: Stumps - Sri Lanka trail by 610 runs
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Khwaja stars as Aussies pile on pressure in Galle​


Usman Khawaja's maiden double century and a hundred on debut from Josh Inglis gave Australia complete control of the first Test against Sri Lanka after two days in Galle.

At the age of 38, Khawaja's 232 made him the second-oldest Australian to make a double hundred in Test cricket, after the great Sir Don Bradman.

He extended his third-wicket partnership with Steve Smith to 266 before Smith, standing in as captain for Pat Cummins, was out for 141.

Khawaja then added another 146 with Inglis, the 29-year-old born in Leeds. Inglis' 102 is the first century on Test debut by an Australian man since Adam Voges in 2015.

The tourists were eventually able to declare on 654-6, their highest total in a Test in Asia.

After 154 overs in the field, in which they used only four different bowlers, Sri Lanka wilted in reply.

Oshada Fernando was lbw to Matthew Kuhnemann, the left-arm spinner opening the bowling as part of a three-pronged Australian spin attack.

Mitchell Starc, the sole frontline seamer for the tourists, had Dimuth Karunaratne superbly caught at the second attempt by sub fielder Nathan McSweeney at gully.

Travis Head then trumped McSweeney's effort with a flying grab at short leg to hold Angelo Mathews off Nathan Lyon, leaving Sri Lanka 44-3, a massive 610 behind.

www.bbc.com

Sri Lanka v Australia: Usman Khawaja and Josh Inglis star in Galle

Usman Khawaja's maiden double century and a hundred on debut from Josh Inglis give Australia complete control of the first Test against Sri Lanka in Galle.
www.bbc.com
 
daytrader said:
So the rest of the XI can face each other in a vs match? Only thing stupid is you butting into conversations that you don't understand in the first place.

Khair I feel even stupider bothering to respond to an attention seeker like you.

You'll get a high-five from your boy @topspin who left you in this mess so kudos i guess 👏 👏
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Btw unlike Steve smith who's a certified no 4 in ATG aussie test 11. Misbah doesn't make it into a test 11 squad.

He's a clown at no 3, 4 and no 6 in tests and his best position is no 5 where he avg 50 but still has a poor overseas record, their better no 5's available.

Pakistan's best 11 in test factoring in overseas performances + batting by avg would be

1) Hanif Mohammad
2) Saeed Anwar
3) Younis Khan( He prefers no 4, but his best innings including his 313 has been at no 3)
4) Mohammad Yousaf
5) Javed Miandad
6) Saleem Malik
7) Imran Khan (c)
8) Wasim Akram
9) Waqar Younis
10-11) Saqlain and Yasir Shah

12) Sohaib Akhtar
13) Abdul Qadir
14) Zaheer Abass (His best numbers are at 3 and 5 and both YK and Miandad are > him at those numbers and yousaf is better then zaheer at no 4, but he's defo in the playing 15) Inzimam ul Haq (Best numbers at 4 and 5 in which yousaf and miandad have him beat, but he's defo in the playing 15, and will likely make it ahead of Saleem Malik most likely)

^^ This is Pakistan's best 11 statistically.

Now it's overall best 11 would be

1) Hanif Mohammad
2) Saeed Anwar
3) Zaheer Abass
4) Younis Khan
5) Inzimam ul Haq
6) Javed Miandad
7) imran Khan
8) Wasim akram
9) waqar younis
10-11) Chuck Ajmal and Saqlain

12) Saleem Malik/ Misbah ul Haq
13) Yasir Shah
14) Yousaf
15) Sohaib Akhtar

Reserve: Rizwan due to keeping ability but otherwise they wouldn't need him, he's only in for injury.

^^ I've given you a statically and actual playing 11 that's Pakistan's best test 11 and 15.

Misbah only comes at no 16.

At best you can argue he makes it over saleem malik cause malik is a fixer and because MIsbah overall has more test runs and more test games so he can slot in at 6. But saleem malik doesn't nake it in the actual playing 11, only statistical 11.

Meanwhile Steve smith makes it in any playing 11 at no 4 for Australia all time. Both statistically and actually.
 
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