Unsporting behavior by the Australians for not declaring and batting for 2 days

[Rafa]

In the first Test, Pakistan declared a few overs before end of the 2nd Days play as teams usually do as an attempt to try to win the match. Here, the Australian team has batted two complete days without declaring.

Ideally , they should have gone hard a few overs after Tea on Day 2 and declared with 15-20 overs to spare but they kept batting at a snail pace which shows they are pretty much content with the draw and have killed any hopes of a fight or contest in this match.

Had Pakistan followed the same approach in the first Test, they also would have kept batting for 2 days . Infact, Pakistan declared with only 4 wickets down and here Australians are still batting with 8 wickets down.

Would be ashamed of my teams tactics if I was an Australian .

 

[Pakpak]

?????

They're the away team and any result other than a loss leaves them with VALUABLE away points in a region where they barely win. By default they will look to gain points first and then go for the win if its their for the taking.

 

[Kianig89]

Looks like OP is new to Test cricket this ain't unsporting infact Aus can bat for 2 more days and try to get 20 wickets in 2 sessions

 

[gazza619]

Very poor tactics indeed by Australia.

 

[boomboomcheema]

Indeed, Australia made the situation worse by not showing any urgency. Their batting approach got slower as the innings progresses. Think they will be batting till they are All Out tomorrow lol.

Very defensive tactics by the Aussies.

 

[angrypathan]

Score as many runs as you can while conditions are best for batting, hardly unsporting

 

[moghul]

So many people with so little knowledge of test cricket, hence another thread.

 

[Cric_lover4487]

Is OP serious? This is test cricket. Aus wants to bat till pitch is good for batting. They will score 600 then look to take 20 wickets in 2.5 days. They will be very aggressive when they will bowl tomorrow.

 

[Cric_lover4487]

Infact, Pakistan played into their plan by defensive tactics and not going for allout on first day.

 

[prtikul]

https://www.espncricinfo.com/series...ia-vs-england-1st-test-1243384/full-scorecard

Although pitch was different but it was great tactic by England.

 

[Varun]

Australia's best chance of winning is what they're doing now. Bat once, go big.

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

Is this a troll post?

Clearly Australia are trying to bat once in this test, which is exactly what you should be looking to do in Asia anyway if you get a good first innings total.

 

[Birdman]

Days 2 and 3 are best for batting in a test match. So if AUssies bat for an hr tomorrow and bring the score close to 600, Pakistan will have to score at least 400 to avoid follow on a 4th day wicket. It’s not easy. Australians looking to bat once in this game. NOT unsporting at all.

 

[realitygaf]

This thread is from someone who started to watch cricket in the t20 era

 

[ask_analyse_act]

https://www.espncricinfo.com/series...ia-vs-england-1st-test-1243384/full-scorecard

Although pitch was different but it was great tactic by England.

Exactly what Aus is forecasting at the moment.. Australia will win this hands down, Pakistan wont be making that difficult as India made for England to win...

 

[sweep_shot]

Nothing unsporting about it.

Touring Pakistan for a SENA country is not easy and they have put themselves in a good position.

 

[Saj]

They are seeing it as 270 overs to take 20 wickets.

If they win, then there tactics will be vindicated.

 

[Mesozoic]

OP of the month.

Closely followed by the "Onus is on Australia to win" thread.

Two absolute gems in the span of a week.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Bat for 20 more overs tomorrow and score 600 , pakistan will wilt under pressure and lose by an innings and 300 runs.

 

[Savak]

Aussies are trying to make sure that Pakistan bat's when the pitch gets perfectly suitable for spin.

Smart thinking

 

[Savak]

My biggest concern is the ease with which the Aussies handled the reverse swing of the Pakistani pace bowlers who were one dimensional with their tactics.

 

[moghul]

You can't blame anyone for this kind of threads, not everyone grew up watching test matches and understand the tactics good teams use to win the tests.

 

[Raja Ishtiaq]

In the first Test, Pakistan declared a few overs before end of the 2nd Days play as teams usually do as an attempt to try to win the match. Here, the Australian team has batted two complete days without declaring.

Ideally , they should have gone hard a few overs after Tea on Day 2 and declared with 15-20 overs to spare but they kept batting at a snail pace which shows they are pretty much content with the draw and have killed any hopes of a fight or contest in this match.

Had Pakistan followed the same approach in the first Test, they also would have kept batting for 2 days . Infact, Pakistan declared with only 4 wickets down and here Australians are still batting with 8 wickets down.

Would be ashamed of my teams tactics if I was an Australian .

I dont agree with anything you have written. PCB killed the hopes of any contest at the outset by preparing such dud pitches. Australia cant bat for 5 days if they want. It's their choice.

 

[Kroll]

The onus is on Pak to get them out. It's unsporting of Pak not to do this.

 

[Colorblind Genius]

With the kind of pitches we gave them, they are now twisting the knife into our own misery after Rameez’s plan has backfired.
I am liking it.

 

[moghul]

Australians are not going for draw. They will add some quick runs tomorrow morning and will take the game completely out of Pakistan's reach and they don;t want to bat again on this wicket . You will see what it means to face the score board pressure .

I will give credit to both Azhar and Imam if they they batted well in this test, lets see.

 

[Saj]

I hope I'm wrong but I've got a bad feeling about this ongoing match.

A couple of early wickets for Australia and Pakistan will be under a lot of pressure - I just hope they don't crumble.

 

[daytrader]

I hope I'm wrong but I've got a bad feeling about this ongoing match.

A couple of early wickets for Australia and Pakistan will be under a lot of pressure - I just hope they don't crumble.

This test will define Fawad Alam's legacy. Insha'Allah he will score a double century at home and save us from a loss.

 

[Cric_lover4487]

Perfect time for Babar to score his first double century in test cricket.

 

[prtikul]

Exactly what Aus is forecasting at the moment.. Australia will win this hands down, Pakistan wont be making that difficult as India made for England to win...

Pakistan's test batting is better at saving the test match than the Indian batting. I think this match is heading for a draw.

 

[Sarwar89]

I hope I'm wrong but I've got a bad feeling about this ongoing match.

A couple of early wickets for Australia and Pakistan will be under a lot of pressure - I just hope they don't crumble.

I just have a feeling that Faheem will play blinder of an innings and somehow our lower order Rizwan + Nauman will get us out of hole and we will save follow on.

 

[MSaad1237]

I think their plan is to get Pakistan out twice within this total.

 

[iRfaN_LA]

Australia is planning to bat once. Good tactics. If pitch crumbles as it is expected to, Pakistan will be struggling to make 500+ in two innings. Batsmen will need to do something special.

 

[Savak]

Pakistan gambled on this wicket assuming they would win the toss, bat first and score big. This pitch will now become difficult on Day 4 & 5.

 

[iRfaN_LA]

Pakistan gambled on this wicket assuming they would win the toss, bat first and score big. This pitch will now become difficult on Day 4 & 5.

Sporting wickets is the way to go. Pitch should have something in it for the bowlers on day 1 and day 2. Having said that, need to give credit to Australia for capitalizing, Pakistan bowling and fielding was poor and also the defensive tactics

 

[Smbhayi]

Very good by Aussies... It's the right way to play in flat pitch.. just bat and bat and bat untill you all out.. if you can just bat whole 5 day..

 

[Afzal_K]

I hope I'm wrong but I've got a bad feeling about this ongoing match.

A couple of early wickets for Australia and Pakistan will be under a lot of pressure - I just hope they don't crumble.

err..I feel the same

 

[hafeezrocks]

Very good by Aussies... It's the right way to play in flat pitch.. just bat and bat and bat untill you all out.. if you can just bat whole 5 day..

Not sure if serious.

 

[iniqbal223]

Indeed, Australia made the situation worse by not showing any urgency. Their batting approach got slower as the innings progresses. Think they will be batting till they are All Out tomorrow lol.

Very defensive tactics by the Aussies.

Because they are waiting for pitch to deteriorate
Still 3 days of game ; I hope Pakistan dont lose this game

 

[jnaveen1980]

On docile pitches like this scoreboard pressure is the only way you win matches.

 

[hitthestump]

On docile pitches like this scoreboard pressure is the only way you win matches.

Yep. In the last test Pakistan could have done this too potentially but they weren't aggressive enough and declared too early. Pakistan needed another 75-100 runs and then the pressure would have been on.

 

[wrongun]

unsporting?
https://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricke...n-about-rawalpindi-pitch-20220310-p5a3a8.html

Prepare such a poor pitch- admittedly doctored to order by your CEO...

Such a bad pitch that your own fast bowlers had 2 genuine edges fall so far short of slip Babar introduced a "silly slip" after 20 mins play...

Such a bad pitch that we can bat for day, after day, after day if we choose with bowlers not much hope...

Second such pitch in a row btw...

And you expect Cummins to do Ramiz favours & make sporting declarations? Why bowl ourselves into dust on it? Let Ramiz reap what he has sown.

First such pitch could be an error. Second such pitch and it's "ok, these pitches are how you want to play Test cricket, let's show you what that really looks like". No mercy.

 

[Cricfan4eva]

The more Australia bat, has 2 advantages,

a) they rule out Pak win.
b) more runs = longer they can employ attacking fields to force a result

Why would Aus declare early when it has absolutely no benefit?

If Unsporting behaviour means making home side look silly in their own doctored pitch, then sure.

 

[Maher96]

Australia is just making sure they don’t lose the Test match. The pitch still seems good for batting.

 

[Ab Fan]

Australia have batted pretty slow from their standards. When you get to 500 total or more, your run rate must be 3+.

Pakistan did the same in first inning and Australia doing the same again.

Australia are probably playing it very smart, just run away with two draws here, at home they will dominate everyone and this will help them qualify in the finals where they will probably face India.

 

[Gilly]

Very unsporting of the Australians, Pakistan doctored these pitches to benefit their own batsmen not the Aussie batsmen.

 

[Junaids]

You can tell that 40 years have passed since Pakistan pulled this nonsense on the touring 1980-81 West Indians in a series in which even the wicketkeeper Taslim Arif scored a double-century against the world's best bowling attack.

Imran Khan as skipper absolutely prohibited this. It's an admission of inferiority to produce stone dead wickets but it also can often backfire, as India learned when they produced 4 dead wickets for the touring Pakistanis in 1986-87, and then tried to catch them on a square turner....and lost the toss and the series to Pakistan.

Starc and Hazlewood were always going to be rubbish in Pakistan. Australia was always going to go into the series with 4 quicks and 1 spinner.

The best bet was just going to be to produce normal Pakistani wickets - Australia would have struggled with the lower bounce anyway. They didn't need to be completely grassless. They didn't need to be so slow.

Now Pakistan have created a situation in which they may well lose the series by batting fourth either at Karachi or in the Third Test.

 

[latecut]

Very unsporting of Australians not to act according to the wishes of the OP.

 

[CrIc_Mystique]

Both wickets seen in the two tests going on are pathetic and not good advertisement for tc.
But i am surprised at Aus lack of intent. If u r 250/3 on first day, u should aim for 450 and declare just after tea. If not and if u bat on the 3rd day or declare , u better win the match. if not, you are negative minded and have played for draw.
If pak play quick and try and match aus score, or even close -no telling what can happen later in the game. but essentially Aus have killed the game off, look at the way Starc batted.
And onthe other end the banglore wicket is terrible, we stand to learn nothing from such wickets.
all in all not a good week for test cricket

 

[Amjid Javed]

) OP and few other whingers in this thread with egg on their faces now.

Pakistan 81/6

 

[Kroll]

I hope I'm wrong but I've got a bad feeling about this ongoing match.

A couple of early wickets for Australia and Pakistan will be under a lot of pressure - I just hope they don't crumble.

You knew…

 

[Cric1234]

Very unsporting of the Australians, Pakistan doctored these pitches to benefit their own batsmen not the Aussie batsmen.

They didn’t they are playing the same as they would in Australia on bouncier wickets minnows at home aswell now not just away.

 

[GenericBrand]

) OP and few other whingers in this thread with egg on their faces now.

Pakistan 81/6

Yeh because this forum is full of arm-chair critics and babies.