Maybe itās the round ball thatās doing for them.
First test match in seven months, since the ball tampering series in South Africa starting against Pakistan tomorrow morning. Will you be able to field a team @Fitzy with all the absentees?
Pakistan are the no 1 team in world at moment as far as Iām concerned. If we had full pick you could make comparisons but this should be an easy series win for the mullahs
Pakistan 97/0 after 34 overs.
Which Aussie is in charge of minding the ball?
165/0. Harder to come by wickets when you canāt ball tamper.
Stumps on Day 3: Pakistan 482 & 45/3 Australia 202.
Pakistan lead by 325 runs with 7 wickets in hand. Calamitous Australia batting collapse. 160/2 to 202 all out.
At least we got Hafeez out, heās a dinger of a player once he gets in
I see Peter Siddle is playing. Thought he was long gone.
He was playing for some old village in the pennines last I heard. Supposed to be a very nice man.
What a result, what grit and fortitude under incessant pressure. That draw is a massive fillip for us. Paine and Kawaja were like Davy Crockett and General Custer out there today at times. Take a bow sons
Shane Warne has a book out. Heās done an interview with Vaughan for the BBC podcast.
The two Marshs made an impressive contribution.
Australia in command on the first morning of the second test in Abu Dhabi. Nathan Lyon has picked up 4 wickets in 6 balls. Pakistan 57/5.
Pakistan, the Waterford of the cricket world.
Homeless?
Thereās a lot more Pakistanis in the United Arab Emirates than there is Waterford people in their termporary home of Limerick.
weird enough response
Australia 91/7 in response to Pakistanās 282.
From Pakistan being at 51/5 or whatever, the spread betting patterns would be interesting.