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First test 15th December
First test 15th December
Pakistan Vs Australia-Cricket 2016-17 Tour News and Updates.
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Best of luck to our team. Difficult tour but we have some match winners. Hope our players play Well on bouncy pitches. Can't wait for Mohammad irfan and wahab Riaz in action
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Should be a good tour, a good chance to get the Aussies in Australia. Yasir Shah can come good against the Aussie, first test is Day and Night. Amir should give a good performance. A challenge for our batting, expecting Babar Azam and Younis to score some good runs in this series.
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Pakistan bowlers gave a very good account of themselves in practice match and this series will surely be battle of bowlers. Both sides have some great quality pace bowlers and I hope we get to see a series dominated by bowlers for a change.
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Pakistan have never won a series in Australia and last claimed a test Down Under more than two decades ago but Mickey Arthur's squad are confident they can end at least one of those droughts over the next four weeks.
That the three-match series commences with the first day-night test at Brisbane's Gabba on Thursday adds an element of unpredictability to the start of the contest that the tourists will hope to exploit against an Australian side in transition.
For their part, the hosts will be hoping to maintain Brisbane as the fortress it has been since they last lost a test there in 1988 and for the extra pace and bounce of the home wickets to confound touring batsmen and bowlers alike.
Pakistan coach Arthur knows plenty about Australian conditions having coached the men in the baggy green from 2011 to his sacking in 2013, and is convinced he has the weapons at his disposal to hurt the hosts.
“If we can adapt to conditions quick enough we'll be fine,” said Arthur, who also led South Africa to their first tour triumph in Australia in 2008.
“I constantly remind the players if we can be getting 270, 280, 300, we're in the game because we've got the ability to take 20 wickets.
“If we can use the new ball particularly well against Australia, we'll be good. And seven left-handers in their 11 makes our left-armers even more potent.”
Frontline left-arm quicks Wahab Riaz and Mohammad Amir, the latter now rehabilitated after a spot-fixing ban, will be hoping leg spinner Yasir Shah is fit enough to offer his support.
Yasir missed the warm-up match in Cairns because of a back injury but took a five-wicket haul with the pink ball in Dubai when Pakistan played their maiden day-night match against West Indies in October.
Batting touch
Pakistan's batting showed some fragility in the recent 2-0 reverse in New Zealand but their line-up is at least far more settled than that of the hosts.
Australia overhauled their side after losing the first two tests of their recent series against South Africa and having returned to winning ways in the third test at Adelaide Oval, have retained the same squad for Brisbane.
For all the inexperience, though, they have plenty of proven performers on home tracks, not least the world class pace attack of Josh Hazlewood and left-armer Mitchell Starc.
Opener David Warner and skipper Steve Smith were in sparkling batting form in Adelaide as well as in the one-day series against New Zealand squeezed in between the two test series and lefthander Usman Khawaja has also been in good touch.
Islamabad-born Khawaja scored a brilliant 145 in the third test against South Africa and is determined to cement his place in the Australia side against the land of his birth on his adopted home ground.
“We obviously have a really good record here so hopefully if we can get off to a really good start we can drive the game from there,” he said on Tuesday.
“But, lesson learnt from the first test against South Africa, you can't take anything for granted and we're going to have to respect the opposition and play our best cricket.”
That the three-match series commences with the first day-night test at Brisbane's Gabba on Thursday adds an element of unpredictability to the start of the contest that the tourists will hope to exploit against an Australian side in transition.
For their part, the hosts will be hoping to maintain Brisbane as the fortress it has been since they last lost a test there in 1988 and for the extra pace and bounce of the home wickets to confound touring batsmen and bowlers alike.
Pakistan coach Arthur knows plenty about Australian conditions having coached the men in the baggy green from 2011 to his sacking in 2013, and is convinced he has the weapons at his disposal to hurt the hosts.
“If we can adapt to conditions quick enough we'll be fine,” said Arthur, who also led South Africa to their first tour triumph in Australia in 2008.
“I constantly remind the players if we can be getting 270, 280, 300, we're in the game because we've got the ability to take 20 wickets.
“If we can use the new ball particularly well against Australia, we'll be good. And seven left-handers in their 11 makes our left-armers even more potent.”
Frontline left-arm quicks Wahab Riaz and Mohammad Amir, the latter now rehabilitated after a spot-fixing ban, will be hoping leg spinner Yasir Shah is fit enough to offer his support.
Yasir missed the warm-up match in Cairns because of a back injury but took a five-wicket haul with the pink ball in Dubai when Pakistan played their maiden day-night match against West Indies in October.
Batting touch
Pakistan's batting showed some fragility in the recent 2-0 reverse in New Zealand but their line-up is at least far more settled than that of the hosts.
Australia overhauled their side after losing the first two tests of their recent series against South Africa and having returned to winning ways in the third test at Adelaide Oval, have retained the same squad for Brisbane.
For all the inexperience, though, they have plenty of proven performers on home tracks, not least the world class pace attack of Josh Hazlewood and left-armer Mitchell Starc.
Opener David Warner and skipper Steve Smith were in sparkling batting form in Adelaide as well as in the one-day series against New Zealand squeezed in between the two test series and lefthander Usman Khawaja has also been in good touch.
Islamabad-born Khawaja scored a brilliant 145 in the third test against South Africa and is determined to cement his place in the Australia side against the land of his birth on his adopted home ground.
“We obviously have a really good record here so hopefully if we can get off to a really good start we can drive the game from there,” he said on Tuesday.
“But, lesson learnt from the first test against South Africa, you can't take anything for granted and we're going to have to respect the opposition and play our best cricket.”
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Our batting collapsed in the warm up matches, again. I am not sure how well they will do in the tests. However i do have a feeling that Pakistan wont fold as easily as they did in NZ this time around. Hoping and looking forward for a good contest with the bowlers to be in the limelight again.
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I think if we win the toss bowl first as its our first chance to play a day and night test with Pink ball. Left arm pair Amir and wahab are the keys Yasir's magic not worked much but still he is a threat. The local media nothing but pace bowling counting much as a threat to put danger Aussie batting line up They not much worry about our batting line up.
"Pakistan, of course, have a surfeit of pacemen capable of making the ball bend, in Wahab Riaz and Mohammad Amir a left-arm combination duo capable of reducing any batting order to ruins"
http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia-v-pakistan-2016-17/content/story/1072369.html
The match start 1:00PM local time 7:00AM morning Pakistani time.team announce after toss.
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So
Australian won the toss and decide to bat seems quite confident to face Pakistani pace open by Amir and Rahat.
8 for no loss
Brisbane
Total 59 test matches Australia won 36 lost 8 and other draws.
Australian won the toss and decide to bat seems quite confident to face Pakistani pace open by Amir and Rahat.
8 for no loss
Brisbane
Total 59 test matches Australia won 36 lost 8 and other draws.
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If it is regular Brisbane pitch, bowl first is proper choice. under normal circumstances, Gabba is currently the liveliest pitch in the world and with new red cherry, i want to see how Pakistan quicks perform. Also its would be a real test for slip cordon.
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51 without loss
70/1 Amir take out warner
Yasir took another in row 2/75
70/1 Amir take out warner
Yasir took another in row 2/75
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No chance to win its best they come back home and play video game
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What happened in Brisbane on day one is a marker for rest of the series. This test match is lost. The final score line will be 3-0 or 2-1.
I m not saying Pakistan is not a good side. But we are touring Australia for a test series after 7 years. New Zealand tour before this series was very badly planned. No side games and going to country with bouncy wickets, it was a difficult series. By that way this was Pakistan first series defeat in 31 years against New Zealand. But I still think if it was planned better, Pakistan would not have lost 2-0 or not lost at all.
I m not saying Pakistan is not a good side. But we are touring Australia for a test series after 7 years. New Zealand tour before this series was very badly planned. No side games and going to country with bouncy wickets, it was a difficult series. By that way this was Pakistan first series defeat in 31 years against New Zealand. But I still think if it was planned better, Pakistan would not have lost 2-0 or not lost at all.
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