Pl post correct title. It should be Pakistan VS australia cricket and not Pakistan VS australia.
Pakistan Vs Australia-Cricket 2016-17 Tour News and Updates.
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Pl post correct title. It should be Pakistan VS australia cricket and not Pakistan VS australia.
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Well played Pakistan
If only Muhammad Amir would have made fifty in both innings... Pakista would have won the match
We need to replace 1 or 2 top order batsmen or send them after the tailenders (may be lower down the order at 6 and 7) to have any chance of winning the next match
If only Muhammad Amir would have made fifty in both innings... Pakista would have won the match
We need to replace 1 or 2 top order batsmen or send them after the tailenders (may be lower down the order at 6 and 7) to have any chance of winning the next match
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some good shots played:
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Great effort by the Pakistani team.
But once again I'd say that Yunus Khan is not Pakistan's greatest batsman. I'd put Inzimam and Miandad above Yunus Khan. The way Yunus was out reverse sweeping is unpardonable!! And he's done such stupid things plenty of times in his career. He may amass all the runs, breaks all the records but his judgement at critical times has often been stupidity. Only if he had played with a 'straight bat' and just stuck around--most tail-enders did exactly that and nearly won the match for Pakistan.
Oh what a win this would have been for Pakistan!! Cricinfo was calling it the most memorable, best win of cricket history.
But once again I'd say that Yunus Khan is not Pakistan's greatest batsman. I'd put Inzimam and Miandad above Yunus Khan. The way Yunus was out reverse sweeping is unpardonable!! And he's done such stupid things plenty of times in his career. He may amass all the runs, breaks all the records but his judgement at critical times has often been stupidity. Only if he had played with a 'straight bat' and just stuck around--most tail-enders did exactly that and nearly won the match for Pakistan.
Oh what a win this would have been for Pakistan!! Cricinfo was calling it the most memorable, best win of cricket history.
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Sydney and Melbourne (next match) are most sub continent like pitch in Australia and i hope Pakistan batsmen succeed there. As for bowlers, i think the team needs one more spinner. Yasir Shah is a genuine match winner but you can't expect him to perform every time. If i were in Misbah's shoes, i'll add one more spinner and go with 5 bowlers. See how Virat is approaching as captain, he always plays 5 bowlers.
Maybe selectors should look for someone like Afridi (not the explosive Afridi, but spinner one who picks up wickets and bat a bit) for the test team.
Anyone on domestic circuit in such role at the moment?
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PSL starting from January, we might get one or two good spinners.
There are 2 Cricket teams I like to see succeed.
1) England
2) Any team that's playing Australia
English cricket hasn't had the best of the winters but, good luck Pakistan. (Y)
Nonetheless it has been an excellent year for test cricket. So much competitive cricket being played.
England, Australia, India, South Africa and Pakistan all looking top with India currently looking slightly better than the rest. But, we'll find out next year when they tour SA whether are they deserving No.1 team or just lions at home and minnows when touring.
1) England
2) Any team that's playing Australia
English cricket hasn't had the best of the winters but, good luck Pakistan. (Y)
Nonetheless it has been an excellent year for test cricket. So much competitive cricket being played.
England, Australia, India, South Africa and Pakistan all looking top with India currently looking slightly better than the rest. But, we'll find out next year when they tour SA whether are they deserving No.1 team or just lions at home and minnows when touring.
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Pakistan on Monday came close to recording the highest successful run-chase in Test cricket courtesy their lower batting order. It would have been an apt honour for a team that defies cricketing nous.
At the start of the 144th over in Pakistan’s second innings, Yasir Shah had ambled through for a single to give the well-set Asad Shafiq the strike.
Pakistan were at 449/8 at the time in their chase of 490. The Pakistanis were expected to play out this over comfortably like they had the rest of the morning.
The two batsmen had shared a 70-run partnership for the ninth wicket and everything was going in their favour. They had not left too much to chance except for a slash or two.
They looked like they were batting in the first innings and building a lead.
Pakistan had failed to do anything of the sort in actuality in their first essay, when they had succumbed to 142 all out.
At one point in that innings, they had been at 67/8 in reply to Australia’s 429. Now, they were 449/8 and coolly pursuing their 490 target. However, within the next five balls, they lost the match.
Shafiq got a bouncer from Mitchell Starc that he was unable to fend. And, then, Yasir Shah, clouded by the idea of depending on Rahat Ali to see off the win, gave away his wicket.
Unpredictability thy name is Pakistani cricket
The adage of cricket being an unpredictable game becomes easier to mouth when one is talking about the Pakistani cricket team’s fortunes.
It is much easier to imagine Pakistan doing remarkable things in the bowling department than in batting. And this was, after all, against an Australian side that had been knocked out for 85 runs by South Africa only last month.
Yet, everything taking place today revolted against recent cricketing fortune and old cricketing history.
The highest ever run chase in a losing cause was New Zealand’s 451 against England in 2002. That had been achieved primarily via Nathan Astle’s blitzkrieg of 222 runs.
The New Zealand tail on that occasion had been there to just give the strike to Astle to do his thing, which was to pulverise the English bowlers everywhere.
They still fell short by 98 runs. It seemed like an effort done out of vengeful jest than controlled fury.
What Pakistan were up to in Brisbane was a studied demarcation of the run chase in front of them and they had 200 potential overs to achieve it.
So many chases are lost in the mind of the team that has to bat in the fourth innings because of the fear of not batting out a day or two.
Pakistan refreshingly looked at the number of overs available as an opportunity to do their thing, which was to win when no one gave them a fighting chance to do it.
The idea of winning a moral victory was easier to achieve than an outright one. Their resolve grew stronger when they were at 220/6.
Shafiq batted quite well in tandem with Mohammed Amir, Wahab Riaz and Yasir Shah to almost achieve the miraculous.
What India can learn
India might well have a proficient lower order in the form of Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja and Jayant Yadav, who have rescued the team quite a few times this year.
But until they score more than double the runs of their top-order brethren, twice, away from home, in a day/night match, they have nothing much to brag about in comparison.
The need of this Indian team to do well abroad becomes more prominent in light of fairly sedate home series victories. None of the major cricketing nations do badly at home. The recent loss of Australia to South Africa only serves as an exception.
Another remarkable performance abroad this year was Pakistan’s 2-2 result against England.
They did not bow down after they had lost two matches in a row having won the first. India capitulated the last time they were in such a situation in England.
It might be easy to dismiss James Anderson’s recent mutterings against Virat Kohli’s batting as hypocritical, but the fact remains that Kohli and the rest of the India batsmen were clueless for most of that 2014 tour.
It is worth contemplating how they might play when they go to Australia and England in 2018.
The majority of the Indian batting order is likely to remain the same two years from now, but questions of experience and ability will linger.
The Indian spinning assets will be negated considerably then and India will need to find a functional pace line-up if they have any hope of doing well in these two countries.
As of now, injuries mark out the Indian pacers more than constant contributions. It is a bit dazzling to think of Ishant Sharma as a spearhead figure a la Zaheer Khan. But he has turned in a couple of good performances in England and Sri Lanka.
He and the rest of the fast bowlers will need to bowl consistently well in those swinging conditions, while the batsmen will have to weather the storm when it is their turn.
Pakistan, on the other hand, have a constant supply of fast bowlers who can do well with seam and swing available.
They might have struggled badly in the first Test against the Australian batsmen, but they certainly did the damage in England earlier this year. Who would bet against them doing the same in the remaining two Tests.
http://www.dawn.com/news/1303452/wh...st-performances-against-australia-and-england
At the start of the 144th over in Pakistan’s second innings, Yasir Shah had ambled through for a single to give the well-set Asad Shafiq the strike.
Pakistan were at 449/8 at the time in their chase of 490. The Pakistanis were expected to play out this over comfortably like they had the rest of the morning.
The two batsmen had shared a 70-run partnership for the ninth wicket and everything was going in their favour. They had not left too much to chance except for a slash or two.
They looked like they were batting in the first innings and building a lead.
Pakistan had failed to do anything of the sort in actuality in their first essay, when they had succumbed to 142 all out.
At one point in that innings, they had been at 67/8 in reply to Australia’s 429. Now, they were 449/8 and coolly pursuing their 490 target. However, within the next five balls, they lost the match.
Shafiq got a bouncer from Mitchell Starc that he was unable to fend. And, then, Yasir Shah, clouded by the idea of depending on Rahat Ali to see off the win, gave away his wicket.
Unpredictability thy name is Pakistani cricket
The adage of cricket being an unpredictable game becomes easier to mouth when one is talking about the Pakistani cricket team’s fortunes.
It is much easier to imagine Pakistan doing remarkable things in the bowling department than in batting. And this was, after all, against an Australian side that had been knocked out for 85 runs by South Africa only last month.
Yet, everything taking place today revolted against recent cricketing fortune and old cricketing history.
The highest ever run chase in a losing cause was New Zealand’s 451 against England in 2002. That had been achieved primarily via Nathan Astle’s blitzkrieg of 222 runs.
The New Zealand tail on that occasion had been there to just give the strike to Astle to do his thing, which was to pulverise the English bowlers everywhere.
They still fell short by 98 runs. It seemed like an effort done out of vengeful jest than controlled fury.
What Pakistan were up to in Brisbane was a studied demarcation of the run chase in front of them and they had 200 potential overs to achieve it.
So many chases are lost in the mind of the team that has to bat in the fourth innings because of the fear of not batting out a day or two.
Pakistan refreshingly looked at the number of overs available as an opportunity to do their thing, which was to win when no one gave them a fighting chance to do it.
The idea of winning a moral victory was easier to achieve than an outright one. Their resolve grew stronger when they were at 220/6.
Shafiq batted quite well in tandem with Mohammed Amir, Wahab Riaz and Yasir Shah to almost achieve the miraculous.
What India can learn
India might well have a proficient lower order in the form of Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja and Jayant Yadav, who have rescued the team quite a few times this year.
But until they score more than double the runs of their top-order brethren, twice, away from home, in a day/night match, they have nothing much to brag about in comparison.
The need of this Indian team to do well abroad becomes more prominent in light of fairly sedate home series victories. None of the major cricketing nations do badly at home. The recent loss of Australia to South Africa only serves as an exception.
Another remarkable performance abroad this year was Pakistan’s 2-2 result against England.
They did not bow down after they had lost two matches in a row having won the first. India capitulated the last time they were in such a situation in England.
It might be easy to dismiss James Anderson’s recent mutterings against Virat Kohli’s batting as hypocritical, but the fact remains that Kohli and the rest of the India batsmen were clueless for most of that 2014 tour.
It is worth contemplating how they might play when they go to Australia and England in 2018.
The majority of the Indian batting order is likely to remain the same two years from now, but questions of experience and ability will linger.
The Indian spinning assets will be negated considerably then and India will need to find a functional pace line-up if they have any hope of doing well in these two countries.
As of now, injuries mark out the Indian pacers more than constant contributions. It is a bit dazzling to think of Ishant Sharma as a spearhead figure a la Zaheer Khan. But he has turned in a couple of good performances in England and Sri Lanka.
He and the rest of the fast bowlers will need to bowl consistently well in those swinging conditions, while the batsmen will have to weather the storm when it is their turn.
Pakistan, on the other hand, have a constant supply of fast bowlers who can do well with seam and swing available.
They might have struggled badly in the first Test against the Australian batsmen, but they certainly did the damage in England earlier this year. Who would bet against them doing the same in the remaining two Tests.
http://www.dawn.com/news/1303452/wh...st-performances-against-australia-and-england
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We have Mohammad Nawaz for that role. He was said to bat a little along with spin bowling. Other than that we have Imad Wasim who again can bat along with spin. I don't know if he is fit enough to be part of test team.
These are the two most probable choices for the role you mentioned. They have also sent Mohammad Asghar even though he is not a batsman to replace Yasir Shah if he is injured.
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Very disappointing total to lose 2 unnecessary wickets
But it is what it is , Pakistan does not plays often on bounce based wicket due to limited exposure on such playing conditions
Would have been better had they planned 2-3 Practice matches prior to series to give people chance to loosen up
But it is what it is , Pakistan does not plays often on bounce based wicket due to limited exposure on such playing conditions
Would have been better had they planned 2-3 Practice matches prior to series to give people chance to loosen up
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