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Re: Pakistan v Australia in the UAE: Test Series
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Tue Oct 16, 2018 6:32 pmby yuppie
sussexpob wrote:yuppie wrote:And he can also take catches like this
I dont get it, why is this considered a great catch? He gets hit by the ball, he falls over, and then finds as he's on the ground that the ball by some tragic fluke is resting on his right leg. If you are telling me he means to parry it with his left arm, then parry it with his right, then his left, then purposefully juggles the ball, then falling to the ground, with his left and right leg, to the point he accurately gauged in 0.02 seconds the exact way to hit the ball, so that it would drop straight into his lap, then fair play....
Its like claiming a skill when you pick 50 on the roulette wheel....
Indeed, tongue was firmly in cheek.
Re: Pakistan v Australia in the UAE: Test Series
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Tue Oct 16, 2018 9:13 pmby GarlicJam
bummer. I forgot this was on.
Re: Pakistan v Australia in the UAE: Test Series
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Wed Oct 17, 2018 8:12 amby mikesiva
Abbas gets his fourth wicket.
Re: Pakistan v Australia in the UAE: Test Series
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Wed Oct 17, 2018 9:03 amby yuppie
Well this is not going to well again. We could dream for a while.
Re: Pakistan v Australia in the UAE: Test Series
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Wed Oct 17, 2018 9:48 amby Arthur Crabtree
Gonna have to beat the recent fourth innings batting record to save this.
Re: Pakistan v Australia in the UAE: Test Series
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Wed Oct 17, 2018 10:21 amby GarlicJam
followed by the unlucky..., no, careless dismissal of Labuschagne. Hopefully it will be a lesson well learnt.
Re: Pakistan v Australia in the UAE: Test Series
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Wed Oct 17, 2018 10:52 amby sussexpob
Not caught any of this, but what is the pitch like? It was supposed to be a road, but both teams have failed to put up "road" like scores...... massive errors with the bat, or is there something in this wicket? Either way, its going to take a mammoth effort for Australia to avoid a hiding here.
Re: Pakistan v Australia in the UAE: Test Series
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Wed Oct 17, 2018 11:03 amby mikesiva
Australia 145 all out
Abbas 5-33
Bilal 3-23
Just following on cricinfo so not watching.
Re: Pakistan v Australia in the UAE: Test Series
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Wed Oct 17, 2018 11:26 amby Arthur Crabtree
Half of the wickets to the seamer plus a run out so it's not the traditional trial by spin that has done for the Aussies.
Mitch2 gets one back.
Re: Pakistan v Australia in the UAE: Test Series
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Wed Oct 17, 2018 12:39 pmby GarlicJam
sussexpob wrote:Not caught any of this, but what is the pitch like? It was supposed to be a road, but both teams have failed to put up "road" like scores...... massive errors with the bat, or is there something in this wicket? Either way, its going to take a mammoth effort for Australia to avoid a hiding here.
I saw about 3 minutes before my free stream packed it in. Just have watched the delights of the Cricinfo feed every so often.
Re: Pakistan v Australia in the UAE: Test Series
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Wed Oct 17, 2018 12:51 pmby mikesiva
Fakhar gets his half century!
Out to Lyon for 66. Two down.
Re: Pakistan v Australia in the UAE: Test Series
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Wed Oct 17, 2018 2:53 pmby yuppie
Not watching this it all. Going to be a busy week here but it seems im not missing much.
Re: Pakistan v Australia in the UAE: Test Series
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Wed Oct 17, 2018 5:21 pmby andy
Awful batting...no words to describe it, and OZ staring down the barrel here
Re: Pakistan v Australia in the UAE: Test Series
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Thu Oct 18, 2018 3:00 amby alfie
GarlicJam wrote:sussexpob wrote:Not caught any of this, but what is the pitch like? It was supposed to be a road, but both teams have failed to put up "road" like scores...... massive errors with the bat, or is there something in this wicket? Either way, its going to take a mammoth effort for Australia to avoid a hiding here.
I saw about 3 minutes before my free stream packed it in. Just have watched the delights of the Cricinfo feed every so often.
Watched a fair bit of it. Wouldn't call it a road , but certainly not a minefield either ...mainly some lousy batting by players on both sides over the first couple of days...Pakistan second innings putting things in perspective.
Have to praise Abbas though he has bowled superbly
Australia depend very heavily on Lyon and he can't do it alone : Holland no impact , though Labuschagne is promising (pity he hasn't been able to do anything with the bat : that run out was a classic piece of daydreaming !)
Can't see Australia getting out of this one...
Re: Pakistan v Australia in the UAE: Test Series
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Thu Oct 18, 2018 6:50 amby mikesiva
Azhar gets his half century!
Run out for 64. Four down.
What's the plan? Bat until tea and then declare?