Big Cricket Thread

[DickDunn]

Not impressed by the captaincy in this innings. Bowling Swepson at the end in his first game, and at 0/150 along with one or two full tosses an over had not looked like taking a wicket. Was Captain Pat taking the piss? What about Mitchell Starc who has taken 274 wickets or himself who is no.1 bowler in the world? West Coast levels of competency.

Suspect it was a bit of a vote of confidence for the youngster to have him bowl at the end and try and hit the footmarks on a day five pitch. But also we only went in with two full time quicks and they had bowled plenty of overs between them. Need to manage their workload given the compressed schedule for this series. Would have been a different story on a green seamer of course

 

[darksquare]

Not impressed by the captaincy in this innings. Bowling Swepson at the end in his first game, and at 0/150 along with one or two full tosses an over had not looked like taking a wicket. Was Captain Pat taking the piss? What about Mitchell Starc who has taken 274 wickets or himself who is no.1 bowler in the world? West Coast levels of competency.

Hard to believe Starc didn't bowl at the death. Surely 6 yorkers was a better chance of a wicket than another over of tired spin, especially with Swepson having no rough to work with when bowling at the right-hander.

Cummins did make one good decision, though. Labuschagne's over into the rough was the most dangerous we looked in the last half hour.

 

[ashley12]

Another 20 overs to bowl would have been a very exciting way to finish /s

 

[Dazzler9]

Another 20 overs to bowl would have been a very exciting way to finish /s

Does /s mean sarcastic?? Because it actually would have been exciting.

 

[Into The Black]

Another 20 overs to bowl would have been a very exciting way to finish

Definitely, could have gone either way.

 

[Agent93]

Another 20 overs to bowl would have been a very exciting way to finish /s

Probably should've taken those wickets 20 overs earlier then...

 

[PintSzedSlasher]

Despite being an ok match due to closeness to a result, the pitch was still sub par. Hoping there might be a result pitch at Lahore but highly doubt it.

 

[ashley12]

/s is sarcasm.

I was super hard on the "no follow on is moronic" and Australia running out of time is absolutely a consequence of that decision.

 

[Dazzler9]

c'arn WA.

Is thee a spare day because of yesterday's washout, or still just a 4-dayer?

 

[ashley12]

Would still be a 4 day game but rules in regards to the follow on can change

Follow on is 150 in 4day/Shield and 200 in Tests/5 day

 

[Dazzler9]

Would still be a 4 day game but rules in regards to the follow on can change

Follow on is 150 in 4day/Shield and 200 in Tests/5 day

What I meant was whether there is a spare day added? There's not, right?

 

[new breed]

What I meant was whether there is a spare day added? There's not, right?

No spare day , but they start 1/2 hr earlier and finish 1/2 later Day 3 & Day 4 which makes up some time ( One session ) .

 

[ashley12]

Yeah no spare day. But some extra overs for the other days.

 

[Dazzler9]

Another pole. 7-100

 

[Truckosaurus]

Would still be a 4 day game but rules in regards to the follow on can change

Follow on is 150 in 4day/Shield and 200 in Tests/5 day

Not every post is about the follow on, ash

 

[RookiePick]

Another pole. 7-100

Got me excited. i checked the score and it's fair to say they stabilised.

Kelly turned into a pretty handy bowler these days.

 

[MrWoollie]

Hopefully this game changes the current attitude to enforcing follow ons.

I agree. Teams have become scared of enforcing it.

I can see the point if the lead is barely 200, you've been in the field in hot conditions for a full day and over a 100 overs and you know the pitch will turn into an unplayable nightmare on day 5 and you have Shane Warne in your team.

But when you've only bowled 50 overs, have a lead of over 400, the opposition are still tired from spending over 2 days in the field and you've got the ball doing stuff, and the pitch looks like it's going to flatten out...
YOU ENFORCE THE FOLLOW ON.

 

[The Passenger]

Also, apart from the Pakistani first innings, the track has seemingly been pretty easy to bat on, despite the cracks and rough.

More the ball than the pitch that caused Pakistan's batting problems in their first innings. The pitch barely changed from one day to the next.

Whether it was good ball management or just the luck of picking the right ball who knows...

But once the next lot of balls weren't reversing, conditions were very easy for batting again.

I know Pakistani pitches have been known for their attritional nature over the decades but these two pitches have really pushed the limits IMO.

Still.... 170 overs to get those wickets should have been enough. Some dropped catches only you cost you half an hour. Unfortunately Smith's drop cost us 80 overs.

 

[Campaigner for good]

Probably should've taken those wickets 20 overs earlier then...

How is your intensity? If it is not too much I think that we may have found our newest head coach!

First order of business, set up team BBQ's.

 

[FKASC]

Chris Tremains at the crease

 

[FKASC]

About 15% of his first class career run tally has come from one score of 111 and now 48* (total 93 innings)

 

[Agent93]

TAS/VIC might get a result with Vic chasing 231 of 82 overs. Whomever wins will likely knock us out of second.

 

[FKASC]

Still time for us to go for the win?

 

[Tugga27]

TAS/VIC might get a result with Vic chasing 231 of 82 overs. Whomever wins will likely knock us out of second.

Vics look to be cruising.
Whoever wins will knock us into second.

We play the Vics at home next game so that might be for top spot.

 

[Tugga27]

Still time for us to go for the win?

Wouldn't have thought so unless there is a declaration by WA.