1st ODI: Pakistan v Australia at Sharjah Oct 7, 2014

[TheParraboy]

Here we are October 2015 and international cricket once more for the Australians

First of 3 ODIs vs Pakistan starts next Tuesday at 9pm AEDT

There is a T20i game before this on Sunday 5th Oct at 3am, I don't think many of us will be watching this, so not bothering with a thread on it (maybe discuss a bit of it in this thread?)

Clarke is out of the ODIs and is in doubt for the tests and Sunshine isn't on tour so Hughes gets another chance this tour you would imagine

 

[jargan83]

Hughes gets another chance

To embarrass himself against spin

 

[TheParraboy]

To embarrass himself against spin

but he has been working with Murali..

 

[Twizzle]

I doubt the Pakis have any spinners left, if they were any good they got suspended

Hughes will be left off the hook a bit here.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Pakistan in a bit of disarray with spinners being banned, Younis Khan dropped and not happy about it and Waqar as coach not the most unifying of characters. Therefore they will probably beat us.

 

[Timbo]

Abdur Rehman is quite a good spinner, he'll be there.

 

[TheParraboy]

M Marsh out of the t20, and ODIs, possibly tests as well
Do we have another Sunshine on our hands here



http://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan-v-australia-2014/content/story/786845.html

Allrounder Mitchell Marsh is in doubt for his Test debut later this month after a hamstring injury ruled him out of Australia's T20 against Pakistan this Sunday. Marsh is also unlikely to play in the three-match ODI series that follows the T20 after he picked up the hamstring injury while playing for Perth Scorchers in the Champions League T20.

Marsh appeared a near-certainty to make his Test debut in Dubai in the absence of injured allrounder Shane Watson, and if he is unavailable it could bring offspinning allrounder Glenn Maxwell into the mix. The heat in the UAE will mean Australia need an allrounder capable of bowling a significant number of overs, and Marsh may need to prove his fitness in the four-day tour game against Pakistan A.

 

[Twizzle]

I expert this will be the story of his career, much like his brother

 

[TheParraboy]

Sad thing is, they are looking at Maxwell to replace him in the tests

 

[8Ball]

HAH looking fantastic against spin ...:sarcasm:

 

[Twizzle]

pretty average from the Pakis, never gonna win with 97 and they made The Big Show look like Warnie

 

[AlwaysGreen]

So big show was off his game?

 

[TheParraboy]

 

[Twizzle]

After seeing the pitches, the X factor has been added to our squad

http://www.cricket.com.au/news-list...p-australia-vb-tour-of-the-uae-one-day-series

god help us

 

[TheParraboy]

Game starts at 10pm, 3pm locally over there

 

[TheParraboy]

Abbott to make his ODI debut

 

[TheParraboy]

GB wins the toss and Aust batting

No side has chased down over 285 on this deck, hopefully we can post well over 300

 

[TheParraboy]

Australia Team
AJ Finch, DA Warner, SPD Smith, GJ Bailey*, GJ Maxwell, JP Faulkner, BJ Haddin†, SA Abbott, MG Johnson, KW Richardson, NM Lyon

Pakistan Team
Ahmed Shehzad, Asad Shafiq, Misbah-ul-Haq*, Umar Akmal, Fawad Alam, Sarfraz Ahmed†, Shahid Afridi, Anwar Ali, Wahab Riaz, Zulfiqar Babar, Mohammad Irfan

 

[TheParraboy]

shaky middle order if smith is at 3 and big show at 5

 

[jargan83]

Big Show at 5 to give Pakistan a chance