1st Test: Australia v Pakistan at Gabba, Nov 21-25 2019

[JJ]

Pakistan has many talented players, but poor discipline and team cohesion has been a problem for years now.

Forever...

They seldom get it right as a team by f**k me dead do they turn up some special cricketers

 

[undertaker]

13,836 crowd today

Very disappointing for a weekend. Makes the 13k the Gabba got on both Thursday and Friday look good.

Given the majority of fans in Brisbane expect the match to be finished tomorrow, hate to think what the crowd could be.

 

[undertaker]

This is just a slaughter

Maybe, but spare a thought for Bangladesh that's not only getting carved up by India in front of a big crowd, but had to use 2 concussion substitutes (of which one of them, who is a bowler, can't bowl because he replaced the wicketkeeper).

 

[undertaker]

Pakistanis are such pushovers.
Bring on a country with a bit of fight in them.

New Zealand's coming for ya!

 

[TheParraboy]

13,836 crowd today

If they all bought a roll, chips and coke combo, how much would it come to?

 

[King hit]

Very disappointing for a weekend. Makes the 13k the Gabba got on both Thursday and Friday look good.

Given the majority of fans in Brisbane expect the match to be finished tomorrow, hate to think what the crowd could be.

I was very disappointed as well. I thought today was going to get a very good crowd but it didn’t happen. It’s been like that for a while. Besides the day nighter in 2016 and Ashes the crowds at the Gabba test haven’t been great.

 

[hineyrulz]

Very disappointing for a weekend. Makes the 13k the Gabba got on both Thursday and Friday look good.

Given the majority of fans in Brisbane expect the match to be finished tomorrow, hate to think what the crowd could be.

There was no way there was 13k there on friday, ground wasn't even a quarter full.

 

[TheParraboy]

So,

With no allrounder in the side

We secured ashes in the UK for the first time in a long time, tanked SL, tanking Pakistan. And Im confident if Smith and Warner play last summer India don't win the series

Message in there somewhere...

If it ain't broke...

 

[TheParraboy]

If Pakistan can negotiate the first hour, then can bat all day today, no question.

They have their best bats at the crease now plus a quality guy to come in next. Will be warm and pushing 30c , of course a lot warmer in the middle .

No ruling out a drawn test just yet...

 

[Mr Spock!]

So,

With no allrounder in the side

We secured ashes in the UK for the first time in a long time, tanked SL, tanking Pakistan. And Im confident if Smith and Warner play last summer India don't win the series

Message in there somewhere...

If it ain't broke...

What odds MMarsh is in the test team by the end of the summer????

To give the pacers a rest.

 

[Mr Spock!]

I was very disappointed as well. I thought today was going to get a very good crowd but it didn’t happen. It’s been like that for a while. Besides the day nighter in 2016 and Ashes the crowds at the Gabba test haven’t been great.

Maybe people no longer have time to sit and watch cricket for 7 hours.

I used to watch every ball, now I might watch the highlights.

 

[Mr Spock!]

Also there's no real characters in the game anymore...and Pakistan and even England haven't toured well.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

If it lasts the full day I'll carry Babar's luggage around for the rest of the tour.

 

[Bazal]

If it lasts the full day I'll carry Babar's luggage around for the rest of the tour.

Is your wife @Haynetrain aware of your latest predictive promise?

 

[Bazal]

Can’t captain can’t bat can barely catch......... ping @Bazal

Why are you talking about my 2019/20 season so far in a Test match thread mate?

 

[King hit]

Imagine listening to Tim Paine all day

 

[undertaker]

I was very disappointed as well. I thought today was going to get a very good crowd but it didn’t happen. It’s been like that for a while. Besides the day nighter in 2016 and Ashes the crowds at the Gabba test haven’t been great.

Not being a Brisbane local myself, what do you think the problem is that the Gabba's struggling to even get people turning up on a weekend?

There was no way there was 13k there on friday, ground wasn't even a quarter full.

I see the coloured seats have turned up in record numbers on a beautiful sunny day today.

 

[TheParraboy]

If it lasts the full day I'll carry Babar's luggage around for the rest of the tour.

I can delete that post before Haynetrain sees it mate, dont want you in the doghouse for the next test

 

[undertaker]

Also there's no real characters in the game anymore...and Pakistan and even England haven't toured well.

The characters of the game were killed off years ago. No way would Lillee/Marsh/Walters/Chappell brothers/Border/Hughes/Matthews etc. last in the game today. The PC brigade would make sure their career was killed off

 

[TheParraboy]

too late