1st Test: Australia v Pakistan @ Optus Stadium Perth, Dec 14-18 2023

[TheParraboy]

We should win..

 

[Wizardman]

Fair on his voice alone

Hopefully, his commentary career is as short as Scott Prince.

 

[King-Gutho94]

Shit summer of cricket all round. West Indies in back to back years?

Go back to what we used to have

Windies had been here once in the previous 14 summers then we have b2b summers with them no wonder the FTP makes no sense really.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Hate to say it but the only competitive test series we have these days is v India.

The poms are useless here and we lift against them.
The kiwis might be ok but we haven't seen them for years.
The saffas showed no interest last time are in decline and are shelving tests for t20.
Everyone else is mediocre at best.

 

[King hit]

Hate to say it but the only competitive test series we have these days is v India.

The poms are useless here and we lift against them.
The kiwis might be ok but we haven't seen them for years.
The saffas showed no interest last time are in decline and are shelving tests for t20.
Everyone else is mediocre at best.

That series we last played against them was a classic. All the ex Kiwi players pumping up there chances of beating us in our own country but just ended up being completely demolished. Always brings a smile to my face thinking about it.

 

[JJ]

Hate to say it but the only competitive test series we have these days is v India.

The poms are useless here and we lift against them.
The kiwis might be ok but we haven't seen them for years.
The saffas showed no interest last time are in decline and are shelving tests for t20.
Everyone else is mediocre at best.

The fact that India are so good in Aust speaks to what a great team they are…. Without trawling the history books I’d suggest only incredibly good sides are competitive touring Australia, the reality is that your home series are almost always one sided…. Those Windies sides flipping the script were other worldly tbh

 

[Twizzle]

We should win..

gutsy call but I think you might be right

be good to see Smudger get a big one today, it's been a while

 

[Twizzle]

 

[Twizzle]

not a place for a honeymoon, lol

 

[Raiders_Premiers]

Getting the feeling that Smudge is in a long decline phase of his career that he can't recover from, ala Ponting in his latter stages

 

[yobbo84]

That Smith LBW was cooked

Hit on the top flap of the pad in front of the crease at Perth, no way that was hitting the stumps

Wilson is hopeless

 

[hineyrulz]

Joel Wilson is a bigger fraud than Bea Arthur.

 

[Pippen94]

Didn't take long. John the bookie on his cellular phone asking Pakistan what the conditions are like in Perth. I smell rupees.

Prove me wrong boys make it to tea time at least.

Pakistan have lost 14 straight matches in Australia. They don't need to throw game on purpose..

 

[Pippen94]

Getting the feeling that Smudge is in a long decline phase of his career that he can't recover from, ala Ponting in his latter stages

The age players play to today means it might just be a mini slump..

 

[Pippen94]

That Smith LBW was cooked

Hit on the top flap of the pad in front of the crease at Perth, no way that was hitting the stumps

Wilson is hopeless

Ball tracking confirmed decision

 

[Pippen94]

The fact that India are so good in Aust speaks to what a great team they are…. Without trawling the history books I’d suggest only incredibly good sides are competitive touring Australia, the reality is that your home series are almost always one sided…. Those Windies sides flipping the script were other worldly tbh

South Africa won 3 straight test series in Australia this century - lost last won.

As "great" as India is we beat them in world test & odi championships

 

[JJ]

South Africa won 3 straight test series in Australia this century - lost last won.

As "great" as India is we beat them in world test & odi championships

RSA and Australia conditions are relatively similar which is why it’s the one oversea place Warner has excelled.

sure maybe great is the wrong term, but they’re better in Aust than Aust is in India…. But I do think it’s hard to overstate how difficult touring Australia is

 

[yobbo84]

Wilson again

 

[King-Gutho94]

Lol at Skull is it a relief to still be out there atm

 

[westerntiger]

channel seven cricket coverage is like those bouts of explosive diarrhoea that leave your arse hole feeling like its on fire