2nd Test: Australia v Pakistan at Melbourne on Dec 26-30, 2016

[Bazal]

Starc spell was amazing.

Well done, team effort won that.

Team except Wade. f**k that guy

 

[KeepingTheFaith]

No way Pakistan threw that IMO.

How often do India/Sri Lanka/Pakistan ever really perform well in Australia and even NZ? Sub continent sides really do struggle in the Southern Hemisphere.

The writing was on the wall when NZ brushed Pakistan's batting aside with relative ease. Pakistan scored 133, 171, 216, 230.

They only really surpassed that on the back of 2 batsmen digging their heels in along with a luck riding tail.

 

[umina panther]

Team except Wade. f**k that guy

Something we can all agree on

 

[Wizardman]

That has to be the most pissweak day I have ever seen from a team in a test match.

 

[Wizardman]

The pitch was an absolute road and they get skilled like that...lol

 

[Sphagnum]

All of the bowlers were great and the aussies took all their chances (except scissorhands).

Pakis cracked under the pressure.

 

[Bazal]

That has to be the most pissweak day I have ever seen from a team in a test match.

Really? Hobart a few tests ago not doing it for you? 60 odd in the ashes?

Surviving a day is a lot harder than people often think. And Pakistan are very rarely good out here, nor are they renowned for the mental toughness

 

[Meapro Ham]

How often has a test team had a guy score a double century and still lose? Must be some kind of record

 

[Bazal]

All of the bowlers were great and the aussies took all their chances (except scissorhands).

Pakis cracked under the pressure.

One thing I did like from Smith was that he did rotate the bowlers quite often, so they were always charging in at somewhere near full tilt. That's so valuable in contributing to a pressure situation

 

[Wizardman]

Really? Hobart a few tests ago not doing it for you? 60 odd in the ashes?

Surviving a day is a lot harder than people often think. And Pakistan are very rarely good out here, nor are they renowned for the mental toughness

Those two days you just brought up were in tough conditions. Pakistan batted on a road today.

 

[Bazal]

Those two days you just brought up were in tough conditions. Pakistan batted on a road today.

I'd argue the pressure of batting to save a test match on day five is probably equal to the impact of conditions in those two games, being that the failures were in the first innings

 

[Tommy Smith]

No way Pakistan threw that IMO.

How often do India/Sri Lanka/Pakistan ever really perform well in Australia and even NZ? Sub continent sides really do struggle in the Southern Hemisphere.

The writing was on the wall when NZ brushed Pakistan's batting aside with relative ease. Pakistan scored 133, 171, 216, 230.

They only really surpassed that on the back of 2 batsmen digging their heels in along with a luck riding tail.

Very good point.

Has a subcontinent team EVER won a test series in Australia? I don't think they have.

It's no coincidence that England and South Africa are the only teams to beat Australia down under in the last 20 years.

 

[Sphagnum]

How often has a test team had a guy score a double century and still lose? Must be some kind of record

They usually get dropped

#bringbackhodgeanddizzy

 

[Pete Cash]

Very good point.

Has a subcontinent team EVER won a test series in Australia? I don't think they have.

It's no coincidence that England and South Africa are the only teams to beat Australia down under in the last 20 years.

Nope

Sri Lanka hasn't even won a test here

 

[Pete Cash]

How often has a test team had a guy score a double century and still lose? Must be some kind of record

Paul collingwood at the Adelaide test in 06

 

[Bazal]

Paul collingwood at the Adelaide test in 06

That doesn't count because it was Collingwood

 

[Tommy Smith]

No way Smith gets MotM over Warner.

Ridiculous.

Warner's run a ball 143 is the only reason there was a result in this test.

 

[umina panther]

Smith over Warner...hahah get farked

 

[Bazal]

Despite his ordinary firsr innings I'd have said Starc, then Warner myself. His 84 gave us the runs we needed to bowl Pakistan out, and then he bowled them out

 

[Tommy Smith]

How often has a test team had a guy score a double century and still lose? Must be some kind of record

I remember Brian Lara scoring 221 & 130 in a test in Sri Lanka and they still lost lol

That series was probably the best display of batting by a single player in the modern era as everyone else got reemed by Murali and Vaas at his best.

Just shows that you need at least 1 or 2 guys at the other end pulling their weight.