2nd Test: Australia v Pakistan @ MCG Dec 26-30, 2023

[Chins get the wins]

I seriously wonder how many of those sportspeople/celebrities even believe what they are saying. I can’t help but think they are just chasing social points or just towing the corporate line.

Cummins talk is annoying but I love his cricket so he is a good guy and I’ve never got bad vibes from him. Leonardo DiCaprio will always be the most disgraceful one with his environmental preaching from his private jets yachts and helicopters.

i honestly don’t know anyone who listens to what they say anyway or cares. Athletes and entertainers are the last people I would listen to for social causes etc

Which part is annoying?

 

[Bazal]

That way he's shut up Facebook boomers is pretty funny. We have won everything

Yeah it's hilarious looking at the floating selfies on FB trying to slam the bloke for having values.

Imagine a prominent athlete being a product of his generation?

I mean if that was always the case Allan Border would have been a toxic, over masculine, hot-tempered, beer drinking bully! Wait...

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Here's a stat, and talking about AB: Cummins is only the second Australian captain to take 10 wickets in a match. AB was the first.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

I am Kaif Hafeez:

Pakistan played better than Australia, says Mohammad Hafeez

Team director rues mistakes with bat, ball and in the field that cost Pakistan a rare Test win in Australia

www.espncricinfo.com

 

[mave]

Pakis have moved up a spot on the Moral Victory Cup ladder.
Still a fair way behind the Poms, but giving it their all.

 

[Nutz]

If a glove has a long securing strap and the ball hits it its considered part of the glove/hand is it not.
Either get smaller glove securing straps and stop whining or just play better.
They're still kicking up a stink over the Rizwan's dismissal but rules are rules and I'm not in favour of changing it.
Am I missing something?

 

[King-Gutho94]

If they didn't drop Bison and piss away 60-70 runs on wides and Byes that rizwan had no chance of stopping they win.

Unfortunately Pakistan have never focused on the basics that well for decades.

 

[King hit]

 

[Fangs]

Silly comment from Hafeez.

They should take some lessons from the test match. They were in control and threw it away.

Should make the real G test interesting at least.

 

[Twizzle]

Starc has been shit this test. Do something please

4 for 55

you don't get much right, do you ?

 

[Twizzle]

Great bowling from Captain Woke and well supported by the other quicks. The Boat was shit again.

Bison is in some decet form also, long may it continue.

Also liked the fight in the Pakis, they have some good young cricketers who really back themselves, well done to them. I liked the fight in the Pakis team.

Looking forward to the third test.

 

[King-Gutho94]

I am Kaif Hafeez:

Pakistan played better than Australia, says Mohammad Hafeez

Team director rues mistakes with bat, ball and in the field that cost Pakistan a rare Test win in Australia

www.espncricinfo.com

Just like Kaif.

Hafeez was an average cricketer better then what Kaif was.

But still Hafeez isn't someone that the Aussies feared when playing.

 

[Twizzle]

 

[Twizzle]

Have a whinge

(This is the full interview)

 

[Twizzle]

Loved some of the comments

"Auditioning for the England Coach's job".

 

[Chins get the wins]

4 for 55

you don't get much right, do you ?

A f**kload more than you old fella

 

[Twizzle]

A f**kload more than you old fella

well I'm still waiting for your first one

surprise me

 

[Twizzle]

This is good

 

[AlwaysGreen]

At least the captain was sensible:

https://www.news.com.au/sport/cricket/take-a-bow-pakistan-captains-speech-after-test-defeat-is-pure-class/news-story/aa14dc5e422a973f464af4a277ca1dfb

 

[This Year?]

Hafeez needs to learn how to be classy like Younis. He has a very good cricket side who just needed to do more little things right. Instead of covering his team's deficiencies with the sour grapes, he should have highlighted how much fight this Pakistan team has in it.

This was my favourite moment of the test: