3rd Test: Pakistan v Australia @ Lahore, March 21-25 2022

[TheParraboy]

You would imagine Hazlewood come in? Should be fresh as a daisy

Pends how the deck is they may bring in Boland and Haze for Starc and Swepson ?

Pending how Swepson pulls up, Dare I say it, Agar replaces him? The bald duo united

Starts on Monday 4pm AEDT

 

[Bazal]

Would be so us to drop Swepson after one Test.

I'd be surprised if this deck isn't much the same as the first two. Keep the same kind of attack, no point dropping Swepson or Lyon for another baldy who can't spin it. Haze for Starc, maybe, but Starc bowled pretty well second test.

 

[Hutty1986]

Aussie's overrated attack cooked, and our fragile batsmen due for a collapse at some point. Pakistan with all the momentum, and reckon they win this. We reach new levels of baldosity by the day

 

[Twizzle]

A lot will depend on the pitch and no doubt Pakis want a result instead of 3 draws, they may very well serve up a turner and back their spin attack against ours

or at least that's what I'd do

 

[Bazal]

A lot will depend on the pitch and no doubt Pakis want a result instead of 3 draws, they may very well serve up a turner and back their spin attack against ours

or at least that's what I'd do

Same but I'm not sure they're gonna have the chance to serve up a rank spinning deck? Test starts in four days

I think they'll have prepared all the pitches roughly the same. Rawalpindi would have been almost identical to Karachi if it had been hotter down there: hard and flat road early then breaking a bit, but still good for batting if you get in.

If that's what they've prepared here I dunno whether they have much time to change it too much. Well, unless they get out the wire brushes

 

[AlwaysGreen]

They can't bring Agar in for Swepson. Agar is the definition of a straight breaker, he makes Jack Leach look like Ravi Ashwin.

 

[bazza]

same team if fit
4 days of fielding practice

 

[TheParraboy]

My winning 3rd test team ...

Khawaja
Harris
Marnus
Smith
MMarsh
Agar
Carey
Cummins
Swepson
Boland
Lyon/Haze - pending deck inspection

 

[Eelectrica]

My winning 3rd test team ...

Khawaja
Harris
Marnus
Smith
MMarsh
Agar
Carey
Cummins
Swepson
Boland
Lyon/Haze - pending deck inspection

Pakistan agrees.
I would like to see Swepson get another crack though. His figures look a lot better if catches are taken. And LBW's given when the ball is smashing the stumps.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Swepson is going to bowl the odd bad ball, Warne is the only leg spinner who could maintain his accuracy and spin. Swepson got loose at the end because after 50 overs he was physically f**ked. His was not a Bryce Mcgain performance.

I love Hazelwood. However on these pitches Starc and Cummins are going to be more effective.

 

[TheParraboy]

Hope Swepson is good to go

Not sure he has ever bowled 50+ overs in an innings in pretty warm conditions, and potentially has to back that up again a few days later?

Erry feeling Agar comes in. Draw is our best option then

 

[Eelectrica]

So that's why we need Mitch Marsh. He blasts 300 off 150 balls, thus giving our bowlers enough time to bowl them out.

It all makes sense now.

 

[_snafu_]

What’s the go with our fielding ?

Smith was channeling Ben Hunt in the 2015 Grand Final.

 

[Twizzle]

I reckon Zampa would go OK over there, shame he's still here.

Went OK for the Bluebags last week.

 

[Fangs]

Play 5 bowlers.

 

[herbert henry1908]

Lol, they’re going to play Starc again according to media reports. 8 wickets @ 50 in his last four tests.

 

[herbert henry1908]

Swepson is going to bowl the odd bad ball, Warne is the only leg spinner who could maintain his accuracy and spin. Swepson got loose at the end because after 50 overs he was physically f**ked. His was not a Bryce Mcgain performance.

I love Hazelwood. However on these pitches Starc and Cummins are going to be more effective.

Starc’s record on slow wickets is diabolical. Aside from the one tour to Sri Lanka he’s always been smashed on lifeless wickets.

In India he averages 50

in UAE 53

in Pakistan 62

and even in Australia on the slower wickets of SCG & MCG he struggles.



It’s time to unleash Boland.

 

[Smug Panther]

No reason for Swepson and his full tossers to ever been seen again

 

[Bazal]

No reason for Swepson and his full tossers to ever been seen again

Of course there is. Even the actual GOAT (not the Bald one) got hammered in his debut Test...

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Lol Boland. This isn't a decimated mediocre England side with half the team phoning it in away from home.

If you want to replace Starc, fine, but replace him with quality not the Adam Voges of the bowling crease.