Australia A struggle.

[Stuart]

Australia are 6/120 after day one of their 3 day game against Pakistan A

http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/australia/content/match/218835.html

http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/218834.html

 

[Scott]

That is a very strong looking Pakistan 'A' team.

Very useful bowling attack.

 

[fish eel]

Must have been a good knock by Phil Jacques.

 

[Stuart]

Must have been a good knock by Phil Jacques.

Yeah, pity he hasnt got any support from the other batsmen. Hopefully Bracken and co can hang around for a while in support.

 

[aussies1st]

Remember his name as he is a star in the makings.

Hopefully our bowlers can cause the same amount of damage when they bowl.

 

[Bullrider]

Dont worry Mitchell Johnson can bat. He has already got a 50 in state cricket. Braken has nothing.

 

[aussies1st]

Dont worry Mitchell Johnson can bat. He has already got a 50 in state cricket. Braken has nothing.

Why is Bracken batting above him? I also heard Cullen could bat a bit like a mini Dizzy.

 

[PARRA_FAN]

There's no difference in the Pakis A team and normal team, they change every game. :lol:

 

[Tommy Smith]

The future looks bright for Australia.;-)

About as bright as the light at The Oval!

 

[waltzing Meninga]

The problem with the future of Australia is that we have skipped a generation of players because of the dominance of our team. Players like Watson, Hussey etc have not been given a chance at test level to learn and become better. You can only learn so much from country cricket and pura cup.

 

[Alan Shore]

Australian cricket is stuffed.

 

[lockyno1]

Watson needs to learn to bowl with variation before I will ever consider him a test player. There is no point bowling 140kmph if they go gunbarrell straight. They are perfect for hitting out of the ground! Hussey is a good player, so is Jacques, So is Hauritz so the future is bright!

 

[Johns Magic]

Hussey is a good player, so is Jacques, So is Hauritz so the future is bright!

:lol:

 

[ledzep]

:lol:

:lol::lol::lol:

 

[lockyno1]

:lol:

Don't you bag Hauritz, one day he will be spinning Australia to victory! You just watch!

 

[aussies1st]

Hauritz will be like MacGill stuck behind our next best king spinner Dan Cullen

 

[lockyno1]

Hauritz will be like MacGill stuck behind our next best king spinner Dan Cullen

Hauritz is too good for that to happen!

 

[aussies1st]

Well Hauritz has a long way back to the top. He first needs to make the QLD first team, then Aus A. Seems very far away

 

[Stuart]

Who knows, cricket is a funny game, this form slump could be just the thing Hauritz needs to make him pull his finger out and become a world class bowler. It could also be he is just average and will remain that way.

 

[aussies1st]

Australia A 1st innings
MEK Hussey b Shahid Nazir 2
PA Jaques not out 92
BJ Hodge b Mohammad Sami 6
DJ Thornely lbw b Umar Gul 5
SR Watson lbw b Shahid Nazir 1
*+BJ Haddin c Mansoor Amjad b Mohammad Sami 9
CL White c Bazid Khan b Shahid Nazir 23
NW Bracken b Mohammad Sami 4
MG Johnson st Zulqarnain Haider b Shoaib Malik 24
ML Lewis c Asim Kamal b Shoaib Malik 9
DJ Cullen lbw b Mansoor Amjad 0
Extras (b 9, lb 4, w 0, nb 8) 21
Total (all out, 59 overs) 196

FoW: 1-9, 2-20, 3-36, 4-43, 5-72, 6-117, 7-124, 8-167, 9-191,
10-196 (Cullen, 58.6 ov).

Bowling O M R W
Mohammad Sami 17 0 67 3
Shahid Nazir 16 5 36 3
Umar Gul 14 2 42 1
Shoaib Malik 11 3 32 2
Mansoor Amjad 1 0 6 1

Pakistan A 1st innings
Shoaib Malik c Watson b Bracken 18
Salman Butt lbw b Bracken 0
Yasir Hameed b Lewis 3
*Misbah-ul-Haq c Hussey b Watson 19
Bazid Khan c Jaques b Watson 30
Asim Kamal lbw b Lewis 26
+Zulqarnain Haider not out 26
Mohammad Sami b Bracken 33
Mansoor Amjad not out 9
Extras (b 1, lb 9, nb 7) 17
Total (7 wickets, 53 overs) 181

DNB: Umar Gul, Shahid Nazir.

FoW: 1-2, 2-9, 3-28, 4-68, 5-82, 6-116, 7-165.

Bowling O M R W
Lewis 11 0 27 2
Bracken 11 3 41 3
Watson 11 1 38 2
Johnson 4 0 18 0
Cullen 11 4 36 0
White 5 2 11 0

Watson getting 2 wickets. I wonder how he bowled. Johnson getting 24 not a bad effort. Looks to be a bowling all rounder in the making.

Bracken an Lewis also bowling very well. Bracken should be brought into the Aus side now.