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[smokingdavo]

That was a debacle. How did you lose from there?

Im an Aussie, and it was great to win, a great comeback, but really they did nothing special to win that game. A Game where of the first 7 sessions, Australia had won one (the first session on day 3) and Pakistan had won 6. Of the 3 days, Pakistan were well ahead. THen on day 4 they lied down. It started from the begining when they put as many back on the boundary as they could and never attacked Australia, while Akmal dropped 4 catches. Then chasing a mediocre 175, they lied down.

Pakistan were 0/30 chasing 175 on a reasonable tame deck. At least six of those dismissals were just bizzare, and showed no value for there wicket.

The shot from Farhat at the start was bewildering. Why take on mid off when you are cruising?, and Faisal tried it a few balls later??? Misbah and Yousuf just showed no patience, and with the game on the line Umar Akmal tries to take on mid off??. The last four wickets pretty much were handed to australia...the tail bats with no pride at it all, with the exception of Sami, who was also the only quick bowler who really charged in on day 4. Its as if there tail enders and they woudlnt care if they failed. One of the most important things in cricket these days is the ability of ur tail, not always to score runs, but to put in. I think thats one thing England can claim has made some difference in the last few years, the fight from Broad, Anderson and Swann, and even Panesar and Onions try to at least hang around.

Just a bizarre day.

[Master Blaster]

Mate I went to the first day and thought " there is no way Pakistan should lose this" but I lent over to my brother and said " Pakistan will let this slip"....... Only the aussies have the killer instinct to get ahead and obliterate the opposition....... The pakistanis took their foots off and batted disgustingly.

It's all on the batsmen. Sami Asif and Gul did really well. It's frustrating that teams come to Australia and crumble. I was shaking my head at the field positioning when Hussey was batting this arvo......pathetic. Kamran dropping 4 catches?

Misbah needs to take on more responsibility he might as well be a bunny. He needs to know how to bat in the middle order.

I was screaming and swearing at the telly this afternoon. What an awesome match it would be to win. Umar Akmal was the only positive batsmen his seniors should be setting an example (it doesn't excuse his shot though he should have guided the tail)

What other way is a team going to beat the aussies? Get them to bowl underarm? If you don't capitalise on such a sh@t decision by Punter I don't know where you learn your cricket. Why do teams fall over? Not by the might of Warne or McGrath..... Can't use that excuse anymore.

Absolute $h/t cricket.

[Howzat]

Could it be a betting scandal?

[Ashvir]

Could it be a betting scandal?

I think so....

[cd0070]

I hope no players or coaches get injured as an outcome of this either in Aus or when they go back home.. Pak and India cricket fans tend to take the sport a bit too seriously..

[SillyShilly]

People are only suggesting a betting scandal because it's Pakistan - if this was England we would just accept that our team did awfully and take it as a shocking loss - i think people are a bit quick to jump to conclusions. Yesterday i heard a short interview with Watson - he said we can put on another hundred or so runs and bowl them out cheaply - which they did, i think their mental attitude played a significant part in their victory - not the wallets of the pakistani players.

[Ashvir]

I hope no players or coaches get injured as an outcome of this either in Aus or when they go back home.. Pak and India cricket fans tend to take the sport a bit too seriously..

After the WC in 2007 Dhoni's house was the location of a protest by fans!

[cd0070]

http://www.cricinfo.com/ausvpak09/content/current/story/442736.html

Interesting article..

[cd0070]

After the WC in 2007 Dhoni's house was the location of a protest by fans!

If i recall correctly they tried to burn it down not just protest..

[GJ]

was watching some highlights earlier and the commentater outlined a good point that Pakistan are now a test side not used to getting into positions to win a test match.
So a reason of that loss will be a mental thing...

[niceonechoppy]

Very strange game i thought. As you say they were cruising at 50-1. I would say that there was no terrific delivery but there was a game changing catch by Nathan Hauritz, fine fine catch. But you really have to question the thinking about the Pakistanis shot selection, bar Umar Akmal who i would say is inexperienced at that level therefore you can virtually discount his shot- no matter how ludicrous it was. As the commentary side said at the time Yousuf was playing Hauritz so well and yet almost gave his wicket away. You do really wonder if Pakistan will be a consistent test winning nation again with performances such as this. Give credit to australia where its due though, they caught all of there catches, Ponting i thought led the side on the 5th day well and kept his head well.

[Jeet]

Pakistan lost due to their gung-ho approach to chasing down their target. What on Earth was Farhat doing trying to clear mid off when there was no need, 34-0 off 6.5 overs.

[WALSHY]

We rolled em good.

[WALSHY]

That was a debacle. How did you lose from there?

Im an Aussie, and it was great to win, a great comeback, but really they did nothing special to win that game. A Game where of the first 7 sessions, Australia had won one (the first session on day 3) and Pakistan had won 6. Of the 3 days, Pakistan were well ahead. THen on day 4 they lied down. It started from the begining when they put as many back on the boundary as they could and never attacked Australia, while Akmal dropped 4 catches. Then chasing a mediocre 175, they lied down.

Pakistan were 0/30 chasing 175 on a reasonable tame deck. At least six of those dismissals were just bizzare, and showed no value for there wicket.

The shot from Farhat at the start was bewildering. Why take on mid off when you are cruising?, and Faisal tried it a few balls later??? Misbah and Yousuf just showed no patience, and with the game on the line Umar Akmal tries to take on mid off??. The last four wickets pretty much were handed to australia...the tail bats with no pride at it all, with the exception of Sami, who was also the only quick bowler who really charged in on day 4. Its as if there tail enders and they woudlnt care if they failed. One of the most important things in cricket these days is the ability of ur tail, not always to score runs, but to put in. I think thats one thing England can claim has made some difference in the last few years, the fight from Broad, Anderson and Swann, and even Panesar and Onions try to at least hang around.

Just a bizarre day.
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I was there and I can tell you right now that that was no tame deck!

[bat no.7]

Some bloke put $20,000+ on Pakistan to Win paying $1.06

Also, at the beginning of Day 4 there were quite a few punters betting on a Draw?