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[rickjames]

The worst review in the history of cricket https://streamable.com/kt2pl

[LateBloomer]

Deary me, that review!

Super knock from Azhar and a decent year for him aswell. Triple and double ton in the same year not sure how often thats been done previously

[ppccopener]

My mate txt me Ali has more test runs in the last 5 years than kholi, root and ab de v.
Which if true(!) is a pretty good effort
Hes a nice player to watch

[Felix Tito]

My mate txt me Ali has more test runs in the last 5 years than kholi, root and ab de v.
Which if true(!) is a pretty good effort
Hes a nice player to watch

Helps that he plays his 'home' matches on cement pitches in the Middle East....

[Felix Tito]

Nathan Lyon totally inept. Without Johnson softening up the batsmen, Lyon is just a club level roller

[InternalTraining]

Helps that he plays his 'home' matches on cement pitches in the Middle East....

Too bad, the world is failing to recognize your genius! Cruel.

[Felix Tito]

Yasir Shah also continues to prove he was a flash in the pan ala Ajantha Mendis. His pies where worst that Lyon's today

[brokenbat]

Helps that he plays his 'home' matches on cement pitches in the Middle East....

1. Doesn't everyone play and score much more at home  (esp smith and kohli)? Also...why don't eng and aus score heavily when they come across these "cement" pitches?
2. He has been scoring all over. His debut series was in England, (vs Australia) and he did really well. Also did well in SL and Eng...and now has scored almost 300 runs in his first 3 innings in Australia.
"Home ground bully" argument looking shaky.

[ppccopener]

Helps that he plays his 'home' matches on cement pitches in the Middle East....

He does quite true, pitches are generally getting flatter round the world, apart from Bangladesh it seems 

We are a bit up our own bottoms in this country thou, we judge Asian players on how they do in England, but don't tend to judge our own players when they go abroad 'in foreign conditions'.

Quite how you pick the very best players these days is tricky.

You could be a bit more generous thou, a double ton in Australia is a double ton abroad. 

[Felix Tito]

1. Doesn't everyone play and score much more at home  (esp smith and kohli)? Also...why don't eng and aus score heavily when they come across these "cement" pitches?
2. He has been scoring all over. His debut series was in England, (vs Australia) and he did really well. Also did well in SL and Eng...and now has scored almost 300 runs in his first 3 innings in Australia.
"Home ground bully" argument looking shaky.

Pancake batsman Azhar has scored only 2/12 Test centuries outside of Asia. Hardly the sign of being consistent away from the pancakes he so loves...

Iirc Kohli has scored 50/50 of his hundreds home and away...

[Number4]

I think this Aussie team has some great potential. Renshaw and Handscome are exactly what this team needed. Just need Maddinson to hit some form. Could make for an interesting ashes series

[InternalTraining]

^ They do have great potential and combined with Misbah's field setting and Yasir's reluctance to bowl to captain's field, they have made a strong comeback in this match.

[edge]

Surprised Handscomb has been doing well, he was bloody rubbish in county cricket. Still, if he settles in nicely and just doesn't like English bowling then suits us fine

[brokenbat]

Surprised Handscomb has been doing well, he was bloody rubbish in county cricket. Still, if he settles in nicely and just doesn't like English bowling then suits us fine

Commentators curse strikes again !

[edge]

Commentators curse strikes again !

Wish every time I slated an Aussie batsmen they sliced a shocker to point! Your average Ashes test would last about 2 days mind...