3rd ODI Australia v Pakistan, November 10 1400hrs @ Perth Stadium

[PhatBoy]

That's 2 grounds. Many of them are VERY small. This ground ( Perth ) isn't huge either

No, I looked at others. Australia has 6 primary venues and they are all decent sized.

Even Lucknow in India which is one of the smaller ones, the straighter boundaries are around 70 metres and the square ones are 63-65.

I’m not sure what you consider ‘many’ of the Indian venues.
Mohali’s boundaries are mostly about 75 metres, some areas are just below 70.
The Sawai Mansingh ground’s boundaries are almost 80 metres everywhere except right on square where they would be about 65 if the pitch is in the centre of the square.

Like I said, it’s an automatic assumption that people make that is rarely founded on fact.

 

[CakeEater]

Frustrating start to the Summer for him after starting to look a bit more settled over in England only a couple of months ago. Getting out to his best shot too.

The teaspoon pull shot to a deep square leg is his best shot?
No wonder Australian cricket is screwed.

 

[Moonwatcher]

Big Stoin

 

[Thrillthorpe7]

Mate - Both of them are horribly out of form, just having a bit of light-hearted banter. Chill.

Maxwell isn’t horribly out of form, we just haven’t played much longer form cricket since last March and they’re clearly rusty. Like Australian sides always do, they will be in form when it matters at the major tournaments.

 

[Thrillthorpe7]

The teaspoon pull shot to a deep square leg is his best shot?
No wonder Australian cricket is screwed.

I’m fairly confident you’re attempting some sort of a joke, but Short is normally a very good player of the pull shot and has made a lot of runs with it.

 

[Moonwatcher]

The teaspoon pull shot to a deep square leg is his best shot?
No wonder Australian cricket is screwed.

In Big Bash Short will pick out the fielders in the outfield as soon as the power play ends. Has done better at international level than I thought he would but it's a worry.

 

[FullyBigKPro]

I’m fairly confident you’re attempting some sort of a joke, but Short is normally a very good player of the pull shot and has made a lot of runs with it.

Your in a fun mood this afternoon

 

[Moonwatcher]

Brendon Julian saying that Australia just need to get to a score of around 160 to give them a chance.

Did he watch the last game? Pakistan chased down a total of around 160 only 9 wickets down with about half the overs left.

That was against Cummins, Hazlewood and Starc as well.

Yeah but then they were lucky to get 200 in game 1.

 

[Messenger]

Hardie can play.
Averages nearly 40 in first class cricket but looks dreadfully out of form.

Don't know who Beau Webster has upset though.

Absolutely. Apparently all 973 runs in a season gets you is an Aus A game.

Hardie has had a prolonged white ball run and hasn’t fired a shot. Is he a Marsh cousin?

 

[Moonwatcher]

Connolly with a broken hand potentially

 

[Moonwatcher]

Maxwell to the crease.

 

[Cataholic]

So now CC is off injured.

What a shambles.

 

[Swanny69]

Far too much cricket now .. every aspect of it is hopelessly diluted. **** T20 ..

 

[FullyBigKPro]

200~ score looking like a mountain from here

 

[Cataholic]

Absolutely. Apparently all 973 runs in a season gets you is an Aus A game.

Hardie has had a prolonged white ball run and hasn’t fired a shot. Is he a Marsh cousin?

Were they worried Webster might've been one all-rounder too many?

 

[Moonwatcher]

Far too much cricket now .. every aspect of it is hopelessly diluted. **** T20 ..

India are the biggest proponent of T20 and are also an elite Test and ODI nation.

 

[Moonwatcher]

So the Connolly retirement brings the Maxwell wicket.

 

[Thrillthorpe7]

Damn, Connolly was starting to look comfortable too, this series is a bit of a write off haha

 

[V_23]

Maxwell…

 

[Cataholic]

India are the biggest proponent of T20 and are also an elite Test and ODI nation.

As just pointed out by the commentators, India are playing three distinct squads.

We're playing hybrid.

 

[FullyBigKPro]

Thrillthorpe7 - how was that from Maxwell?

 

[Moonwatcher]

Win the toss win the series?

 

[fuic08]

200~ score looking like a mountain from here

More like 100

 

[Moonwatcher]

As just pointed out by the commentators, India are playing three distinct squads.

We're playing hybrid.

We don't have enough players to play 3 squads.

 

[Thrillthorpe7]

Thrillthorpe7 - how was that from Maxwell?

Did you have a point?