OT: Australia vs Pakistan, 1st Test, The Gabba
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PimpinAinttEasy — 9 years ago(December 14, 2016 03:17 AM)
the team in 99 was damn good too. but were humiliated by gilchrist and langer with some help from the umpires. but when you have wasim, waqar, saqlain, akhtar and mahmood as a bowling attack you would expect to create more than two chances.
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themanwithnoshame2016 — 9 years ago(December 14, 2016 03:34 AM)
One more strange factoid.
Shoaib and Waqar underachieved in Australia.
http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;home_or_away=2;opposition=2;spanmax1=31+Dec+2005;spanmin1=01+Jan+1985;spanval1=span;team=7;template=results;type=bowling
Especially Waqar, if you look at his strike rate.
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PimpinAinttEasy — 9 years ago(December 14, 2016 03:36 AM)
well, they were up against the best team in the world. also, WAQAR declined significantly after 1999. he became a medium pacer.
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AJ_June_forever — 9 years ago(December 14, 2016 03:30 AM)
India's 2010 team which earned a draw in SA would have stood a good chance to win in Australia.
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PimpinAinttEasy — 9 years ago(December 14, 2016 03:33 AM)
India's 2010 team which earned a draw in SA would have stood a good chance to win in Australia.
yeah, ZAHEER, BHAJJI and SREESANTH made for a pretty potent attack.
but india's 2003-04 heroics in australia was against an aussie team without MCGRATH and WARNE (to be fair we were also without ZAHEER - after first test and BHAJJI for the whole series). remember how MCGRATH's absence propelled england to a match winning total in the second test of the 2005 series?
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AJ_June_forever — 9 years ago(December 14, 2016 03:38 AM)
Even in terms of batting. Tendulkar was awesome in 2008-10 period and Laxman at his best. Dravid was not so good in 2008-10 period but India overall had a pretty decent batting.
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Mummers-Farce — 9 years ago(December 14, 2016 06:26 AM)
I remember getting up at 5.30 in the morning to watch the India AU's test series of 99 even though the team was absolutely rubbish and lost all 3 tests.
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khan-41984 — 9 years ago(December 14, 2016 10:06 AM)
A day night test at the Gabba, which does not yet have a drop in pitch and may sport a traditional one, alongwith the pink ball zipping around in the evening,might get very interesting for fast bowlers.
One good spell from any of the fast bowlers in both sides can destroy the batting lineups. It will probably come down to Batting lineups and the Aussies are way ahead of Pakistan. However, this Aussie lineup is also prone to the most spectacular of collapses. Expect a 3 day match. -
themanwithnoshame2016 — 9 years ago(December 15, 2016 02:24 AM)
What a legend Smith is. Give him a weak attack in Australia, he will score at the least 3 centuries in 4 tests. Considering the fact that other than South Africa, every other bowling attack is a joke in Australia, he rules.
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khan-41984 — 9 years ago(December 15, 2016 04:35 AM)
Though Smith has scored runs away from home, he is a home ground plunderer. His first innings average is 95, second only to Bradman. Lets see how much he scores in India. Expect his series average in India to be in 30s as Aussies get whitewashed again.