Australia v. Pakistan. Tests.

[Donny]

All out 115. Rizwan 28, Lyon 3/36, Haz 4/16.

[Donny]

Ussy out for a duck.

Warner 4*.

Oz 1/4.

[Donny]

1/45. Warner 31*, Labu 13*.

[Donny]

Under 50 needed, now.

Labu playing an excellent support role. 33* as Warner brings up his half ton.

Oz 1/90. Warner 51*.

[Donny]

Lunch. 1/91. 39 to win.

Warner 52*, Labu 34*.

[Donny]

Century partnership for Warner/Labuschagne.

Oz 1/102.

[Donny]

50 up for Labu. Top knock.

12 to win. Warner 57*.

[Donny]

They finally get Warner. 57.

Well played Davy.

[Donny]

Australia wins by 8 wickets.

[Pies4shaw]

2/130. Victory by 8 wickets. Marnus played well for 62*. The Great One faced one ball, which he flogged for his 4*.

Cummins was POTS for his 19 wickets. Aamer Jamal was POTM for his 6/69 and taking the game into a 4th innings with his excellent 82 in Pakistan's first dig.

Over the series, the combined winning margin was 8 wickets and 439 runs.

Marsh topped the batting with 344 runs at 86. Dave Warner was second with 299 at 49.83. The top 5 run-scorers in the series were all Australians (Marsh, Warner, Special, Marnus and SPD BradSmith).

4 of the top 5 bowlers by wickets were Australians. Cummins took 19, Jamal 18, Lyon 13, Starc 12 and Hazlewood 11. Cummins was the standout, trakling his wickets at the ridiculous average of 11.

[Pies4shaw]

Unsurprisingly. Austyralia is back on top of the ICC World Men's Test rankings.

As usual, SPD BradSmith, Special K and Marnus (in that order) occupy the top 3 positions in the Australian Men's Test batting rankings. Cummins, Starc and Lyon ccupy the top 3 positions in the Australian Men's Test bowling rankings.

[Pies4shaw]

The tale of this series was that the Pakistan batting simply couldn't, by and large, handle the bowling. Rizwan finished withy 193 runs at 48.25 but the only other player in their team whio averaged over 30 was Masood (181 runs at just 30.16).

The rest of the batting returns for Pakistan were miserable. Jamal and Salman were 3rd and 4th in the averages, then ul-Haq averaged 23.5, Azam 21, Shafique 18.33, Aub 16.5 and Shakeel 15.33.

[Pies4shaw]

Babar Azam finished the series averaging 14.42 against Hazlewood in Tests in Australia over his career, 13.66 against Cummins, 21 against Marsh and 23 against Head. I suspect he'll find a good reason never to tour Australia again.

[K]

Video of FTB's 1st innings dismissal:

"‘He’s fallen for it!’: ABSURD Smith brainfade sees dismissal"

https://www.news.com.au/sport/cricket/hes-fallen-for-it-absurd-smith-brainfade-sees-dismissal/video/d37a97829c9e5188b5a68d4bdeb64cc5

Ian Smith: "And can you believe it? Can you believe it? First up. He's fallen for it! That's amazing."

Then...
Ian Smith: "He's looking at the pitch surface. And he stands for quite some time, Vaughany... That is an absolute 'I'm blaming the pitch' here."

Vaughan: "Well, it's got nothing to do with the pitch."


Vaughan was giggling about Pakistan's three short covers, just before FTB Smith fell into the trap! He was giggling 'cos the trap was so obvious!!

[Donny]

K ... SO obvious.