1st ODI Australia v Pakistan, November 4 1400hrs @ the MCG

[eltrain]

what the actual **** was that. Do these idiots realise we have 122 balls left??

 

[benbrown]

Ha ha,like the run rate was getting high

 

[nobbyiscool]

Outstanding bit of running from Abbott with the game on the line.

When you're barely good enough to even be in the team I reckon I'd go out of my way to not make a jackass of myself.

 

[Carbine Chaos]

Pretty arrogant batting effort this. Someone else will win the game, I can throw my wicket away.

 

[Plugger35]

This would be some choke if Australia lose this, I would still have my money on them winning though.

 

[MJG14]

Awful running.

 

[hawkman]

No idea how Abbott gets so many games. It is not like he is young enough to take over when the big 3 retire

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Well it was funny at least

 

[PhatBoy]

There was a bloke around 2016-17 on the Roar who did an analysis of Maxwell's shield stats and actively demonstrated the opposite; Maxwell made more runs when his team was in trouble, in defiance of his IPL reputation.

He got that 201* when we were more than up shit creek.

You're welcome to your opinion, but it's incorrect.

There was the small matter of a century in a test match in India against two blokes called Ashwin and Jadeja with Australia 4-140 when he came to the crease.

Boy, Australia were really cruising at that point.

 

[Jimthegreat]

Here we are 19 runs to get from 20 overs at 0.95 runs per over and might lose. Faaark!

 

[corbies]

Maxwell is a front runner. Crumbles more often than not when the pressure is on.

901 runs @ 48 striking at 160 in World Cups, the only ODIs that matter.

111 people have more than 500 runs in World Cups and no one is within 40 of his strike rate and he's still averaging 48.

 

[The Casey Cat]

Here we are 19 runs to get from 20 overs at 0.95 runs per over and might lose. Faaark!

Run rate irrelevant now. Issue is wickets due to every dumb f### in the lineup giving theirs' away.

 

[William Caresser]

Wonderful commentary from D Warner.

 

[PhatBoy]

Cummins is like a Jason Gillespie with a few more shots, you could just rely on him all day long under some pressure with the bat to guide things provided someone will stick with him

 

[ROOTA#6]

There will be blokes who never got a game for Australia who would genuinely be distraught looking at the players who get picked nowadays

 

[Plugger35]

Naseem has seized up.

 

[rdhopkins2]

Doing it the hard way tonight!

 

[Gethelred]

There will be blokes who never got a game for Australia who would genuinely be distraught looking at the players who get picked nowadays

Those blokes should blame the selectors who treated their role like gatekeepers, rather than blaming the blokes who got the opportunities they wish they had.

Dunno why people think it'd make them feel better, to drag someone else down.

 

[Gethelred]

Cummins is like a Jason Gillespie with a few more shots, you could just rely on him all day long under some pressure with the bat to guide things provided someone will stick with him

Bats better under a bit of pressure.

 

[eltrain]

Well we’ve done our best to stuff this one up but looks like we’re going to scrape home thanks once again to Patty

 

[PhatBoy]

Bats better under a bit of pressure.

He’s probably under it a bit more often than Gillespie was.

 

[Around the Wicket]

I haven't seen a lot of Hardie but he averages 39 at first class level and 20 in limited overs cricket. Almost feels like a waste him playing in this series and in England when he could have been batting at 4 for WA in the Shield.

Agreed.

 

[Around the Wicket]

I haven't seen a lot of Hardie but he averages 39 at first class level and 20 in limited overs cricket. Almost feels like a waste him playing in this series and in England when he could have been batting at 4 for WA in the Shield.

Agreed.

 

[rdhopkins2]

Cracking shot from Cummins for 4. 1 required now.

 

[JimmyBC]

Never in doubt