Pakistan v Australia, 2nd Test, Headingley, July 21-25, 2010

Joint MoM to Watto - v much deserved: all those wickets, PLUS that great catch early in the final innings. Pak never would have won without that decisive input on the part fo the Blonde Bombshell.


I hope this result (if not the manner of getting there in the end) starts to turn the Pakistan team around, from flops to competitors. Test cricket needs teams who can perform without too much stage fright. Butt looks a good choice for skipper, despite the sudden nerves during his own second innings.

As for Punter - his demise has often been predicted. He'll be back.

Whether Marcus North can hope for much more than the specialist spinner's spot, is another question. Johnson also needs help - he doesn't seem to have got any consistency together since he was eclipsed by his mum last year.

Aus need Siddle, I think - for Rug or possibly Jonners.

JGK wrote:All over.


Looks like Watto's dropped catch cost us the series.

Told you, he is a despicable qunt.

Joint MoMs are gay. Aamer was clearly the player of the match.

Well Done Pakistan.

If Pakistan beat England, how will that effect the Test rankings?

and we still can't play the swinging ball

PeterCS wrote:Johnson also needs help - he doesn't seem to have got any consistency together since he was eclipsed by his mum last year.

wtf is Cooley doing? bludging off CA's coffers just like his mate Nielsen

DJ_Smerk wrote:Well Done Pakistan.

If Pakistan beat England, how will that effect the Test rankings?

Going to Zat's Predictor thread and entering the 1-1 result Pak v Aus, with no Chuck I have entered 1-1 SL v India and to see what an English loss would mean, entered a 1-2 result.

Ranking
Current-------New
Ind 124-------123
SAf 120------120
Aus 119------116
SL 115-------116
Eng 108-----104
Pak 80--------91

Still can't believe Aus are not top of the heap.

Nath wrote:

PeterCS wrote:Johnson also needs help - he doesn't seem to have got any consistency together since he was eclipsed by his mum last year.

wtf is Cooley doing? bludging off CA's coffers just like his mate Nielsen

Now that's unfair, Nath. Haven't you seen the excellent radical ink Midge has on his right arm? Clearly Cooley knows some great tattoo parlours around the traps.

skully wrote:

Basil wrote:

skully wrote:Nice warm up for the Paksters for the English series.

And at least one of our players (KP) will go into the test with no match practice. Pakistan might just catch us cold in the first test.

Young Aamer looks class and Asif won't be easy if conditions are right. The Pakster bowling realised their potential in this Test.

So what positives can Aus take out of the series? Fleas' continued good form, Watto and Milf's bowling, maybe Smithy's batting and definitely Paine's keeping.

The negatives, Watto's drop off in form with the bat, Drunky being no longer the power he was with the bat added to his idiot captaincy, Ollie's poor batting and Midge's woeful bowling.

I'd say the negatives outweight the positives.

Paine is a class act with the gloves - not the worst number seven either.

Ah, but honestly Skulls, you can't judge international progress on the quality of the artwork on the arm. Well, not ONLY on that.

Aus have a bit of a dillemma in a couple of positions. Hooritz with his bag of wickets and the excellent glovework of Haddin won the Sydney Test for Aus - lacking them, they couldn't polish off Pakistan this time.

Should Hauritz replace North, or play Paine as a specialist bat and drop Mr Cricket?

skully wrote:

Nath wrote:

PeterCS wrote:Johnson also needs help - he doesn't seem to have got any consistency together since he was eclipsed by his mum last year.

wtf is Cooley doing? bludging off CA's coffers just like his mate Nielsen

Now that's unfair, Nath. Haven't you seen the excellent radical ink Midge has on his right arm? Clearly Cooley knows some great tattoo parlours around the traps.

maybe Cooley needs a tatt across the forehead replacing the ink with lethal poison

PeterCS wrote:Aus have a bit of a dillemma in a couple of positions. Hooritz with his bag of wickets and the excellent glovework of Haddin won the Sydney Test for Aus - lacking them, they couldn't polish off Pakistan this time.

Should Hauritz replace North, or play Paine as a specialist bat and drop Mr Cricket?

Haddit will come back, as will Haurie. I'd be happy to see Smithy's flappy technique (as JKL puts it) at no. 6 with some useful legspin. The real trouble is if Bolly and Midge don't fire then the SRT-twins will murder us.

Which makes Paine unlucky. Still, his time will come. Soon.


Just not enough Tigers in that team.

Or so His Lardship tells me.