Pakistan v Australia, 1st Test, Rawalpindi, 4-8 March, 2022

Have all 11 ever bowled in a Test innings before?

4 times:

1. England v Australia, 3rd Test, The Oval. 1884. Eng used all 11 in Aus 1st innings.

2. Pakistan v Australia, 2nd Test, Faisalabad, 1980. Aus used all 11 more as a protest by GSC at the benign pitch.

3. West Indies vs India, 4th Test, St Johns, 2002. India used all 11 in WIs 629.

4. West Indies v South Africa, 4th Test, St Johns, 2005. SAf used all 11 when the Windies made 747 incl. Crystal's 317.

Would it be possible for a Aus batsmen NOT to throw his wicket away.
I fear for the top order on a pitch showing any resemblance of spin, considering Nauman has picked up 4 wickets on this road.

Yeah, poor patience, BA.

Pak bowlers showed the patience required for success.

skully wrote:4 times:

1. England v Australia, 3rd Test, The Oval. 1884. Eng used all 11 in Aus 1st innings.

2. Pakistan v Australia, 2nd Test, Faisalabad, 1980. Aus used all 11 more as a protest by GSC at the benign pitch.

3. West Indies vs India, 4th Test, St Johns, 2002. India used all 11 in WIs 629.

4. West Indies v South Africa, 4th Test, St Johns, 2005. SAf used all 11 when the Windies made 747 incl. Crystal's 317.

Number 2 I think was the only time in his first class career (up to his first retirement) that Lillee bowled with someone other than Marsh as keeper.

Aye. Lillian Thompson may have busted Bacchus's hands but he never took a Test off.

Lillee would have played FC cricket for Australia on tours without Marsh as keeper. Also, at the end of the 1969/70 season he went on the Australian 2nd XI tour of New Zealand and John Maclean was the keeper then.

Piss-weak finish by Aus.

We gifted straight-breaker Noyman Noyman a 6-fer to be all out 459.

Still, all credit, he was way more patient than our bats.

At least our chicks can beat Pakistan

WideWally wrote:Lillee would have played FC cricket for Australia on tours without Marsh as keeper. Also, at the end of the 1969/70 season he went on the Australian 2nd XI tour of New Zealand and John Maclean was the keeper then.

DK almost certainly bowled with Ross Edwards, Gordon Becker and maybe Jock Irvine keeping for WA, not least in early 1970-71 when Marsh had replaced Taber in the Test team, but Lillee had not yet made his Test debut (ie Tests 1-5 in 1970-71). During the 1972 Ashes tour, as an example of what Wally has pointed out, he must have bowled in a few County games with Taber keeping. Richie Robinson (75 or 77) would have been another to keep to him at some stage.

Fizzle fizzle ...

poor bowling effort

Joint-second-best team in the world not having it all their own way in Rawlpindi.

Mind you, Pawkistawn may be fourth.

Poor Test pitch. But well played Pakistan. Showed much more patience than Aus.

So, an aggregate score of 1187-14. Where does that rank in terms of ugliest runs-per-wickets ratios?

PeterCS wrote:Mind you, Pawkistawn may be fourth.

They don’t seem to have too many obvious weaknesses. Having opening batsmen worthy of the name puts them way ahead of most teams, for a start.

True. The Aus pair knocked up a ton and a half between them too, mind.

So where will the ICC rate the Rawalpindi road?
Then look to outcry of bias against Pakistan , from the Indian Cricket Council.

https://www.cricket.com.au/news/rawalpindi-pitch-australia-pakistan-icc-match-referee-poor-ranjan-madugalle/2022-03-11?fbclid=IwAR1hdCt9qKPlMaiUQGDTpn_AM0O_74i7tDIguNqH5bSQ-9f6kDJliS97cRw

"below average".

so what constitutes "poor" and "unfit"? I guess unfit is where it's unplayable and the game is abandoned.