Australia v Pakistan, Only T20, MCG, Feb 5

Watto bowled a maiden (maiden wicket, actually). In a 20:20 FFS.

I agree skulls this is the paks game so if they get a win so good for them.

Jeez the shots for the last 3 wickets have been brainless to say the least...

ROFL @ Pakistan

Deary deary me. HTF did the Paksters lose that???

Dodgy decision from Pistol but some gutsy captaincy from Pup, excellent bowling from Spud, and a handy debut from Smith got us home.

We shoulda been at least 30 short but the poor ol' Stanis contrived to choke again. A miserable end to a miserable tour for the poor buggers.

flukey arse win

Pakistan, oh dear.

Poor old PP and Maka will probably shoot themselves after that.

BWAHAHAHA ... well done Aus - and grateful thanks for my 200 squids opportunist win !!!!

Walked into the bookies at 11.15 this morning to put my horse bets on and saw the chaos at the MCG ... BUT ... knowing what chokers the Paks can be (second only to the Saffers) I decided to lob a tenner on the Aussies to win at 20/1 !!

FFS 20/1 in a 2 horse race ... just had to be done!

Cheers

Predictable end, you never actually expect Pakistan to win.

Pretty average effort from the Aussies considering that the ball muncher, their major reason for success in the WC was absent.

It also shows that T20 can be a bowler's game if there's life in the pitch given that the batsmen have no option but to go for it.

Tait bowled fast, probably not 160 though; his action still looks rather messy.

Good riddance to Pakistan, predictably winless. Next time they tour they should be consigned to the top end for their tests alongside the Bangers.

Merlin wrote:BWAHAHAHA ... well done Aus - and grateful thanks for my 200 squids opportunist win !!!!

Walked into the bookies at 11.15 this morning to put my horse bets on and saw the chaos at the MCG ... BUT ... knowing what chokers the Paks can be (second only to the Saffers) I decided to lob a tenner on the Aussies to win at 20/1 !!

FFS 20/1 in a 2 horse race ... just had to be done!

Cheers

T20 is a betting mans game of choice. The market reacts wildly to the fall of a wicket or a boundary.

Merlin wrote:BWAHAHAHA ... well done Aus - and grateful thanks for my 200 squids opportunist win !!!!

Walked into the bookies at 11.15 this morning to put my horse bets on and saw the chaos at the MCG ... BUT ... knowing what chokers the Paks can be (second only to the Saffers) I decided to lob a tenner on the Aussies to win at 20/1 !!

FFS 20/1 in a 2 horse race ... just had to be done!

Cheers

Merls, legend.

Spot on Leve ... spot on.
But I couldn't walk away from 20/1 ....!
My 10 versus Coral's 200.

So the Aussie punters are happy, and at least one English punter is happy.

well the G knows how to put on a cricket match I think about 70,000 there.the noise unbelievable. the paks put on a good game but chocked at the end.

least they are pleasant moreso than the indians. but I did think that the pakistanis would win this......bet they go and beat up the ball muncher seeing how he was missed by them.

How the fark does Midge go for 20 in his first over and finish with 4 overs for 24 . . . . snorfle

tac wrote:How the fark does Midge go for 20 in his first over and finish with 4 overs for 24 . . . . snorfle

Here's how...

JGK wrote:Well that was just about the worst over that Midge has ever bowled. It was Lee-esque in its ability to take all the pressure off.

It's a privilege to see him at work...

Oh dear Pakistan. Go home please.

2 words from this match

Shaun Tait

Yeah, good times.

PlanetPakistan wrote:2 words from this match

Shaun Tait

My sincere hope is that Aus bring him back into the test squad later this year!

he may not be able to play tests but watch out for him in the T20 world cup in the WI....CARANGE awaits the Barbados hospitals.

At least Tait is useful in some form of the game

PlanetPakistan wrote:he may not be able to play tests but watch out for him in the T20 world cup in the WI....CARANGE awaits the Barbados hospitals.

Sorry PP, knowing it's a typo I'm still nominating this for forum gold, or forum vocab.

CARANGE. As in:

Invade Zim made a beast of himself and spread CARANGE during his USA trip.

By god, that was CARANGE.

CARANGE awaits all who defy me.

CARANGE!

JGK wrote:Well that was just about the worst over that Midge has ever bowled. It was Lee-esque in its ability to take all the pressure off.

Fark! Why did I not wait until JGK had spoken before turning this match off? I could have made a fortune...

Well done merls on making some money out of it.

But FFS, how did it happen?