Australia versus Pakistan SCG 2010 - Post Match Discussion

[Mamu]

The worst -- outcome of this game is a -- f**king pathetic captain in Ricky Pointing is made to look like a hero. Now he has become even more cocky. He screwed up in both games, made errors and yet ended up winning -- declaring at 450 in the 1st and batting after winning the toss in 2nd.

[akshayxyz]

^ good for us, I hope this boosts up his confidence to keep making mistakes when they play with us.

[vvvslaxman]

What do you think of SCG pitch? It was a weird pitch for sure. Sometimes it is very difficult to assess a pitch because of mighty batting of Poyzz :hysterical:

[Guest Hiten.]

It did assist seamers on day one and then assisted batsmen for a couple of days with something in it to keep the workhorses and spinners interested in. Pitch had nothing to do with pakistan's collapse. Shane warne, had said that to put pak under pressure Aussies had to pick wickets in short span of time; which Johnson did (he picked up butt and faisal in space 2-3 deliveries). Pak panicked at that moment and had given up when Moyo fell.

[vvvslaxman]

If Pakistan had batted first things they would have received severe thrashing. Pitch did turn a bit. But not much though. Bounce stayed true. From 2nd day afternoon it became a very good batting surface.

[Desi Cartman]

Australia gifted victory by Panikstan-theage.com.au

Australia gifted victory by Panikstan

SOMETIMES a Test match rises to a crescendo, sometimes it ebbs and flows, sometimes it follows an inexorable course. This one at the SCG proceeded by a series of regrets of escalating magnitude to what had seemed yesterday morning its least likely outcome, victory to Australia, adding to an exotic history of improbable finales on this ground. Australia might have regretted captain Ricky Ponting's decision to bat first on Sunday's greentop when it was rumbled for 127. It might have rued its dissolute batting in the second innings in benign conditions on Tuesday. Shane Watson would have regretted yet another mirage of a century. But victory made all Australia's regrets redundant. Pakistan regretted its extravagant batting at the end of the first innings when it might have put the match out of Australia's reach, its passive tactics yesterday that allowed Mike Hussey and Peter Siddle to bat through the entire 2½-hour morning session, and certainly its flaky batting in the afternoon when left with a modest 176 to win. These it will now repent at its leisure. But its most tangible regret would have been the four catches dropped by wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal that allowed Hussey to turn an uncertain start into a 6½-hour vigil, earning him man of the match, and the ever-game Siddle to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with him for 3½ hours. Their partnership for Australia's ninth wicket yesterday was longer than the entirety of Australia's first innings, and all of Pakistan's second innings. So was a Test match peculiarly won. In contrast to Akmal, Australia took every catch and half-catch that came its way. Wicketkeeper Brad Haddin took two screamers and another from an edge so fine that only he detected it; the third umpire and hot-spot technology vindicated him. Off-spinner Nathan Hauritz took one from Pakistan captain Mohammad Yousuf that he might rather have avoided, a cannon-ball of a return catch that clipped a thumbnail as it thudded into his chest, drawing blood and exclamations. Hauritz collapsed to the pitch, clutching his chest, his finger, but, above all, the ball. The accomplished Yousuf had just hit Hauritz for three fours in an over, but now was out, and the devils in the Pakistanis' minds were awake. They did their damndest. Ricky Ponting and Peter Siddle celebrate their unlikely victory. Photo: Getty Images Only Umar Akmal was not spooked. Already in his short career, he had shown that he could be both roundhead and cavalier. The Australians tempted him on all likely teenage vanities: wide, short, tossed up. He was steadfast, but he was only one. Knowing that Pakistan's last four averaged 32 in total, he had to hit out. Duly, he got out. Until eight days ago, Hauritz had never taken five wickets in a first-class innings. Now he has done it twice, in Test cricket. But this was no Warne-like feat of conjuring. As much as he was a perpetrator, he was a beneficiary, of Pakistan's brittleness. Between the morning, when no wickets fell, and the afternoon, when 10 did, nothing about the game changed except the psychology. Even modest Australian teams revel in a scrap. Probably this all sounds unheroic. But Hussey admitted that he had been lucky. Siddle's batting was stout-hearted, but he was picked for his bowling. Hauritz's haul was like his catch from Yousuf: it came to him almost before he knew it. No one will begrudge him. The Australians rejoiced, and the crowd rejoiced with them, for victory never needs an explanation. But in truth, this match was lost by Pakistan rather than won by Australia. Sometimes, Test cricket is like that. http://www.theage.com.au/sport/cricket/australia-gifted-victory-by-panikstan-20100106-lucg.html?autostart=1

[vvvslaxman]

wow brilliant.. i wish i had found this term 'Panikstan' :haha:

[Laaloo]

It kind of reminded me of Abad 08. :((

[Laaloo]

some of the poyzz believe the test match was fixed :potstir:

[vvvslaxman]

It kind of reminded me of Abad 08. :((

Same thoughts. Why is our pitches getting criticized. Indian pitches have more variation than any other country.

[Deleted_User_1]

some of the poyzz believe the test match was fixed :potstir:

khatmal may have dropped a few for some moolah.

[Guest Hiten.]

khatmal may have dropped a few for some moolah.

He can never get a bigger mullah than MoYo :--D

[EnterTheVoid]

MOFO gets grilled at the post match conference, some of his answers are hilarious **************** Mohammad Yousuf came to the press conference alone. Usually he has been accompanied by the team manager but something about such defeats is a very solitary endeavour. He answered his questions with as much dignity as you can muster in these situations. All the while his eyes looked like nothing, not thinking, not smiling, not working where they usually are the most interesting thing after his beard to look at. After the questions had been asked, a real inquisition began. Four journalists from Pakistan took Yousuf aside as had been the practice after most days to get not only the inside dope, but some coherence. Most Pakistan players are more comfortable and articulate in their own language and their answers in Urdu have much more than in English. Usually his eyes have a working mischief to them but he looked as shattered as a naturally unexpressive man can. He sat slumped on a bench to the side of the press conference area, two journalists sitting either side of him and two standing up in front of him; it felt fully and distastefully like an interrogation. Was this the worst we have ever played, no loosener, good short ball first up. "I am not saying we played well," Yousuf fended it nicely to square leg. "We played very poorly, very poorly. First of all my shot, I will say it was horrible. But what else can I say. We played really badly, they played well. You can write whatever you want on how badly we played." People will write it too. Some more venting was required. Things had to be taken off the chest and scapegoats had to be found. There were quite a few. Harsh questions were asked, but I always thought such situations would be more heated, tenser. Words would be exchanged, some shouting and pointing of fingers. But questions came wrapped in sweet, inoffensive tones, even soothing. We could have been at a funeral where nobody died. 'Why do we do it?' asked one, a simple and impossible question. "It wasn't a difficult chase," Yousuf began. "We should've done it easily. We can't take pressure. Many of the side are young. If some players have been playing for 8-10 years…" Another interrupted him, to point out that the young had been playing well. 'It's the seniors who aren't performing. Misbah, Kamran and you are three seniors.' Solid cut. "Yah…mine was a really poor shot," Yousuf said again. 'And what about Danish? Compare him to Hauritz - Danish gave 150 runs, Hauritz only 50.' "Danish gave a huge effort," Yousuf continued his defense. "He bowled 50 overs. Danish had to take wickets. We gave Hauritz wickets." Someone interrupted the lynching to ask about the moment Pakistan really lost this Test, in the field in the morning, when Pakistan went at Australia like a goldfish encircling a shark. Yousuf didn't think much of that period, just that Pakistan had to be defensive against Michael Hussey. "We had to stay defensive with Hussey. Siddle ended up playing well, scoring 40 runs. We didn't realize he could." Not recognizing the flaw of his plans revealed more than the answer itself. Most venom and time was reserved for the wicketkeeper. Kamran Akmal is a sweet man. That doesn't help in holding onto catches or scoring runs and he hasn't done either here. Questioners then became solution-providers, an uncomfortable crossing of a sacred line. 'Misbah also…he is old now, reflexes are slow. Body language is also poor,' started one journalist. "You are right, no doubt about that," replied Yousuf, though not really and leaving it, teasingly, at that. One told Yousuf that by his thinking nobody will ever get replaced in the side. Before he could answer another asked why Shahid Afridi and Rana Naved-ul-Hasan can't play in this side, given how long the tail is. For the first time, Yousuf revved up. "Afridi says sometimes he wants to play, sometimes he doesn't want to play. What can a guy do? You tell me, what can I do?" :WTF: It was only left to wrap up and look ahead to pointlessness. Here was the making of a summer and it was now undone. Not that he had been agitated but some of Yousuf's calm filtered back into him. "We have lost but cricket hasn't stopped, or come to an end. When it does end, we will stop. We will try to play well in the next Test and try to win it. We have seen we can win if we bat well." A couple of the journalists rubbed it in a little. 'We haven't smiled for two hours. Only now once you are here we smiled.' "What can I say?" Yousuf asked, before saying it. "If I fall now, everyone else will fall too. What I am feeling inside right now, what can I tell you? What can I do? If I fall those guys inside will fall. They need to think themselves too and accept. I made a mistake, I accept it. I will try not to do it again. There is no doubt if I had stuck around for a while, put on another 15-30 runs we could've been okay. But I took a chance and I got to the ball but the ball came too low at the bottom. Okay wrong shot but he held on to it. Since yesterday things were working against us… "The first innings, that was it. If we had taken a 300 lead…" he trailed off as Ricky Ponting walked past, looking not enough like the man who had been pardoned just as the noose was going around his head. ***************************** http://www.cricinfo.com/ausvpak09/content/current/story/442861.html

[Aaku]

Hahahaha .. what can I do ? Temme what can I dooo ? mOyoooooooooooooooooooo yo yo !! :blush: :P

[Macj]

Im fast becoming a fan of Osman Samiudin's journalistic abilities.

[Desi Cartman]

reading that, Im actually feeling bad for him. This could hv been his biggest achievement :((

[Sachinism]

MoYo sounds like a broken man in that interview. Sounds devastated and clueless, possibly at his wits end not knowing how to approach the next game. But he still doesn't realise where he went wrong and gave the game to Aus

[Pak_Forever]

Get to know the Pak team; 1. A captain who can't captain 2. A wicket keeper who cant wicket keep 3. Bowlers who average more than the opening batsman 4. Fielders who drop as many catches as their front line bowlers bowl no balls :WTF: Were you SERIOUSLY expecting these BOZOs to challenge Australia ? What a piss take.

Pakistan did fight pretty well in both Test matches. It wasn't really an absolute trashing that many of us were expecting. Infact I am still surprised that Pakistan dominated first 3 days of a Test match against Australia. They played much better than Australia during several sessions, but sadly it only takes a session or two against Pakistan to win a match. Few permanent batting changes and we will be good to go.

[Laaloo]

I would give Wolverine a set of inners [gloves] and back him to catch more with those hands. Kerry O'Keeffe on Kamran Akmal after the Pakistan wicketkeeper dropped four catches during the second innings at the SCG Jan 7, 2010 :cantstop:

[Laaloo]

BTW Sarfraz vs Inzi after the sydney fiasco http://www.friendskorner.com/forum/f245/debate-late-edition-7th-january-2010-a-160082/ Sarfraz absolutely nails into the bearded one