bopman wrote:
Before the Australia series I thought we were probably a shout in this series. But I have since changed my expectation. No disgrace in losing (getting humped) by Pakistan in these conditions. Just have to hope we show a bit of fight and in fairness, we've managed to control the run-rate quite nicely. Dropped a couple of catches though which in uncharacteristic for this side.
I agree there is no disgrace but you can't thump your chest and say 'look at what we are doing' if you can't perform everywhere. You can not measure India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan games as any yardstick cause they play on pitches that resemble terracotta and designed for batsman that actually have any decent concentration (ours do not) - If you are a bowler, just forget it. I still maintain that the measure of this side is how they perform in Australia and South Africa cause those are just two places that travelling teams do not win. That's the measure of where this team is on good pitches that offer a bit for bat and ball against good opposition.
I actually expect we will implode and be out for 220ish because they will try to get 15 off 17 balls and play stupid shots from the T20 game. That stupid form of cricket has a lot to answer for.