Oz A v. Pakistan.

[Donny]

Would you believe Oz A is 9/73 ?

The contenders for a Test spot: Burns 0, Khawaja 6, Harris 16, Head 13, Pucovski 6, Carey 0, Bancroft 23*

[Donny]

All out 122. Bancroft 49.

Meredith 19*.

[K]

Good wake-up call. And after Pakistan piled on the runs, so they cannot do the usual modern flat-track bully batsmen thing of whingeing the pitch is "substandard", "very extreme", etc. (see Root's blasting of the Lord's pitch quoted in the "Poms skittled for 85" thread*).


* Here's the link: http://magpies.net/nick/bb/viewtopic.ph ... 59#1943259

[K]

"They might have more questions than answers after veteran seamer Imran Khan (5-32) spoiled a much-anticipated Australia A bat-off on a pitch that appeared to have livened up significantly from a tame opening day."


[I didn't initially realize it's a pink ball. This all sounds familiar. Was there some gentle swing?]

[Donny]

Pak. 3/146. Neser 2/8.

Iftikar 74*, Masood 65*.

Pakistan leads by 453.

[Donny]

3dec./153.

Oz A 1/17. Burns out for 11