Australia V Pakistan tests in Dubai
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Bull Shark
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yeah, he's swapped running for strength training and added some KGs to his frame. That's why the pace is up.
broncos4life
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Yeah mate, vegan in fact
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So he doesn't eat anything that casts a shadow.
Bull Shark
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he's added a few KGs during the off season apparently ... still entirely possible to do that without meat.
fucking hard work for the bowlers, pitch is a feather bed ... Dubai is a furnace
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O'Keefe is fruit ... just a round-arm 'roller'
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Had seen virtually nothing of him until now but I agree completely. A steak in Siddle's house is probably in more danger than a batsman facing O'Keefe.
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I think I watched roughly an hour & a half of play and saw one boundary. Slow going.
Bit harsh, he's bowling first morning of his first Test. Towards the end of the day he was going well. Lyon and O'Keefe will play a part as the game goes on- already footmarks there and they will get last use of them.
66% dot balls means they didn't get him away but I agree he didn't pose a threat.
He was outstanding last year and caused plenty of problems for batsmen. He was very economical yesterday and I am predicting his left armness to cause problems for them.
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He strikes me as being more of a one day bowler with his accuracy. Doesn't spin the ball very much though and doesn't really look to have much variation in flight like a Vettori. If he were younger I'd say maybe he'd come on but at his age probably not. Even these two wickets he's got are from loose shots you see more in ODIs.
Impressed with Marsh though. Looks to move the ball well. Hopefully he can stay fit for a period of a time.
Impressed with Marsh though. Looks to move the ball well. Hopefully he can stay fit for a period of a time.
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spin bowling wasn't my forte but I'm certain he doesn't get high enough in his action and bowl 'over the top' like the vast majority of good finger spinners do.
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Our batting is back to its atrocious best ... guys lacking the technique and temperament to play long innings are getting found out against an attack that would be right up there with the likes of Bangladesh ...
