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I've just been watch the Pakistan v Australia ODI.

Travis Head scored 101 in 72 ball (and I always thought he was rubbish)

Australia could end up with a total of 300 but will probably be pulled back to nearer 250

Pakistan v Australia 1st ODI Lahore
Pakistan won the toss & elected to field
AUS 313-7 (50 overs) Head 101 McDermott 55 Green 40 no Rauf 2-44 Zahid Mahmood 2-59
Pakistan 225 All out (45.2overs ) Iman-ul-Haq 103 Babar 57 Zampa 4-38 Head 2-35 Swepson 2-53
Australia won by 88 runs

Thank you Jonathon Liew - Guardian! A dose of reality, and many an uncomfortable truth when reviewing West Indies tour. Extend this to society as a whole!!

SA v BAN 1st Test Durban day 1 Close
Bangladesh won the toss & elected to field
SA 233-4 (76.5 overs) Elgar 67 Erwee 40 bavuma 53 no Verreynne 27 no

Pakistan v Australia 2nd ODI Lahore (11 am BST)
Pakistan won the toss & elected to field
AUS 348-8 (50 overs) McDermott 104 Head 89 Labuschagne 59 Stoinis 49 Abbott 28 Shaheen 4-63 Mohammad Wasim 2-56
Pakistan 352-4 (49 over) Babar 114 Imam-ul-Haq 106 Fakhar 67 Khushdil 27 no Rizwan 23 Zampa 2-71
Pakistan won by 6 wickets

Roy Key seems lost commentating on a Pakistan v Australia match from Lahore.

Ben McDermott recorded his maiden ODI century in only his 4th match in the format. His brother Alister follows in their fathers footsteps as a fast bowler. Craig had 291 Test wickets, & was set to be Yorkshire's first overseas player in 1992 before he had to pull out through injury. Yorkshire had to make do with Sachin Tendulkar.

Pakistan chased 349, which was their highest successful run chase, & have only once scored more when they made 361-7 in 2019 iwhile chasing 74 against England.
The 349 target was the 10th highest successful ODI chase, with 5 coming against Australia.
before yesterdays victory Pakistan had lost their last 0 ODI's & 16 matches in all formats against Australia.

(31-03-2022 09:12 )Boomerangutangangbang Wrote:  SA v BAN 1st Test Durban Day 2 Close
Bangladesh won the toss & elected to field
SA 367 All out (121 overs) Bavuma 93 Elgar 67 Erwee 40 Khaled Ahmed 4-92 Mehidy 3-94 Ebadot 2-86
BAN 98-4 (49 overs) Shanto 38 Joy 44 no Harmer 4-42

(31-03-2022 10:27 )Charlemagne Wrote:  Roy Key seems lost commentating on a Pakistan v Australia match from Lahore.

I don't like tearing into many commentators, and hitherto, Keysey has been good on Sky. I agree though, suddenly all over the show in this series?? Don't know why!!