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turns out Warner was the initial instigator of the commenting funny that

A couple of standout performances in the PM XI game, firstly Buckingham who took 5 wickets and looked the most lively of all the bowlers, he actually only came into the team when Neser withdrew. Batting wise Renshaw has taken the opportunity to score a century where Bancroft and Harris got themselves out after 50s
Very low key match on a turgid pitch which is totally different from the track the Pakistan team will be faced with next Thursday

first test firming that the squad will have only two under 30
and they are both 29
no Morris
luckily Abrar is out for Pakistan he is a good leggie

Hope Pakistan have come to play .And are competive in the first test.
An article in the Sydney Morning Herald about Test Crickets future in Wa..
No doubt Jim Maxwell + Co pushing for Wa to lose their traditional test.

Pakistan shape as a real threat to an ageing Australian team - Morris really should be in first up for that X something

Depends on which Pakistan team turn up. The gap between their best and worst performances is huge.
Their batsmen will struggle on the Perth pitch if it is pacy and bouncy as usual. They may be more competitive in Melbourne and Sydney. I sure hope so, the last thing test cricket needs is another lop sided summer

GTR that dopey Sydney dinosaur Jim Maxwell should have been pensioned off 2 decades ago....says a lot for the ABC he is still there mumbling away about how Perth should not host a Test Match every bloody year!
Meanwhile his beloved shit tip aka Sydney rains for 4 of the 5 days of their Test over the New Year holiday period and even then only gets barely half full of their 40,000 capacity!

Warner & Uzzie doing a nice demolition job of the Paki bowlers 117 at lunch, could be looking at 350++ for the day.
And tell Jim Maxwell that it's a lovely fine warm (29) Perth day as usual. Great day and great place to play test cricket!!

5-346 is a pretty decent day for Australia, albeit against a below par Pakistan bowling line up. Every batsman got a start but only Warner went on with it. So it will be the fairy tale end he was hoping for, the only thing that would make it better for him would be a century in the Sydney test.
Still a chance for Pakistan in this game if they can use the new ball better than they did the first one this morning. They might be able to restrict Australia to around 400 if they can get Marsh early. 

Good Thursday crowd of over 15,000.
Tough day for Pakistan,the ball didn't swing.One strike bowler and the rest bowling in the 130's.As soon as they pitch short its going to the boundary.