4th ODI: Rawalpindi - England Innings - discussion and scorecard

[MIG]

211 to win - and all to play for !

Englands last chance to square the series and set up fantastic finale in the 5th ODI - can they do it ?

Play starts in about 30 minutes...

[zaf1986]

We are in for a hell of a game!

The first 10 overs will be crucial.

[pakistani pride]

nah i feel confident our bowlers can defend this one ! ! !

[MIG]

I think the formula is simple - stifle the flow of runs and watch England make mistakes - this isnt like any of the other pitches.

[Raz]

The big fish are Tresco, Flintoff and Strauss i feel. We need at least 2 wickets as the bare minimum from the first 10 overs.

Defensive fields wont do we need to attack from ball 1.

[Monsee]

Check these two signs out, especially the one on the right:



http://www.allaboutpakistan.com/photos/pakistan_vs_england_2005/images/446/original.aspx

:))) :)))

[Raz]

I think the formula is simple - stifle the flow of runs and watch England make mistakes - this isnt like any of the other pitches.

Strangulation eh? Not a bad idea Miggy saab!

[Raz]

Them signs are from Karachi Monsee arent they?

[Monsee]

Them signs are from Karachi Monsee arent they?


Aaho...these girls must be students of the same Banter University where Moi learned and sharpened the trade :11: :D

[hasanahmad]

PAKISTAN needs to attack aggressively, im sure Imran Khan went into the dressing room

[the true passionist]

The big fish are Tresco, Flintoff and Strauss i feel. We need at least 2 wickets as the bare minimum from the first 10 overs.

Defensive fields wont do we need to attack from ball 1.

hasn't mr 3-0 been a bit of pain with the bat?

[Raz]

Play to resume very shortly

[Raz]

hasn't mr 3-0 been a bit of pain with the bat?

His wicket isnt as important as some of the others.

[Raz]

Team in the huddle at the moment.

[Jonty]

pakistan to win by 202 runs

[Raz]

Shoaib about to bowl his first ball

[Awesome Anjum]

kill em shoaib

[adi 101]

Good morning everyone, seems like pakistan will have to bowl their hearts out!

[Awesome Anjum]

stop bowling wides :@

[Oxy]

Nice start by Shoaib.

[Raz]

Ooooooooooo close, very close!!!!

[the true passionist]

hope pak can make a match out of this...so that we go in confidant in the next one

[nafajafam]

oooooooooooooh... pitched on off and nipped back, passes over the stumps..

[Raz]

Shoaib beats Tresco twice!!!

[adi 101]

Another close leave by tresco

[nafajafam]

another good one.. similar delivery, misses off stump by a whisker

[Raz]

93.2mph from Shoaib

[nafajafam]

93.2mph

[hasanahmad]

Ok today will be a test of Muhammad Sami's Character, he needs to get it right, he needs to be inspired by imran khan

[Jonty]

bowled 'mm

[Hydro]

shoaib good overt apart from the xtra bowl

[Jonty]

come on guys, need early wickets

[Hydro]

bowled 'mm


ohh

[Raz]

bowled 'mm

Dont do that!!!

[nafajafam]

2-0

[Jonty]

dont worry raz, it wil happen soon

[hasanahmad]

1 run to 3rd man

[Somali Pirate]

this is a test for pak bowlers.Can they defend a low score

[Raz]

dont worry raz, it wil happen soon

Inshallah!!!!

[hasanahmad]

1 run to cover and overthrows, 1 overthrow

[nafajafam]

overthrow and an extra single taken

[hasanahmad]

dot ball

[hasanahmad]

almost played on, 1 run

[Raz]

Inside edge misses stumps

[Hydro]

trescothick being streaky

[Jonty]

i hope extras dont cost us

[hasanahmad]

edged, no run

[Raz]

6-0 after 2

[hasanahmad]

another dot ball

[nafajafam]

6-0

[the true passionist]

decent start

[hasanahmad]

straight drive, 1 run to mid off

[Hydro]

1st boundary

[nafajafam]

just saw Monsee in the crowd.

[hasanahmad]

4 runs to square leg

[Oxy]

Even Chacha Cricket is looking subdued today!!!

[Raz]

Slower delivery put away for 4

[nafajafam]

slower delivery, on the legs and dispatched to square leg for 4

[the true passionist]

we need a couple in the first 8 ovrs

[Jonty]

goodnight fellas.. i hope pakistan wins it! good luck

[Somali Pirate]

oh well

[Hydro]

rudi is a joey

[nafajafam]

94mph

[the true passionist]

tresco a bit desperate to hit akhtar

[Raz]

13-0 after 3

[nafajafam]

13-0

[Hydro]

prior gone

[Hydro]

rana gets him

come on

[the true passionist]

1 down

[adi 101]

Outttttttttttt

[hasanahmad]

RANAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA Caught Behind

[Raz]

Rana strikes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[nafajafam]

OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! rambo induces an edge

[the true passionist]

comon boys...9 more

[Hydro]

guys did anyone hear ramiz raja comment when kabir was bowling

that he picked the right side to play 4

i foun his comment stupid

[Somali Pirate]

hmph should i keep saying oh well :)

[Oxy]

Rana, comes into ball to Prior.

He attempts a drive....

He nicks it....

Kami Akmal takes a simple catch....

And Pak take their 1st wkt....9 more to go!!!!!!!!!!

[Hydro]

rana gets 1st ball

[adi 101]

out!!!!!!!!!!!

[adi 101]

2 For Rana!!!!!!!!

[Hydro]

2 wkts in 2 balls

[the true passionist]

gone

[Raz]

2 in 2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[hasanahmad]

RANAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA lbw!!!! Hatrick chance

[Adeel786]

Omggggggggggggg Mashallah

[Hydro]

go rana go go

[nafajafam]

Ranaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[Adeel786]

Come On Ranaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[the true passionist]

yehhh

[Raz]

Strauss plumb in front!!!!

[Somali Pirate]

oh well

[nafajafam]

13-2

[Hydro]

solanki in

[Big Mac]

Come on Ranadinho :mad:

[adi 101]

hat Trick Ball

[Oxy]

Useless Rana on a hatrick!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Straussy still suffering from post-natal depression!

Darrel Hair in his penthouse suite says ...'NOT OUT'!

[adi 101]

Here We Go........................................

[Hydro]

go rana

[Adeel786]

Come On Rana, Get That Indian Trader Out

[adi 101]

Good Ball Well Played In The End

[the true passionist]

ooooh

[Hydro]

good hat trick ball but kept out

[Hydro]

nearly got him the next ball

[nafajafam]

good delivery but hattrick averted

[adi 101]

what a ball this guys on fire

[Oxy]

Great deivery 1st up to SriLanky

[Hydro]

rana beats solanki goes straight tthrough him

[Big Mac]

Oh my god what a complete jaffa.

[Oxy]

...and decent away swinger for the 2nd!

[Adeel786]

beauty ...just a beauty

[nafajafam]

another jaffa!!!!

[Oxy]

A gem of a delivery for the 3rd!

[Raz]

Double wicket maiden from Rana! What an over!!!

[Adeel786]

We have another bearded man now.

[offstump]

rana swinging the ball like a banana

[hasanahmad]

Remember England are a batsman short they only have Flintoff and Collingwood as batsmen left

[nafajafam]

a good outswinger to end and excellent over. 13-2

[offstump]

amazing bowling spell

[Hydro]

excellent over by rana

[Oxy]

A GREAT over. Take a bow Rana-gives Pak hope!

[Adeel786]

Shoaib to join the party now..inshallah

[adi 101]

so far shoaib not being much affective today.

[Hydro]

4 by tresco

we need hoim nxt 10 overs

[hasanahmad]

comeon shoaib get TRES!!! COMEONE DAMN IT !!!!!!!!!

[nafajafam]

driven for 4 by tresco

[Adeel786]

so far shoaib not being much affective today.

what???

he bowled really well so far..are you watching the same match?

[the true passionist]

4.3 rpo reqd

[Oxy]

so far shoaib not being much affective today.
:13: :13: :13:

[hasanahmad]

COMEON SHOAIBIIIi

[adi 101]

what???

he bowled really well so far..are you watching the same match?
i was on about malik :21: :P

[hasanahmad]

York That Bs!

[Adeel786]

i was on about malik :21: :P
:20:

[nafajafam]

quick single taken. 18-2

[adi 101]

nasty bowl by AKHTAR

[Hydro]

viscious delivery by shoaib to saolanki

[the true passionist]

lucky escape

[hasanahmad]

what a delivery, nearly caught

[Adeel786]

brilliant bouncer by shoaiby

[nafajafam]

good delivery for shoaib but no fielder in place to catch..

[Hydro]

rana is absolutley tearing solanki apart

[Oxy]

What a 'rip-snorter' of a delivery to Solanky!

[offstump]

wow...nasty short ball from shoaib...hit the glove and didnt carry to slip

[Adeel786]

solanki clueless against rana

[Raz]

What a beauty from Rana!!!!!!!!!

[Hydro]

4 nxt solanki

[badxhah]

ooooh wat a bouncer ... if he doenst take wickets he becomes a uneffective bowler

[nafajafam]

RANA... so many wicket taking deliveries... good bowling mate..

[offstump]

solanki lost at sea

[Oxy]

Rana on fire!!! How did that miss?

[nafajafam]

23-2

[Oxy]

Margin of error so miniscule...Rana just strays on the off/middle...and Solanky puts it away through midwkt

[the true passionist]

solanki settling down...will he be England's hero?

[hasanahmad]

I hope Sami is angry, I want him angry

[Adeel786]

this umpire is crap....

[Adeel786]

how the hell that was wide

[Hydro]

we need another asap

[hasanahmad]

Margin of error so miniscule...Rana just strays on the off/middle...and Solanky puts it away through midwkt

it wasnt when England were bowling

[Hydro]

thhis hill dude is hair apprentice

[Adeel786]

it wasnt when England were bowling

England kept it really tight...Oxy is spot on

[shahmaan]

why is arshad kahn super sub???? what happend to arafat??

[Somali Pirate]

we need another wicket.

[Raz]

25-2 after 6

[Hydro]

why is arshad kahn super sub???? what happend to arafat??


its a spinning track

[nafajafam]

25-2

[hasanahmad]

the only way pakistan will win is to get wickets on this score. they need to just attack non stop

[the true passionist]

well read

[shahmaan]

its a spinning track

ah i c......have they replaced anyone for him?

[Nauman]

its a spinning track

Strange, majority of wickets have gone to quicks.

[Adeel786]

its a spinning track

Fast bowlers are doing well so far..Arafat is very nippy and can swing, he would ve been really effective.

[hasanahmad]

Pakistan needs tresc wicket

[Adeel786]

we need another wicket.
We need all ten wickets.

[shahmaan]

hmmm arafat was impressive...and fairly quikk.....wonder what he would have done

[the true passionist]

Strange, majority of wickets have gone to quicks.

so how is the fast spin bowler gona do?

[Hydro]

solanki p,layed on

shoiab

[hasanahmad]

if Pakistan gets 2 wickets within 100 runs , 2 more wickets and pakistan have a real chance

[the true passionist]

gone

[Hydro]

well done shoiab

pace

[shahmaan]

We need all ten wickets.

we need to pray...... :D

[hasanahmad]

AKHTAR STRIKES>>>>>>>>FCKKKKAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAa

[Hydro]

25-3

[Adeel786]

AkhtarAkhtarAkhtarAkhtarAkhtarAkhtarAkhtarAkhtarAk htarAkhtarAkhtarAkhtarAkhtarAkhtarAkhtarAkhtarAkht arAkhtarAkhtarAkhtarAkhtar

[Raz]

93.6mph ball bowls Solanki!!!!! The local hero strikes!!!!

[nafajafam]

Hayyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[Somali Pirate]

oh well

[offstump]

shoaib BOWLS SOLANKI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[the true passionist]

yeh unlucky for a new young batsmen

[Adeel786]

we need to pray...... :D
INSHALLAH!!!!!1

[Somali Pirate]

shoaibyyyyy!!!

[shahmaan]

[b]pakistannnn Zindabad

[hasanahmad]

if we get flintoff cheap we will win. COMEON U BS!!!! get another wicket damn it, ur the Wounded tigers of Pakistan

[nafajafam]

25-3

[Hydro]

flintoff in

[Adeel786]

Oh Oh....here Comes The Danger Man

[Oxy]

Sheer pace-Rana takes crefit for this...softening up Solanki the over before!

[Adeel786]

Come On Akthar , He Called You A Tarzan...haha

[adi 101]

flintoff is out their

[hasanahmad]

comeone akhtar york him, COMEON DAMN IT

[Big Mac]

yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaas, this is great. I doubt they've got anybody who can do an Inzi and bat right through so they'll have to hit their way out of this I reckon

[lakha84]

i want mr eagle-shoaib 2 fly 7 more time

[shahmaan]

Mod Edit: Please refrain from uneccesary name calling...Thanks

[offstump]

3 wickets down within the first 6 overs...amazing stuff

[akpower]

ballllay

[hasanahmad]

95 Mph!!!!

[pacman]

Welcome Flintoff :D

[offstump]

95 mph bouncer first ball

[the true passionist]

produces his fastest for freddie

[nafajafam]

95MPH short ball

[Adeel786]

Come Onnnn Tarzan...hunt Him Down

[Hydro]

beraly run out

[pakistani pride]

Hahaha Superb Yaar Pakistan Is Awsome

[hasanahmad]

direct hit, barely home

[nafajafam]

26-3

[UJ]

Pak starting off really well here. A few good length balls to Flintoff, then the big yorker now!!!

[shahmaan]

Shoaib "me Tarzan.....u Out"" Hahaha

[offstump]

this is the best possibly start anyone could have wished for

[Hydro]

fglintoff get 4 of rana

[adi 101]

slapped for four

[Hydro]

we need one of these in this spell

[the true passionist]

flintoff can take it away in a few balls

[hasanahmad]

comeone RANA get flintoff

[nafajafam]

wonderful drive for 4 by flintoff

[the true passionist]

the ball comin onto his bat nicely

[pacman]

Flintoff is the key to this match. We need to get his wicket.

[offstump]

who's that tub of lard barmy army fan

[hasanahmad]

remember england are a batsman short

[Nauman]

Meh Waqar is really after that bowling coach job.

[lakha84]

we need flintoff
inshallah its gonn abe 35/5

[Adeel786]

Rana On Target...

[Oxy]

Meh Waqar is really after that bowling coach job.

For which team though ;-)

[badxhah]

this is the most crucial partnership of the match

[UJ]

Trescothik is also an important wicket here. This is not a huge total so if he bats for 30 overs or so then he will prob win it for Eng.

[shahmaan]

Pakistan Zindabad

[Hydro]

rana bowling well

[adi 101]

good bouncer

[Raz]

who's that tub of lard barmy army fan

:)) :))

[nafajafam]

good bouncer from rana.

[Nauman]

For which team though ;-)

Its quite clear from the interview he is givinig in his commentary.

[Oxy]

Now that Pak are in it....its time for Inzi to OUT THINK England with field placement and bowling changes. Interesting next 10 overs ahead.

[IMMY69]

england's top score on this track is arnd 160

[nafajafam]

30-3

[the true passionist]

remember england are a batsman short

we are also quite a few runs short...

[hasanahmad]

we need 2 more wickets and we are to the tail. remmeber england supersubbed Bell for Anderson,

[Oxy]

Bet you £10 Collingwood breaks another bat in this inngs!

[the true passionist]

last over for akhtar in the spell...1 more wkt

[hasanahmad]

slow ball1

[Hydro]

collision between rana and akmal

they dropped flintoff

[Hydro]

omg

[Big Mac]

ffs Akmal :@

[nafajafam]

Oh God, Flintoff Dropped

[Hydro]

they should have called