3rd test Day 1 commentary thread - pak v india @ karachi [29/1/06]

[Amir]

21 minutes left with light fading. WE need one more wicket, preferably Tendulkar.

[cavin420]

tendular bowledddddddddddddddd

[qaisar]

I think pak should go for the kill...bring back akhtar.

[cavin420]

raziiiii does itttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt this time wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

[zaf1986]

Tendulkar cleaned up.............

[KB]

Bowled Him Bowled Him

Can You Believe It!

Amazing

[nafajafam]

Razzaq not getting any seam movement yet, or maybe I missed some

[His_Excellence_]

Bowled
Bowled
Saching Bowled
Razzaq Gets Sachin
Clean Bowled
Omg...i Hate Razzaq But Omg....razzaq Comes Through

[Big Mac]

AHAHAHAHAHHA I am never EVER saying anything against Razzaq ever again

[the true passionist]

the big one gone....
revenge for Yohana.

[cavin420]

baley baleyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy oo shavaaaaaaaa shavaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa cav hi5,s all the peeps yeh cheez!

[Sheikh_Ji]

anyoen frm khi down here..?? whats the light like? how many more overs can we get in before they call off play due to bad light??

[zaf1986]

21 minutes left with light fading. WE need one more wicket, preferably Tendulkar.

Wah Nostradamus :P

[His_Excellence_]

Middle Stump! Razzaq Can't Believe It
I Can't Believe It
Arun Wants To Cry....

[Jonty]

razzi you beauty

[cavin420]

anyoen frm khi down here..?? whats the light like? how many more overs can we get in before they call off play due to bad light??
15 more min!

[KB]

This is unbelievable. What a day, what a fight back.

[nafajafam]

Hhahaahah... Masetro gone!!!!!!
Bowled em through the gate.. WOH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[the_game]

Tendu gone!

[ataullah]

outtttttttttttttttt bowled tendulkar mn i cant believe this shuker allah

[Saj]

Oh yessss ! Great inswinger from Razzaq.

[lakha84]

21 minutes left with light fading. WE need one more wicket, preferably Tendulkar.

GUESS HWAT RAZZAQ GETS UR MAN

[aatish910]

cmon Pakistannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn inshallahh Under 100 all out :D

[Somali Pirate]

i see srt n vvs 100s
:19:

[badxhah]

tendu out

[Rob H]

Razzaq does the damage. Pakistan having a ball

[Jonty]

this is a spirited performance, whata comeback so far

[the true passionist]

the big one gone....
revenge for Yohana.

sorry i take it back...it was edged onto the stmp

[azcali78]

Tendi gone 56 -4
Bowled by Razi

[His_Excellence_]

AHAHAHAHAHHA I am never EVER saying anything against Razzaq ever again

lol same here :P

[Oxy]

GONE GONE GONE!!

Wrist Slitters rejoice!

56-4!

[nafajafam]

56-4

[Amir]

That is the wicket we need. He is Tendulkar looked most confident. IF we can get a guy like Dhoni out early(who can take the game away from us) then maybe we have a chance to get a lead.

[cavin420]

AHAHAHAHAHHA I am never EVER saying anything against Razzaq ever again
u should...seems like whenever u start saying anything bad for the player he repies back with a wicket..so works like a charm for us ;-)

[the_game]

This is unbelievable. What a day, what a fight back.

ggm, could you have asked for anything more at 0/3 after the first over? Amazing!

[KaSaNoVa_G]

wooooohoooo PAKISTAN R ON FIRE.....

[badxhah]

Poori Series mein inti wicktaay nahi giri jitnaay ek din mien gir gai

[Sheikh_Ji]

Bring back Shoaib...bring him back...even if its for a 2 over spell
another wicket here and we're firmly back in the game!!

I very very gladly take back my words :D:D:D
gooo Razzzzzzzzzzzzzzziiii Bhaiiii

[Rob H]

India in trouble now. Will their super keeper rescue them?

[Rickz]

DAM!!!!!!!!!!!!, Sachin gone and India reeling on 56-4.

[His_Excellence_]

56/4
yuvraj and ganguly batting!
somebody get shoaib on!!!!! lol i want to see ganguly dance!

[nafajafam]

Two left handers on crease, should get them out soon.
56-4

[Amir]

Two lefites and Pakistan have a bad record to lefties.

And now to hope for a wicket, "Razzaq is a joke bowler and should not be in the team"

[cavin420]

they might be going now........................... noooooooooooooo

[Amir_rulez]

Bring in Akhtar and Afridi.

[nafajafam]

Poori Series mein inti wicktaay nahi giri jitnaay ek din mien gir gai

:)) Wanted to see stumps shatter for so long!!

[His_Excellence_]

they walk away....
ahhh losers!

[cavin420]

Two lefites and Pakistan have a bad record to lefties.

And now to hope for a wicket, "Razzaq is a joke bowler and should not be in the team"
cav stares n stares n keeps on staring @ aamir!

[Amir]

India in trouble now. Will their super keeper rescue them?

I think Dhoni will do well, the attack is the way to go on this pitch.

[nafajafam]

Light offered and batsmen take it. Great display by Pakistan.

56-4. Onto tomorrow InshaAllah.

[qaisar]

ganguly should take revenge from bcci for dropping him from odi squad...ganguly bhai out ho gayo .

[the true passionist]

Ganguly runs off the ground.

[Amir]

What a asesion, 83 runs for 7 wickets.

[ataullah]

56-4 end of day

[KB]

ggm, could you have asked for anything more at 0/3 after the first over? Amazing!

Quite simply, no.

At 0-3, it was all a bit depressing. But this lot are a bunch of fighters and they have roared back.

Stunning.

[nafajafam]

Indians in the comfort of the dressing room!!

[Rob H]

Sourav is needed here for a big innings. He'll go cheaply though. Pakistan are too good a bowling unit for him.

[Sheikh_Ji]

Thank God light wasn't offered 10 mins ago......
A fully fresh SHoaib in the morning with a ball just 13 overs old.....i cant wait....:D:D

[KaSaNoVa_G]

play about 2 start now....

[KB]

Hang on, they are back. It is not over yet.

[Farah]

They are back out its not end of day

[kashmiri]

ggm, could you have asked for anything more at 0/3 after the first over? Amazing!

since we are on a roll today, can we liberate kashmir today and still return for tea

[Rob H]

Great days cricket. Why couldnt the other pitches be like this?????????

[His_Excellence_]

they're back!
ahahah ganguly probably cursing the light! ahahah yess! come on boys get them!

[nafajafam]

And they come back and its PRETTY bright

[the true passionist]

he has to walk in...
Aktar should have a go 1 ovr

[KB]

Perhaps a couple of overs from Akhtar as long as he is feeling up to it?

[cavin420]

surpirze surprize we are straighgt back again..lights imprived drastically!!

[qaisar]

they're coming back..wow

[nafajafam]

13 more minutes remaining

[His_Excellence_]

i know! give shaibee an over or two....:D

[Rob H]

haha coming back out now

[Amir]

Great days cricket. Why couldnt the other pitches be like this?????????

Because Kamran Akmal can't rescue us each time.

[nafajafam]

Asif should try and get one to come back.. Should be fun

[cavin420]

as much as i apprriaciat the effort by asif n razi i would like to see some sweetchin music by pindi........both of these batters are valnurable to it!

[UJ]

Pak is in a good position, 1 more wicket before close of play and we gotta real good chance

[Somali Pirate]

i see yuvraj n ganguly centuries

[PapaBear]

ganguly in now!
oh man! where's shaibee now! lol
india 56/3
And I am stuck in a class of 15 females at college, its a good job I have given them some lab work to do

[Amir]

Get Afridi to bowl some pace :D

[cavin420]

:))):))) check razi celebrating :))):)))

[nafajafam]

59-4

[Rob H]

Ganguly has to set his sight for double figures.

[UJ]

The trick here is to get the ball to nip back from off stump for either bowled or lbw

[nafajafam]

:))):))) check razi celebrating :))):)))

Holding: "If he wasnt from this part of the world, one would have thought he won the lottery" :))

[cavin420]

dada not intrested in taking a single Alap in taking the strike :))):)))

[His_Excellence_]

elan :|
uh! uh!!!!!!

[Sheikh_Ji]

And the players are back on....
yea baby....:D

[Saj]

My money is on a run out between Ganguly and Yuvraj

[nafajafam]

60-4

[UJ]

This test match might be all over in 4 days. A welcome change!!!

[nafajafam]

Huge appeal, not out. 60-4

[cavin420]

My money is on a run out between Ganguly and Yuvraj
inshAllah we need a wicket either by hook or croook!

[His_Excellence_]

darn it!
razzaq will continue...india 60/4
that's alright...i aint mad atcha razzaq!

[Rob H]

Ganguly going like a train. 2 off 2.

[CHANDTARA]

Is this the first time ever that a team taking a hattrick in the first over is on the backfoot?

[badxhah]

http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/9117/jkjk0gr.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

haan kon meri bowling ki buriye kar raha tha BOL

[cavin420]

btw the sachin dismisal was an exact dito of the vb series played in 2001 .....when he used to get sachin alot!

[nafajafam]

On the legs and easy single taken.
61-4

[kashmiri]

i was wondering if sehwag would be a threat this innings.

checked the scorecard and discovered we got him long ago :)

go pakistan


hum he pakistani, hum to jeeteinge haan jeeteinge

[Rob H]

Ganguly still 100 SR

[nafajafam]

Razzaq has gotten Dada out quite often.

[cavin420]

dani boy should never be allowed to run on a cricket feild!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[KB]

Yuvraj tends to poke a bit outisde off stump. So Razzaq will be looking to seam it away from yuvraj and hope to get the edge.

[nafajafam]

Bryan Adams performing with Shehzad Roy.. and for a good cause..

[Sheikh_Ji]

darn it!
razzaq will continue...india 60/4
that's alright...i aint mad atcha razzaq!

I would have brought on Shoaib in place of Asif...
Razzaq is usually quite good at bowling to lefties...he gets the ball to nicely slant across the lefties..he's gotten Ganguly a few time like tht

[His_Excellence_]

oh man! kya baal thay! kya zulfein thi!

[nafajafam]

Good fielding on the boundary.

63-4

[nafajafam]

Razzaq has a bad case of noballs !!

[nafajafam]

On the legs and 4 runs towards fine leg. Bad line from Razi

[KB]

A wicket in the last over, would wrap the day up nicely

[cavin420]

oh man! kya baal thay! kya zulfein thi!
are u by any chance talking about the the person who was taking bryan adams interview???? ;-)

[His_Excellence_]

i don't get this...it's not like razzaq has express pace that he can't control his line. why then ? damn...muftay kay four runs!
and bryan adams is so....early 90s...

[Rob H]

India's long batting lline up looks like it'll come in handy. Dhoni and Ifran to come.

[nafajafam]

68-4

[cavin420]

pindi comes in yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

[His_Excellence_]

are u by any chance talking about the the person who was taking bryan adams interview???? ;-)

lol nah...someone before that ;)

YESSSS SHAIBEE ON!

[Amir]

Give Akthar just one more go, full pace

[nafajafam]

Pindi to bowl another over!!

[His_Excellence_]

oyeeeeeh! tries to get ganguly from behind the stumps...i like what he was thinking!

[badxhah]

Super concert n good cause ..Earthquake ki ARR mein Poodi @ concert

[Amir]

AKthar back!

[nafajafam]

On the legs. missed by Dada

[His_Excellence_]

get him shaibee baby! get him!

[cavin420]

Allah miyan one more wicket pindi comes in bowls nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn bouncer ducks underneath a slower delivery would be gud right now!

[His_Excellence_]

bouncer!!!!! he ducks...!!!! bach gaya! lol
68/4

[nafajafam]

Dada ducked on that even before the delivery was bowled. Hahah

[Rob H]

Gangauly has to get out of the way quick to these shoaib balls. I say slip in the slower ball now.

[KB]

He might try one of his famous slower balls in this over.

[UJ]

Would love to see akhtar get a wicket here

[nafajafam]

Yorker would be great

[ataullah]

68-4 another wicket would be top

[badxhah]

Rib Cage buddyyy

[Rob H]

He might try one of his famous slower balls in this over.
great minds think alike :D

[His_Excellence_]

yeah a slower one to ganguly would be nice wouldn't it...scare him with some pace and put the slow on in there...h ewalks away after playing that one...probably thinking "holy ritz crackers! how did i manage that?"

[nafajafam]

Defended comfortably by Dada.

[cavin420]

ooo nearlyyyyyyyyyy went straight to the feilder..unlucky

[lakha84]

Ganguly Abt 2 **** In His Pants Seeing Shoib Bowling 2 Him

[ataullah]

72-4

[Sheikh_Ji]

Is the light fadding?
if its is we should get Danni into the attack..and keep the Indians out there as long as possible

[cavin420]

mic holding says ...lucky dada....arun laal says gud shot :))):)))

[nafajafam]

4 runs off his legs

[cavin420]

Is the light fadding?
if its is we should get Danni into the attack..and keep the Indians out there as long as possible
last ball coming up!

[nafajafam]

72-4

[His_Excellence_]

girly throw by razzaq. where does all the spinach go ? i thought spinach gives you strength!

[ataullah]

where's shoaibs slower one in this series gone?

[nafajafam]

2 runs taking this time.. a yorker would be great

[Rob H]

Ganguly closing in on double figures here. Quite an acheivement for him

[ataullah]

15.5 Akhtar to Ganguly, 2 runs, very much full, inner edge goes to deep square leg, Ganguly was bold enough to comeback for the second, gutsy approach!

gutsy ganguly

[qaisar]

lol @ Arun lal..what a loser.

[nafajafam]

74-4. End of days play.

[cavin420]

DADA on a mission!!!! so determined :))):))) end of the days play peeps see u all tomorow takecare be gud n be safe!Ciao00!

[ataullah]

74-4 stumps

[nafajafam]

Harper says : "Lets go" :))

[Amir]

Look at Akthars change of action, you could see he generated more pace. He should have done that from the start to get the wicket.

[nafajafam]

Cya all tomorrow. Salaam

[His_Excellence_]

yeah guys! good morning to you all! i'm off to bed! 3 more for my 350! i'll get to that milestone tomorrow! see you all tomorrow!
PAKISTAN ZINDABAD
PINDI ZINDABAD

[UJ]

4/74 at stumps

[UJ]

14 wickets fell in the day!!!

[Noman]

Look at Akthars change of action, you could see he generated more pace. He should have done that from the start to get the wicket.


I was thinking the same

[HAFRIDI]

Just woke up, fell asleep at lunch, all i gotta say WHAT a comback from us!!!!!!! never lose hope is the moral!!!!

[Muddaser]

shabash another tiger from pindi once again doing the trick for pakistan....boy can be produce some quality fast bowlers ;-) dada walks down to the middlee bring back shoaib akhtarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Asif is from Sheikhupura.

[Azam6380]

What a day......

[Farhad]

Farhad Where R Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa??????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????? Come Out Come Out Come Out Where Ya Hiding, Lets See Ur Afridi Come Out And Talk Smack


I'm here!!!!!!! And didn't we despatch you to the next orbit, boy!!! :))) :))) :))) :)))

Come out, come out, where are Ya Hiding now?? :)))

[coolgangsta]

Farhad Where R Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa??????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????? Come Out Come Out Come Out Where Ya Hiding, Lets See Ur Afridi Come Out And Talk Smack

that was a stupid stupid thing to say!

[coolgangsta]

hahahahhahahaaha all the talk of our excellent batting line up the class of moyo, prospect of salman wow the patience of younis....hahahahahahaha all down the drain...this is what you get for supporting Pakistan...now I remember why I stopped supporting these losers a long time ago...you put your heart and soul into the team...you support them through all the scandals...math fixings...poor performances...infighting...mismanagement and how do they repay you...they stretch your limits over and over and over again until one day you can't take it anymore and tell yourself I'm gonna stop supporting these losers because a loser country makes a loser cricket team...

well if you only support pak when theyre winning its called glory hunting!

[cavin420]

Asif is from Sheikhupura.
yes ur right.............im so showie its all waqar younis,s fault in austrailia when he was making he debut..mark nich asked him tell us something about this new guy mohd asif then he started (without knowing any of the facts.......hes from rawalpindi bowls in the hugh 80,s :))) now that we all know neigher hes from pindi nor he bowls in the high 80,s :)))

[kashmiri]

Farhad Where R Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa??????????????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????? Come Out Come Out Come Out Where Ya Hiding, Lets See Ur Afridi Come Out And Talk Smack

what is the context?

[Kashif]

This is a thread which should be read from the start for extra value entertainment.

[kashmiri]

provides a truly fascinating read

are taps & romali indian supporters

hey can we have a little icon(perhaps a flag) which suggest one's fave country, so we have a better understanding of the context. 2 flags of pakistan for me

i was wondering if we had won the toss and put india in to bat, what would the final result have been?
hypotethical question, but did we ride in the back of kamran & raz's jazba(not to forget shoaib's bowling), or could we have

[Farhad]

This thread is for eternity. :D

[the_game]

Farhad doing some serious damage in this thread! What great memories.

[Farhad]

Such intensity, such fightback, such a huge huge Test match! What a turnaround! From 0-3 in the first innings to a massive kick-a$$ triumph of 341 runs and that too when we declared our world-record second innings with 7 down and the two top scoreres of the first innings still undefeated!

[kablooee87]

This thread is the stuff of legends. Seriously, it should never die.

[PlanetPakistan]

woooh......What a day of TEST cricket!! gosh it not only tested the player but also the fans! A true litmus test!

[Farhad]

This thread shows what Pak cricket team and its fans are all about - intense, unpredictable and mighty brilliant!

It also shows who the true outrageous optimists are amongst us - those who even at 39/6 were still holding the heads high. I swear I would have been one of them posting here had it not been for me watching the match with mates and thus unable to post.

It also shows how truly fabulous and dangerous Akhtar is when the chips are down. He batted like a true warrior with Akmal on the first day and then came back to deliver absolute thunderbolts scaring the daylights out of Sehwag and Tendulkar, hitting the latter flash bang on the head with a rip-snorting 95 mph brute of a bouncer, contributing to the batsman's tame dismissal soon thereafter.

The thread is most memorable though for the two new aces of Pak cricket - Asif and Akmal. It was being said before this Test that this was once in a lifetime opportunity for a player on either side to make themselves instant legends in their country, and the duo responded so magnificently. Akmal's knock is probably the most precious innings ever played by a Pak batsman, in context of the circumstances and the impact on the Series. Asif's demolition of bewildered Indian top batsmen merely alerted the world that another major bowling superstar from Pak has arrived.

[Farhad]

The "outrageous optimists" who continued to big up their team in great adversity even at the stage when we were 39/6 in the first innings....following are the ones out of the 30-odd PPers posting at that time:



RunInzyRun
"Shut up all of you about Razzaq, he's saved us before, he can save us again, has everyone forgotten Akmal and Razzaq's innings?"


cavin420
"39 for 5 i couldnt have my breakfast well atlest therz no danger of breaking that lowest test score records ......i feel even if we get 200 odd would be a preety decent effort"


OZGOD
"Two players need to do rearguards here."



the true passionist
"yeh...comon Pak batsmen give our bowlers a chance to ball on this one..."


Hash
"Remember people keep your spirits up. I know it is difficult when we are 43 for 6 but we have dug ourselves out and won test matches from worse positions before......we can do it again!"



Elan Tedonai
"oh god forgive my sins.

please make kamran and razzaq score centuries"



Big Mac
This dude simply puts up the Calcutta'99 scorecard to remind everyone what kind of team we are passionate followers of!!


cinderella
"hey i think akmal is a good player. razzaq and akmal can KINDA make it......im sure they can.
if indian bowlers are doing this well.......pak bowlers are gonna b on fire.......inshaAllah.
but yeah, hoping indian batters will make some dumb mistakes too lol"



ggm
"In addition to the 99 Calcutta Test, Pakistan also fought back from being 30 odd for 5 in the W.I in 2000 in the first two Tests, to draw both Tests."



rayhan
"Lets hope Pakistan put up a decent total, and give back some of their own when it comes time to the Indians batting. Discipline is needed."



nadeem
"Make no mistake, this team is a fighting, praying, battling unit. Inzi has changed things totally. Its a new PAK spirit which pervades the whole team. Everyone is a fighter now. Even if we get out for 100 and the ball stops swinging post first session (as it has) I'd never write our team off."


ahaPassion
"Winners always remain positive and must focus on wining the game and InshAllah Pakwill pass through this difficult time."






The ultimate one though - yes no prizes for guessing, it's MIG!

"Well apparently we have won a match from such a position in Calcutta some time ago - we were 26/6 then !!"



*******************
This thread is also a kick in the teeth for sick demented racist idiots like the one who posted the following just when Pak went down 0/3 in the very first over....Post #122....



"why was pakistan so successful in 1992......because they DID NOT HAVE PUNJABI POLITICS in them.........stop being rasict.......be fair to the rest of pakistan....there are other better bowlers in pakistan the mohammad asif....where did umar gul go.......where did sami go...is he seriously injured or is it just being said that he is injured.....start playing in other places of pakistan as well....there are other good stadiums in pakistan...wht about multan,hydrabad........................IF PAKISTAN LOSSES THEN THEY WILL LOSE BECAUSE OF THIER OWN PUNJABI GARDIE.....PUNJABI POLITICS.....


IF U WANT CRICKET TO FLOURSH IN PAKISTAN THEN STOP THIS PUNJABI POLITICS......"

The fool was not to be seen again after watching the same cricketers absolutely lynch India into submission - the ones he was so blatantly cussing.

[Easa]

Classic thread. What a comeback, from 39-6 to a 341 run win.

I remember on the cricbuzz chat bar on the side, alot of Indians were laughing and celebrating when we were 0-3. They were talking about how we would get bowled out for 10 and India, through their magnificent batting lineup would make 600. Boy, were they in for a suprise! :)))

[Hash]

Oh man.

The memories of this game will live on forever! Just reading back, can't help but laugh at my falling out with Nauman the pessimist!

[Uzi]

Oh man.

The memories of this game will live on forever! Just reading back, can't help but laugh at my falling out with Nauman the pessimist!

:91:

That was comical

[UJ]

who won?

[Hash]

who won?

me ofcoarse ;-)

[entralinks]

Don't want to ruin your fun guys but this after the first over got even more funny that it would ever have been...

And theyve started.

Afridi and Salman will open.

0.1 Pathan to Salman, one run, flicked to deep square leg, off the mark straight away and brings Afridi on strike.
0.2 Pathan to Afridi: SIX!, Goodness me! Good length ball outside the offstump, Afridi comes charging down the track and murders it out of the stadium.
0.3 Pathan to Afridi, SIX! Another one!! Pathan goes for the yorker, but Afridi being the beast he is obliterates it back past the bowler and the balls mashes into the advertising boards.
0.4 Pathan to Afridi, SIX! Hat-trick!!!! Short delivery this time and it is fearlessly hooked way way over the ropes and into the crowd.
0.5 Pathan to Afridi SIX!! This is amazing!!! Good length ball from Pathan, Afridi comes down the track again but this time slog sweeps him!! What a sight!!
0.6 Pathan to Afridi SIX! 5 in a row!! Afridi! Afridi! Slower ball thats been annihilated out of Karachi. No chance of ever seeing that ball again!! End of an eventful over!!

[jusarrived]

razzak can bat???? geoffery`s mum can bat better then him in tests :|

:)))

[KB]

It was interesting that there was movement to be extracted from the pitch throughout the game.

I wonder whether that was because the match was played in January.

Usually in Pakistan, a grassy pitch offers movement on day one and then becomes a belter. So perhaps, had the match been played at another time of the year, the pitch would have developed differently.

As it happens it turned out to be an excellent pitch that promoted a wonderful contest. It was a match played at breathless speed.

In the end Pakistan won a match that many thought they had lost in the first over!

[kashmiri]

which match is this

Afridi and Salman will open.

0.1 Pathan to Salman, one run, flicked to deep square leg, off the mark straight away and brings Afridi on strike.
0.2 Pathan to Afridi: SIX!, Goodness me! Good length ball outside the offstump, Afridi comes charging down the track and murders it out of the stadium.
0.3 Pathan to Afridi, SIX! Another one!! Pathan goes for the yorker, but Afridi being the beast he is obliterates it back past the bowler and the balls mashes into the advertising boards.
0.4 Pathan to Afridi, SIX! Hat-trick!!!! Short delivery this time and it is fearlessly hooked way way over the ropes and into the crowd.
0.5 Pathan to Afridi SIX!! This is amazing!!! Good length ball from Pathan, Afridi comes down the track again but this time slog sweeps him!! What a sight!!
0.6 Pathan to Afridi SIX! 5 in a row!! Afridi! Afridi! Slower ball thats been annihilated out of Karachi. No chance of ever seeing that ball again!! End of an eventful over!!

[Farhad]

Oh man.

The memories of this game will live on forever! Just reading back, can't help but laugh at my falling out with Nauman the pessimist!

I think what was quite obvious in that prolonged exchange was that you both were taking out the frustration of a horrendous first hour's play on each other. ;-)

[cavin420]

The "outrageous optimists" who continued to big up their team in great adversity even at the stage when we were 39/6 in the first innings....following are the ones out of the 30-odd PPers posting at that time:



RunInzyRun
"Shut up all of you about Razzaq, he's saved us before, he can save us again, has everyone forgotten Akmal and Razzaq's innings?"


cavin420
"39 for 5 i couldnt have my breakfast well atlest therz no danger of breaking that lowest test score records ......i feel even if we get 200 odd would be a preety decent effort"


OZGOD
"Two players need to do rearguards here."



the true passionist
"yeh...comon Pak batsmen give our bowlers a chance to ball on this one..."


Hash
"Remember people keep your spirits up. I know it is difficult when we are 43 for 6 but we have dug ourselves out and won test matches from worse positions before......we can do it again!"



Elan Tedonai
"oh god forgive my sins.

please make kamran and razzaq score centuries"



Big Mac
This dude simply puts up the Calcutta'99 scorecard to remind everyone what kind of team we are passionate followers of!!


cinderella
"hey i think akmal is a good player. razzaq and akmal can KINDA make it......im sure they can.
if indian bowlers are doing this well.......pak bowlers are gonna b on fire.......inshaAllah.
but yeah, hoping indian batters will make some dumb mistakes too lol"



ggm
"In addition to the 99 Calcutta Test, Pakistan also fought back from being 30 odd for 5 in the W.I in 2000 in the first two Tests, to draw both Tests."



rayhan
"Lets hope Pakistan put up a decent total, and give back some of their own when it comes time to the Indians batting. Discipline is needed."



nadeem
"Make no mistake, this team is a fighting, praying, battling unit. Inzi has changed things totally. Its a new PAK spirit which pervades the whole team. Everyone is a fighter now. Even if we get out for 100 and the ball stops swinging post first session (as it has) I'd never write our team off."


ahaPassion
"Winners always remain positive and must focus on wining the game and InshAllah Pakwill pass through this difficult time."






The ultimate one though - yes no prizes for guessing, it's MIG!

"Well apparently we have won a match from such a position in Calcutta some time ago - we were 26/6 then !!"



*******************
This thread is also a kick in the teeth for sick demented racist idiots like the one who posted the following just when Pak went down 0/3 in the very first over....Post #122....



"why was pakistan so successful in 1992......because they DID NOT HAVE PUNJABI POLITICS in them.........stop being rasict.......be fair to the rest of pakistan....there are other better bowlers in pakistan the mohammad asif....where did umar gul go.......where did sami go...is he seriously injured or is it just being said that he is injured.....start playing in other places of pakistan as well....there are other good stadiums in pakistan...wht about multan,hydrabad........................IF PAKISTAN LOSSES THEN THEY WILL LOSE BECAUSE OF THIER OWN PUNJABI GARDIE.....PUNJABI POLITICS.....


IF U WANT CRICKET TO FLOURSH IN PAKISTAN THEN STOP THIS PUNJABI POLITICS......"

The fool was not to be seen again after watching the same cricketers absolutely lynch India into submission - the ones he was so blatantly cussing.


Thats me :11::11: :11:

[cavin420]

& what a bump by the indian killer aka As Farhad bhai :11:

[cavin420]

**** i think we are screwed.india bowling first
:))):))) how true was that, in the context of the first innings :89:

[cavin420]

we are screwed.i tell u.

what is razzaq going to do?

jeez if we are bundled out for a low score then we are finished
you did not say that :O:O :))

[cavin420]

hahahahhahahaaha all the talk of our excellent batting line up the class of moyo, prospect of salman wow the patience of younis....hahahahahahaha all down the drain...this is what you get for supporting Pakistan...now I remember why I stopped supporting these losers a long time ago...you put your heart and soul into the team...you support them through all the scandals...math fixings...poor performances...infighting...mismanagement and how do they repay you...they stretch your limits over and over and over again until one day you can't take it anymore and tell yourself I'm gonna stop supporting these losers because a loser country makes a loser cricket team...
:))):))):)))

oh dear Sluggz :))):)))

:))):)))

[Farhad]

The way the mighty Paksters turned the match on its head even before the first day's play had ended put egg on so many faces - not the least on the ones of the cocky Indians who were going delirious jumping out of their pants with joy after the first hour. Brought crashing down to earth. This was beyond doubt the greatest-ever and most memorable Test between the arch-rivals.

[Farhad]

this is what you get for supporting Pakistan...now I remember why I stopped supporting these losers a long time ago...you put your heart and soul into the team...you support them through all the scandals...math fixings...poor performances...infighting...mismanagement and how do they repay you

Slugger!! ;-)

[cavin420]

the match still isnt over yet.....n u still havent seen india bat out...........wait for the results first then u can have ur say.............13 for 3 ..end of the over
:11: :11: :11:

Farhad bhai, that takes the cake, how did you miss that :P

[infamous9383]

Eid Mubarak thread in terms of best cricket match in year 2006

[Usman Chadda]

Awesome match. The Indians never knew what hit them. 39/6 and we still came back to obliterate their butts. Amazing feat by the boys!

[Daoud]

Not one to blow my own trumpet, but Miggy was in quite a bit of despair at work at that stage and I reminded him of this

The ultimate one though - yes no prizes for guessing, it's MIG!

"Well apparently we have won a match from such a position in Calcutta some time ago - we were 26/6 then !!"
The only thing was he was somehow able to access PP from work and I couldnt

Its a true story!

[Farhad]

Not one to blow my own trumpet, but Miggy was in quite a bit of despair at work at that stage and I reminded him of this

The only thing was he was somehow able to access PP from work and I couldnt

Its a true story!

I can imagine the look on the face of MIG in the first hours of the Test. ;-) Must be beaming and in top mood afterwards though. :D




Eid Mubarak thread in terms of best cricket match in year 2006

Precisrly the reason I bumped it up. Eid Mubarak thread.

[Daoud]

I can imagine the look on the face of MIG in the first hours of the Test. ;-) Must be beaming and in top mood afterwards though. :D






Precisrly the reason I bumped it up. Eid Mubarak thread.
I had just arrived in the morning, with Miggy already there. He was the one who broke the news to me, so I'd imagine I'd have had an expression of real shock, before the rememberence of Calcutta came back to me

Great Eid Mubarak bump though

[MIG]

Always look on the bright side of life - whenever Pakistan play ! Good memories and Daoud is a liar !! :D

[kashmiri]

no indian wants to be reminded about this match,

i wonder why?? :)

[Farhad]

no indian wants to be reminded about this match,

i wonder why?? :)

Reminded? They can never forget this match in the first place!! A poetic lesson! :23:

[Farhad]

So I am going to make all of you eat your own words after Pakistan looses this one by an innings.


My my! What the heck is this, Nauman? :45: :9:

[Hash]

bumpity bumpity

BUMP BUMP BUMP :D

[Hash]

sorry guys,I dont understand u r team selection..Its a pitch with some little help to bowlers and u dont pick Sami,Rana???? and go with Razzaq?Still doesnt seem like Pak is looking to win.Rather they are playing to not lose.I think this will prove costly.

yes, it was very costly :D

[muhammad saad]

lol lol lol.

[Luton Bad Boy]

blimey

[Easa]

What a thread! :D

[shan2026]

It was great to see Tendi to bow down against Asif.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nYfK9fNoxw

[pak4life]

hahahahhahahaaha all the talk of our excellent batting line up the class of moyo, prospect of salman wow the patience of younis....hahahahahahaha all down the drain...this is what you get for supporting Pakistan...now I remember why I stopped supporting these losers a long time ago...you put your heart and soul into the team...you support them through all the scandals...math fixings...poor performances...infighting...mismanagement and how do they repay you...they stretch your limits over and over and over again until one day you can't take it anymore and tell yourself I'm gonna stop supporting these losers because a loser country makes a loser cricket team...


is this guy still around :)

[Usman Chadda]

bumpity bumpity

BUMP BUMP BUMP :D

A huge BUMP this one :))

The second heaviest defeat India has suffered! The way we fought back really jolted India and the poor team couldn't get back at any stage of the match! All due to one of the most amazing centuries I have ever witnessed by Kami. Coming in at 39/6, playing that kind of an innings would have been extremely difficult, yet he made it look so simple!

All in all a very memorable test match

[siddharth]

That was a great victory for Pakistan ,in the process they unearthed a player with pure class called Asif .That can be easily included in the finest spell of fast bowling .He just cleaned up the cream of Indian batting within few overs.Kamran Akmal ,that was an unbelievable innings.

[siddharth]

Reminded? They can never forget this match in the first place!! A poetic lesson! :23:
Just like u guys can never forget The Centurian match in 2003 and That innings of Rahul Dravid in Rawalpindi and Sehwag's 309 . :23:

[Uzi]

Just like u guys can never forget The Centurian match in 2003 and That innings of Rahul Dravid in Rawalpindi and Sehwag's 309 . :23:

Just like you guys can never forget these stats:

Tests

Pak 12-8 India

ODIs

Pak 64-40 India

[siddharth]

Just like you guys can never forget these stats:

Tests

Pak 12-8 India

ODIs

Pak 64-40 India
We can ,becos we don't consider 1983 test series of Pakistan a legitimate one and also those ODI's in the world cup are the serious affairs .According to one poster great Naved only consider those ODI's in world cup tourneys as the countable ones,all other ODI's are waste and worthless .When it matters ,on the big stage we always won against u.Or in all those high pressure matches u guys choked.

[Usman Chadda]

We can ,becos we don't consider 1983 test series of Pakistan a legitimate one and also those ODI's in the world cup are the serious affairs .According to one poster great Naved only consider those ODI's in world cup tourneys as the countable ones,all other ODI's are waste and worthless .When it matters ,on the big stage we always won against u.Or in all those high pressure matches u guys choked.

Just like in this particular test? Defeating a team by 344 runs (second heaviest defeat for India btw) isn't choking my friend :D

[siddharth]

Just like in this particular test? Defeating a team by 344 runs (second heaviest defeat for India btw) isn't choking my friend :D
Why u are calling Saffies chokers ,they won more tests against u or me ,but they always choke in the pressure games.So pakistan always Choked against India in the world cup games .In the big stage.

[Amir]

Why u are calling Saffies chokers ,they won more tests against u or me ,but they always choke in the pressure games.So pakistan always Choked against India in the world cup games .In the big stage.

And India always choke in finals. :D

[purplehaze]

Just like you guys can never forget these stats:

Tests

Pak 12-8 India

ODIs

Pak 64-40 India


and WORLD CUPS?

[purplehaze]

Coming back to this thread - wow, this thread must be a dream read for pak fans.
I can see you guys reading repeatedly without getting bored, among the most dramatic
test match I think.

[Gunner786]

and WORLD CUPS?
did you ever win the world cup after beating us?
even when you beat us we still won the world cup in 1992

so the world cup matches really arent worth biothering with unless you won the world cup after beating us

[purplehaze]

did you ever win the world cup after beating us?
even when you beat us we still won the world cup in 1992

so the world cup matches really arent worth biothering with unless you won the world cup after beating us

We believe in winning world cups without beating minnows, e.g. 1983 ;-)

[siddharth]

And India always choke in finals. :D
what u guys were doing in 1999 then?

[Amir]

We believe in winning world cups without beating minnows, e.g. 1983 ;-)

You do realize you beat Zimbabwe who did not have test status at that time?

Plus where we were in 99? Better question is where was your bowling attack and the mighty Tendulkar in 2003!

[siddharth]

You do realize you beat Zimbabwe who did not have test status at that time?

Plus where we were in 99? Better question is where was your bowling attack and the mighty Tendulkar in 2003!

He did his job in WC2003.Also u guys got into 1992 semis by a fluke ''rain rule'' .and get into the semis of 1999 by beating Zimbabwe in super six ,lost to both South Africa and India.

[purplehaze]

You do realize you beat Zimbabwe who did not have test status at that time?

Plus where we were in 99? Better question is where was your bowling attack and the mighty Tendulkar in 2003!

Can I do a Naved here and tell Zimbabwe was better than Pakistan in 1983? :D

and hey, better don't bring Tendulkar name at all here else I would no time for this thread to get locked down. :))

[MediumPacer]

no indian wants to be reminded about this match,

i wonder why?? :)
Hi Kashmiri, you are either Indian or pakistani. I wonder why??

[Nauman]

hmm just let go of it Hash, its time to win more matches lets not dance around on past laurels.

[12thMan]

and on comes arun lal he must be having an orgy atm
who are the other commentators? :31:

[12thMan]

it seems that WC was not long enough. It should have been finishing just about now. all are bored and looking for a fix

[iZeeshan]

Brilliant thread this was.

I have distinct memories of this. It was snowing outside, and we couldn't go out, so we were watching this match, and BOY! What a start it was for India. Pathan blew up everything, and everyone in the house was just quite and staring as to why and how this could happen. And then...

Well, lets just leave it.

[Geordie Ahmed]

quality thread :14: :14: :))) :))) :)))

[Waqar's inswinging yorker]

hmm just let go of it Hash, its time to win more matches lets not dance around on past laurels.

:)) :)))

i wonder why u would say such a thing :21: :21: :))

[Daoud]

hmm just let go of it Hash, its time to win more matches lets not dance around on past laurels.
We've won 3 of our last 4 matches ;-)

[PlanetPakistan]

Want to understand the unpredictability associated with the game of cricket?
Read this thread.
Want to understand how the PAK cricket fans behave?
Read this thread.
Want to laugh OUT LOUD?
Read this thread.

[Hash]

I think it should be a rule on pakpassion to bump this thread every 6 months or so.

[Gunner786]

I think it should be a rule on pakpassion to bump this thread every 6 months or so.
everytime we lose a series i say

[PlanetPakistan]

I think it should be a rule on pakpassion to bump this thread every 6 months or so.
Yeah you can do that Hash...wooh in Islamabad already :)

[shahidrazzaq]

i love it raz :))

0.3 pathan to afridi:SIX,again.This time slightly short swinging away from afridi and he helps it on its way by crashing it over extra cover.

there has been a delay.Looks like a poor bystander has been hurt by that shot into the crowd.It was too quick for him.Oh wait its harbhajan singh!Apparently he has been laughing at pathan when afridi hit that shot.
Someone died......randomly?

[traveller007]

Hi Kashmiri, you are either Indian or pakistani. I wonder why??
Kashmiris are "in betweens" if you know what I mean....;)

[traveller007]

what u guys were doing in 1999 then?
That was not choking, that was ass-whooping :)

[traveller007]

Just like you guys can never forget these stats:

Tests

Pak 12-8 India

ODIs

Pak 64-40 India
Just to let you know, more than 60% of the matches mentioned in that 64 figure, were in that Circus organized in Sharjah by bukhatir and fixed by Dawood and our own Azhar unfortunately.

[cricket_crazy]

Just to let you know, more than 60% of the matches mentioned in that 64 figure, were in that Circus organized in Sharjah by bukhatir and fixed by Dawood and our own Azhar unfortunately.

yeap, the 03-04 Pak Ind series was also fixed ;-)

[Usman Chadda]

hmm just let go of it Hash, its time to win more matches lets not dance around on past laurels.

Its pretty hard to let go of. This was one of the most amazing thrashing ever dished out to an international team in years! From the depths of despair to ridicuolously mauling the opposition like that (and that too specially India) is something pretty unforgettable

[Mr Mute]

Its pretty hard to let go of. This was one of the most amazing thrashing ever dished out to an international team in years! From the depths of despair to ridicuolously mauling the opposition like that (and that too specially India) is something pretty unforgettable


Really?India beat Pakistan in 2004 in Pakistan twice in test matches that too by well over an innings but you wont find me bragging about it all the time.

It called maturity and respecting your opponent which obviously is an alien concept to people like you.

[Usman Chadda]

Really?India beat Pakistan in 2004 in Pakistan twice in test matches that too by well over an innings but you wont find me bragging about it all the time.

It called maturity and respecting your opponent which obviously is an alien concept to people like you.

The thing that made it so special was the fact that we were 39/6 in the first session! 39/6 and then roaring back to maul your opponents is something much better than what India managed in that 2003-04 series

[purplehaze]

Really?India beat Pakistan in 2004 in Pakistan twice in test matches that too by well over an innings but you wont find me bragging about it all the time.

Actually there are some matches which tend to occupy permanent space in mind. This match was certainly which most Pakistan fans would savor for long long time. Especially the one who witnessed the match for entire duration.

And it won't be good to compare this match with Ind-Pak 2004 series. If you have to compare, compare 39/6 with 281. You know what I mean right? :)

Can the below match ever bore you? :D

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Ind Vs Aus 2001, Second test
Venue: Kolkata

Australia 1st innings
445/10

India 1st innings
171/10

India 2nd innings (following on)
End of Day 3: Ind 250/4

Day 4
Lunch time: Ind 376/4
Tea time: Ind 491/4
End of Day 4: Ind 550/4

Day-5
Lunch time: Ind 657/7, Aus 24/0
Tea time: Aus 161/3
and in next 19 overs following tea: Aus 212 all out

Result Australia lost the match by 172 runs.
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[Luton Bad Boy]

Actually there are some matches which tend to occupy permanent space in mind. This match was certainly which most Pakistan fans would savor for long long time. Especially the one who witnessed the match for entire duration.

And it won't be good to compare this match with Ind-Pak 2004 series. If you have to compare, compare 39/6 with 281. You know what I mean right? :)

Can the below match ever bore you? :D

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ind Vs Aus 2001, Second test
Venue: Kolkata

Australia 1st innings
445/10

India 1st innings
171/10

India 2nd innings (following on)
End of Day 3: Ind 250/4

Day 4
Lunch time: Ind 376/4
Tea time: Ind 491/4
End of Day 4: Ind 550/4

Day-5
Lunch time: Ind 657/7, Aus 24/0
Tea time: Aus 161/3
and in next 19 overs following tea: Aus 212 all out

Result Australia lost the match by 172 runs.
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Some say quite possibly the greatest comeback in history, bravo to India for pulling off a stunning comback at 'home', credit where credit is due, fantastic game which made people stand up and become interested in cricket again, also ended a certain run Australia were on as well.

[Mr Mute]

Unfortunately I didnt watch cricket at that time and i missed that match.

But i miss the good old days when we matched Asutralia somewhat.We did well in 2003-04 too.Wonder what will happen this summer.

[Farhad]

Just like u guys can never forget The Centurian match in 2003 and That innings of Rahul Dravid in Rawalpindi and Sehwag's 309 . :23:

Well, you missed the gist!! It was after we were 39/6, dear...just like it was 26/6 in Calcutta '99!! :27: :23:

And those innings of Dravid and Sehwag - I can turn back and remind you of YK's 1000+ runs in just 4 Tests against you, or even Inzamam's 186 in Bangalore! Anyhow, so long ago - a shame that Asif and Shoaib tormented your batsmen silly in the last match that they played each other - '03 is history now - we gunned your folks down big time and sweept the floor with them in '05. :19: