Offical thread - India "A" v pakistan

[Amjid Javed]

DATE 30th match
start - 0400GMT
venue - hyderbad

please place match disccusion here please

[161]

Hope to see Shahid Nazir bowl - lets see what all this hype is about.

This will also be an important match for Butt- if he does poorly again Malik should be given a shot as opener.

[Muddaser]

What hype?

He is a swing bowler who can keep it tight.

[Sharif]

I personally want to raw bowlers to come in to the team who are these WAHAB RIAZ and MUHAMMAD IRSHAD.

[Muddaser]

Wahab Riaz is NOT international material.

Averaging 40 in the league and cant even swing it back into the right handers.

[Amjid Javed]

What hype?

He is a swing bowler who can keep it tight.

excatly muddy, hes a good 3rd seamer who will do a good honest job!

[nufc]

is this match on tv?

[Amjid Javed]

i dunno, any1 got web link for this game?

MODS, can this be made sticky please?

[pak_all_the_way]

i remember ary showing pak a vs india last year i dont think sony will coz they got better ***** to put on like jaise jesse koin nehee , CID and the rip off of kumars at no 42.

how crap are they programmes man i hate that channel!!!

[Mercenary]

What hype?

He is a swing bowler who can keep it tight.

The hype which certain people were creating by crucifying Woolmer about not taking Nazir. After all that hype we'll be expecting Waqar Mach I, Woolmer was called every name under the sun by some people for Nazir's omission.

Lets see how he does ;)+

[ZM]

has it started?
wots the team?

[Amir_rulez]

What hype?

He is a swing bowler who can keep it tight.

Na ghora door na medan, we will find out soon

[sajjad]

i dont thing theres a link to watch the game.

not really worth following on cricinfo...got an early day tomm.
hope pakistan get a good chance to adapt to the ODI stuff

[Muddaser]

What hype?

He is a swing bowler who can keep it tight.

The hype which certain people were creating by crucifying Woolmer about not taking Nazir. After all that hype we'll be expecting Waqar Mach I, Woolmer was called every name under the sun by some people for Nazir's omission.

Lets see how he does ;)+

More like the stupidity shown by Bob to select Khalil ahead of him.

[moiez_no1]

i think inzimam will not go with pakistan full team he will let other player play soo its 50/50

[moiez_no1]

Match State: Delay - Wet out Field

[ZM]

Pakistanis won the toss and elected to field first

Delay - Wet out Field




India A team:
*SV Bahutule, +MS Dhoni, S Dhawan, S Raina, NK Patel,
Y Venugopal Rao, S Sriram, RP Singh, RR Bose, A Bhandari,
RR Powar.

Pakistanis team:
*Abdul Razzaq, Salman Butt, Mohammad Hafeez, Asim Kamal,
+Kamran Akmal, Shahid Nazir, Naved-ul-Hasan, Danish Kaneria,
Iftikhar Anjum, Arshad Khan, Shoaib Malik.

[ZM]

wot kidn of team is this 5 BOWLERS and onli 6 people who can 'BAT'

[ZM]

i think they r aiming to lose

[161]

i'd like to have seen YK or malik given a try as WK today !!

[161]

i think they r aiming to lose

aim is to get the best team selected for the real games- thats why they are playng all the ppl who don't have a spot locked down.

[Muddaser]

India A 12/1 (3.0 ov)

Dhoni GONE!!!

[161]

Rana Banana \A/ \A/ \A/ strikes- (after 4 byes and 3 no balls in his first two overs)

[mumtaz]

so much for their new sensation dhoni........

[gfx]

Hey guys
hahahahahah the Indians were hyping this little WK Dhone as their Afirdi/Razzaq LOL
Somebody tell them to be a power hitter you have to be bigger than 5'3''

[Awesome Anjum]

Dhiwan gone!!!!!!!11

[mumtaz]

dhawan gone......rao strikes

[mumtaz]

sorry it was rana banana again

[gfx]

Not Rao,, Rana again.. the man is a good ODI bowler

Hey guys
hahahahahah the Indians were hyping this little WK Dhone as their Afirdi/Razzaq LOL
Somebody tell them to be a power hitter you have to be bigger than 5'3''

:))2 :))2 :))2 :))2

[161]

Rana Banana \A/ \A/ \A/ gets dhawan for 8.

[Bailan]

any audio link guys

[gfx]

Hey guys
hahahahahah the Indians were hyping this little WK Dhone as their Afirdi/Razzaq LOL
Somebody tell them to be a power hitter you have to be bigger than 5'3''

:))2 :))2 :))2 :))2

4 real bro
U know its true
Its like Balaji their Premier fast bowler, I think his thighs are smaller than my arms LOL

4 real bro
U know its true
Its like Balaji their Premier fast bowler, I think his thighs are smaller than my arms LOL

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:))) :))) :)) :))

[Bailan]

one of them even tried to name them selves after power .... Ramesh Powar ....

[161]

dhoni is 5'3'' for real ??

could this cricinfo commentary get any worse!!!

[Muddaser]

8.6 Naved-ul-Hasan to Venugopal Rao, no run
8.5 Naved-ul-Hasan to Venugopal Rao, no run
8.4 Naved-ul-Hasan to Venugopal Rao, no run
8.3 Naved-ul-Hasan to Venugopal Rao, no run
8.2 Naved-ul-Hasan to Venugopal Rao, no run
8.1 Naved-ul-Hasan to Venugopal Rao, no run

:L?

[gfx]

haha
I dont knwo how big Dhoni really is, Im just BS'ing
but I can't imagine he is a huge keeper
In other news, this team includes 2 speacilist spinners
A bit of a strange team for an ODI, no?
Also note that Razzaq is captaining the side.......

[161]

gFx i think woolmi is playing mostly ppl who are fighting for a spot on the team- he's using their performance in this game to set our final ODI 11.

and from the way the Indians are falling, I wish we had a chance to bat first !!!

In other news, this team includes 2 speacilist spinners


dont forget Hafeez!!

[Bailan]

I duno if they are trying to save money if the guy writing stuff up is just point blank lazy ... but this commentry is a serious joke .... the 1 4 W . . | . 1 . . 1 . | . . . . . . | . . .
contains more info then their commentry


i just wana know if there is any Audio link out there for the game .... i am even willing to listen to Arun lal for the entire game if it comes down to that ...


dont forget Hafeez!!

sorry mate, he is in the team as a specialist Batsman

i am even willing to listen to Arun lal for the entire game if it comes down to that ...

:))2 :))2

dont forget Hafeez!!

sorry mate, he is in the team as a specialist Batsman

no fielder!!! :)

[Civil]

scoreboard frozen

anyone know whats goin on

seems rana has bowled their two brightest up and comers

[161]

arghh this is boring-

how about a caption contest -

Venugopal Rao (currently batting)

http://uk.cricinfo.com/db/PLAYERS/IND/V/VENUGOPAL_RAO_Y_06008163/VENUGOPAL_RAO_Y-PORTRAIT.jpg

"Fearsome Indian middle order batsmen Venugopal Rao stares down the bowler with an intimidating glare"

[gfx]

gFx i think woolmi is playing mostly ppl who are fighting for a spot on the team- he's using their performance in this game to set our final ODI 11.

and from the way the Indians are falling, I wish we had a chance to bat first !!!

True bro.....
We may not get 2 see much of the batting
I really hope Malik opens.
I dont know if any of these Indians can swing a ball, bu *** would be good to judge his performance as an openor

[gfx]

arghh this is boring-

how about a caption contest -

Venugopal Rao (currently batting)

http://uk.cricinfo.com/db/PLAYERS/IND/V/VENUGOPAL_RAO_Y_06008163/VENUGOPAL_RAO_Y-PORTRAIT.jpg

"Fearsome Indian middle order batsmen Venugopal Rao stares down the bowler with an intimidating glare"

:)) :))

Dam that man is a stra8t ganster
Almost on par with Ganguly himself

I dont know if any of these Indians can swing a ball, bu **** would be good to judge his performance as an openor

please gfx, no need to be vulgar :))2

[gfx]

I dont know if any of these Indians can swing a ball, bu **** would be good to judge his performance as an openor

please gfx, no need to be vulgar :))2

:)) I dont know why thats blanked out :)?

you know it'd be fun trying to see what kinds of words this thing cant catch! but i'll probably get banned for it!!!!!

[gfx]

This site is independant now is'nt it?
So should'nt we be able to say anything we like

[161]

Shahid Nazir bowls 2 overs before he gets replaced :L?

[octavian]

Kashif looks like Razzi boy didnt have his share of spinach today. The burden of captaincy in on his shoulders!

[Bailan]

i think its only acceptable that he got replaced by our primier spear head of bowling .... aka Mo Hafeez

[MIG]

In the criticism of Mo Hafeez , I see shades of YK bashing people - be ready to eat some "humble pie".....

[octavian]

we wish MIG !!..

[Raz]

In the criticism of Mo Hafeez , I see shades of YK bashing people - be ready to eat some "humble pie".....

Im not a Mohammad Hafeez fan as such but i do want him to do well and wish him all the best.

[Bailan]

In the criticism of Mo Hafeez , I see shades of YK bashing people - be ready to eat some "humble pie".....


they are only gone till he avg.s 20 odd in a series ... all of them will be back ... on a peronsal note ... i was always in a 50/50 mind-set on this guy ...

meh ... Hafeez can win us all the next 6 ODI's and he still wont win my fan ship ... not that it matters to him ...

[mumtaz]

arshad khan gets vengupal rao, both offspinners are bowling well in tandem btw

[Bailan]

2 more gone

1 each for Arshad and Mo Hafeez

[161]

Hafeezs bowling reallys isn't that bad- but if your going to play in a Pak ODI squad as a spinner- you had better be able to contribute with the bat- and that is where the real question mark is about Hafeez.

[161]

X) X) X) X) X)

I wish we would have batted first - as it is looking like there won't be much of a chase required !!

[Geordie Ahmed]

In the criticism of Mo Hafeez , I see shades of YK bashing people - be ready to eat some "humble pie".....

I agree with MIG, i have criticised him lately BUT i feel he will have a good ODI series, mark my words!

[mumtaz]

lets say he has potential to do something with the bat on some day and the day he does that would be a bonus, otherwise he can continue with his offspinners until malik's action is cleared.

[Bailan]

he is a very decent bowler and probably even a decent batsman .... but he definetly dosen't belong #4 position, where he has been played of the late ...

may be if comes down the order to stabalize the situation if Razzaq and Afridi had gotten out in a quick succession ..

[Raz]

Sriram run out. India A 82-4 after 24.5 overs.

[MIG]

we wish MIG !!..

why not, Inshallah !

[mumtaz]

he is going to open this time around with akmal.

[MIG]

Overlord - both your sig and Avatar are not displaying - can you remove them and resize your images as specified in the profile ? Thanks

[Naz]

Kaneria hasn't bowled yet

Shahid Nazir bowls 2 overs before he gets replaced :L?

arshad and hafeez are frontline contenders for a spinner's spot. they need a fair chance.

[Geordie Ahmed]

Mohammad Hafeez (OB) 6.0 1 9 0 1.50 :D> :D> :D>

[mumtaz]

hafeez 7-1-12-0. wow

[MIG]

Sorry my post wasnt to say that we cant criticise this guy - lets face it he is average and there may well be better players than him but I think he will do well in India as Indian bowling at the moment isnt anything special ( opp for more humble pie eating !!)

Fact is after Bangalore, we are all so careful about making pronouncements on peoples skills etc - maybe we need a health dose of AJ to get things right here !!!

[mumtaz]

i think he is going to be quite successful as a bowler(expect him to go for less than 40 in his 10), not much as a batter.

[161]

Mohammad Hafeez (OB) 6.0 1 9 0 1.50 :D> :D> :D>

You mean Mohammad "Mcgrath" Hafeez-
not only does he have an amazingly low economy like Mcgrath, he also just as lethal with the bat as Mcgrath is :)) :))

[Muddaser]

India A 118/5 (32.4 ov)

Nazir takes a wicket.

[Bailan]

Commentry just got much much better form cricinfo
they heard our cries

[mumtaz]

kaneria going for runs and fast losing a chance to be in the odis.......he has already given more runs in his 3 overs than mcgrath hafeez has in 9

[161]

34.6 Shahid Nazir to Powar, one run, short of length, a bit of bounce,
surprises Powar, who plays it to the thirdman.
34.5 Shahid Nazir to Powar, no run, short of length, a bit of movement
away, Powar stands in the crease and pushes at it, gets beaten.
34.4 Shahid Nazir to Raina, one run, played to the vacant mid-wicket.
34.3 Shahid Nazir to Powar, one run, full length ball on the legs,
flicked to the deep square leg fielder.
34.2 Shahid Nazir to Powar, no run, Powar stands in the crease tries to
cut it, gets beaten, good ball.
34.1 Shahid Nazir to Powar, no run, Powar steps out and tries to smash
it, gets beaten.

[Muddaser]

34.5 Shahid Nazir to Powar, no run, short of length, a bit of movement away, Powar stands in the crease and pushes at it, gets beaten.

-----

In the 35th over! :)

[161]

35.3 Abdul Razzaq to Powar, one run, good length ball, Powar defends it,
ball takes the edge, Wicket Keeper fails to hold onto the edge.


Akmals fielding hasn't been so sharp recently !!!

[Bailan]

Its rather concerning to see Akmal drop 2 catches in 2 consecutive games ... hopefully no blunders will be made in the ODI series ...

35.3 Abdul Razzaq to Powar, one run, good length ball, Powar defends it,
ball takes the edge, Wicket Keeper fails to hold onto the edge.


Akmals fielding hasn't been so sharp recently !!!

thats a bit harsh in my opinion. he has been quite good. still young...

[Imy]

From cricinfos description Nazir is moving the ball late and getting bounce, maybe he is as good as we think he is

[mumtaz]

well there is no vacancy in the team at the moment. rao deserves his place and has to be considered ahead of him for the time being.

nazir has to wait until one of rana,sami or rao performs real bad or is injured.

[Imy]

true unless some body performs badly you cant justify replacing them look at brett lee now he cant get in to the test side.

[mumtaz]

btw i think pakistanis are not playing this game seriously at all, otherwise the way hafeez and arshad have bowled, at least one spinner should have been bowling now. pakistanis just want to give everyone bowling practice. not saying that i have any problems with that, though.

[Imy]

Mumtaz wha are the five stars for

[Bailan]

i'd like to see Nazir ahead of rao ... rao hasn't done anything spectacular like lee to make us a think a lot ...

[MIG]

I think someone remarked in the test series that Akmal is a little suspect keeping against pace bowling - hopefully ( and seeing the commitment he has shown before ) , he will work on this - he is a great prospect for Pak and we must persist with him.

[mumtaz]

ok mcgrath hafeez also has specialties as a backward point fielder, he just ran out powar with a direct throw.

[mumtaz]

ok mcgrath hafeez also has specialties as a backward point fielder, he just ran out powar with a direct throw.

who do u compare him with now :)? :)?

[mumtaz]

i'd like to see Nazir ahead of rao ... rao hasn't done anything spectacular like lee to make us a think a lot ...

rao bowled very well in the vb series, especially the way he bowled to ponting in the final was remarkable, ponting didnt have a clue to his bowling.

[161]

raina gone to rao, now i'd like to see rana wipe out the tail with some vicious yorkers (OK, well not "see", but rather the cricinfo commentary guy describe in vivid detail a 145 kph in-swinging yorker uprooting the stumps)

raina gone to rao, now i'd like to see rana wipe out the tail with some vicious yorkers (OK, well not "see", but rather the cricinfo commentary guy describe in vivid detail a 145 kph in-swinging yorker uprooting the stumps)

good luck with that!! :)

[MIG]

45 over match this - India A 189/7, RR=4.2

[Hydro]

End of India "A" Innings

India !89/7 Afta 45

[xbox]

Seems like Shoaib Malik was keeping this game. Intresting.

-xbox

[161]

"vivid detail" - heheh

I was being sarcastic.


Anyway- based on cricinfo guy- Rana and Nazir both were threatening.
Hafeez, Rao and Arshad were very economical and Danish and Razzaq got smacked around.

IMO BW will go with Sami, Rana, Nazir, Hafeez, Razzaq and Afridi in a 6 man bowling attack.

I really hope Nazir gets a chance. he seems very threatening particulatly in the middle overs. Rao might miss out because he is good with the new ball and we already have two good new ball bowlers.

[161]

Hafeez opening with Salman - here we go again :(I


BWs faith in the batting of Hafeez is incomprehensible

Hafeez opening with Salman - here we go again :(I


BWs faith in the batting of Hafeez is incomprehensible

he showed the same faith in Malik and Younis Khan kashif and they turned out OK. perhapes you should hold off on the head banging :)

[161]

Malik and YK both had decent batting records before their recent success (ODI avgs in the 30's for both). Hafeez has an ODI avg of 17 in almsot 30 innings now.

[161]

Hafeez and Butt 7/0 after 5 overs (3 of those runs courtesy of wides).

[Nawazb]

15-0 of 7

[zulfiqar]

So.. what did they tell salman?? if u can play 50 balls u are in the ODI team?? looks like from scorecard he's totally goign against his style of play!!2 from 25 and has Strike rate lower than... HAFEEZ!

Neone have a video link by any chance?

[161]

7.1 Bose to Salman Butt, FOUR, pitched up on the legs, glanced to the
fine leg fence -about time salman.

It really seems like salman has too much pressure on him - BW and Inzi should tell him to just go out there and play his natural game and not worry about his future in the squad.

[Nawazb]

they are attacking a bit more 22-0 of 8

[MIG]

Yaar - let the coach and cap work on their strategy - they want to get good quality nets - then this is a good idea - both players need to get a good feel of the bat and ball so thats what they are doing.

[Nawazb]

i hope hafeez does well today because we need a 6 th bowling option in odis

[161]

well the way the cricinfo guy is describing how many times they have gotten beaten and played mistimed shots - i am not at all feeling confident about these two.

Yes it would be great if these two can develop into a good opening pair, but a series versus our archrivals is not the time and place to experiment.

[Naz]

If you notice commentary from cricinfo, every single time hafeez is on strike its either: play and miss, ball beats the edge, beaten!, mistimed drived, bad leave as ball nearly hit stumps, beaten!, edge to third man for a single.

This guy is a usless batsman but his bowling is economical, maybe he should play at numer 9 or something

[161]

28/0 after 11 overs - (9 runs from extras)

[Nawazb]

another extra

[Nawazb]

32-0 of 12 what a run rate of 2.67

[Nawazb]

out of s nazir and rao who would u lot have

i would go for s nazir

[161]

32-0 of 12 what a run rate of 2.67


12 of those 32 runs from extras.

[Vegitto]

we dont want all our trump cards out in this match now do we... we dont want india to start conducting anlysis on our layers

[Nawazb]

4 from salman moves onto 13

[161]

4 from salman moves onto 13

12.5 Singh to Salman Butt, FOUR, pitched up, Hafeez slashes at the wide
one, ball takes the edge, falls short of the wicketkeeper and the
slip fielder and goes to the fence.


not the type of four salman should be scoring.

[Nawazb]

39-0 of 13 the wides just keep coming

[161]

15 overs 40 runs (13 extras) its time these guys either turn it on - or get out.

[Officer Barbrady]

Yaar - let the coach and cap work on their strategy - they want to get good quality nets - then this is a good idea - both players need to get a good feel of the bat and ball so thats what they are doing.

This is how Hafeez bats period. No strategies involved. The domestic season ended not long ago thus he would be in practise. If you have any doubts kindly check his one day strike rate.

[zulfiqar]

butt getting away with a close lbw but then plays a good shot for four. he's looking to up the tempo now perhaps :)

[MIG]

Yaar - let the coach and cap work on their strategy - they want to get good quality nets - then this is a good idea - both players need to get a good feel of the bat and ball so thats what they are doing.

This is how Hafeez bats period. No strategies involved. The domestic season ended not long ago thus he would be in practise. If you have any doubts kindly check his one day strike rate.

Ah well Hellooooo Mr Know it All - lets all leave the forum now :P :P :P

I think I will now assume the role of chief defender for Mo Hafeez - let it be known to all and sundry and Marooned !!

[Rana Banana]

hafeez is playing rubbish where as butt has started to attack


15.4 Bose to Mohammad Hafeez, no run, good length ball, sharp rising
delivery, Hafeez moves on the front foot and tries to play at it,
gets beaten.
15.3 Bose to Salman Butt, three runs, pitched up on the legs, turned
away to the deep mid-wicket, there was chance for run out if Bose
had caught the ball.
15.2 Bose to Salman Butt, no run, defended on the back foot in front of
square leg.
15.1 Bose to Salman Butt, FOUR, Butt steps out and slams it to the
extra-cover fence.

End of over 15 (1 run) Pakistanis 40/0 (RR: 2.67 RRR: 150/30 = 5.00)
RP Singh 6-0-18-0 (4w) - Pavilion End
Salman Butt 16* (48b 2x4) Mohammad Hafeez 11* (44b 1x4)

14.6 Singh to Mohammad Hafeez, no run, Hafeez drives to mid-off, a good
looking drive.
14.5 Singh to Mohammad Hafeez, no run, short rising delivery, Hafeez on
the backfoot pushes at it, gets beaten.
14.4 Singh to Mohammad Hafeez, no run, good length ball on the stumps,
Hafeez moves forward and leaves it alone.
14.3 Singh to Mohammad Hafeez, no run, defended.
14.2 Singh to Salman Butt, one run, pushed to cover.
14.1 Singh to Salman Butt, no run, a good length ball, coming in, Butt
on the back foot, ball hits the pad, a loud appeal, turned down,
looked close.

End of over 14 (1 run) Pakistanis 39/0 (RR: 2.79 RRR: 151/31 = 4.87)
RR Bose 4-0-14-0 (6w 2nb) - North End
Salman Butt 15* (46b 2x4) Mohammad Hafeez 11* (40b 1x4)

13.6 Bose to Mohammad Hafeez, no run, good length ball, defended to
point, cover fielder runs in quickly a stops the batsmen from
taking a single.
13.5 Bose to Mohammad Hafeez, no run, good length ball, a touch wide,
left alone.
13.4 Bose to Mohammad Hafeez, no run, left alone.
13.3 Bose to Mohammad Hafeez, no run, short of length, movement away,
left alone.
13.2 Bose to Mohammad Hafeez, no run, good length ball, left alone
outside off stump.
13.1 Bose to Mohammad Hafeez, no run, good length ball, swinging away,
left alone outside off stump.
13.1 Bose to Mohammad Hafeez, wide: no run, short and wide outside off
stump, left alone.

[MIG]

Ok he's bad....

[zulfiqar]

btw...i just realized we are playin with only THREE proper batsman!! :)) (Salman, Asim, and Malik!). Insane..

[161]

16.3 Singh to Salman Butt, no run, short of length, Butt on the backfoot
plays to the backward-point, Hafeez at the non-strikers takes off,
Butt stands his ground, a shy at the stumps from Venugopal Rao
misses the stump. Neeraj Patel at midwicket fields it and throws
the ball to the bowl



about time one of these clowns gets out !!

[zulfiqar]

Let's hope shoaib malik puts up a better batting display!

[pakistani pride]

Hafeez is not a opening batsmen ! the sooner woolmer realizes this the better its for the team !

We can have 6 bowlers even without hafeez

[Rana Banana]

he will m8 he's one of pakistans best odi batsmen since bob took over

[161]

18.4 Bahutule to Shoaib Malik, SIX, tossed up, Malik Steps out and lofts
it wide of the long-on.

[Rana Banana]

maliks strike rate is 100

[Rana Banana]

can u see the differences between malik and hafeez
malik and butt Current Partnership: 23 runs, 3.2 overs, RR: 6.90


Last Wicket: 47/1 (16.3 ov); Partnership RR: 2.85
Mohammad Hafeez run out (Patel) 11 (47b 1x4 0x6) SR: 23.40
hafeez is a really defensive player who can't even hit the ball even kamran akmal is better than him

[alghazzali]

Imagine if they started off like this, Maliks now releasing the pressure of Butt and hes ticking the scoreboard aswell, they would have been gud instead of cleaning up Hafeez' mess.

[Hydro]

23.1 Powar to Shoaib Malik, SIX, Malik steps down and lofts it to the
midwicket fence.

secondsix for malik

[pakistani pride]

hope malik will do well here. He is playing well. mashallah

[Hydro]

25.1 Powar to Shoaib Malik, SIX, steps out and lofts it wide off the
long-on fence.

malik taking powar to the cleaners

[pakistani pride]

third six for malik great going. toying with powar here !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[alghazzali]

yet another 6!!

25.1 Powar to Shoaib Malik, SIX, steps out and lofts it wide off the long-on fence.

[Hydro]

25.2 Powar to Salman Butt, FOUR, short, Butt cuts it away behind point
to the fence.

butt joining in

[pakistani pride]

salman is making a statement here i think he just want to play till the end. Maybe he has a low strike rate but he is still there and he will catch up

[Shayan]

Good performance by Malik, i'm sure he's under pressure to keep his place in the team since he can't bowl.

[alghazzali]

no wonder bob likes Malik, he is a talent and a half.

[Hydro]

players havin a drink

[Rana Banana]

maliks smashed 3 sixes and his strike rate 105 also malik has hit no 4's think that malik and butt should open if yk bats at 3 or u can have malik down the order razzak afridi malik all claen strikers of the ball will easily get u more than 100 runs in last 10 overs

[hasanahmad]

Bahutule to Shoaib Malik, no run, Malik steps out and tries to
hoick it, mistimes it to midwicket.
28.4 Bahutule to Shoaib Malik, no run, tossed up, driven back, mistimes
it.

malik overdoing it

[hasanahmad]

butt gets his 50 with a lofted boundry

[qis]

Well Well, he was not at his best in test matches atleast he is still our most effictive bowler at ODIs. Lets hope he does us proud in comming matches.

[Hash]

50 for Butt well played bhai jaan!

[Hash]

this is a good opportunity for Butt to play/ease himself back into form and it looks like he is doing just that!

[Hydro]

30.5 Bahutule to Salman Butt, FOUR, steps out and lofts it over the deep
midwicket fielder

fifty for butt

[hasanahmad]

he was always in form but like YK had a bad match

[nedian21]

Salman's 50. congrats. played well. i think so he was playing slowly today as we just have 6 batsman and basically 3 specialist batsman in Salman, Asim and Malik. Abdul wud have asked him to play till end and thats what he did. good job

[Hydro]

31.6 Sriram to Shoaib Malik, no run, an uppish drive to extra-cover,
almost carried to VenuGopal Rao.

malik losing patience

[nedian21]

sorry he still has to play till end. INSHALLAH he will

[Hydro]

malik got fifty as well

[hasanahmad]

Sriram to Salman Butt, one run, defended to the off side and takes
for a quick single, Dhoni picks up the ball and throws at the
stumps, but Butt comes in between the throw and gets hit.


sensible cricket

[ZM]

gud performance by pak team
it was vital not to lose early wickets becuz the pak tail in this match starts at n.7 which is very high

[alghazzali]

Do u mean Rana???

[ImranR]

37.5 Sriram to Shoaib Malik, FOUR, Another boundary, Malik steps out
again and plays an inside out shot to the extra-cover fence.
37.5 Sriram to Shoaib Malik, (noball) FOUR, Malik Steps out and drives
it past the bowler to the long-on fence.
37.4 Sriram to Shoaib Malik, FOUR, Malik steps out and this time plays
an inside out shot to the extra-cover fence.
37.3 Sriram to Shoaib Malik, no run, steps out and defends back.
37.2 Sriram to Shoaib Malik, SIX, Malik steps out and lofts it high over
the bowler for a towering SIX.
37.1 Sriram to Salman Butt, one run, pulled to the deep midwicket.

[Rana Banana]

another 6 for malik thats four now
37.2 Sriram to Shoaib Malik, SIX, Malik steps out and lofts it high over
the bowler for a towering SIX.

[pakistani pride]

malik going bezerk !!!!!!!11


he is tha man. any doubts about our number 3 guys???????

[pakistani pride]

yeah its RANBO !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MIG]

I thought he would open ?

[Daoud]

I think this pretty much settles the issue of Malik. If its the choice of having an honest 6th bowler and a rubbish batsman or a quality batsman in the conditions, id go for the latter.

[Hash]

I think Malik will probably end up coming in for YK

Butt
Hafeez
Malik
Inzi
Yoyo
Kamran
Abdur
Afridi
Rana
Sami
Rao/Nazir/Kaneria/Arshad


That is my predicted lineup for the 1st ODI

[hasanahmad]

he cant. yk is the vice captain

[nedian21]

ya Daud , I hope they wud drop Hafeez and rely on 5 bowlers and ask Salman or YK to bowl 3-4 overs if needed.

1. Salman
2. Malik
3. YK
4. Inzi
5. Yo Yo
6. Abdul
7. Shahid
8. Kami (6/7/8 can be interchange acc to situation)
9. Sami
10. Rana
11. Shahid Nazir or Danish

[Hydro]

salman gone

40.2 Bose to Salman Butt, OUT: Pitched outside off stump and angling in,
Butt makes room and tries to cut it, misses it, ball uproots the
off stump.

[pakistani pride]

BUTT GONE

[alghazzali]

Pakistan win by 8 wickets, cud have been 9 had Butts shot selection been better.

[Shayan]

we won, well played

[pakistani pride]

congrats to pak well done. Malik showed again that he is our number 3 !

[pakistani pride]

good team hash but they need to drop hafeez . kamran to open and then we can play extra bowler!

[Amjid Javed]

What hype?

He is a swing bowler who can keep it tight.

like i said B4... well said muddy bhai

also well bowled shahid nazir! ;)+ ;)+

like i said... good 3rd seamer who will keep it tight!