Official SCORE thread: VB Series Final no. 1 [4/02/05]

[Toony™®]

Didnt see one up.

Here it is

Ozzies batting first

Australia 19/0 (5.4 ov)

Rao bowling tight
:|v

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5.5 Iftikhar Anjum to Gilchrist, FOUR, pitched full outside off, driven
firmly away in the air back over the bowlers head down the ground

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6.3 Naved-ul-Hasan to Clarke, two runs, dropped! flicked off the pads
in the air to mid wicket, Razzaq dives to his right, can't hold a
tough chance

[Toony™®]

dammit should be watching this..probably watch the pak batting.

[Toony™®]

Australia 27/0 (7.3 ov)

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Australia 28/0 (8.0 ov)

Australia RR: 3.50

Australia started slowly.

[Civil]

Shaaabash RANA !!!

[Civil]

Michael Clarke Gone

Aussies 29/1

[shikari]

rana strikes clarke gone

[catwoman]

Good job Rana. The dropped catch didn't prove to be too costly.

[Toony™®]

8.3 Naved-ul-Hasan to Clarke, OUT: LBW! taken on the pads by a ball
that comes in off a shortish length, trapped in front of the
stumps, Bowden upholds the appeal, possible concerns about both
the direction and the height, hawkeye shows it hitting the top of
leg stump


29/1 after 9 overs

[Toony™®]

wasnt sure about that..hawkeye proved me wrong.

[jalex382]

hey guys wats the abc audio link? please

[Toony™®]

hawkeye says the lbw shout more plumb than the first one!

[Civil]

http://www.abc.net.au/streaming/events/live720.asx

[Naveed]

Terrible umpiring

[Civil]

What A plumb lbw!!!!!!!

[Officer Barbrady]

that was certainly plumb who is the umpire on that end?

[jalex382]

Civil thanx bro, appriciate it, i think Mods should make a sticky with all the new winamp links and the all the audio links. but i thank u much.

[Civil]

no prob jalex bro

[Toony™®]

brilliant one handed catch by razzaq!

gilly gone!

[Naveed]

Razzak redeams himself, nice catch

[Naveed]

Khalil gets another lefthander out

[Toony™®]

rao with slow yorker
ponting gone woohoo!

clean bowled

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53/3

[Civil]

OMG I go to run an errand and two wickets fall!!!

|-F |-F |-F

[Toony™®]

yasir wid crap fielding!

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4.2 Mohammad Khalil to Symonds, FOUR, full down leg, flicked away in
the air through backward square, gets past Yasir in the deep

not really a 4.

fileder gave him that 4

[Toony™®]

symonds means business -another 4.

rao into his 8th over.

should be rested.

[Toony™®]

Australia 67/3 (16.0 ov)

signs that australia letting loose.

[Toony™®]

drinks as well.

[sajjad]

razzaqll come in n take 2 wkts

[Toony™®]

hope so!

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6.2 Mohammad Khalil to Symonds, FOUR, short ball, smashed away with a
blazing pull through mid wicket

symonds looks like he is trying to bat is way out of trouble.

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afridi onto bowl.

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Australia 84/3 (18.0 ov)

[Geordie Ahmed]

Australia 105/3 (21.3overs)

Symonds is on 32 not out

(i fear a repeat of his World Cup innings)

[Naveed]

This Davis guy has now completely missed 3 lbws!

[sajjad]

guys remove those tacky sized sig's
theyr annoying when ur borwsing thru the threads

as for the cricket
its that cheating umpire that needs to be removed

[Geordie Ahmed]

the other day one of the commentators said Davis is not far away from the Elite Panel, judging by his performance so far he anyone who even thinks about putting him their shud slap himself

[sajjad]

so now 4 lbw's against us and that edge which no one saw

[Civil]

Hafeez gonna bowl to Symonds

|-n |-b

[Toony™®]

afridi strikes..- prefered it was symonds who went..

[Civil]

Afridi - ji on hatrick

Martyn stumped
Lehman caught

[DM]

Afridi 2 wickets in 2. Good comeback!

We may well restrict them to something managable, but we need Symonds out

[Toony™®]

lehman gone..missed hat trick

[Civil]

Australia

213/6

Symonds 91*

Watson 0

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australia all out for 237

set 238 to win!

Pakistan run chase underway with a wide from Brett lee 1st ball.

1st LBW decision and it goes in the favour of Aussies.

Salman gone for o, could have been inside edge of the bat, Salman indicates to the umpire.

[catwoman]

Butt gone!! Damn it

Kamran AKmal gone aswell caught on the boundary off a short ball.

bad start from PAkistan...

Yohanna come into bat before Inzy.

Hafeez plays and misses.
Pakistan 7-2 after 2 overs.

[arsal_pakfan]

1 LBW decision and 1 bad shot by Akmal!

Pakistan is back to square one |-F

we now have to start it all over again

Lee is bowling with a lot of pace and fire and bowls Yohanna with 152kmh bowl.

suker bowl after bouncer. !!!

[Raz]

Yoyo gone!

[catwoman]

*** is going on here??

Pakistan in deep deep trouble Inzy is going to have to play the captains innings of his life.

Hafeez needs to contribute with the bat for once.

[arsal_pakfan]

3/9 in 3 overs!

this is by far our worst start in VB series

Aussies keeping the pressure on top fielding by Symonds keeps Hafeez on strike.

[Raz]

All is not lost yet!

[badxhah]

how long Yoyo has been playin cricket everybody knew it was gona be a yorker.Is not tht he is scared of lee.

[arsal_pakfan]

rain rain where r u? :-D

Inzy leg glance for four of Lee

13-3

[Raz]

Just need to see off Lee, Mcgrath and Gillespie without any more losses and inshallah the game will be ours!

Maiden from Mcgrath

13-3 off 6

Symonds is amazing good stop and then on the floor flicks back and hits the wicket... comfortable single for Inzy.

That was funny the Australian commentator getting carried away with the run out, good fielding by watson but hardy anybody appealed in the field and the commentator was jumping with delight.

Sit back down..

Gillispie on to bowl now Hafeez and Inzy working him well on to the leg side.

Hafeez - 13

26-3 after 11 overs

Hafeez throws away his wicket trying to pull a length delivery up in the air and caught by Watson near the non striker, Inzy.

Inzy head down can't believe it.

What was Hafeez doing playing that shot.

[Hydro]

hafeez gone

29-4 Pakistan throwing away all the good work by the bowlers.

Top Order letting them down badly.
Malik joins Inzy, we need a big partnership now.
Inzy needs to score a ton.

[Raz]

Hafeez fails yet again! I simply cant believe this guy.

[badxhah]

He wanted Mcgrath to celebrate his 300th wkt ..otherwise he would have been shattered

[Raz]

With another 210 needed and only Razzaq, Afridi and maybe Rana to come. They just cant afford to lose another wicket now! Forget the run rate for now, saving wickets is the main priority.

[Hydro]

4 by malik

Top cover drive for 4 from Malik, why he was messed around down the order I will not understand...
He can build innings and has the composure to battle through.

33-4

[Raz]

Yeah i agree Waheed.

Mixup between Malik and Inzy, could have been a run out but missed the stumps.

Pakistan can't afford a silly run out today.

Malik smashes Gillipies square of the wicket for 4 past point.

42-4

Another square cut from Malik but ponting with more good fielding keeping pressure on Pakistan.

44-4 after 17

[Raz]

Run rate almost 6. They goin about it the right way though. Singles and twos will do for now. Inzi, Malik, Razzaq, Afridi and Rana cann all hit big shots so its ok i guess. They should however keep one eye on the run rate.

Pitch seems to have a bit of uneven bounce now and again, the bowl to Yohanna by Lee kept low.

Now ball darts up from a good length to Inzy, who plays it really well riding with the ball and playing it down.

53-4 after 20 overs.

crucial time with 5th bowler coming on to bowl, Lehman bowling before Symonds.

[Raz]

They need to target Symonds and Lehmann. Perfect time to accelerate a little bit to bring it back under 6.

[Raz]

12 from that one. Good over.

Huge six from Malik down the wicket to Lehman over long on.

93-4

Good partnership

Lehamn and Symonds 5 overs going for 37 !!!

Pakistan need more of this.

Symonds turns to medium pace now.

Only concern is running between the wickets from Inzy.

[kashmiri]

inzi and shooaib have stabilised the pak innings. we are i with a good chance now.

i hope this schmuks on I** are watching the match and eating their hearts out

Another 50 in the tournament for Inzy

115-4

Pakistan back in the game now.

123 to win from 111

Inzy caught down on the boudary by Fine Leg, tight few overs from Lee and Symonds causing downfall.

Inzy gone for 51, just when Pakistan were getting back on top.

118-5

[Raz]

Razzaq in now i think. All isnt lost yet for Pakistan. These two can carry them through all the way.

[sajjad]

can pakistan still do it

Razzaq, Malik and The Afridi will have to do really well

[Raz]

Run rate startin to rocket! Up to 7.42!

[Oxy]

Razzak run out- radio guys ripping into this poor run

[Raz]

Disgraceful running between wickets today! It has been edgy all day!

[Raz]

Can someone tell the radio guys they are making their bias towards Australia far too obvious!

[sajjad]

it was brought abt by 4 dot balls to malik

they wanted a run somehow and chose the wrong fielder

[sajjad]

Pakistans chances minimal even with a well set Malik and inform Afridi batting out there

[Raz]

Malik's running between the wickets has been dreadful today particularly the calling. Nearly ran Afridi out there!

[Raz]

Malik gone! Poor shot goin for 1 shot 2 many! Pakistan staring down the barrel!

[sajjad]

smart bowling from gillispie really

we needed the runs
he kept calm, cramped malik for room

and malik fell dismally

[sajjad]

Pakistan may lose by a big margin if another wicket falls here
match is pretty much over

but with Pakistan u never know

[Raz]

Well im still not gonna give in yet. Rana needs to support Afridi. If Pakistan ever needed Afridi to play an innings its now!

[sajjad]

my wishes r with Pakistan
but they've dissappointed me with the bat today

made 237 look like a mammoth total due to a careless start

[Raz]

Shahid takes Watson to the cleaners with a HUGE six!

[Raz]

And again!

[Raz]

And with those sixes Shahid takes the record of scoring the most number of sixes ever in One Day cricket! Well done Shahid bhai!

[sajjad]

kiya marta hai yaar
amazing hits

world record holder afridi now

[sajjad]

aussie tactics work

top edge
balls swings around for a while
good catch by katich

[sajjad]

The Afridi cudnt stop being who he is.
We only needed singles and so on
the diff between balls remaining and runs to get was just 5-6

he went for a bit too much but that The Afridi

[Sid9999]

Afridi throws away the match... by playing an irresponsible shot...

[Raz]

Lets not blame Afridi. Again the openers let us down! Kamran shouldnt open! They need a proper opener like Yasir. Hafeez OUT! Absolutely useless he is!

[sajjad]

he got us into the match in the first place, so cannot really put the blame on him.

Its Butt, Akmal n Hafeez who need to work it out cause they threw it out.

[sajjad]

50 from 42

why did we lose so many wickets
this is so gettable????

[Raz]

Yeah. I dont no why they brought Hafeez back in. The team which played in the last few matches was fine. Why change it?!?!?! Where is the continuity?!

Akmal hasnt convinced me enough to maintain the opening. Against good attacks like Australia he has been exposed badly. We need to sort the top three positions out before the India series!

[Raz]

It baffles me as to how we struggled to chase 237 especially after chasing much bigger totals in previous matches!!!!!!!!!!

[sajjad]

yeah we continue to have problems at the top

in the past 2 matches the middle order saved us
today they didnt quite so were in this position

they need to work it out at the top

[Sid9999]

Afridi had already got the run-rate under control, by hitting two sixes... all he needed was to rotate the strike and stay at the crease... pick ones and twos alongwith an odd boundry... but NO..NO NO!!!! he had to go for "glory"...

[Raz]

Dont blame The Afridi man! It was losing them wickets early on that really cost us!

[sajjad]

The Afridi got us into the match with the 2 wickets he took.

Our top order lost it for us.
We never recovered from that.

[sajjad]

ill be a lot happier
if mcgrath gets hit for a few here

[Sid9999]

My point is... inspite of those early wickets... match was under Afridi's control... but he still throws away...

[sajjad]

it really wasn't

beside The Afridi is not ur normal batsmen. He has his way of batting and he should be allowed to play in his own way.

[Raz]

Just like at Birmingham last year aainst India they made a hash of chasing 201. Ok it didnt matter because eventually they came through. In that match they lost 3 early wickets. Same happened in this match!

[sajjad]

except that was India this is AUSTRALIA

[badxhah]

the BW jinx. he made SA into choker and i m jus begining to imagine Pakistan is also having the same bug.

I hope i m wrong

[Sid9999]

The Afridi is not ur normal batsmen. He has his way of batting and he should be allowed to play in his own way.

That is exactly my point... the team is more important than anything else... your own style of batting or bowling... it doesnot matter... u have to adapt according to situation... but not Afridi/Akhtar... Inzamam/YoYo changes their game according to the need of the team

[sajjad]

we never really got close enuf to choke.
we just got beat by some outstanding opening spell

[badxhah]

its not far or close thing its jus choking on big matches.

[badxhah]

Afridi did his job ,,aya mara or gaya

if he started playin like a normal batsman then he would not be called "the afridi" he would be called SIR "THE AFRIDI"

[pakistani_cricketer]

salam
y cant THE AFRIDI KHAN stay on the crease for a little while more??????
y cant he make runs at a faster run rate for a longer period than bat well and the get out after 12 or 15 balls ?????

[tahaqureshi]

rana batted well...
29 runs off 29balls i think

[Sid9999]

what rana did... that kind of thing was required from Afridi...

[badxhah]

good point sid 9999 if he only stuck ard wid rana like razzaq did in WACA.

But ,,,,,, i dont wana say anything eles otherwise i would have lot of hatters on this forum