2nd ODI-WI v Pak @ St Lucia - (Pak innings thread) [21/5/05]

[The_Cricket_Devil]

lol merc and his superstitions

[Gasherbrum]

looks like malik is going to be run out here

[The_Cricket_Devil]

omg third umps for malik run out chance think hes gone imo

[The_Cricket_Devil]

yup he is gone...

[Hydro]

malik could be run out

[whyhkk]

So far mercenary's superstition has worked to perfection

[Gasherbrum]

direct hit, and malik is well short, big blow for pakistan as he was well set and looking good for another 30 odd runs in quick time. good work in the field.

[The_Cricket_Devil]

hard fought fifty goes to waste

[Hydro]

malik gone run out :((

[The_Cricket_Devil]

there goes the "guaranteed win merc"

[Gasherbrum]

yk in with much to prove but only to some posters here at PP.

[Hydro]

younsay in

[smoothcriminal]

What are you guys sad about? dont you see that we have a world class specialist batsmen at no.6, Younis Khan(sarcasm) who has a sensational average of 31

[The_Cricket_Devil]

unfortunate for malik bravo was in the way and a few secs were wasted for malik trying to get around him

[z10]

now we will truly c wat y.khan is made of

[Usman]

That is about the 6th run out of this short tour. Simply throwing wickets away.

[Mercenary]

there goes the "guaranteed win merc"

damn, now we have to work for a win

[smoothcriminal]

haha rameez raja cracks me up

shoaib malik kee kitnee tareef karnee hay bhai? best no.3 in the world right now. Also Inzamam is the most complete batsmen in world cricket, thats too much of a statement

[Saj]

Inzi's the key here. He stops to the end or near the end and Pak will score 260 plus.

Its been a strange performance by the Pak batsmen and they have an average looking attack, look good.

[whyhkk]

well inzamam is definitely one of the most complete batsmen in the world. He can play any shot with ease.

[Rob H]

Sorry for putting FA cup stuff on this thread MODS. I will only talk about cricket now.
Inzi needs to be there at the end for Pak to get a decent score.

[tahaqureshi]

younis hasnt started off too well..

[Usman]

younis hasnt started off too well..Why would u say that?

[Rob H]

Pak on course for 216 at there currant run rate

[Usman]

Pak on course for 216 at there currant run rate

If inzi is there to the end we will easily pass that. If not we will struggle to get to that.

[tahaqureshi]

Why would u say that?

Now it looks alright ;)+ ;)+

[whyhkk]

you guys know that inzamam's odi bowling average is 21.33

[The_Cricket_Devil]

uh wat just happened hit himself in the foot??

[The_Cricket_Devil]

wat the hell is younis doing to inzi....hit inzi on his big biscuit

[tahaqureshi]

If inzi is there to the end we will easily pass that. If not we will struggle to get to that.

This is the problem I want Pak to solve. We shouldnt be too reliant on inzi. Whether inzi goes or YK, we SHOULD still be able to reach the same score regardless.

[Gasherbrum]

ouch! inzi hit in an 'uncomfortable' area, but lucky that the pain wasn't compounded by an lbw decision, was very straight.

[smoothcriminal]

ooo inzamam i should rather say lucky

[Saj]

Inzi hit a painful blow in the box from a Chris Gayle full toss.

Close lbw too, maybe just missing leg stick.

[The_Cricket_Devil]

so he is retiring hurt???? NOOOOOOOOOOOO

[smoothcriminal]

oh goodness he's off now.

[The_Cricket_Devil]

Michael Holding: "The treatment inzi needs cannot be administered on the field" LOL!!!

[badxhah]

ONCH looks like his box is opened or soemthing

[Gasherbrum]

inzi going off ???? don't see that too often, smiles all around even on inzi's face, but he's going to maybe do a few appropriate stretches.

[tahaqureshi]

INZI OFF THE FIELD!!!!!!!!!! FOR TREATMENT!!!!

[Gasherbrum]

dujon ~ inzi will probably ask the physio to take away the pain but leave the swelling!!!11

[smoothcriminal]

haha

the coverage is so poor and biased i guess. the scorecard showed that 5 wickets have fallen down

[The_Cricket_Devil]

if we are all feeling this pain wat must the wife of inzi be thinkin

[Gasherbrum]

inzi was looking dangerous until he missed that full toss, not good for pak, but he'll probably be back at the fall of the next wkt.

[tahaqureshi]

If this isnt too serious..I think its a blessing..

Razzaq can get some runs now..smash all around..

and then Inzi is more likely to finish off the innings, maybe we'll see some fireworks from him..

only IF he comes back :)) :))) :)) :)))

[The_Cricket_Devil]

while we are all smilin RAZZLLER SMACKS IT FOR 6!!

[Gasherbrum]

6 by razzaq!

[Saj]

powerful straight 6 by AR over long on. Need to get some momentum going now instaed of this rather lethargic wait and see approach.

[smoothcriminal]

WHAT A SHOT!

clearing his left leg like he always does. razzaq is the best when it comes to this. Typical razzaq smashing shot. hope we see more of it 2day

[The_Cricket_Devil]

REVERSE sweep by younis and a good 3 runs there

[smoothcriminal]

that was close

[Imran_The Man!]

dujon ~ inzi will probably ask the physio to take away the pain but leave the swelling!!!11

LOL! Mad me snort tea out of my nose!

[Rob H]

WHAT A SHOT!

clearing his left leg like he always does. razzaq is the best when it comes to this. Typical razzaq smashing shot. hope we see more of it 2day
:D That's what i like to see

[Gasherbrum]

the bowling is fairly inoccuous, ideal for razzaq to open his arms up a hit a few lusty blows. problem is, still a fair bit of overs to go so the batsmen often fall into the trap of looking for singles rather than the odd boundary.

[Saj]

100 from the last 12 overs should be the Pak target.

[Gasherbrum]

bravo follows up a good yorker with a leg side full toss, flicked to fine leg for 4 by razzi

[The_Cricket_Devil]

another 4 by razzler!! :D :D :D

[tahaqureshi]

Well Iv seen Pak get 100 in the last 10 overs with this many wickets left..

So I think 300 should be our aim atleast

[smoothcriminal]

poor delivary. we'll take it! easy runs

[tahaqureshi]

A WIDE to go with it!!!!!!!!

Thank you!!!!!

[The_Cricket_Devil]

10 runs off the 39th over :D

[smoothcriminal]

any1 else feel razzaq's in the GROOOVE today?

[DesiMD]

any1 else feel razzaq's in the GROOOVE today?is that supposed to mean he doesn't look well today??

[The_Cricket_Devil]

2 runs by razzler gr8 runnin

[smoothcriminal]

i mean does any1 feel like he's in the mood to score big today?

[The_Cricket_Devil]

lol yk tries reverse sweep agn doesnt connect this time

[DesiMD]

185-4

[smoothcriminal]

younis bhai reverse sweep ko chor do u r not good at it

[Imran_The Man!]

GO Razzak!

[DesiMD]

i mean does any1 feel like he's in the mood to score big today?well...he's batting very well today ..i hope he does help the team get to 275 or something

[The_Cricket_Devil]

NOOO RAZZLER GOT BOWLED AND I HATE THAT SIGN COLLYMORE DOES!!

[Gasherbrum]

razzaq bowled, yorker on off stump by collymore cleans him up, poor shot.

[Saj]

AR plays down the wrong line and gets bowled - shame as he was looking good and running well with YK.

[DesiMD]

10 over to go...can pakistan at least score 90 runs in last 10 overs??...what do u guys think...razzak's there.....younis there...akmal to come....and inzi might come back (hopefully he will)

[The_Cricket_Devil]

agaya wapis inzi bhai...well at least razzaq gave a nice lil boost

[tahaqureshi]

any1 else feel razzaq's in the GROOOVE today?

Hope it doesnt make his bowling screw up

[smoothcriminal]

oh my i guess i should always keep my mouth shut about our players

[Gasherbrum]

in comes inzi, walkig like he has a potato stuffed in his box!!!!1 comms having a good laugh in the background

[The_Cricket_Devil]

i think inzi has put a double guard warna may soch raha tha kay uska itna phoola phoola lag raha hai

[DesiMD]

SHOOT!!..inzi has to manage a good partnership and RUNS that shuld come fast

[The_Cricket_Devil]

o good and he has a runner as well will speed things up in running

[Usman]

Inzi or Kamran coming in?

[The_Cricket_Devil]

WAT THE HELL WERE OUR PLAYERS DOING!!!

[Gasherbrum]

inzi in, guess the physio did exactly as dujon suggested, swelling is still there...
what sort of runing was that, confusion all around

[smoothcriminal]

maybe he has an erection after getting treatment

[DesiMD]

inzi defends tha ball that got him earlier

[Imran_The Man!]

Man when I said GO, I didn't mean it literally. :((

C'mon Inzi! Do it for the team Big Man!

[smoothcriminal]

lol tony cozier

[DesiMD]

Man when I said GO, I didn't mean it literally. :((

C'mon Inzi! Do it for the team Big Man!lol...looks like we gotta be careful with the words too!!

[tahaqureshi]

still taking singles?????

its already 41st over!!!!!!

[The_Cricket_Devil]

6 an over isnt enuff and i dont think inzi has the capacity to come down and whack balls for 6's atm

[smoothcriminal]

i think they are playing well. i want them to attack viciously in the last 5 overs because we only have kamran akmal left and he isnt much of a batsmen in these kind of situations

[DesiMD]

6 an over isnt enuff and i dont think inzi has the capacity to come down and whack balls for 6's atmyah...but 6 runs off every ball will ensure 250 atleast...and i think they should continue this tactic till 45 overs....225 till then would beo kay

[Imran_The Man!]

Man when I said GO, I didn't mean it literally. :((

C'mon Inzi! Do it for the team Big Man!lol...looks like we gotta be careful with the words too!!
Heh, your not wrong!

[DesiMD]

6 an over isnt enuff and i dont think inzi has the capacity to come down and whack balls for 6's atm197-5 after 42.1 overs

[The_Cricket_Devil]

6 runs of every ball...if only...*dreams*

[The_Cricket_Devil]

oo...that was a good shot by younis but nice fielding

[The_Cricket_Devil]

4!! yes thats it younis 9 off the over

[DesiMD]

6 runs of every ball...if only...*dreams*lol..that was ofcourse a mistake....cuz 6 off every ball can nver take u to 250...it gonna be like 400 or something or beyond..lol...i meant 6 per over..sorry

[Gasherbrum]

4 heaved away by younis to midwicket, lots of bottom hand on that one

[smoothcriminal]

good job YO YO.

[tahaqureshi]

ihow is inzi looking out there?

comfortable again or still taking mini pauses? :)))

[DesiMD]

6 runs of every ball...if only...*dreams*200 up for pakistan....5 down...inzi on 40

[MIG]

Chanderpaul mad allowing Shoaib as runner - surely he should have asked for another possibly slower runner ( as a fielding captain )?

[DesiMD]

6 runs of every ball...if only...*dreams*four....................44444444444 4444....excellent...9 runs off the over...run rate improving fast

[The_Cricket_Devil]

my prediction is 260-265

[tahaqureshi]

Salam MIG..where have you been?

[DesiMD]

Chanderpaul mad allowing Shoaib as runner - surely he should have asked for another possibly slower runner ( as a fielding captain )?lol...chndrpal scared

[The_Cricket_Devil]

44 gone 212-5 hmm...come on guys

[The_Cricket_Devil]

8 an over from here is 260 we sould be aiming for that

[smoothcriminal]

260 is a reasonable score. inzi cannot move his feet, therefore i dont think we can rely on him hitting the big ones. i dont really think younis khan can fill in on that

[The_Cricket_Devil]

well i think shoaib is slower than razzler and that must've been the choices

[tahaqureshi]

I bet we'll get 270 Inshallah

[DesiMD]

260 is a reasonable score. inzi cannot move his feet, therefore i dont think we can rely on him hitting the big ones. i dont really think younis khan can fill in on thatjust hope 260-70 comes up for pak...

[smoothcriminal]

i think shoaib is definately a faster runner than razzaq

[DesiMD]

i think shoaib is definately a faster runner than razzaqhe probably is....but he is not a good runner...he causes a lot of run outs i think...afridi would have been a better choice i think

[The_Cricket_Devil]

217-5 in 45...not good enuff imo only 5 runs off the last ova

[Saj]

this isn't simply good enough. If Inzi's injury means that he cant play the big shots then YK should be making more of an effort. Singles are not enough at this stage.

30 balls left, need at least 45 runs off them.

[tahaqureshi]

45 complete...

if inzi feels he cant hit, he should either get out or retire hurt, for the sake of the team

[DesiMD]

5 overs...and should fire in this last over....they have akmal behind....and rana too..he is also a pretty good hitter....so pak should be looking to go over the top....only 5 over left!!!!

[The_Cricket_Devil]

4 runs and its inzi's 50!!

[Gasherbrum]

penalties in the FA cup final on the other side

[The_Cricket_Devil]

ewll inzi is c aught out gr8 catch but i think this is wat shouuld have happened he wasnt able to hit anymore i donoo if he will be able to field

[tahaqureshi]

YK has playe dvery impressively wouldnt you say?

[DesiMD]

Good batting iNZI...keep it up...and make the runs come faster

[Gasherbrum]

inzi goes, huge drive and the edge flies to short third man. 222, wheres mr sheppard when you need him ?

[Gasherbrum]

scholes' penalty saved :P

[DesiMD]

hopes of scoring more than 250 dying out as Inzi leaves also

[tahaqureshi]

Kamran to come in, and he will be on strike...

I think we wont even get to 260..

MAYBE 250

[DesiMD]

lets c what can akmal do now

[The_Cricket_Devil]

man u gonna lose :P

[DesiMD]

man u gonna lose :Ptalking to whom??

[tahaqureshi]

too many singles taken in the last over for my liking..


YK NEEDS TO FORGET HIS RECORD FOR FOUR OVERS AND JUST SLOG!!!!!!!!!

[The_Cricket_Devil]

o i meant man United and it was to gasherbrum

[Gasherbrum]

vieira last penalty, if he scores, they win ....

[The_Cricket_Devil]

he scored

[DesiMD]

too many singles taken in the last over for my liking..


YK NEEDS TO FORGET HIS RECORD FOR FOUR OVERS AND JUST SLOG!!!!!!!!!lol...younis isn't the man of that kind....he always plays a good supporting role...but not a natural striker of the ball

[Gasherbrum]

arsenal have won it !!!

[tahaqureshi]

cricinfo commentary:
Aslight diversion folk, about the 'other game' with a bigger ball. We have heard Arsenal have won the FA Cup In a penalty shoot-out


lol :))

[The_Cricket_Devil]

4 by kamran!

[DesiMD]

230-6 after 47 overs...3 overs to go

[Gasherbrum]

width and akmal slashes it over point for 4

[Hashim]

Younis khan is a test player, he needs to learn to launch the ball like razzaq and afridi.

[DesiMD]

cricinfo commentary:
Aslight diversion folk, about the 'other game' with a bigger ball. We have heard Arsenal have won the FA Cup In a penalty shoot-out


lol :))lol....i thought circinfo only liiked circket...lol...but watching FA cup is just waste of time...the only time i watch soccer is during the world cup that it!

[DesiMD]

cricinfo commentary:
Aslight diversion folk, about the 'other game' with a bigger ball. We have heard Arsenal have won the FA Cup In a penalty shoot-out


lol :))Akmal hits a beautiful 4

[tahaqureshi]

atleast he has kept a good strike rate throughout his innings..

I think by no means can we criticise his innings today..

almost to his fifty..

[The_Cricket_Devil]

cmon last ball of 48th and is 238 hit a 4-6 for last ball

[The_Cricket_Devil]

239 in 48...man...

[Gasherbrum]

hashim ~ afridi and razzaq's big hitting didnt get us much today, younis is a good foil to the two as he certainly has shown today.

[DesiMD]

atleast he has kept a good strike rate throughout his innings..

I think by no means can we criticise his innings today..

almost to his fifty..no he is batting really well...at least he kept his wicket when everyone was getting out

[Waqar's inswinging yorker]

239/6 off 48

[The_Cricket_Devil]

i think shoaib malik's ball waste today really hurt us

[DesiMD]

atleast he has kept a good strike rate throughout his innings..

I think by no means can we criticise his innings today..

almost to his fifty..9 runs off the over...2 overs to go....239...-6

[The_Cricket_Devil]

full toss for 4 by akmal!! 243 now

[Waqar's inswinging yorker]

akmal smashes a 4 - charged bravo

[Gasherbrum]

4 off a full toss and i would've called it a no ball but i guess kamran was rushing at it

[DesiMD]

atleast he has kept a good strike rate throughout his innings..

I think by no means can we criticise his innings today..

almost to his fifty..bravo has been expensive today 9 overs 60

[Hashim]

What did shoaib do? Waste time or something?

[DesiMD]

atleast he has kept a good strike rate throughout his innings..

I think by no means can we criticise his innings today..

almost to his fifty..244-6 after 48.2

[Waqar's inswinging yorker]

akmal smashes a 4 - just! - fielder misjudged it - walked in and it chipped him

[The_Cricket_Devil]

6!!! cmon it has to be...no its a 4....

[Gasherbrum]

slashed again by akmal and its gone just over the head of extra cover for 4

[The_Cricket_Devil]

250 in 48.5

[tahaqureshi]

You know what, I bet some ppl here are going to criticise YK's inability to launch today. Well I say atleast he was able to maintain a solid strike rate throughout his innings..

Had malik had a strike rate of 50 for most of his innings and blasted off in the end to get a sr of 80-90..ppl would've said "oh look what a good ODI batsman, better than YK"...id rather have consistency over berserkness which wuld get you the same results, because YK plays it safe and effectively.

[Waqar's inswinging yorker]

yk smashes down ground - either 2 or 4

[The_Cricket_Devil]

that has to be 4 he went over it seems

[DesiMD]

good bating by akmal today...really batting like gilchrist..solid and aggressive

[Hashim]

Kamran akmal is good mashalaah, he is like a clone of razzaq!

[Waqar's inswinging yorker]

should be a 4

[The_Cricket_Devil]

yea he is touching it that is 4 man!! yes it is!! :D

[tahaqureshi]

strong hitting for such a small guy!

[Waqar's inswinging yorker]

it is a 4


15 off that over

254/6 off 49

[The_Cricket_Devil]

254 in 49 yes!! 270 is my predictio

[Gasherbrum]

good over for pak, umpire checking it and should be signalled a 4, driven straight down the ground by younis khan.

[Waqar's inswinging yorker]

younis out - GREAT CATCH BY GAYLE - WHAT A CATCH

[The_Cricket_Devil]

OOOOOO WAT A CATCH!!! gr8 catch there man and younis goes

[Waqar's inswinging yorker]

dived - 1 handed - to his left hand at point!

[Gasherbrum]

great catch by gayle, younis khan falls to a one handed catch at backward point. good knock.

[tahaqureshi]

254 in 49 yes!! 270 is my predictio

I think thats a BIT too much optimism :)) :))

[DesiMD]

FOUR by younis to end the over...good stuff....254 -6...pakistan reaching our predicted scores...good batting by younis khan..the hero

[The_Cricket_Devil]

this wasnt a bad inning by younis at all

[Rob H]

Pak have recovred well from Malik's test innings.

[Waqar's inswinging yorker]

younis did well

[Gasherbrum]

rana in 4 balls to get as many as possible

[DesiMD]

Pak have recovred well from Malik's test innings.malik played okay...cuz we all know how much trouble pak was in at that time...he got pak out of trouble at least

[Waqar's inswinging yorker]

rana off the mark and akmal back on strike

[The_Cricket_Devil]

3 balls left and we have 256... CMON PAKISTAN

[DesiMD]

Pak have recovred well from Malik's test innings.younis khan goes...just b4 his 50....gone for 48...superb inning

[Waqar's inswinging yorker]

akmal maybe run out - i hope he isnt

[The_Cricket_Devil]

lol he looked so easily in wats with the time waste of third ump

[tahaqureshi]

If anyone dares to criticise YK...then !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

he missed a fifty by 2 runs and was at a sr of 90 something when got out!!!!!!!

[Waqar's inswinging yorker]

ooooo - is very close

[The_Cricket_Devil]

lol he took his sweet time and akmal is safe

[Waqar's inswinging yorker]

he looks in

[DesiMD]

i think he is

[Gasherbrum]

pretty close with the replay, looked in at first, and should be given not out poor running

[Waqar's inswinging yorker]

rana out - caught and bowled!

[DesiMD]

lol..yah...he wanted to keep the strike

[The_Cricket_Devil]

o caught and bowled rana...257 and it is last ball lol collymore is so happy about getting a tailender out lol...looser...

[Gasherbrum]

straight back to collymore, and another wkt for him rana caught and bowled, boy does he like getting a wicket!!

[DesiMD]

o caught and bowled rana...257 and it is last ball lol collymore is so happy about getting a tailender out lol...looser...lol..i know we wouldn't happy 4 sure...lol

[tahaqureshi]

well 260 is not there....this will suffice

[The_Cricket_Devil]

258 in 50.. that isnt too bad

[Rob H]

o caught and bowled rana...257 and it is last ball lol collymore is so happy about getting a tailender out lol...looser...
LOL calm down a bit though

[tahaqureshi]

target is close to 260.......

will do

just need to keep a tight lid on extras

[Nauman]

Well I must say Collymore has to be the most annoying bowler in the West Indian bowling lineup the three finger wicket celebration just annoys the hell out of me.

[Gasherbrum]

259 to win for West Indies, decent effort by Pak but probably 25 runs below where they would've liked. lets hope its enough in the end.

[DesiMD]

258-8...our predicted score was right i think..and i think akmal batted good...younis batted well...inzi and malik played hard to get pak out of the troulble

[Hashim]

Good score, 258 should be enough,. but we need razzaq to fire.

[The_Cricket_Devil]

i think we would hav e a much better score if that crap wasnt done with youhana

[DesiMD]

259 to win for West Indies, decent effort by Pak but probably 25 runs below where they would've liked. lets hope its enough in the end.inshAllah

[The_Cricket_Devil]

well i gotta go to work now at least i saw half the game see ya around guys inshallah we will win

[Saj]

nice little cameo at the end from Kamran.

Win or lose, I'm a little disappointed with the total. On that wicket we should have been looking at 270 plus. There seemed to be a lack of urgency in the batting today and too many players got starts and did not convert them into the big score that Pakistan needed.

[Usman]

We are going to need some tight bowling to get rid of the big guns but overall a good performance by Inzi, Malik and Younis. Everyone else chipped in so now lets hope for the best in the second . Common Pakistan!!!!!!

[karachiite]

need some early wickets(read gayle and sarwan) hopefully moron can stay there a while and oush the req. runrate up a bit.

[smoothcriminal]

decent score. u know what we should do, every time we get a windies player out we should do the 3 finger celebration

[DesiMD]

decent score. u know what we should do, every time we get a windies player out we should do the 3 finger celebration :))) :))) :))) windies would be really pissd..especially collymore

[karachiite]

decent score. u know what we should do, every time we get a windies player out we should do the 3 finger celebration

What does it stand for anyway??

[DesiMD]

decent score. u know what we should do, every time we get a windies player out we should do the 3 finger celebration

What does it stand for anyway??i think collymore wanted to pick up 3 wickets...thats why he did that on every wicket...and he succeeeded at the end...lol

[DesiMD]

I think pakistan needs some changes in batting order.....many ppl think malik should be down the order..i dont agree....this would be my line up....for later ODIs...

-Salmaan Butt
-Younis Khan
-Shoaib Malik
-Inzimam-ul-Haq
-Yousaf Youhana
-Abdul Razzaq
-Shahid Afridi
-Kamran Akmal
-Naved-ul-Hassan
-Rao Iftikhar
-Shabbir Ahmed


thats what i think..inzi should come b4 yoyo....afridi should come in late middle ordre.....younis khan should open with butt...thats what my line owuld be..i think this would work anywhere....what do u guys think??