Asian x1 run-chase thread [17/8/05]

[Amjid Javed]

Target 199 in 50 overs

Please place updates on this thread when play resumes and not before please. (mods can we have a sticky please?? )

[DM]

Seems like Sangakkara and Sehwag will open

I wonder if we'll even need to see Afridi today...

I predict we'll win this in the 31st over

[z10]

post whore...we already have an official thread

[Rob H]

post whore...we already have an official thread
yup, just another sceme to get more posts:9:

[Amjid Javed]

yup, just another sceme to get more posts:9:

il donate 5000 to you if u stop crying...:)))

[Rob H]

il donate 5000 to you if u stop crying...:)))
i don't want any of your dirty posts amjid ;-).

[Amjid Javed]

i don't want any of your dirty posts amjid ;-).

:9: wasnt gona rellay give u any anyways :)))

[Jedi Knight]

Sanga and Sehwag opening

dropped catch in the slips off Sanga

[Jedi Knight]

Africa need a third slip to pick up early wickets

[Jedi Knight]

another edge just wide of the second slip

Dangerous start by Asia

[mulan]

We need a third slip! But with Polly as captain...ain't gonna happen...

[Amjid Javed]

mulan is the enemy today i see .... :127: :127:

[Jedi Knight]

8-0 off 2.1 ovs

Pollock bowling well

[mulan]

mulan is the enemy today i see .... :127: :127:
I'm playing devil's advocate....:16: (see the word play...with your 2 little T-devils) ?

I'm the ONLY person here rootin' for the Africans...Just for interest sake of course...

Will make the weekends matched more interesting....;-)

[Amjid Javed]

I'm playing devil's advocate....:16: (see the word play...with your 2 little T-devils) ?

I'm the ONLY person here rootin' for the Africans...Just for interest sake of course...

Will make the weekends matched more interesting....;-)

am afraid ur alone in ur support of africa here :P

[whyhkk]

I would need regular updates here cricinfo is slowing up

[Jedi Knight]

22-0 off 5 ovs

[Hash]

i want auntie to get out come on Africa.

[Shoaib A]

good over by Pollock

[Shoaib A]

4! Shewag nice one

[Shoaib A]

31/0

[mulan]

am afraid ur alone in ur support of africa here :P
I know...I know....1016 to 1 is a good ratio....;-)

Go Africa!

[z10]

cricinfo is stuck on 6/0 :S

[Jedi Knight]

36-0 off 8.3 ovs

[DM]

'Cricinfo is no-go'

[Hash]

come on africa.......just one wicket. Come on.

[Jedi Knight]

Another Indian not walking...

I wonder where we've seen that before...

[Jedi Knight]

44-0 off 9.1 ovs

[Hash]

Jedi- would be quite pathetic if Auntie didn't walk in a game like this. Proves he is only after his average.

[Jedi Knight]

Sanga taking Steyn apart

[Jedi Knight]

Jedi- would be quite pathetic if Auntie didn't walk in a game like this. Proves he is only after his average.

It's in their mentality...

Average, Bonus point, Bonus point, Average...

[Shoaib A]

50/0 sangakkara going at them

[Toony™®]

50/0 (10 ov)

[taps]

The replays shows that it was not out..Stop making judgements when u aint even watching..Plus he doesnt need to walk anyways..This is an official ODI..

[Jedi Knight]

Sehwag finally gone

[Shoaib A]

sehwag gone! caught behind

[Jedi Knight]

The replays shows that it was not out..Stop making judgements when u aint even watching..Plus he doesnt need to walk anyways..This is an official ODI..

Been watching it all day

even the comentators said it was out...

maybe u should be watching and listening to the game...

[Jedi Knight]

Yoyo in now

[Amjid Javed]

sehwag gone! caught behind

:))) hes walking now....

[z10]

hopefully yoyo does well

fingers crossed :)

[Hash]

YEEEEEEEEEEEES AUNTIE IS OUT!

WOOOOO HOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!:108: :108: :108: :113: :113: :113: :125: :125:

[z10]

who are u supporting hash?

[Big Daddy]

i am disappointed , i wanted to see sehwag and afridi rough it out together. i am suprised ppl here wanted sehwag out ? y is this

[Jedi Knight]

Yoyo gone!!!!!!

[Shoaib A]

yoyo out!!

[z10]

noooooooooooooooooooooooo

[Amir_rulez]

cuz we want to see yoyo , afridi or Inzi play

[Amjid Javed]

YEEEEEEEEEEEES AUNTIE IS OUT!

WOOOOO HOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!:108: :108: :108: :113: :113: :113: :125: :125:

:))) :))) @ hash!

[Jedi Knight]

Ashraful in now

[Imran_The Man!]

Nooooo!

[Pathan007]

yoyo as usual played like a shi8. i've never seen this guy doing anything when it come for Asia 11

[whyhkk]

how did he get out

[Shoaib A]

asharafull in!

[Amjid Javed]

yoyo gone no surprise there....

[Jedi Knight]

Ashraful gone!!

[Hash]

z10/Big Daddy- I want the Pakistanis to do well. Don't really care about this series too much otherwise. Hence I wanted Auntie to get out so Yoyo would come in. Is that alright with you? Or am I going to have to put up with more holier than thou nonsense about how I need to grow up with my anti India bla bla bla?

[Jedi Knight]

3 wkts in one over!!!

[Shoaib A]

how did he get out

caught behind playing front foot

[Shoaib A]

mannn!! ashrafull gone!!

[catwoman]

Pollock takes another wicket now...oh well I'll forgive him since he got Sehwag out. :P

[Jedi Knight]

Auntie edged to Keeper

Yoyo edged to keeper

Ashraful first ball hooking caught at mid on off the edge

[Amjid Javed]

whose in next? lol.....

[Jedi Knight]

Inzi in now

52-3 off 11 ovs

[Shoaib A]

Pollock really bowling well

[Hash]

I guess Inzi is coming in?

[whyhkk]

i think murali might have been better than ahsraful

[Shoaib A]

yep he is in

[Jedi Knight]

Under the circumastances not a clever shot by Ashraful first ball...

[Jedi Knight]

i think murali might have been better than ahsraful


:19:

[Team Slayer]

Pollock ripping apart Asia top XI!

someone please smack this guy!

[Jedi Knight]

Asia under pressure now

[UsmanhailsAfridi]

and again inzi has the job to save his teams behind.....poor guy....i mean he lives his life under so much pressure.....

[Jedi Knight]

52-3 off 12 ovs

[DM]

Afridi will take Pollock to the moon

[nedian21]

inzi shd have come at 4. its really pathetic to see some Pakistani supporters NOT supporting the team Asia just bcoz some guys are Indians. really childish and immature

[UsmanhailsAfridi]

anyone watching...is it powerplay 2....or no

[Gooner]

Pollock ripping apart Asia top XI!

someone please smack this guy!
go give afridi a bell :) im sure he'll do the job:19:

[Jedi Knight]

Inzi nearly went...

[Jedi Knight]

Pollock is bowling jaffa's to Inzi

[Jedi Knight]

Its the best I've seen Pollock for quite a while...

[Salman]

any audio commenrty available lads?

[UsmanhailsAfridi]

boy....dont we have trouble against outswingers.....ufffffff

[DM]

10.6 Pollock to Mohammad Ashraful, OUT: Unbelivable! short and raising
delivery down the leg side, Ashraful tries to hood it, top edge
and ball travels high in the air, simple catch taken Tikolo at
square leg, Pollock on fire
Could someone please just quickly confirm whether Pollock is literally on fire, or is it nothing to worry about?

[whyhkk]

this series could hurt or help the people contending for the super series team

[Jedi Knight]

Kemp on now

Inzi just edges past the first slip

[nedian21]

Yo Yo cant play new ball and so shouldnt have been at number 3. it shd be:

1. Afridi
2. Sehwag
3. Sangakara
4. Inzi
5. Yo Yo
6. Ashraful / Afridi depending on the situation
7. Afridi
8. Razzaq

[Toony™®]

53/3 (12.5 ov)

[Toony™®]

54/3 (13.0 ov)

[Jedi Knight]

Yo Yo cant play new ball and so shouldnt have been at number 3. it shd be:

1. Afridi
2. Sehwag
3. Sangakara
4. Inzi
5. Yo Yo
6. Ashraful / Afridi depending on the situation
7. Afridi
8. Razzaq


Cool 3 Afridi's...

Guaranteed fire works

[Jedi Knight]

Pollock is off

Kallis on

[Toony™®]

57/3 (14.0 ov)

[Jedi Knight]

Could be a mistake. Pollock should have finished his quota off. He was looking dangerous.

[Toony™®]

Asian XI 59/3 (14.4 ov)

[nedian21]

Cool 3 Afridi's...

Guaranteed fire works

oh sorry. but it was 2 i said Ashraful or Afridi switching places. anyway it shd be:

1. Sehwag
2. Afridi
3. Sanga
4. inzi
5. Yo Yo
6. Ashraful
7. Abdul Razzaq

Abdul and Ashraful can switch depending on situation

[Toony™®]

Asian XI 59/3 (15.0 ov)

[Jedi Knight]

Inzi gone

[Jedi Knight]

Pull shot caught similar style to Kallis

[Jedi Knight]

oh sorry. but it was 2 i said Ashraful or Afridi switching places. anyway it shd be:


Abdul and Ashraful can switch depending on situation


Only pulling your leg...

Anyhow Afridi is in now

[DM]

ooh, who's in, who's in?

[Nauman]

What an awefull shot by Inzi, very disapointing stuff.

[whyhkk]

Afridi will save the day

[Amjid Javed]

ooh, who's in, who's in?

anil kumble :)))

[Jedi Knight]

Sanga is the key...

Has to stay at the wicket so Afridi/Razzler can play their shots

[Shoaib A]

very disappointed...batting like ****

[Amir_rulez]

A Razzaq is in...

[Toony™®]

Asian XI 61/4 (15.4 ov)

[Jedi Knight]

I wonder if pollock will come back on for Afridi?

[DM]

Razzaq or Afridi guys?!

[Amjid Javed]

Razzaq or Afridi guys?!

razzaq :( :12:

[Jedi Knight]

Afridi is there...

[Jedi Knight]

Crashing shot 2nd ball four

[DM]

Seems Cricinfo messed up!

FOUR BY AFRIDI!!!!! :D :D D: :D :D :D

[Jedi Knight]

Swing and miss

[Jedi Knight]

defensive stroke by Afridi

[Nauman]

Stickied :) So lets see what the beast can do here the ball seems to be nipping around which makes me think that he wont be of much use.

[Khalil]

Inzi and YoYo once again prove that they just cannot bat in South Africa.

Flat track bullies!

[Jedi Knight]

69-4 17ovs

[Shoaib A]

yea they can't bat in those tracks..

[DM]

Stickied :) So lets see what the beast can do here the ball seems to be nipping around which makes me think that he wont be of much use.
Then let's hope he does what he does best - defy convention :D

[Amjid Javed]

Inzi and YoYo once again prove that they just cannot bat in South Africa.

Flat track bullies!

:))) was waiting for you to appear!

[Jedi Knight]

Run out could be on the cards...

[DM]

And just in case any of you haven't seen it guys - check out the RANA in county thread - he cracked 139 at over 100 strike rate and is currently bowling like you've never seen - destroyed them in the first innings with Mushy and now has taken 4 wickets in 6 deliveries!!!

Here it is - http://uk.cricinfo.com/db/NEW/LIVE/frames/MIDDX_SUSSEX_CC1_16-19AUG2005.html

[Shoaib A]

damn...

[Jedi Knight]

72-4 18 ovs

[Jedi Knight]

Afridi 4 third man area

great shot

[Toony™®]

Asian XI 72/4 (18.0 ov)

[Shoaib A]

nice rana!

[Jedi Knight]

4 more to mid wicket

[Amjid Javed]

come on afridi maro maro... maro...!

[DM]

GREAT by AFRIDI

[Khalil]

Afridi averaged 44 in the limited overs series in South Africa's domestic league. He knows the conditions very well and he should do well

[Big Daddy]

afridi kickin it in :)

[Jedi Knight]

Africa feeling under presure

great counter attack

[DM]

18.1 Kallis to Shahid Afridi, FOUR, Bang! short and wide ball, Afridi
slashed it hardly and dep fielder just watch the ball races to
boundary rope!

[Shoaib A]

afridi on rock here

[DM]

18.2 Kallis to Shahid Afridi, FOUR, Another one! not a short one, Afridi
picks it and pulled it over mid wicket, ball races to boundary
rope

[Jedi Knight]

Afridi shot just falling short to square leg or did it carry?

[Jedi Knight]

show the replay...

[Jedi Knight]

85-4 19 overs

[DM]

heart in mouth....did it?

[Big Daddy]

afridi as captain would be damn aggressive eh

[Jedi Knight]

Sanaga is playing very calmly

[Jedi Knight]

heart in mouth....did it?

damn zee they went to an advert instead

[Shoaib A]

afridi strike rate now 144.44

[Big Daddy]

i wanted sehwag with afridi to match stroke for stroke , that would have been phenominal

[Amjid Javed]

boo.... afridi is being boring!

no sixes yet... refund the crowd its money

maro maro afridi... smash kallis (best test all rounder in world :))) )
around the park....

[Jedi Knight]

great pull shot by sanga just in front of square leg for 4

[Jedi Knight]

89-4 20 ovs

[DM]

boo.... afridi is being boring!

no sixes yet... refund the crowd its money

maro maro afridi... smash kallis (best test all rounder in world :))) )
around the park....:)) :))) :)))

[Jedi Knight]

afridi gone!!!!!

[DM]

i wanted sehwag with afridi to match stroke for stroke , that would have been phenominal
I know!! i can't believe they didn't take the opportunity to do that :20:

[Amjid Javed]

afridi gone!!!!!

:12: :12: :12:

[Jedi Knight]

89-5 Asia in deep trouble

[Jedi Knight]

Big wind up nicked it to keeper

[DM]

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[Jedi Knight]

Razzler in now

[z10]

noooooooooooooooooo

official protest begins now

i knew he shud have opened

[nedian21]

And just in case any of you haven't seen it guys - check out the RANA in county thread - he cracked 139 at over 100 strike rate and is currently bowling like you've never seen - destroyed them in the first innings with Mushy and now has taken 4 wickets in 6 deliveries!!!

Here it is - http://uk.cricinfo.com/db/NEW/LIVE/frames/MIDDX_SUSSEX_CC1_16-19AUG2005.html (http://uk.cricinfo.com/db/NEW/LIVE/frames/MIDDX_SUSSEX_CC1_16-19AUG2005.html)

amazing. Rana doing exceptionally well. :14:

[Jedi Knight]

amazing. Rana doing exceptionally well. :14:

Go Rana:19:

[Shoaib A]

yep he should have opened....but still very crap batting from all apart from sangakkara

[Jedi Knight]

Lost coverage on tv

[Shoaib A]

asia do look crap I will stop watching and infact I can't watch it now...cause of problems

[Jedi Knight]

Cut shot for 4 by Razzler!!

[Rob H]

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
:)))

[the Great Khan]

lol..relax guys its only some mickey mouse matches..yes we wanna see asia win but lets just enjoy the spectacle...the batsmen seem to be very careless about playing in this tournament though..

[Jedi Knight]

maiden by Boje

[whyhkk]

this does have implications with the super series teams

[Jedi Knight]

Sanga bowled by Kallis


Goodnight Asia

[Jedi Knight]

96-6 24.4 ovs

[Jedi Knight]

Its going to be interesting to see Steyn bowl to Shoaib later on...

[Jedi Knight]

Come on Razzler

Get the fireworks out

[Khalil]

Its going to be interesting to see Steyn bowl to Shoaib later on...

why ?

[DM]

why ?
Shoaib struck him in the body earlier, apparently making the crowd liven up

[Jedi Knight]

Shoaib bowled 1 beamer and 1 high full toss at him

He wasn't a happy bunny...

[Hydro]

kumble edges it for 4

[Jedi Knight]

kallis bowls a nasty bouncer to Razzaq who gloves it to fine leg

[Hydro]

jedi it was to kumble the bouncer

[Jedi Knight]

Kool

I thought it looked a bit ungainly...

[spongebob]

rotating the strike well here :)

[spongebob]

lets see if they can handle pollock!

[Billy]

Kallis bowling well eh?

That's the first time for a while.

[Shoaib A]

I have a feeling that razzaq will see asia home from here..

[Shoaib A]

batting very cleverly...rotating strike well..

[spongebob]

Pollock bowling his final over. Need to see him out.

[Amjid Javed]

come on razzaq see Asia home and hopefully akthar fireworks with bat later will finish it...!

[spongebob]

They just need to be sensible from here, singles will win it.

[Rob H]

come on razzaq see Asia home and hopefully akthar fireworks with bat later will finish it...!
And if he gets a first ball duck. It'll be the 1st plane home with a back injury

[Amjid Javed]

Asia 149/6 now...

[Tupac]

boo.... afridi is being boring!

no sixes yet... refund the crowd its money

maro maro afridi... smash kallis (best test all rounder in world :))) )
around the park....
good job amjid, afridi gone to kallis

[Rob H]

:ORazzaq's strike rate is under 50. Even Kumble's is higher:O.

[Imran_The Man!]

amazing. Rana doing exceptionally well. :14:

Yup, and Mushy takes 6 wickets today as well!

I donT know what was in that biriyani my sister fed Mushy and Rana when they were round for dinner when Sussex played Hants a couple of week ago; but they've been steam rolling the opposition between them since then ! :19:

(Gotta be a coincidence , but the way the Asia X1 is playing, I think we need to ship some of her Biriyani over to Pak b4 the England tour starts, for the rest of the squad :D)

C'mon Razzak, show them how its done !

[spongebob]

Kumble gone!!!

[Rob H]

This could be a tense finish. 4.86 an over still required. Good game :)

[Imran_The Man!]

Who's in next ?

[spongebob]

Don't think the run rate should be an issue. If they can hang in there, they will make the runs.

[UsmanhailsAfridi]

razzaq...welll he is playing well...but he always takes the single of the first ball...i guess he has lots of trust in his indian friends

[Rob H]

38 from 48 balls with 3 wickets remaining

[Imran_The Man!]

They can do it for barring a stupid shot slection or a bad ump decision

[Imran_The Man!]

Whoops, sorry, double post.

[Rob H]

:20:why didnt you just edit your first post instead of making a new post

[spongebob]

Oh No, Razzaq is out :(

[whyhkk]

razzq out

[Rob H]

ooooooooooooooooooooooooo
a very tense finish now :D
30 off 37 with 2 wickets remaining

[Amjid Javed]

razzaq gone to a pie thrower boje... wow no shock there!

[Imran_The Man!]

B****er Gonna be tight now

[Naz]

Typical of razzaq to never finish things off. He will never be a michael bevan.

[spongebob]

4 from Khan. 24 from 31 required now.

[Gasherbrum]

razzaq gone to a pie thrower boje... wow no shock there!

need to frame this post and hang it on the collective PP wall. he is the highest run scorer for the Asian XI today, but i guess that doesn't count if a pie thrower can get you (specially if the main bowlers who demolished the top order can't).

[whyhkk]

steyn has a chance to give shoaib a beating

[spongebob]

19 from 23. Ooooh it's getting tense now.

[Amjid Javed]

3 for akthar

16 off 22 now

[Rob H]

15 from 21

[Rob H]

15 from 20

[whyhkk]

13 of 19

[Amjid Javed]

12 runs needed off 18 balls

[Rob H]

12 from 18

[Amjid Javed]

looks like zaheer khan and akthar doing buisness with bat and ball!

[Jedi Knight]

massive 6 by shoaib!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Khalil]

12 runs needede

Two sixes can do it

[Rob H]

6666666666666666666666666666 Akhtar

[spongebob]

Whatever the result, this match has turned out to be a tense thriller.

[whyhkk]

nice hit

[Jedi Knight]

Shoaib gone!!!!!!!!!

[Imran_The Man!]

Dammit!

[UsmanhailsAfridi]

typical of shaoib....hit six n get out

[Jedi Knight]

Tight finish now

[Rob H]

Shoaib gone!!!!!!!!!
oooooooooooooooooooooo TENSE :42:

[Rob H]

typical of shaoib....hit six n get out
:)))true

[Jedi Knight]

hmmm... Africa slight favourites here

[DM]

Beautiful By Shoaib!!!

[whyhkk]

dont worry nehra's beauty will scare off the africans

[UsmanhailsAfridi]

ok whose money is on ASIA 11

[spongebob]

never mind shoaib, thanks for the cameo :)

[zaf1986]

6 to get, plenty of time, relax Asia XI you will win it if you are patient...

[Jedi Knight]

single to nehra

5 to win

[spongebob]

I forgot about Nehra, I thought it was going to be Murali.

[DM]

Well played by Akhtar though - contributed well with both bat and ball

[UsmanhailsAfridi]

now the indians are coming to the rescue.....what an irony

[Rob H]

Go Asia
Go Asia
Go Asia
:D

[Jedi Knight]

2 to zaheer

3 to win...

[Rob H]

now the indians are coming to the rescue.....what an irony
makes you sick doesnt it:31:.

[zaf1986]

should do it...

[spongebob]

ooooooh, can't bear to watch!!!

[Imran_The Man!]

C'mon Asia, C'mon!

[Jedi Knight]

Great finish

[UsmanhailsAfridi]

makes you sick doesnt it:31:.


actually it doesn't.....i have no probs with indians.....as long as they aint playing against pakistan.....

[Jedi Knight]

bowled him

[Jedi Knight]

Africa win!!

[UsmanhailsAfridi]

no way....asia lost...haha sleeping africa shows its color and show to the world who is really sleeping

[Jedi Knight]

Steyn bowls him