1st ODI: W.I v S.Afr @ Kingston [8/5/05]

[Rob H]

Sarwan is on 6 off 39. Get him to retire hurt and get in Dwayne Smith who can actually score runs at a fast rate.

 

[Amjid Javed]

top shot by sarwan for 4... off his legs

 

[Waqar's inswinging yorker]

pollock looking poor - sad sight

 

[Rob H]

top shot by sarwan for 4... off his legs

> > Congrats his 1st boundry
Polly's introduction could increase the Run rate for the Windies

 

[Amjid Javed]

shaun pollock getting cained here. simply isnt the bowler he was. on flat tracks like this hes easy pickings.

w.i 69/3 now

 

[Waqar's inswinging yorker]

bowling at 75mph!!!

 

[Amjid Javed]

bowling at 75mph!!!

wow thats fast by indian cricketing standards

 

[Waqar's inswinging yorker]

LOL

 

[Waqar's inswinging yorker]

keeper standing up to pollock again - that must say something to him!

 

[Officer Barbrady]

Dwayne Smith is a talent I hope the Windies won't waste him.

 

[Amjid Javed]

w.i 80/3 of 21 ovrs

 

[Rob H]

Run rate increased to 3.81

 

[Waqar's inswinging yorker]

michael holding perplexed at pollock's decline in pace over past 2 years - weight training is the key he says

 

[Rob H]

i can watch it on Tv again

 

[Waqar's inswinging yorker]

RH - getting dictated by women

 

[Officer Barbrady]

What else does Holding say about Pollock and his decline? He is only 31!

 

[tahaqureshi]

I dont see how someone can lose their pace apart from having an injury or become very old..

 

[Khalil]

Pollock going for 6 runs an over and that not against Gayle and Lara, thats against Sarwan and Chanderpaul

 

[Waqar's inswinging yorker]

he said he was shocked that a guy at 29(2years ago) would begin to decline in pace, blames lack of weight training - also from the test match earlier i recall there was an analysis of his action - seems more front on than usual

 

[Waqar's inswinging yorker]

sarwan - flicks to fine fine third man - keeper standing up which mant 4 was easy

pollock touching 77mph!!

 

[Officer Barbrady]

he said he was shocked that a guy at 29(2years ago) would begin to decline in pace, blames lack of weight training - also from the test match earlier i recall there was an analysis of his action - seems more front on than usual

thanks

He could easily have gone on to 500 or more test wickets given that he was young and wasn't express (and thus not injury prone). Relied on fast-medium plus swing. Not to be!

 

[tahaqureshi]

does it look like he trying hard to get to that speed?

 

[Khalil]

Pollock touching 77 mph. That must be his fastest ever spell

 

[Waqar's inswinging yorker]

taha - he seems like he is trying very hard - should work on the weights

 

[Waqar's inswinging yorker]

graeme smith on to bowl now!

 

[Waqar's inswinging yorker]

the two star all rounders SA used to have in kallis and pollock are in decline with the ball

 

[Amjid Javed]

w.i 110/3 of 26 ovrs

good recovery here... both these two have to bat another 15 overs alteast

 

[Amjid Javed]

geoff boycott doing commentary... shud be intresting listening

 

[Amjid Javed]

226 is par score here

270 is gona be needed more likely!

 

[Amjid Javed]

w.i 120/3

sarwan 38 c`paul 27

 

[Rob H]

Pollock touching 77 mph. That must be his fastest ever spell

 

[Amjid Javed]

w.i 139/3 off 32.3 overs

50 for sarwan

 

[Ilyas]

What WI are showing is Pakistanis will be in for quite a bit of effort. Inzy instead of making statements about Shoaib should start to watch these one-day games.

 

[AT1]

sarwan really a great future prospect

 

[Amjid Javed]

huge six by chanderpaul

w.i 154/3 now

 

[Amjid Javed]

The crab(shiv) seeming to be using alot more bottom hand now in his strokes.

c`paul sweeps and is dropped!

157/3

100 partnership up

 

[Amjid Javed]

4 more for shiv, whips ball of middle stump

simply sublime

 

[Amjid Javed]

shiv gone to ntini! damn!

49 and out

162/4

 

[Amjid Javed]

w.i 164/4

sarwan & dwayne smith batting

 

[Amjid Javed]

w.i 171/4 of 37 ovrs

 

[Amjid Javed]

huge lashed six by sarwan!

w.i 184/4

 

[Rob H]

Sarwan needs to be there til the end if the Windies want to get over 250

 

[Rob H]

190/4 off 40overs

 

[Amjid Javed]

hopefully w.i get 70+ in last 10 ovrs

 

[Rob H]

Well Smith can hit the big sixes

 

[Amjid Javed]

sarwan gone

bowled pollock stumped boucher

 

[Rob H]

Odd dismissal but it happened in South Africa when G Jones stumped Hall off Kabir Ali

 

[Amjid Javed]

pollock now bowling off spin...

 

[Amjid Javed]

w.i 201/5 of 42 ovrs

 

[Rob H]

Windies need to get to 250 minimun

 

[Amjid Javed]

w.i 203/5 off 43 overs

just 2 runs of the over

 

[Amjid Javed]

bravo dropped, next ball smith dropped!

w.i 210/5

 

[Amjid Javed]

woahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

sixxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

what a flying shotttttttt

top shot by smith

w.i 217/5 of 44 ovrs

 

[Rob H]

That was a great shot by Smith. I want MORE

 

[Amjid Javed]

4 more for smith

w.i 224/5

 

[Amjid Javed]

w.i 225/5 of 45 ovrs

 

[Rob H]

Windies could get 260 here if they play the right shots

 

[Rob H]

Smith needs to attack Ntini's last few balls as Ntini is becoming a bit offline

 

[Amjid Javed]

bravo gone gud catch by nel 232/6 of 45.5 ovrs

 

[Rob H]

good catch by Nel there

 

[Amjid Javed]

monster sixxxxxxxxxxx

by smith

 

[Rob H]

monster sixxxxxxxxxxx

by smith

How big was it Amjid i missed it?

 

[Amjid Javed]

monster sixxxxxxxxxxx

by smith

How big was it Amjid i missed it?

did u see 1st one he hit? was almost excat same place! but bigger!

hes gone now clean bowled

 

[Amjid Javed]

w.i 244/8 of 47.5 ovrs

 

[Amjid Javed]

w.i 253/9 of 48.4 ovrs

 

[Amjid Javed]

w.i 253 all out (48.5)

 

[Rob H]

monster sixxxxxxxxxxx

by smith

How big was it Amjid i missed it?

did u see 1st one he hit? was almost excat same place! but bigger!

Saw his 1st one. Must have been a gooden then

 

[Amjid Javed]

watch the highlights... was awesome!

 

[Naz]

Watching this shows just how good an odi team pakistan is. The windies didnt know how to get 2's and 3's through the innings and someone like yoyo would have done that. They couldnt score quickly and effeciently like inzi and shoaib malik. They didnt have the razzaq and afridi power although smith was good. They managed to get bowled out even though the bowling wasnt so great and the bowlers are very slow bowlers apart from ntini and they couldnt get the ball to swing like rana and rao. It just makes me think that rana and rao will be a handful for the windies as they get the ball to banana swing at the start and reverse swing at the end. Cant wait for the series.

 

[Amjid Javed]

dipenaar and smith opening

pedro collins to open with new ball

 

[Officer Barbrady]

Dwayne Smith is a talent I hope the Windies won't waste him.

methinks this guy had a point.

 

[Amjid Javed]

w.i 7/0(3)

 

[Rob H]

13/0

 

[Amjid Javed]

three 4s in four balls...

2 lucky shots... a run glut!

w.i 32/0

 

[Rob H]

43/0

 

[Amjid Javed]

w.i 51/0(10.1) --> crusing here...

 

[Amjid Javed]

S.A 71/0 of 12.4 ovrs

dipenaar hits gayle for huge 6

 

[waheed]

Smith and Dippenear both unbeaten in fifties with century partnership, taking the bowlers on, trying to get as many as they can before rains come...

Well ahead on D/L

 

[Amjid Javed]

S.A 112/0 off 18 overs...

easy peasy stuff

 

[Amjid Javed]

woohooo a wkt for hinds... may the super collapse begin!

s.a 131/1 off 22.2