Africa XI vs Asia XI Official Commentary Thread [5/6/07]

[The Blazer]

Post all updates here.

Shoaib Malik won the toss and decided to bowl first. Africa XI currently 38/2.

 

[infamous9383]

no one is showing it

oh well going have to wait for highlights

 

[The Blazer]

Africans 40/3. Mortaza strikes again!

 

[azfar wali]

43-3 in 9 overs

 

[infamous9383]

blazer, U watching it?

 

[The Blazer]

blazer, U watching it?

Nah, just reading the stuff off cricinfo.

 

[azfar wali]

Abdur Razzak brought into the attack now

 

[infamous9383]

bossman run out

 

[azfar wali]

A Obanda run out

 

[hasbeen]

A Obanda run out

nice avatar

 

[azfar wali]

nice avatar

thanks

 

[sohaib17]

anyone watching it online

 

[The Blazer]

Maharoof strikes. Africa in all sorts of trouble.

 

[infamous9383]

5 wickets down, match should be over pretty quickly now

 

[Amir]

anyone watching it on willow, because i cant get mine to work on willow and it was working in the morning

 

[The Blazer]

5 wickets down, match should be over pretty quickly now

Send in Nazir and Afridi to open!

 

[azfar wali]

Maharoof to Odhiambo, FOUR

 

[azfar wali]

61-5 in 13 overs

 

[infamous9383]

Send in Nazir and Afridi to open!

with Tamim in the squad highly doubt Afridi will open

 

[Amir]

You know Kemp Pllock and Boucher are all in India right now, they should be playing in this. These are just a bunch of no names.

 

[azfar wali]

65/6

 

[azfar wali]

Morne Morkel is the new batsman in

 

[161]

"13.4 Shahid Afridi to Odhiambo, no run, faster one, Odhiambo on the back foot and beaten, Akmal appeals for caught behind but Afridi tells him to stop. Afridi in a new good boy avatar? Hmm"

eh whats this - afridi taking pity on these africans ?

 

[Toony™®]

71/6

i wonder if we will see afridi bat?

 

[infamous9383]

it don't look like the afrikans will get to 100

 

[azfar wali]

Afridi to Bosman, FOUR

 

[161]

71/6

i wonder if we will see afridi bat?

it's a shame afridi is only in the 20/20 squad.

 

[azfar wali]

Afridi to Bosman, SIX

 

[shafin]

Send Afridi and Tamim,please

 

[infamous9383]

looks like they'll get to 100 boom boom getting taste of his own medicine

 

[infamous9383]

another six by loots, afridi got slaughtered in the last over

 

[azfar wali]

S Sreesanth brought back into the attack now

 

[sagar]

You know Kemp Pllock and Boucher are all in India right now, they should be playing in this. These are just a bunch of no names.

Simmer down man. No need to degrade these players. As far as I know names like Afridi, Malik, Nazir and even Sreesanth are not no names. African side, they could have done a little better.

 

[azfar wali]

bosman out

 

[The Blazer]

"13.4 Shahid Afridi to Odhiambo, no run, faster one, Odhiambo on the back foot and beaten, Akmal appeals for caught behind but Afridi tells him to stop. Afridi in a new good boy avatar? Hmm"

eh whats this - afridi taking pity on these africans ?

Don't worry...They've enraged him now. He'd defiantly want to open now!

 

[azfar wali]

Thandi Tshabalala is the new batsman in

 

[JammydodgA]

edit

 

[infamous9383]

bosman fights for Africa but in the end he's out. good innings though

 

[sagar]

Bosman is out caught Akmal bowled Sreesanth after hitting a huge six.

 

[Straight Bat]

whats the latest score>?

 

[the_game]

"Sreesanth to Bosman, OUT, got 'em, short of a length and Bosman goes for the pull but there's an inside edge there and is caught behind, Bosman walks even before the umpire upholds the appeal. Sreesanth is so pumped up that he gets within arms length of Bosman and gives him a mighty stare. As I said earlier ... aggressive say some, highly comical say others. And yes .. this isn't the World Cup final but the Afro-Asia Cup. "

) Sreesanth is such a fool!

 

[infamous9383]

105/7

 

[JammydodgA]

103/7

 

[161]

.4 Sreesanth to Bosman, OUT, got 'em, short of a length and Bosman goes for the pull but there's an inside edge there and is caught behind, Bosman walks even before the umpire upholds the appeal. Sreesanth is so pumped up that he gets within arms length of Bosman and gives him a mighty stare. As I said earlier ... aggressive say some, highly comical say others. And yes .. this isn't the World Cup final but the Afro-Asia Cup.

sreesanth ... what a clown !

what's he think he is facing nel again ?

 

[azfar wali]

Tshabalala out , bowled by afridi

 

[azfar wali]

Tawanda Mupariwa is the new batsman in

 

[161]

afridi gets morkel stumped.

target is 110

 

[azfar wali]

.

 

[azfar wali]

Africa XI 109/9 in 20 overs

 

[161]

afridi gets morkel stumped.

target is 110

or NOT ..


19.6 Shahid Afridi to Morkel, no run, googly that time, Morkel drives but misses, Akmal collects it well and pulls off a stumping. The appeal goes up and the third umpire is called into play. Morkel over-balances and the back foot is in the air while the bails come off. He has to go but the green signal goes off and it's another shocker


indian third umpire i guess

http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/aac2007/content/current/player/35314.html

 

[Osman]

first cricinfo says he is out...... then not out .......

 

[sagar]

That's a little too many runs given away by Asins. They could have got them under 100 easily but the bowlers, specially Afridi gave away too many runs. Eventhough he did get 2 wickets in the last over but was a little too late.

 

[NeVerMind]

Does anyone know the official attendance of this match because they sure ain't watching it on television?

 

[iZeeshan]

What a pathetic score. Nothing for Afridi or Nazir to chase.

 

[sagar]

Boy these umpires don't know what they are doing.

 

[ZM]

2 wides, good ball again, full and that's through the batsman but the umpire calls that a wide. Now that's a shocker. That went between bat and pad, Akmal missed it and they scamper a run as a bye but it's called wide. Shocker
lmao the umpiring must be terrible

 

[cricketisit]

Pakistanis involved in all the wickets

 

[hasbeen]

Pakistanis involved in all the wickets

well they did make up half the team.

 

[tigerPassion]

Pakistanis involved in all the wickets

But Mortaza and Razzak were the only bowlers who gave less than 20 runs.

 

[dinakar]

Pakistanis involved in all the wickets

what about these?

T. Mishra c Abdur Razzak b Mashrafe Mortaza

N. Odhiambo b Abdur Razzak

 

[tigerPassion]

S Sreesanth 4 1 26 2 6.50 (4w)
Mashrafe Mortaza 4 1 17 2 4.25 (1w)
MF Maharoof 4 0 21 1 5.25 (2w)
Abdur Razzak 4 0 12 1 3.00
Shahid Afridi 4 0 31 1 7.75 (2w)

 

[161]

what about these?

T. Mishra c Abdur Razzak b Mashrafe Mortaza

N. Odhiambo b Abdur Razzak

(east) pakistani's

 

[JammydodgA]

what about these?

T. Mishra c Abdur Razzak b Mashrafe Mortaza

N. Odhiambo b Abdur Razzak

pakistanis were on the pitch, weren't they

 

[MCMLXXXII]

Oh its the Bangladeshi Abdur Razzaq? I thought it was the Pakistani Abdul Razzaq!

No wonder I was confused when I read this:

Abdur Razzak to Odhiambo, OUT, swoosh, 100kph that time, good length ball and straight, Odhiambo makes a big mistake by rocking back and trying to cut and is castled. Too quick from Razzaq. Ripper

 

[161]

Oh its the Bangladeshi Abdur Razzaq? I thought it was the Pakistani Abdul Razzaq!

No wonder I was confused when I read this:

lol abdul's been bowling around that pace recently

 

[sagar]

pakistanis were on the pitch, weren't they

Keep in mind, there were only three Pakistanis.

 

[sagar]

Keep in mind, there were only three Pakistanis.

Sorry my mistake, 4 of them.

 

[dinakar]

pakistanis were on the pitch, weren't they

I wonder how Srisanth would have felt in the middle poor boy

 

[shafin]

Does anyone know the official attendance of this match because they sure ain't watching it on television?

The stadium is packed.

 

[JammydodgA]

I wonder how Srisanth would have felt in the middle poor boy

should've felt honoured lol

 

[Usman Chadda]

Nazir goes. Never really looked serious out there

13/1

 

[shafin]

NAzir gone,Akmal in.

 

[corneredtiger92]

links - http://www.pklivecricket.blogspot.com/

http://www.topsamachar.com/live/cricket-live2.php

These two should have been showing the game today, i just cant suss out what is wrong with them, if anyone has a clue please give us a shout.

 

[Osman]

no wonder umpiring has been poor. Check their umpiring records .... last time they umpired was in 2000 and 2002... obviously the ICC wasn't impressed by them hence they only stood in 2 or 3 ODIs

http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/aac2007/content/current/player/35314.html

http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/aac2007/content/current/player/30302.html

 

[MCMLXXXII]

The Asian batting lineup is not that great either. Everyone of them can gift their wickets. I reckon Dilshan will be the anchor of the innings and Malik will finish it off. It all depends on how Ashraful plays.

 

[12thMan]

Asia 19-1 after 2.4
akmal batting who looked LBW last ball

 

[shafin]

no wonder umpiring has been poor. Check their umpiring records .... last time they umpired was in 2000 and 2002... obviously the ICC wasn't impressed by them hence they only stood in 2 or 3 ODIs

http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/aac2007/content/current/player/35314.html

http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/aac2007/content/current/player/30302.html

one of them gave Kumble his 10 wickets.

 

[inzibhai]

haha the overrated imran nazir goes....109 and nothing for him and lala to chase...this is a comp idiot..should be be no where near intl team.....

 

[azfar wali]

3.2 Odhiambo to Iqbal, FOUR

 

[12thMan]

Asia 29-1 after 4 overs - need 81 to win