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2 consecutive 4s off Zaheer by Odoyo! It will be so cool if they pull the run chase off. At one point it didn't even look like they were going to get 100!
 
Pollock on 85, his highest score in ODIs. Here's hoping he makes it to his maiden ODI century!
 
Can someone who is watching the game (and has seen Asif bowl in last few games )tell me about what change of action is happening in Asif's action? In cricinfo Commentry he has bowled quite a few balls with some sorta chage of action so i am curious about that!
 
12 runs off the over and Poolock needs only 6 runs more for his century! Go Pollock!!!
 
Oh boy, this is turning out be a great match. Props to Pollock for trying his best and so far has been successful.
 
Pollock's innings remind me of that amazing Michael Bevan innings where ROTW were playing Best of Asia me thinks and he came so close in winning that match single handley while chasing a huge score.
 
Waqar's inswinging yorker said:
asif ends with 10-0-57-3.

Useful performance!! did his damage early on!!
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I see the point now of why Inzy/Malik tend to bowl him out early on.
 
Congratulations to Pollock for some great stuff.
 
Waqar's inswinging yorker said:
needs to work on his bowling at the death
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Guys he is only a young guy. Gotta give him some break. With experience, comes the greatness. Even Glenn Magrath wasn't as good as he became in his early years.
 
Waqar's inswinging yorker said:
last ball of the over - ODOYO launches yuvi for a huge 6!!
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I was just saying good over so far so somebody needs to hit a 6 and Odoyo complied!
 
sagar said:
Guys he is only a young guy. Gotta give him some break. With experience, comes the greatness. Even Glenn Magrath wasn't as good as he became in his early years.
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dude, just highlighting this point...nothing against Asif whom i believe will the best bowler around in 2-3 years time.
 
NeVerMind said:
dude, just highlighting this point...nothing against Asif whom i believe will the best bowler around in 2-3 years time.
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Dude, why always highlight the weakness. Why not his strong points or when he does do something good. This is called negative journalism. I know this is not real journalism but come on, how many times you guys point out all the good things he does?
 
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sagar said:
Dude, why always highlight the weakness. Why not his strong points or when he does do something good. This is called negativejournalism. I know this is not real journalism but come on, how many times you guys point out all the good things he does?
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Dude, I keep calling Asif the best thing since slice bread (unless that happens to be Dawn Bread!). Just noted this weakness today and something he can work on to improve. Hell, I was defending Asif against the idiot who was calling asif a test bowler only...
 
NeVerMind said:
Dude, I keep calling Asif the best thing since slice bread (unless that happens to be Dawn Bread!). Just noted this weakness today and something he can work on to improve. Hell, I was defending Asif against the idiot who was calling asif a test bowler only...
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Fair enough. No hard feelings eh.
 
45.2 Mortaza to Pollock, FOUR!!, full and straigt on the stumps, Pollock shows the full face of the bat and smacks it over the head of the bowler, straight down the ground for four, stunner of a shot that!!!
 
sagar said:
Fair enough. No hard feelings eh.
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Nope if you offer me some Dawn bread with some Multani halwa;) (Unless you remember that Inzy Dawn bread ad, you won't get it...)
 
And the boundaries keep coming. They might end up losing by only 10-15 runs, you know?
 
NeVerMind said:
Nope if you offer me some Dawn bread with some Multani halwa;) (Unless you remember that Inzy Dawn bread ad, you won't get it...)
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I would if I was in Pakistan but unfortunately and fortunately I am Toronto.
 
sagar said:
I would if I was in Pakistan but unfortunately and fortunately I am Toronto.
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Well it was a long time ago...somewhere between 89-91...man, I am old...
 
NeVerMind said:
Well it was a long time ago...somewhere between 89-91...man, I am old...
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I was there then but never had it.
 
sagar said:
I was there then but never had it.
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Well you missed a treat;)
(Btw the ad went something like this with Inzy saying that when he is away on tours in forgetn countires there are two things he misses the most...Multani halwa and Dawn bread!)
 
NeVerMind said:
Well you missed a treat;)
(Btw the ad went something like this with Inzy saying that when he is away on tours in forgetn countires there are two things he misses the most...Multani halwa and Dawn bread!)
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When did you say this ad was shown?
 
Outstanding knock by Pollock! Awesome catch from YOusaf! :P
 
Well that was fun while it lasted...respect to Pollock for an outsatnding innings...maybe he should consider playing purely as a batsman for South Africa, eh?
 
NeVerMind said:
Well I lived in Pakistan between 89-92 so it has to be then...Don't remember it?
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It must be after th World Cup because before that, Inxi wasn't even popular.
 
sagar said:
It must be after th World Cup because before that, Inxi wasn't even popular.
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You are right, nobody knew him before that...must have been after the 92 WC and Dawn bread must have signed him immediately after that...
 
NeVerMind said:
Well that was fun while it lasted...respect to Pollock for an outsatnding innings...maybe he should consider playing purely as a batsman for South Africa, eh?
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Absolutely right. But then again, this is Afro-Asia cup and no player takes it vey serious. Nothing to take away from Pollock. He probably played the best knock his career. Congratulations to Pollock on hi great great great performance. I wasn't even watching it on tv but I still enjoyed it watching on cricinfo.
 
NeVerMind said:
You are right, nobody knew him before that...must have been after the 92 WC and Dawn bread must have signed him immediately after that...
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Well, next when come to Pakistan, I'll make sure to contact you to get me some Multani Halwa. I at least know where to get the dawn bread from. Unless they don't make it anymore.
 
sagar said:
Absolutely right. But then again, this is Afro-Asia cup and no player takes it vey serious. Nothing to take away from Pollock. He probably played the best knock his career. Congratulations to Pollock on hi great great great performance. I wasn't even watching it on tv but I still enjoyed it watching on cricinfo.
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Same here, just kept refreshing page after page on Cricinfo...hopes this innings makes it to youtube...
 
NeVerMind said:
Same here, just kept refreshing page after page on Cricinfo...hopes this innings makes it to youtube...
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I bet it will although I am not a big youtube fan.
 
a bit off topic
well i was watching some news on espn indian tv after the match and there were some news on it and they were telling irfan going to kent ..guess what they called him "barora express"
hahahah :)))
 
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