Australia (204/8) beat Pakistan (203) by 2 wickets in a low-scoring thriller in the first ODI

[Shafi]

it was luck bro. Catch got dropped. Some sloppy fielding. A complete package o lose a game.

It happens all the time. Our players are timid and have lack of skill.

 

[emranabbas]

Tired of hearing all these luck talks as if Australia own luck. Australia played poorly but they are still better than us. No team will bear players like Shafiq, Saim, Husnain, Babar.... all the time. You are bound to loose. If Australia play their natural game they will win by 6-0. Next matches Australia will come much harder and crushed these lalloo players.

There was nothing lucky about it, half of these people didn’t even watch the match and are just basing their opinions on the scorecard.

I watched the first half, and it was clear Australia wasn’t taking Pakistan seriously after those first four wickets. They were just toying around and treating it like a warm-up game.

 

[Shafi]

There was nothing lucky about it, half of these people didn’t even watch the match and are just basing their opinions on the scorecard.

I watched the first half, and it was clear Australia wasn’t taking Pakistan seriously after those first four wickets. They were just toying around and treating it like a warm-up game.

Exactly!!! Even WI team can do better job than these players.

 

[Shoaib Akhtar 100 MPH]

A missed opportunity to win this opening ODI but it was good to see the fight, pace and aggression return which was much needed and over due.

Credit to Naseem and Shaheen with the Bat to get us past 200 after the batters were a let down.

Irfan s run out was a turning point as a 250 score would of won us the game.

Irfan s dropped catch of inglis on 11 or 12 has cost us this low scoring encounter ultimately.

Those extra 30 odd runs won the game for the aussies.

I called it before the game that fielding and catching will ultimately be a deciding factor and it proved to be the difference in the end.