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Australia v Pakistan | 1st ODI | Brisbane | 22/01/10 | Pakistan Innings

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Afridi played a chancy knock. YK played a chancier knock. Both were valuable to Pakistans cause, Afridi, for upping the run rate, and YK, for making sure the team didnt collapse into a miserable heap.
 
Dr_Bassim said:
The amount of faith you put in Rana in Odi bowling to international sides of late is flabbergasting ... :13:
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For me he is someone who can motivate the team. Inspirational cricketer and hardworking. Not like So so in the field like Razzaq and Shoaib Malik. you know what i mean :)
 
Even a 10 year old would've been able to tell that Ajmal was going to get caught with a fielder on the mid off, as soon as the ball was mis-hit. Anyone even remotely defending Rana's efforts...or lack there of, are fooling themselves.
His and Asif's laughing and smiling after wasting 4 balls is what really pissed me off...not real effort in taking the total to even 280. I was for Rana's inclusion over Gul before this match, but after...not I am really not sure if he's still a useless and a BRAINLESS glorified (that too only in club and county cricket so far) tailender.
 
Well, OK. I just got carried away. :P

Well played by :yk too.

But where are The Haters. :13:

Will we see them online today? :20:
 
Credit must go to Butt also. I thought he'd be defending everything but he really got Pakistan a solid base.
 
saj001 said:
We have enough runs

you guys making me laugh this si no easy wicket , under lights will do a bit and there is bounce , spin
What more do you want?
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Usually when Pakistani batsmen cross 250 on a pitch its a bad sign. Once again i hope i am wrong :D
 
Afridi_Fan said:
Well, OK. I just got carried away. :P

Well played by :yk too.

But where are The Haters. :13:

Will we see them online today? :20:
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Yes they're all ready
Someone said Butt was responsible for Akmals wicket.

yes he did black magic while Watsons started running up.

And the concept of a sheet anchor is apparantly unknown to all of them- because they are blaming YK for playing the decent supporting role that he did.
 
WithLoveFromCanada said:
For me he is someone who can motivate the team. Inspirational cricketer and hardworking. Not like So so in the field like Razzaq and Shoaib Malik. you know what i mean :)
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I might agree on Shoaib Malik but Razzaq is a proven match winner and a great batsmen. What i saw while Rana batting doesnt give me hope ... :(
 
I think its better if we reserve judgement on YKs innings till the end. At the moment it doesn't see a great one on a belter of a pitch but we'll see how good it is when the games done.
 
If it wasn't for Younis Khan holding up one end, while others were mostly throwing it away....we would've all got out in the 40th over. Well played, sir....specially in your first match back after the break.
He and Butt laid the plateform for Afridi to launch. I was actually impressed with Malik rotating the strike well too. Good little innings but he needs to convert this into 50s now.
 
Pakistan defended 250 odd here but thats when they had another beast in the side who destroyed all the batsmen.

:akhtar
 
Sledger said:
I think its better if we reserve judgement on YKs innings till the end. At the moment it doesn't see a great one on a belter of a pitch but we'll see how good it is when the games done.
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If its a belter of a pitch, then we are definitely 20 runs short :13:
 
Dr_Bassim said:
I might agree on Shoaib Malik but Razzaq is a proven match winner and a great batsmen. What i saw while Rana batting doesnt give me hope ... :(
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I meant so so while fielding..you will look at them in the ground running for the ball like they are sleeping somewhere. Whereas you can always notice Rana putting in some effort. He is not the best nor even average fielder i think but he puts his 100%

Rana only got 11 balls today and he scored 8. He only got 4 balls after Afridi got out and he ran out of partners. I think he will come handy in future ODI's but i really think his bowling is the key today.
 
Systematicx0x said:
If it wasn't for Younis Khan holding up one end, while others were mostly throwing it away....we would've all got out in the 40th over. Well played, sir....specially in your first match back after the break.
He and Butt laid the plateform for Afridi to launch. I was actually impressed with Malik rotating the strike well too. Good little innings but he needs to convert this into 50s now.
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Very well said :14: :14: :14:
 
Systematicx0x said:
If it wasn't for Younis Khan holding up one end, while others were mostly throwing it away....we would've all got out in the 40th over. Well played, sir....specially in your first match back after the break.
He and Butt laid the plateform for Afridi to launch. I was actually impressed with Malik rotating the strike well too. Good little innings but he needs to convert this into 50s now.
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Others were getting out trying to score for YK. Umer and Butt were sacrified for YK. I agree that Shoib and Kami had to play rash sooner or later.
 
WithLoveFromCanada said:
I meant so so while fielding..you will look at them in the ground running for the ball like they are sleeping somewhere. Whereas you can always notice Rana putting in some effort. He is not the best nor even average fielder i think but he puts his 100%

Rana only got 11 balls today and he scored 8. He only got 4 balls after Afridi got out and he ran out of partners. I think he will come handy in future ODI's but i really think his bowling is the key today.
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Him and all the others, it would take a combined effort to bowl Australia out. This is not an Abu Dhabi pitch so ... lets see :D
 
Systematicx0x said:
If it wasn't for Younis Khan holding up one end, while others were mostly throwing it away....we would've all got out in the 40th over. Well played, sir....specially in your first match back after the break.
He and Butt laid the plateform for Afridi to launch. I was actually impressed with Malik rotating the strike well too. Good little innings but he needs to convert this into 50s now.
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Wow! A balanced, sensible and reasonable post!?!?! No vitriol against even one of the players? No abuse? No hate for Younis / Yousuf / Malik / Afridi / Butt?!?!?

Are you sure you are a Pakistani?! :))

Should you even be allowed on PP? :P
 
there is a chance that 4 leg bye could be changed and added to afridi's score. That could give him 52 runs. They were saying it on Geo Super.
 
ShehryarK said:
Wow! A balanced, sensible and reasonable post!?!?! No vitriol against even one of the players? No abuse? No hate for Younis / Yousuf / Malik / Afridi / Butt?!?!?

Are you sure you are a Pakistani?! :))

Should you even be allowed on PP? :P
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:))
 
If i have to make an honest assessment, Younis Khan held his head up for most of the match, but he struggled in all of his innings. Most of the batsmen had to play aggressively due to his slow pace.
I am not saying he did wrong or right by playing at that pace.
An objective assessment is he looked horribly out of touch, and was lucky not to get out earlier.

Nevertheless, a useful knock if scratchy most of the time.
 
now that we've got a decent total, watch yousuf give it away in his captaincy. and after the loss he'll just say that australia are number 1 team :moyo
 
ShehryarK said:
Wow! A balanced, sensible and reasonable post!?!?! No vitriol against even one of the players? No abuse? No hate for Younis / Yousuf / Malik / Afridi / Butt?!?!?

Are you sure you are a Pakistani?! :))

Should you even be allowed on PP? :P
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look at yourself, aren't you posting?
 
Dr_Bassim said:
If i have to make an honest assessment, Younis Khan held his head up for most of the match, but he struggled in all of his innings. Most of the batsmen had to play aggressively due to his slow pace.
I am not saying he did wrong or right by playing at that pace.
An objective assessment is he looked horribly out of touch, and was lucky not to get out earlier.

Nevertheless, a useful knock if scratchy most of the time.
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well said
 
Dr_Bassim said:
If i have to make an honest assessment, Younis Khan held his head up for most of the match, but he struggled in all of his innings. Most of the batsmen had to play aggressively due to his slow pace.
I am not saying he did wrong or right by playing at that pace.
An objective assessment is he looked horribly out of touch, and was lucky not to get out earlier.

Nevertheless, a useful knock if scratchy most of the time.
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ponting was dropped on 0 and then got 200. happens, you need luck. everyone's going afridi this and afridi that but he too edged a few.
 
saadjhussain said:
now that we've got a decent total, watch yousuf give it away in his captaincy. and after the loss he'll just say that australia are number 1 team :moyo
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If yousaf gets his field right ( which is as unlikely as Man walking on surface of the sun ) and the bowler bowl pies (all of them) who will be the scapegoat then ? Inti ? Younas ( for his slow batting ?) or another random excuse ??? :13:
 
insaaniyat said:
there is a chance that 4 leg bye could be changed and added to afridi's score. That could give him 52 runs. They were saying it on Geo Super.
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how can you do that after the end of the innings????
 
Dr_Bassim said:
If i have to make an honest assessment, Younis Khan held his head up for most of the match, but he struggled in all of his innings. Most of the batsmen had to play aggressively due to his slow pace.
I am not saying he did wrong or right by playing at that pace.
An objective assessment is he looked horribly out of touch, and was lucky not to get out earlier.

Nevertheless, a useful knock if scratchy most of the time.
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doctor sahab soch samajh ke likhna, idhar YK ke khilaaf kuch bologey to awaam aapke peechhey par jayegi...be careful! :yk
 
Dr_Bassim said:
If yousaf gets his field right ( which is as unlikely as Man walking on surface of the sun ) and the bowler bowl pies (all of them) who will be the scapegoat then ? Inti ? Younas ( for his slow batting ?) or another random excuse ??? :13:
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you started with the word "if", there's nothing else for me to say
 
tauseefm said:
look at yourself, aren't you posting?
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Yeah but often I am in a minority of one since I support all our guys and want them all to succeed, regardless of who they are.. and I like them all...(maybe with the exception of Farhat).
 
WithLoveFromCanada said:
how can you do that after the end of the innings????
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they said when they go back and review the inning, they could. I don't know the rule about it though.
 
ShehryarK said:
Yeah but often I am in a minority of one since I support all our guys and want them all to succeed, regardless of who they are.. and I like them all...(maybe with the exception of Farhat).
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that's is the way we should think. Very well said Shehryar Bhai.
 
saadjhussain said:
ponting was dropped on 0 and then got 200. happens, you need luck. everyone's going afridi this and afridi that but he too edged a few.
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To be honest, Afridi's role was the cameo and pinch-hitter type. He delivered better than we expected
Younas's role was to accumulate runs, perhaps a bit faster, but its not his fault he was out of touch.
But if Younas had started hitting like Afridi coming at no 3 it would have been useless and if Afridi had played watchfully at that position it would have been suicide.
In the end job well done, though i repeat , i feel we are 20 runs short.
 
Dr_Bassim said:
If i have to make an honest assessment, Younis Khan held his head up for most of the match, but he struggled in all of his innings. Most of the batsmen had to play aggressively due to his slow pace.
I am not saying he did wrong or right by playing at that pace.
An objective assessment is he looked horribly out of touch, and was lucky not to get out earlier..
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Which is logical and understandable. He hasn't done any batting at international level for almost three months! This was his first knock in these different conditions, no warm-up, no nothing. And his non-selection was the fault of the PCB, NOT of YK or Yousuf who both wanted him to play in the second Test.

You are right though - a very useful knock, but not a brilliantly fluent one.
 
Nice of Yousuf to let Asif bowl first instead of Ranadinho. Let them get comfortable before we unleash our weapon of Aus destruction from the other end
 
Big Mac said:
Nice of Yousuf to let Asif bowl first instead of Ranadinho. Let them get comfortable before we unleash our weapon of Aus destruction from the other end
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Surely the king of swing should open at the other end? :aamir
 
Big Mac said:
Nice of Yousuf to let Asif bowl first instead of Ranadinho. Let them get comfortable before we unleash our weapon of Aus destruction from the other end
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Afridi suggested him to do so:)
 
Aamer bowling from the other end, give Ranadinho the new ball ffs. He's our best swing bowler
 
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