CT 2009 | Semi Final 2| 3/10/09 | Pakistan V New Zealand | Wanderers | NZ Innings

[hashman]

It is a must for the boys to give a single a ball....That Sitter by YK nd Rana has ended Champions Trophy 2009 for Pakistan. Wont have to stay up till 7am on Monday i guess is d only upside.

 

[Mohsin]

Oh well it was nice whilst it lasted

 

[Muzy]

rana has just given nz the perfect gift for xmas

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

4 more, Pakistan just can't win at the wanderers...

 

[pak4life]

lol better start making new plans for Monday

 

[pakistani]

thats how u use a Power Play

 

[UP]

Unfortunately, Pakistan has to head back home now.

 

[Khabri420]

Thank you for dropping that catch YK, clearly has proven expensive

 

[On_the_up]

Congratulations Australia for winning the CT again.

 

[Gollum]

I was really looking forward to the final...oh well....

 

[Jive Jive Pakistan]

umar gul getting cleaned

 

[GamBiTT]

MOM Elliot!

 

[Salazar]

game over

 

[Osman]

all over

 

[LG]

Guys this match is over. Any team would make 28 runs off 30 balls with 6 wickets!

Except Pakistan. :kamran

 

[UP]

666666

 

[shane]

Pakistan looking for a miracle now. They do deserve to lose though. NZ have just been much better.

 

[abcanada]

the curse of wanderers

 

[Inswinger]

Hit the blockhole

 

[hashman]

2 fours in a row..

 

[Bailan]

the height of captain's stupiditty cannot be overlooked ... giving rana the ball.

the man would only be good if an over had 4 balls ... because the rest of the 2 he throws are pies.

damn him

 

[On_the_up]

Elliott making the pain quick

 

[Saj]

Gul bowling length deliveries, instead of yorkers. Poor bowling.

 

[Gollum]

Just a thrashing now in the end...

 

[godzilla]

three half volleys served up by gul. nice.

 

[Osman]

Younis Khan you dropped the Champions Trophy

 

[khilari]

Good luck New Zealand in the finals ... totally deserved the victory

 

[Gollum]

Gul bowling length deliveries, instead of yorkers. Poor bowling.

To put it very very mildly...

 

[shabbu1]

Gul is good for T20 only. How people think he is better than Asif is beyond me

 

[Inswinger]

Match over.

 

[abcanada]

Gameeeeeeeeeeee Over

 

[PB]

Good, No fight whatsoever, good stupid team,

 

[Sparhawk]

And this is a good time to mention.. this is why yousuf's knock was so bad for us. Regardless of the 4 wickets down you cant make 45 at a strike rate of 57 in a freaking SEMI FINAL

He needs to be thrown out of the team, hes just an old guy with an old mentality now

 

[who_dares]

Has Rana cost us the game?

What about captain khan dropping the CATCH or match? issed:

 

[MIB]

All set AUS vs NZ final!

 

[Amjid Javed]

Elliott finishing game in style.

 

[desidudecool]

233 is hard to defend ..its not the 1980s dude...whats intikhab alam thinking

 

[On_the_up]

People leaving the ground

 

[Khabri420]

This isn't fair. NZ had 12 players on their team (11 + YK).

 

[slix10]

Well looks like theyre in a hurry

Congrats NZ

 

[hashman]

Time to go to sleep.....2 mins and it should be game over

 

[Salazar]

It's over.. Australia win the CT

 

[Gollum]

Gul is good for T20 only.

I'm not sure of that any more...

 

[Savak]

By giving away easy singles, the Pak team just took it for granted that Elliot and Vettori will not manage to hit a single 4 or a 6.

 

[Inswinger]

Congratulations to the Aussies.

 

[abcanada]

i think this is first time we have lost to NZ in Semis

 

[umerz]

goodness me...Nz has never won wc semi final against us in WC and we are not going to win ICC trophy sf aganist them

 

[UP]

Rana and Younis should be blamed for this loss.

 

[Uzzy]

This was a belter of a pitch and our batsman couldn't score runs on it. And Yousuf, he literally sucked the life out of the innings. What was he doing?? Yes others played slow aswell but Yousuf does this time again. Retards.

 

[shane]

Younis Khan you dropped the Champions Trophy

First thought that came to mind when i saw the drop. I feel bad for him though, he has just had a poor series.

 

[LG]

Younis Khan !!!

No Asif and no bowling first, he would have tore them apart for 200 and pakistan would have no pressure chasing...

All hindsight. There were things that could have been done much more easily that weren't done. It's those things that lost Pakistan the match.

 

[Gollum]

The crowd is going home...that sucks...

 

[On_the_up]

What about captain khan dropping the CATCH or match? issed:

The match wasn't lost by YK or Rana, it was due to the fact we didn't get enough runs as a team, the top order is to blame once again.

 

[Mohsin]

Embarrassing end

Younus drops a sitter and smiles about it
Rana invites the fat lady to the ground personally
and now this pathetic 'bowling'

 

[abcanada]

i think PAK was over-confident in this game

 

[Salazar]

i think this is first time we have lost to NZ in Semis

WE did so in Champions Trophy in 2000 I think

 

[Muzy]

credit goes to the umpires for helping us loose yeh well done im sure you'll be awarded extras in ICC awards again

 

[Gollum]

Rana and Younis should be blamed for this loss.

MoYo and Afridi are equally to blame...

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

We will need to get a new Avatar for Younis dropping the CT

 

[On_the_up]

Fat lady singing in full voice

 

[UP]

i think this is first time we have lost to NZ in Semis

We lost to NZ in 2000 CT in Kenya. I don't know if it was semi final or no but we were knocked out because of that defeat.

 

[who_dares]

just imagine how indian media gona react to our exit??

 

[GLORY OF '92]

Terrible batting has cost us.

 

[Mohsin]

i think this is first time we have lost to NZ in Semis

Second, we lost to them in 2000 CT semi-final also

 

[DarkRival]

By giving away easy singles, the Pak team just took it for granted that Elliot and Vettori will not manage to hit a single 4 or a 6.

Maybe they were counting on Gul or Rana to deliver at the end.

 

[Momo]

Anybody's game.

 

[pakistani]

Rana and Younis should be blamed for this loss.

every1 should be blamed except ajmal and aamir

 

[On_the_up]

11 from 23 req

 

[Maula Jutt]

It is totally our batting line's fault. Nothing to do with our bowlers. They gave their best. But we cant keep depending on the bowlers everytime to rescue us.

 

[Gollum]

Topic for another thread, but I don't think YK should be leading Pakistan for 2011 WC...

 

[The_Cricket_Devil]

We lost to NZ in 2000 CT in Kenya. I don't know if it was semi final or no but we were knocked out because of that defeat.

You are correct, only SF we have ever lost to NZ before this was CT 2000. In fact, NZ went on to win that one

 

[Veteran]

i think this is first time we have lost to NZ in Semis

Took them too lightly. They should not be underestimated. Poor show from Pakistan.

 

[abcanada]

Good use of PP by Vettori......... something to learn from here.

 

[Inswinger]

 

[Salazar]

every1 should be blamed except ajmal and aamir

Agree with this

 

[On_the_up]

Ajmal on to bowl

 

[desidudecool]

its not the 1970s or 80s ..233 is nothing nowadays on a good wicket even with a good bowling attack

 

[saqeeb90]

we lost the game...
by putting not asif in was big big mistake...
pa

 

[filosofee]

NZ did their homework against Pakistan. Pakistan unfortunately it appears just felt they had to turn up and victory would be theirs.

And Pakistan didn't do their research; they'd lost 6 of their previous seven matches at this ground. Now it's 7 out of 8.

 

[UP]

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