India v Pakistan | 1st ODI | Guwahati | 5/11/07 [Pak Inngs]

[inzibhai]

ok guys...here we go...

pakistan won the toss and we will bat first....

Viru,Sreesanth left out for india.....

more to come about pak team..

 

[Matic]

The early morning factor may assist some seam bowling early on. Fragile openers better watch out.

 

[inzibhai]

right decision according to some indian expert...they think its a positive move....dont think about what might happen later, go with whats there now.....well said..

 

[Bobaran]

Team News:

Pakistan 1 Kamran Akmal (wk), 2 Salman Butt, 3 Younis Khan, 4 Mohammad Yousuf, 5 Misbah-ul-Haq, 6 Shoaib Malik (capt), 7 Shahid Afridi, 8 Umar Gul, 9 Rao Iftikhar Anjum, 10 Abdur Rehman, 11 Shoaib Akhtar.

Vs.

India 1 Sachin Tendulkar, 2 Sourav Ganguly, 3 Gautam Gambhir, 4 Yuvraj Singh, 5 Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt & wk), 6 Robin Uthappa, 7 Irfan Pathan, 8 Murali Kartik, 9 Harbhajan Singh, 10 Zaheer Khan, 11 RP Singh

 

[12thMan]

Malik said that they would open with Kamran Akmal and Salman Butt. They are playing only four specialist bowlers in Shoaib Akhtar, Umar Gul, Rao Iftikhar and Abdur Rehman. Shahid Afirdi and Malik will fill in the remaining overs.

 

[inzibhai]

Malik said that they would open with Kamran Akmal and Salman Butt. They are playing only four specialist bowlers in Shoaib Akhtar, Umar Gul, Rao Iftikhar and Abdur Rehman. Shahid Afirdi and Malik will fill in the remaining overs


thats from crapinfo.....ok guys so what is Shahid Afridi?

 

[Matic]

I'm glad Abdur Rehman is in the XI, good dry pitch should help him turn it well.

 

[Matic]

Isn't SHOAIB MALIK's avg at the NO. 3 position vs India around 60s? He's solid against the Indian's.

 

[BAADSHAH]

i hope the openers get at least into double figures for the 1st wicket stand!!!

 

[161]

batting looks WEAK.

we should have played fawad over afridi or rehman.

 

[UsmanhailsAfridi]

what...win toss and bat...i thought they would ball....WHY?

 

[inzibhai]

oh dear we have to listen to arund ****.....

 

[12thMan]

Arun Lal is in Da House

 

[iZeeshan]

Shouldn't they have "balled"?

 

[from_da_lost_dim3nsion]

fudge,my stream is zee sports ! crap crap ! freakin arun lal !

 

[W63L35]

Pitch report.....
Bruce Yardley and Kirti Azad saying....win the toss and bat.
This is what Malik did!

May help bowlers in the 2ndd innings.

 

[iZeeshan]

Any links guys? I am a poor, poor man...

 

[from_da_lost_dim3nsion]

so pak is btting first ?

 

[UsmanhailsAfridi]

3 left arm seamers for india...i think Pakistan missed a trick keeping out Tanvir...Indians whould have troubled against him

 

[Muzy]

oh crap i missed the toss noooooooooooo

 

[from_da_lost_dim3nsion]

isnt the pitch supposed to help bowlers in the morning ?

 

[Matic]

Dhoni said at the toss that he was unsure of how the pitch would play later on, and that the fading light in the evening was also a concern.

 

[inzibhai]

dhoni is not sure about the pitch or is he just making the excuse? seems like he would have batted first too but he doesn't want to say it..

 

[UsmanhailsAfridi]

dhoni finally shakes hands with malik

 

[Oxy]

oh crap i missed the toss noooooooooooo

If you are watching on Sky - they werent on at the time - same with ARY

 

[iZeeshan]

So who's got some links for this game?

 

[Oxy]

ARY picture quality - SHOCKING as usual....so I'll turn over to SKY SPORTS

 

[cricketcrazy]

any link please?

 

[12thMan]

oh crap i missed the toss noooooooooooo

Zee just showed the toss which took place 15-20 min ago

 

[Oxy]

Kamran Akmal just edged his practice shot....

 

[Pathan007]

that's stupid. should've bowled. also indians r very good at chasing.

 

[inzibhai]

these experts dont know pakistan playing with 6 bowlers.....since when did Afridi become a batsmen? or these people haven't seen Rehman bowl be4?

 

[Matic]

I'm off to watch, have a good one guys.

 

[Oxy]

Guys - can we not continually ask for LINKS on this commentary thread? Thanks

 

[Lightning]

Pak certainly have a tough choice in seam department. Shoaib and Gul are a must with new ball. Then you have Rao who's in great form and Tanvir who has great potential. Tough choice but I think Pak have made the right decision for now.

 

[BAADSHAH]

sky sports zindabad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[smoothcriminal]

yeah my stream in zee sports is also crap, hate it.

 

[Oxy]

sky sports zindabad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm comparing SS with ARY - a million miles apart!

 

[Asim2Good]

we should have bowl first.
first hour will help bowlers and our openers may not survive that

 

[the true passionist]

batting looks WEAK.

we should have played fawad over afridi or rehman.

that's right if you discount the openers..and Afridi who is more likely to fail than score..the batting is left to Moyo, Younis and Malik.

At least one of them get's a 100 and the other scoring 50s.

 

[Oxy]

Massive WIDE TO START OFF

 

[Oxy]

Wide not given....

 

[BAADSHAH]

ball swingin early on

 

[W63L35]

Massive WIDE TO START OFF

You are up? How did you sneek out?

 

[BAADSHAH]

4444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444

 

[inzibhai]

44444444444444444444

 

[iZeeshan]

Has the match started?

 

[Oxy]

Butt gets a boundary!

4-0 off 3 balls

 

[inzibhai]

wide....Zak is not going get away with this one...

 

[Oxy]

HUGE WIDE!

Gould gives this one

5-0 off 0.3

 

[W63L35]

44444444444444

 

[12thMan]

Arun Lal saying umpire Sheeba had a decent series against Australia

four by Butt

 

[Oxy]

Zaheer all over the shop.

Another 2 to Butt

7-0 off 0.4

 

[tauseefm]

any link for the match guyz?...

anyways, nice start by S Butt.

 

[Oxy]

LOW BOUNCE...

Good decision to bat by Malik?

 

[Genghis]

first boundary to butt!!!

 

[Oxy]

Jeez! Another boundary to Butt

11-0 off 1 over

T20 form for Sallu!

 

[inzibhai]

Butt clearly look the best opening batsmen we have....where is the mentally retard Imran Nazir...he should be sent back to clean Lahore railway station.........

44444444444444444

 

[Oxy]

Gross graphics being used....

 

[12thMan]

low bounce already and a four by Butt
Pak 11-0 after 1 over

 

[WasimG]

Go BUTT!!

Imran should've opened with him. Indians remember what he did to them in the twenty20 final.

 

[Oxy]

RIP singh into ball

Solid defence by Kami

 

[Genghis]

Butt really likes playing in India doesn't he?

 

[inzibhai]

shout for lbw...

 

[Oxy]

Poor shot by Kami.

Hit on the pad - wild shot really

 

[inzibhai]

4444444444444444 by kami...nice shot..

 

[Oxy]

Kami gets 4 - square drive

15-0

 

[Oxy]

Struck on the pad - RP all over the place like ZK

 

[WasimG]

"What happened?" my bro asked from the kitchen. "If the crowd is quiet you know its a boundary" I replied to him.

 

[Oxy]

Thats it Kami - body behind the ball.

 

[Oxy]

PAk team looking very calm & relaxed

 

[Oxy]

16-0 off 2 overs.

No ad breaks - I love you Sky SPorts....

 

[Oxy]

Kami chases a VERY WIDE one of ZK - Poor shot. Lucky not to edge it

 

[inzibhai]

4444444444444 best opening partnership for pakistan in ages....

 

[Oxy]

Shot of the morning! Silky smooth square drive for 4

 

[WasimG]

Ok good news: Kartik is playing!

Even better news: Bhajji is playing!

Good going by our openers.

 

[Oxy]

20-0 off 2.4

Crowd are SILENCED already!!!

 

[Oxy]

Guided through to 3rd man - single to Kami

 

[Oxy]

21-0 off 3 overs.

Good start.

 

[Genghis]

going nicely at 7 rpo