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India v Pakistan | 1st Test | Delhi | 22/11/07 | Day 1

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Desi said:
lol when waqar is commenting, guaranteed entertainment (idk if this is good or bad, you slap yourself laughing so hard)
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Waqar actually talks more technical stuff about cricket
 
Really been disappointed by Pak today. No intensity and very tentative. Look at the way Akmal got out. Stranded in the crease to a full length ball. We need some aggression. Take a stride, get on front foot and hit them right over the bowler's head! Come on, where has the aggression all of a sudden gone?
 
Waqar is doing his duty in the Neo Sports studio during breaks, with his gelled hair giving him a Mafioso look....
 
Misbah's retaded sweeps against Bhaji will cost him ... he needs to stop with that
 
overlord said:
Misbah's retaded sweeps against Bhaji will cost him ... he needs to stop with that
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Trust me, I will be super mad if he gets out doing that.
 
Virat Kohali, Akash Chopra, Shikar Dhwan and Chateshwar Pujara have made easy on this ground in recent past. Dinesh Karthik and Ganguly will be impressive apart from Rahul and Laxman in Indian innings.
 
Tanvir goes! lbw off Harbhajan. Bit unfortunate i would say. Pitched slightly outside the leg stump. First Umpiriing miss. From Doctrove.
 
I thought i saw an inside edge, and it may have pitched outside leg stump.
 
Indians helping misbah by putting a leg slip ... atleast that will stop the retard sweeps
 
Tanvir out LBW Harbhajan. maybe unlucky as the ball might have pitched outside leg
 
I wonder when peopel will realize Tanvir is not an all rounder. Even though that was otuslide leg stump, it was such a poor way to play the balll....absolutley elementary.
 
I can't believe Tanvir basically walked on that. The ball pitched outside leg!
 
The tail and misbah should play their shots now. Get some momentum on our side.
 
that was the ball, Tanvir should have played on a front foot, where as some previous ones, were playable at the back foot.
 
I'm expecting a semi tail ender revolt here, Sami has proved he can hang around. were still looking at 200 max though.
 
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Lets see Shoaib maliks body language in the field with a duck I think he will go defensive from the start
 
Quite embarrassing stuff from the pakistani batsmen. I am not watching the game, is the pitch really this bad?
 
Imy said:
Lets see Shoaib maliks body language in the field with a duck I think he will go defensive from the start
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Malik didn't even want to bat!

Also horrible shot from Shoaib! Yuck.
 
Amir said:
I wonder when peopel will realize Tanvir is not an all rounder. Even though that was otuslide leg stump, it was such a poor way to play the balll....absolutley elementary.
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I guess I have to believe you on that. This was his chance to be the hero but he missed it again.
 
waqar_ahmad said:
Quite embarrassing stuff from the pakistani batsmen. I am not watching the game, is the pitch really this bad?
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Not the pitch, the batsman are.
 
comentators need to stfu ...

first they say you gotta take risks ... then when shoaib does ... they point to the scorecard.

they gotta pick their a side and stick to it, not switch it after each bowl is bowled
 
Paksitan team seems to have no confidence really most of them are getting bowled to straight shots
 
We cant bat but we can sure dance with indian actors
 
Even if we get to 200 somehow, we will still be catching up quite a lot in the next four days. You cannot expect to win tests if you get bunlded out for 200 on the first day
 
Imy said:
Paksitan team seems to have no confidence really most of them are getting bowled to straight shots
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Actually the ball is keeping low ... very low, it will hard for the indians to bat on this, so long as we bowl decently
 
Well whatever happens from here - this has been a gutless performance from the batsman. Just awful. They have no intent and no aggression.
 
waqar_ahmad said:
Quite embarrassing stuff from the pakistani batsmen. I am not watching the game, is the pitch really this bad?
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watching it from very first ball and as a neutral fan- NO. this Firoz Shah Kotla stadium is always provides turn in 3rd or 4th day.......weather played a bad part though for Pakistan....very hazy,low light.....as I'm writing Shoaib akhtar gone...wild swing of bat.......8 down.......it's more like lack of onfidence and poor shot selection through the entire innings!

Pak 142/8
 
overlord said:
Actually the ball is keeping low ... very low, it will hard for the indians to bat on this, so long as we bowl decently
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Yeah um aha. But it's not a 150 all out pitch!
 
Zohiab 200 will be a very poor score honestly this is a 350 pitch minimum, There is some movement and variable bounce but not much you have to play straight thats all and not get cute and try to cut
 
The innings defeat is on, what a shambolic batting performance, we have been playing catch up all throughout this tour, we are going on the same lines of a certain England football team and being led by the asian version of a McClaren, and we all know how that is going to end.
 
So does everyone agree now that Afridi should have been in the side. Or do you like getting bowled out for 150?

Also in response to OZ, a bowling average of 33 is disastrous (Kaneria).
 
Imy said:
Zohiab 200 will be a very poor score honestly this is a 350 pitch minimum, There is some movement and variable bounce but not much you have to play straight thats all and not get cute and try to cut
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Hey at the condition were in 200 plus is good for me. Anything below that means were died.
 
Usman Sahib said:
Even if we get to 200 somehow, we will still be catching up quite a lot in the next four days. You cannot expect to win tests if you get bunlded out for 200 on the first day
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well if they have to play catch up, then play it. Show some fight in the field. Then put in the hard work when you bat again.

Test cricket is all about wrestling back the advatage over time. It never happens instantly. But you have to work hard and show some resolve. Not just throw in the towel.
 
We rely on Younis and Yusuf too much these guys cant deliver all the time, Shoaib, and our opners have to deliver some time and not in dead rubbers
 
Misbah has to hit out now. No point playing defensively with only two tail-enders left. Really missing Inzi here
 
3 wickets in the first session
5 wickets in the second session

there's no positive spin on that!
 
aussiecricketer said:
So does everyone agree now that Afridi should have been in the side. Or do you like getting bowled out for 150?

Also in response to OZ, a bowling average of 33 is disastrous (Kaneria).
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Nope.

Good riddance.
 
At 142/8 Pakistan are doomed!!!!!!

i dont even think they will get 200

pathetic performance
 
no point poking around and letting the pitch settle. might aswell get bowled and see if we can do better with the bowl! (whille the pitch is still fresh)
 
1st of all Shoaib is not sure about his place in final test 11 for pak team and adding insult to the injury our openers always let the team down.. i dont remember the last time i saw 100-0 score card for pak team.even then we r ignoring Khalid Latif and Khurram Manzoor
Khurram Shehzad the under 19 guy is also knocking at the door.
Akhtar will get unfit after bowling too many overs as is done to Asif and GUL by our great captain Malik.These guys r simply use fast bowlers like donkeys and then they complain that they themselves that they can't bowl off sipin more then 10 overs due to pain in the shoulders...
I feel sorry for fast bowlers in pak team
 
Well throughout this tour the indians have shown that they have their homework on our squad and that they have planned for each and every batsman. I honestly feel that they are a much better team than us because not only do they have the talent and abilities in the field but they also learn from their mistakes and are a hundred times mentally tougher than our guys in the field. Even the victories that we have had on this tour, the indians have atleast gone down fighting.

I fear the worst for Malik. He has to quickly develop the tactical acumen and feel for the job because it is unrealistic to expect him to lead from the front with the bat all the time. He is going to face hell not only if we lose this series but because we have Australia coming next and that series is going to be a foregone conclusion.
 
buntylover_2000 said:
1st of all Shoaib is not sure about his place in final test 11 for pak team and adding insult to the injury our openers always let the team down.. i dont remember the last time i saw 100-0 score card for pak team.even then we r ignoring Khalid Latif and Khurram Manzoor
Khurram Shehzad the under 19 guy is also knocking at the door.
Akhtar will get unfit after bowling too many overs as is done to Asif and GUL by our great captain Malik.These guys r simply use fast bowlers like donkeys and then they complain that they themselves that they can't bowl off sipin more then 10 overs due to pain in the shoulders...
I feel sorry for fast bowlers in pak team
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Mate it doesnt matter even if we get of to a 100-0 start. Our team is so short of guts and mental toughness, i have noticed everytime we get of to a good start, the middle and lower order collapses. Never expect a consistent performance from this team.
 
I know conditions have been condusive to seam bowling, but our batting performance has been abysmal.
 
This pitch is for the grafters as it always had been in Delhi. That means No booming drives like Hameed, Akhtar and YK(well he was stupid I would say.. hooking at 15/1 with eyes closed knowing India only has 2 bowlers who are going away soon..). Butt was trying to play it down the thirdman.. without knowing the bounce, pace of the pitch to a ball coming in. Only Yousuf made a genuine mistake though I believe He should been more attacking to Ganguly and force Kumble to change his game plan. He just let Ganguly keep bowling on his stumps far too long.

Akmal should have expected the faster one considering Kumle just opened his shoulder by letting him cut the ball. Ball had opespin on purpose and was faster one. Akmal wanted to cut but knew very soon that he cant do anything about it and didnt have time to change his shot, saw him getting bowled..

Well Tanvir is a no 10-11 type batsman I would say.. I have never seen him playing a shot in offside..

Had Misbah shown the aggression he is showing now an hr back, Pakistan would be 160/4 at worst. He just brought all the bowlers in form. Perfect line, perfect lenght with no surprises from batsmen and plenty of time to calibrate things in between.. I am not sure he reads match situations right.. He started far too late in his attack again India in T20 matches and became a hero because it looked he changed the situations from no-hopes but look at it this way, he played a good part in creating that situation too.. He just got too gears. First and Fourth..
 
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