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India v Pakistan | 2nd Test | Kolkata | 30/11/07 | Day 1

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First session to India but there can still be a fightback. We had the same bowling attack in the first Test and India were reduced to 93/5. As an Indian poster already said, there is SO MUCH TIME left in this Test match.

Come on boys!
 
Indian batsmen are lucky that shoib is not 100% fit and Gul/Asif not playing. Currently Pakistan are playing with there 6th string attack. thats why india were able to score 100 runs in the first session.
 
This wicket is very good for batting the problem i see that if it breaks up on day 3 or 4 them we are batting last.
 
phoenix-suns said:
Indian batsmen are lucky that shoib is not 100% fit and Gul/Asif not playing. Currently Pakistan are playing with there 6th string attack. thats why india were able to score 100 runs in the first session.
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6th string attack ?? name the other 5 mate ! :)
 
jackal786 said:
If you carry fitness issue into a match and ask for a substitute captains will object.
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I think Kumble shouldnt do that. Common, Pakistan has been utterly inconsiderate to the guy. 4 bowlers in the team. 2 of them sick. There is not even a part timer. If Pakistan has to bowl 140 odd overs in this innings which looks a real posibility.. Kaneria can bowl 40, Tanvir another 35.. then sick bowlers have to bowl another 65.. isnt it too bad already?

4 to start the post lunch session..
 
invincible said:
6th string attack ?? name the other 5 mate ! :)
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shoib, asif, gul, afridi,
shoib, asif, sami, afridi,
shoib, gul, sami, afridi,
shoib, tavir, gul, afridi,
shoib, asif, gul, kaneria,
 
Sami staring down Dravid, thats the way show some aggression :19:

He's bowling a good line here
 
aamir sohail right on .. pakistan must attack the stumps !!
 
phoenix-suns said:
shoib, asif, gul, afridi,
shoib, asif, sami, afridi,
shoib, gul, sami, afridi,
shoib, tavir, gul, afridi,
shoib, asif, gul, kaneria,
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hmmm....i wonder what is the string no of indian attack :13:
 
What the hell is sohail saying? getting wickets in this session will dent the confidence of pakistani players?
 
phoenix-suns said:
first string attack. cos sreesanth/rp are no way close to gul/asif.
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:20: i asked about indian attack what has asif/gul got to do with it? are you in north america? if so i guess its about time, go to sleep.
 
phoenix-suns said:
first string attack. cos sreesanth/rp are no way close to gul/asif.
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********..

RP is way better than munaf...Sreesanth too...
Our first string attack would be

Zaheer Sreesanth and RP with Kumble and bhajji as spin options..
 
nikred said:
hmmm....i wonder what is the string no of indian attack :13:
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:)) Exactly ... with all the permutations that P-S has come up with, he might as well have included Razzaq, Saqlain and heck even Wasim to make it the nth string attack (no offence bro. i am just fooling around)... Realistically its the second string ... And its for PCB to be put to blame for over using Gul and Asif (with the T20, counties and everything)
 
phoenix-suns said:
shoib, asif, gul, afridi,
shoib, asif, sami, afridi,
shoib, gul, sami, afridi,
shoib, tavir, gul, afridi,
shoib, asif, gul, kaneria,
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Afridi :)) yea.. 47 wickets 23 tests..sure must be as good as Derek Underwood.
 
nikred said:
:20: i asked about indian attack what has asif/gul got to do with it? are you in north america? if so i guess its about time, go to sleep.
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relax dude. this was the reply given my pakistani fan when I told him that india too miss two fast bowlers.
 
phoenix-suns said:
first string attack. cos sreesanth/rp are no way close to gul/asif.
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My friend its not a direct comparison :) You need to think how good their replacements are ...

The difference in class between Sreesanth/RP and Munaf is more when compared to the difference in class between Gul and Tanveer ... Especially since Munaf has not played any international cricket for a while whereas Tanveer inspite of making a debut has been in decent form for Pakistan in the ODI's ...
 
In the hindsight it looks rather foolish to play Sohaib. He is clearly struggling. Almost like benefit match bowling.
 
JosheelaKaptan said:
Since when dropped player start making first choices??? :12:
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dude, i was being sarcastic. relax. things that i mentioned above are something I got from pakistani fan yesterday and i just spiced it up a bit.
 
Man the way Shoaib Akhtar is bowling I really like get rid of whole managment who picked him in playing squad
 
Common why Akhtar is wasting his remaining energy like this.. He better sit in shade rather being a spinner.

Good that he does it now..
 
I don't know how Shoaib got through that over, even with bowling off a couple of paces, I thought he'd collapse any minute.
 
zaheer,rp,sree,piyush----1st string
zaheer,rp,agarkar,piyush----2nd
zaheer,sree,agarkar,piyush----3rd
zaheer,rp,munaf,piyush---4th
zaheer,sree,agarkar,piyush----5th
zaheer,rp,munaf,kumble----6th
zaheer,munaf,rp,bhajji----7th
zaheer,munaf,kumble,bhajji---8th

so we have an 8th string attack. damn selectors why did they not select piyush chawla and agarkar. this attack sucks and we miss rp and sree. lucky pakistan has such an easy indian attack:P
 
Pakistan missed the trick of not playing two spinners. On a flat pitch fast bowlers cannot go on and on. Spinners can bowl long spells.
 
nonsense from pak management .. this guy is an asthmatic who was hospitalized with a chest infection for the past few days .. no way in hell he should be playing !!
 
Tanvir and Sami have a lot of work on their hands here. Akhtar breaking down badly.
 
jackal786 said:
Pakistan missed the trick of not playing two spinners. On a flat pitch fast bowlers cannot go on and on. Spinners can bowl long spells.
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I think they wont rest till they injure Tanvir and kaneria too.. so that under19 team can show up as a unit.
 
nikred said:
zaheer,rp,sree,piyush----1st string
zaheer,rp,agarkar,piyush----2nd
zaheer,sree,agarkar,piyush----3rd
zaheer,rp,munaf,piyush---4th
zaheer,sree,agarkar,piyush----5th
zaheer,rp,munaf,kumble----6th
zaheer,munaf,rp,bhajji----7th
zaheer,munaf,kumble,bhajji---8th

so we have an 8th string attack. damn selectors why did they not select piyush chawla and agarkar. this attack sucks and we miss rp and sree. lucky pakistan has such an easy indian attack:P
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:)) Good one nik !
 
Samis avg of 50 runs p/wkt is the worst for any bowler with more then 50 wickets in international test cricket.
 
So Sami is officially the worst bowler in Test cricket with over 50 wickets. What is wrong with our selectors?
 
JosheelaKaptan said:
I think they wont rest till they injure Tanvir and kaneria too.. so that under19 team can show up as a unit.
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Anwar ali and the left armer would definitely have more penetration than Sami :)
 
well done selectors... sami the worst test bowler ever with 50+ wickets ... but its not his fault .. he is an odi bowler not a test bowler !!
 
jackal786 said:
Here we go.... sohail "Sami has got talent.. he has not translated his talent... "
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lol..and at the same time there is this pop-up on the TV screen..

"Sami's bowling avg is the worst among all test playing bowlers with atleast 50 wickets"..

wonder who anticipated that sohail comment..
 
Sami should be bowling an off stump/middle stump line, and needs more protection on the leg side. Normally Younis is pretty good, but this is just irrational.
 
I am getting sick of Akaml's chatter "well bowl dani well bowl dani" after every ball.
 
Dravid's head was atleast 2 feet away from stumps lol Kaneria proved once again what a worthless fielder he was.
 
danish trying some different techniques to unsettle the batsmen. throwing the ball at his head, this pitch must be VERY bad to bowl on..
 
siimo said:
I am getting sick of Akaml's chatter "well bowl dani well bowl dani" after every ball.
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oh geezz. so i am not alone .. like beggars beg in the streets.. dani dani.
 
Being match fit should have been criteria number one for selection. Pakistan management are to be blamed if they too unfit players in this game.
 
LOL...look at the fielder @ the boundary ropes...playing with the stuffed toy..that pretty much sums it up..
 
danish kaneria cant be that bad.. he has played 5 more matches (50) then shoaib (45) and taken 200 wickets. he doesnt look threatening yet though.. must be badly out of form
 
siimo said:
I am getting sick of Akaml's chatter "well bowl dani well bowl dani" after every ball.
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Well you cant expect the guy to be entirely honest and say "Dani, you bowling sh8t mate" everytime :)
 
aamair sohail "selectors not doing the right job for the team"

thank you for saying that !!
 
jackal786 said:
Go back to Gym.. Sohaib broke down after just 2 overs. :P
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broke down? how more can he break...i thought he was broken before the game had started....

jaffer with 70 strike rate...hmmm thats better than each of our batsmen ODI strike rate
 
It is a first day pitch. Obviously getting wickets is not going to be easy that too without your strike bowler. Pakistan should try to dismiss India out and then bat on and on and on and on until 5 days are over..
 
siddharth said:
I can see a boring draw.
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i think the pitch is going to break up, they were talking about the lack of moisture in the pitch. they did not water it because of the abundance of rainfall in the area previously and now the curator is worried the pitch will be too dry..

expect kumble and perhaps kaneria to do well later in the match
 
Afridi would have been a better choice in these sort of pitches.Any way they are taking gamble with Sami .So Afridi wasn't a bad option .This is very poor selection .
 
UsmanhailsAfridi said:
what?
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how many of u missed that moment??!!...cudn;t recognize the guy..sopcast a lil haxy..he was sitting at the ropes with a stuffed tiger and pinching its nose or something...during the over-change..
 
dani has a follow through of a fast bowler...what was he doin in the middle of pitch...should have come right behind the stumps
 
Kaneria gets a wake-up call... and that was close!!...not a run-out guys!..after all this good-work!
 
did you see akmal's reaction when Kineria cannot get back in time.
Buddy that is how many feel when you drop those sitters.
 
Dravid missed a pull-shot??!!!!...wow..nvr seen that..he hits those beautifully usually..
 
iafzal said:
did you see akmal's reaction when Kineria cannot get back in time.
Buddy that is how many feel when you drop those sitters.
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lol yea, Akmal is quick to get upset when others make mistakes. It's pretty funny.
 
iafzal said:
did you see akmal's reaction when Kineria cannot get back in time.
Buddy that is how many feel when you drop those sitters.
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actually that was the look of 'what are we doing here....we don't need to playing this test match...we aren't up to the competition'...
 
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