Ireland vs Pakistan | 1st ODI | Dublin | May 23, 2013 | Pakistan Innings

[Bullet Drive]

Love watching Shafiq vs spin.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Hafeez keeps the strike.

 

[Poison]

Meh he's economical in the middle overs, he's not picked as an all rounder hes seen as a spinner who can bat a bit.

Well from his stats he looks like he can neither bowl nor bat 'a bit'

 

[pakistanigoneaussie]

Love watching Shafiq vs spin.

It's bit like mahaela IMO

 

[Bullet Drive]

1 to Hafeez lovely shot. Hafeez looks in great touch.

 

[Eht]

Can someone please share the link to watch the match on Ireland cricket official website ?

 

[Bullet Drive]

1 more to Hafeez. Rotating strike well.

 

[Strike!]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=OsRRHwOHuK4

This is the only link guys.

 

[Bullet Drive]

PAK definitely have improved with strike rotation.

 

[ahmed778]

The comments on Youtube are disgraceful...

 

[Aman]

Well from his stats he looks like he can neither bowl nor bat 'a bit'

He bats at 7 and when he usually comes out to bat he has to pretty much hit from ball 1.

 

[pakistanigoneaussie]

Those clouds don't look nice

 

[Bullet Drive]

Its going to rain in about 10

 

[786warrior]

The only thing this team cannot be blamed for is lack of commitment. Skill wise this set of players lack a lot but they have shown that they are committed. As long as that is true, defeat does not matter. Its the lack of intent and politics within the team that really annoys me

Agreed!!! Poor skills i.e.players who would struggle to make it in local leagues, poor team selection, poor leadership and management - certainly not a winning combo.

I don't ever fear defeat, what I fear is a debacle!!

 

[Bullet Drive]

Great over by Dockrell. Highly talented.

 

[HASHAM2]

asad Looking good 16 on 18 balls

 

[Bullet Drive]

End of the over.

 

[Bullet Drive]

I feel we will go off this over sadly. Insha'Allah we stay on.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Lovely shot. Shafiq vs spin is brilliant to see.

 

[Bullet Drive]

O Brien back on.

 

[waqar goraya]

No youtube in Pakistan ...

 

[pakistanigoneaussie]

Shafiq doing very well so far, I hope he gets a maiden ton

 

[talha3]

Platform set. Need to kick on now. Rain could shorten the match.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Rain again. Shouldnt be long.

 

[HASHAM2]

Rain again
PAK 87/1
22.4 Over,s
Hafeez 36
Asad 20

 

[thecricket]

Are we watching rain with a bit of cricket

 

[Amjid Javed]

I wonder sometimes why we arrange games v Scotland, Ireland so early in the year in the UK when chances of weather being good is so low!

 

[Bilal7]

Is Jamshed's injury a major one? Don't want to lose him for the Champions Trophy.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Rain seems to have eased apparently. I reckon 15 minutes.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Rain is now picking up a bit more.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Covers off.

 

[talha3]

I wonder sometimes why we arrange games v Scotland, Ireland so early in the year in the UK when chances of weather being good is so low!

We're playing them for practice for the CT, there isn't much choice.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Bit of bounce there.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Shafiq is so good at playing spin. Best in the side.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Shafiq needs 34 more runs till he gets 1k.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Stirling bowling.

 

[talha3]

Shafiq is so good at playing spin. Best in the side.

He's very good but only in tests. In ODIs he's just OK. Hafeez is playing spin better than Shafiq atm.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Good over for PAK.

 

[Bullet Drive]

28 more runs for Shafiq to hit 1k!

 

[Bullet Drive]

100 up for PAK

 

[talha3]

Shafiq needs to increase his strike rate from here.

 

[KB-24]

PAK definitely have improved with strike rotation.

lol this is Ireland bro ... wait till we square off against SA, India and WI.

 

[Bullet Drive]

This is the problem with Shafiq.. once set he completely stops the scoring rate.

 

[m.shah]

Shafiq going into tuk tuk mode

 

[KB-24]

115 in 30 overs, you'd think we are facing some elite team ... batting remains the same hahaa

 

[Aman]

Who are the pinch hitters going to be?

 

[m.shah]

Dockrell bowled 7
overs and gave away only 18 runs

 

[HASHAM2]

run rate is to slow

 

[Bullet Drive]

Going off again.

 

[HASHAM2]

Who are the pinch hitters going to be?

Misbah,Kamran and Malik

 

[Bullet Drive]

This is the problem with a lack of a middle order hitter e.g. Umar Akmal. How can you drop him when he's averaged 42 in his last 40 odd games. 38 in his last 10.

 

[IAJ]

Even if it's rain around and the conditions are not well suited for batting but how on Earth can you only make 9 runs from 34 balls?

This useless batsman will cost Pakistan games I am afraid.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Blue skies & Misbah a pinch hitter ok.

 

[talha3]

Blue skies & Misbah a pinch hitter ok.

Judging by our last game and the SA series, Misbah is the one we rely on most to post competitive scores.

 

[BHM :D]

Judging by our last game and the SA series, Misbah is the one we rely on most to post competitive scores.

This.

The hate for Misbah is boring.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Rain has stopped.

 

[Bullet Drive]

All I said was Misbah is not a pinch hitter. That's correct isn't it?

We don't send Misbah in for quick scoring do we? We would rather send in Kamran right? That's all I said.

 

[Muhammad Anas Abbas]

how is the weather there??

10 degree Centigrade+Light Rain. And they call it Summer Cricket...

 

[HASHAM2]

Cover,s are coming of
Pakistan need to score 9 runs,s in each over now

 

[Bullet Drive]

Covers coming off.

 

[mithun_minhas]

What a beautiful country Ireland is.

May be it might suck to live there (Cold), but to visit that place will be a dream.

 

[pakistanigoneaussie]

All I said was Misbah is not a pinch hitter. That's correct isn't it?

We don't send Misbah in for quick scoring do we? We would rather send in Kamran right? That's all I said.

Lol ill be surprised if kamran makes more than 10 bro

 

[HASHAM2]

Asad need to play at good Strike rate
69 Strike Rate is to slow

 

[adarsh_bang]

not raining anymore. we could see some more play. pakistan doing the right thing by batting first, they want their boys to get some practice ahead of CT. The was the whole point behind this series isnt it?

 

[mithun_minhas]

LOL Pakistan fans wearing Indian tricolors on their head.

 

[adarsh_bang]

BTW always believed Ireland to be a fantastic cricket team, should be given more exposure such as this. shame on ICC for not encouraging more cricket in associate nations

 

[adarsh_bang]

So windy there. apne india me itni hawaa hi nahi chalti

 

[Ray]

After 25 over we had nine wickets in hand nd theyve been scoring at less than 4 an over between overs 25 to 30.... atleast shud have tried scoring at 5+ from 25th over so overall runrate wud have improved over time. Now if a wicket or two falls, it creates pressure, specially against stronget teams, so very poor approach. dissapointed !!

 

[HASHAM2]

ground stuff is slow

 

[adarsh_bang]

does not look overcast anymore

 

[cricf@n]

Any link to watch live?

 

[Strike!]

LOL Pakistan fans wearing Indian tricolors on their head.

Irish not Indian.

 

[HASHAM2]

Any link to watch live?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsRRHwOHuK4

 

[Sunny786]

Any link to watch live?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsRRHwOHuK4

 

[Bullet Drive]

Shafiq needs to get a move on here.

 

[parwezzkhan]

light chali gayi yar ohhhh garmi

 

[parwezzkhan]

shafiq and move onto where............he is doing his job as per misbah

 

[ahmed778]

Shafiq scores a boundary.
Looking more comfortable now.

Hafeez also gets to his half century, Well Played.

 

[parwezzkhan]

Cusack to Asad Shafiq, FOUR, hacked away through the offside and the man at cover can't stop it
Shafiq listening to bullet

 

[Bullet Drive]

Shafiq needs 10 runs to complete 1000 ODI runs.