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hashmist said:
No strike rate is not an issue however when some one can play with such ease that shows he is in form.
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Leicestershire v Pakistan | Tour Match | Leicester | July 8-9
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No strike rate is not an issue however when some one can play with such ease that shows he is in form.
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well he struggled against a 2nd rate bowling attack and that too of a county- now thats a worrying point! how will he face the best bowling attack in the world.hashmist said:
His temperament no doubt is the best in the business.
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well our PPer on site (SOSami) said that he was actually playing quite well, was timing the ball very well but struggled to find the gaps...scorecards don't always tell the full story.
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I would take what Cricinfo say nowadays with a pinch of salt and their so-called writers leave a lot to be desired.
Nagraj Gollapudi especially is awful, given he is an assistant editor on that site its even more embarrassing that his article was littered with inaccuracies. His "Bulletin" seemed more like an analysis of Pakistan's recent batting woes and a potted career summary of Yasir Hameed than a real insight of what happened on the day.
Reading that level of obvious waffle in an attempt to make the article longer than his actual knowledge of the innings would extend to I wonder if he was really there, or if he was whether he was there long.
Nagraj Gollapudi especially is awful, given he is an assistant editor on that site its even more embarrassing that his article was littered with inaccuracies. His "Bulletin" seemed more like an analysis of Pakistan's recent batting woes and a potted career summary of Yasir Hameed than a real insight of what happened on the day.
Reading that level of obvious waffle in an attempt to make the article longer than his actual knowledge of the innings would extend to I wonder if he was really there, or if he was whether he was there long.
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A better write-up....
Leics draw with Pakistan
Wayne White had a good game as Leicestershire's two-day tour match ended in an inevitable draw at Grace Road.
Salman Butt, Yasir Hameed and Umar Amin all made half-centuries as Pakistan got some useful batting practice under their belts, while White took 1-21 from thirteen overs to go with an excellent 79.
Pakistan tallied 280-7 in reply to Leicestershire's 296-7 declared. The captain made 57, Hameed 58 and Amin 51, while Azhar Ali grafted his way to 41.
White bowled with excellent discipline and the match marked an impressive return in the longer form of the game from the broken thumb he sustained earlier this season.
Dan Masters and Jigar Naik also picked up wickets as the bowlers stuck to their task in hot and humid conditions.
Earlier in the day, Leicestershire opted to resume their innings and White and Naik picked up where they left off last night.
White drove down the ground nicely in the second over and then cut nicely off the back foot in the third as his boundary tally kept increasing
However, he fell caught and bowled to Saeed Ajmal from the last ball of the 99th over for 79 and Leics then declared on 296-7, with the partnership having gleaned 74 runs. Naik was unbeaten on 17.
Imran Farhat and Butt opened the batting for the tourists and Farhat got off the mark with an off drive for four. Butt cut to the ropes and he was going about his work with intent.
Captain Nadeem Malik and Harry Gurney were both getting early movement to cause Farhat some problems and Masters then removed the opener upon his introduction.
The young seamer enticed Farhat into a loose stroke and Will Jones held a comfortable catch at cover to put Leicestershire on the board.
Butt was looking in particularly fine fettle though and anything slightly off course was punished severely. A series of drives, cuts and glances all raced across the Grace Road outfield as the captain settled into a lengthy stay at the wicket.
His timing was impeccable and no more than a forward defensive stroke down the ground provided a seventh boundary. Butt moved to a fluent half-century in due course.
He had scored 50 of the 66 runs at that point and the milestone came from 59 balls. The deftly played cut that bought it up was his tenth four.
Naik entered the attack and Ali scored his first four of the innings with a push through the covers.
By lunch, the score had progressed to 82-1 with Butt unbeaten on 57 and Ali on a watchful ten. Butt retired at the interval and Hameed replaced the captain at the crease.
The batsman immediately looked the part with a deft flick off the pads and a brilliant six over long on followed. A nice touch down to third man bought up another boundary but Malik and Naik regained control with some good bowling.
Hameed was intent to keep the board moving though and broke the shackles with two boundaries when there was a change in bowling and Ali, who had been circumspect to that point, lifted a six over long on.
The batsman was now playing with more freedom and drove down the ground for four. Hameed, meanwhile, had moved to a 73-ball fifty which included seven fours and a six.
He played the ball around extremely deftly and also played with power when the opportunity arose. Hameed then retired to give Shoaib Malik a bat and he almost fell just prior to tea.
Malik lofted the off spin of Josh Cobb into the air shortly before tea but the ball just eluded Naik and found the boundary fence.
Ali retired at tea on 41 and Umar Amin replaced him. Malik had another reprieve when he drove uppishly to Jones off White at cover but the ball did not stick.
The seamer was unlucky on that occasion but gained a breakthrough in his next over. He got one to shoot through a little and Malik was trapped bang in front of the stumps.
It was a richly deserved wicket for the bowler, who put in a good shift in conditions that favoured the batsmen heavily.
Keeper Zulqarnain Haider was the number seven batsman and fortune was certainly favouring his partner Amin, who got an inside edge and outside edge from White and profited with two boundaries when he could easily have been dismissed from either delivery.
The left-handed Amin settled to his task and found the boundary with regularity after tea. By the time he had reached fifty from seventy balls, he had hit eight fours; including a fine sweep and some strong cutting.
He also retired on 51 and Naik then bowled Haider through the gate. Tanvir Ahmad was immediately positive by striking over the top for four and he also hit a six that went towards the Charles Palmer Suite.
The tourists then declared their innings, which bought a slightly premature end to the game at 5.10pm with both sides having obtained good practice from the match.
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Leics draw with Pakistan
Wayne White had a good game as Leicestershire's two-day tour match ended in an inevitable draw at Grace Road.
Salman Butt, Yasir Hameed and Umar Amin all made half-centuries as Pakistan got some useful batting practice under their belts, while White took 1-21 from thirteen overs to go with an excellent 79.
Pakistan tallied 280-7 in reply to Leicestershire's 296-7 declared. The captain made 57, Hameed 58 and Amin 51, while Azhar Ali grafted his way to 41.
White bowled with excellent discipline and the match marked an impressive return in the longer form of the game from the broken thumb he sustained earlier this season.
Dan Masters and Jigar Naik also picked up wickets as the bowlers stuck to their task in hot and humid conditions.
Earlier in the day, Leicestershire opted to resume their innings and White and Naik picked up where they left off last night.
White drove down the ground nicely in the second over and then cut nicely off the back foot in the third as his boundary tally kept increasing
However, he fell caught and bowled to Saeed Ajmal from the last ball of the 99th over for 79 and Leics then declared on 296-7, with the partnership having gleaned 74 runs. Naik was unbeaten on 17.
Imran Farhat and Butt opened the batting for the tourists and Farhat got off the mark with an off drive for four. Butt cut to the ropes and he was going about his work with intent.
Captain Nadeem Malik and Harry Gurney were both getting early movement to cause Farhat some problems and Masters then removed the opener upon his introduction.
The young seamer enticed Farhat into a loose stroke and Will Jones held a comfortable catch at cover to put Leicestershire on the board.
Butt was looking in particularly fine fettle though and anything slightly off course was punished severely. A series of drives, cuts and glances all raced across the Grace Road outfield as the captain settled into a lengthy stay at the wicket.
His timing was impeccable and no more than a forward defensive stroke down the ground provided a seventh boundary. Butt moved to a fluent half-century in due course.
He had scored 50 of the 66 runs at that point and the milestone came from 59 balls. The deftly played cut that bought it up was his tenth four.
Naik entered the attack and Ali scored his first four of the innings with a push through the covers.
By lunch, the score had progressed to 82-1 with Butt unbeaten on 57 and Ali on a watchful ten. Butt retired at the interval and Hameed replaced the captain at the crease.
The batsman immediately looked the part with a deft flick off the pads and a brilliant six over long on followed. A nice touch down to third man bought up another boundary but Malik and Naik regained control with some good bowling.
Hameed was intent to keep the board moving though and broke the shackles with two boundaries when there was a change in bowling and Ali, who had been circumspect to that point, lifted a six over long on.
The batsman was now playing with more freedom and drove down the ground for four. Hameed, meanwhile, had moved to a 73-ball fifty which included seven fours and a six.
He played the ball around extremely deftly and also played with power when the opportunity arose. Hameed then retired to give Shoaib Malik a bat and he almost fell just prior to tea.
Malik lofted the off spin of Josh Cobb into the air shortly before tea but the ball just eluded Naik and found the boundary fence.
Ali retired at tea on 41 and Umar Amin replaced him. Malik had another reprieve when he drove uppishly to Jones off White at cover but the ball did not stick.
The seamer was unlucky on that occasion but gained a breakthrough in his next over. He got one to shoot through a little and Malik was trapped bang in front of the stumps.
It was a richly deserved wicket for the bowler, who put in a good shift in conditions that favoured the batsmen heavily.
Keeper Zulqarnain Haider was the number seven batsman and fortune was certainly favouring his partner Amin, who got an inside edge and outside edge from White and profited with two boundaries when he could easily have been dismissed from either delivery.
The left-handed Amin settled to his task and found the boundary with regularity after tea. By the time he had reached fifty from seventy balls, he had hit eight fours; including a fine sweep and some strong cutting.
He also retired on 51 and Naik then bowled Haider through the gate. Tanvir Ahmad was immediately positive by striking over the top for four and he also hit a six that went towards the Charles Palmer Suite.
The tourists then declared their innings, which bought a slightly premature end to the game at 5.10pm with both sides having obtained good practice from the match.
© Leicestershire County Cricket Club 2007-2010. All Rights Reserved.
http://www.leicestershireccc.co.uk/lc/News/Leics-draw-with-Pakistan
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Tanveer hit actually broke the of chales palmer suite...That was happen to be the last ball of the match too.
cricfan967 said:He's not in the side...
If you think that he needs to be in the side to captain, then we have different views on cricket and Afridi.
He commannds such respect and cricketing nouse that he certainly captains the side even when he is not in the playing eleven. This was precisley the reason he was awarded the captaincy.
Great move by him to allow the lesser talented players an outing. He is in such great knick he hardly needs the practice.
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Boi said:Thanks for your great, detailed reply.
It's quite pathetic that some people are slagging him off for playing slowly today. Atleast he tried to get himself accustomed to the conditions. And tried to bat as long as he could. A good show of his temperament.
I hope he can build on this. If he does get a chance in the Test, I really hope he scores big, Insha'Allah.
Agreed.
I hope he performs well if he gets a chance.
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Waqar leave two Pakistan places open
Waqar leave two Pakistan places open
July 10, 2010 - 10:10AM
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Pakistan coach Waqar Younis has left a couple of places in his team open ahead of the first Test against Australia which starts at Lord's on Tuesday.
And the performances of the top-order batsmen in the warm-up match against Leicestershire at Grace Road will have given him plenty of food for thought before he settles on the starting line-up.
On a slow pitch, Pakistan scored 7-280 in reply to Leicestershire's 7-296 declared as the two-day match drifted to a tame draw.
There were half-centuries for Salman Butt and Yasir Hameed, a lengthy innings from Azhar Ali and another eye-catching performance from the young and highly rated Umar Amin.
But Imran Farhat and Shoaib Malik, both expected to be in the Test side, failed to make the most of their time in the middle.
Farhat made only six runs during an opening stand of 41 with Butt, with just three scoring strokes in his 34-ball innings. Farhat hit one boundary and two singles before driving a catch to extra cover off Dan Masters, the younger brother of the Essex and former Leicestershire seamer David Masters.
Butt, however, looked in good form, timing the ball sweetly as he reached 50 off 59 balls, with successive boundaries off Masters.
He retired out on 57 during the lunch interval, the first of four Pakistan players to do so in order to give others batting practice.
Azhar, who arrived in England on Wednesday, clearly needed time in the middle and achieved it, batting two-and-three-quarter hours as he put together a patient 41 that included four boundaries and a six over midwicket off the spin bowling of Jigar Naik.
Yasir, battling his way back after injury and a run of poor form, also struck the Leicestershire spinner for six over long-on and crashed seven other boundaries in his 58 from 80 balls before retiring out shortly before tea.
Soon after the interval, Malik was trapped lbw for 10 by Wayne White, leaving the left-handed Amin with centre stage to push his claims for a place in the Test side.
He stroked a fluent 51 from 70 balls, with eight fours, to follow the 73 he made in the second innings against Kent two weeks ago.
He opened the innings in that three-day game and his performance against Leicestershire should have done his prospects of playing at Lord's on Tuesday no harm at all.
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Waqar leave two Pakistan places open
July 10, 2010 - 10:10AM
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Pakistan coach Waqar Younis has left a couple of places in his team open ahead of the first Test against Australia which starts at Lord's on Tuesday.
And the performances of the top-order batsmen in the warm-up match against Leicestershire at Grace Road will have given him plenty of food for thought before he settles on the starting line-up.
On a slow pitch, Pakistan scored 7-280 in reply to Leicestershire's 7-296 declared as the two-day match drifted to a tame draw.
There were half-centuries for Salman Butt and Yasir Hameed, a lengthy innings from Azhar Ali and another eye-catching performance from the young and highly rated Umar Amin.
But Imran Farhat and Shoaib Malik, both expected to be in the Test side, failed to make the most of their time in the middle.
Farhat made only six runs during an opening stand of 41 with Butt, with just three scoring strokes in his 34-ball innings. Farhat hit one boundary and two singles before driving a catch to extra cover off Dan Masters, the younger brother of the Essex and former Leicestershire seamer David Masters.
Butt, however, looked in good form, timing the ball sweetly as he reached 50 off 59 balls, with successive boundaries off Masters.
He retired out on 57 during the lunch interval, the first of four Pakistan players to do so in order to give others batting practice.
Azhar, who arrived in England on Wednesday, clearly needed time in the middle and achieved it, batting two-and-three-quarter hours as he put together a patient 41 that included four boundaries and a six over midwicket off the spin bowling of Jigar Naik.
Yasir, battling his way back after injury and a run of poor form, also struck the Leicestershire spinner for six over long-on and crashed seven other boundaries in his 58 from 80 balls before retiring out shortly before tea.
Soon after the interval, Malik was trapped lbw for 10 by Wayne White, leaving the left-handed Amin with centre stage to push his claims for a place in the Test side.
He stroked a fluent 51 from 70 balls, with eight fours, to follow the 73 he made in the second innings against Kent two weeks ago.
He opened the innings in that three-day game and his performance against Leicestershire should have done his prospects of playing at Lord's on Tuesday no harm at all.
© 2010 AAP
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other than the first 2 lines, has nothing to do with Waqar 
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Yeah I think the statement that "waqar has left two open places" is something which the writer has assumed seeing how our batting order and their performances in the side game.
It's basically a match review article rather than something exclusive from Waqar from what it seems.
It's basically a match review article rather than something exclusive from Waqar from what it seems.
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good to see amin in form
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This should kinda be moved to the Commentary Archives by now.
I wouldnt pick malik n farhat despite them being seniors. so what if they are seniors, if they are not performing then they should be out. I think But and Azhar Ali should open with Hameed as the 3rd batsmen. im so much happy to see Hameed hit a 50 in his comeback match although it was side match but he still [played great. my 11 would be
1 but
2 Azhar Ali
3 Y.Hameed
4 Umer Akmal
5 Umer Amin
6 Afridi
7 Kamran
8 Amir
9 Tanvir
10 Asif/GUL
11 Kaneria
im very worried about asif form. he played so many side matches n in none he looked impressive. should we still keep him or replace em with GUL or tanivr.
1 but
2 Azhar Ali
3 Y.Hameed
4 Umer Akmal
5 Umer Amin
6 Afridi
7 Kamran
8 Amir
9 Tanvir
10 Asif/GUL
11 Kaneria
im very worried about asif form. he played so many side matches n in none he looked impressive. should we still keep him or replace em with GUL or tanivr.
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