Official Thread: Africa vs Asia - 3rd ODI @ Durban [21/8/05]

[Shoaib A]

LOL pollock stands alone out there...then asia just need to take the nr.11 wicket

 

[Amir]

Foolish stuff by Grame Smith, he needs more runs to play with. And looks like he has given up by sending in Mondeki Zondeki. You should send in Thomas Odoyo who has shown more promise with the bat, that and he can ball(best figures yesterday with 3-41). Some very poor stuff by Smith and a very poor attitude. Hopefully this promotes Inzi's stature even more for the one day captaincy for the Super Series(or as Llyod would say "Sooper Series").

 

[iZeeshan]

Afridi bhai gets a wicket! Can someone who is watching explain..if it was a good delievery or batsman's mistake?

 

[shabbu1]

and Zondeki run out by youhana, Africa innings total is 106

 

[Shoaib A]

run out....gr8 stuff by asia...looking forward for afridi and sehwag combi

 

[Amir]

Afridi bhai gets a wicket! Can someone who is watching explain..if it was a good delievery or batsman's mistake?

A bit of both, he pitched it straight but Streak also played across the line.

 

[Amir]

and Zondeki run out by youhana, Africa innings total is 106

I know it is exhibition but our fielding looks really improved. Razzaq got a run out yesterday and another brilliant one today. And now Youhana has got a run out, and in the 6th ODI in India Youhana got 2 run outs. And then in the Windies(ODIs) Younis had some superb run outs.

I am not sure if our boys are just getting lucky or if this is just another case of hardwork by Bobby Woo.

 

[Shoaib Akhtar's Fan]

Shoaib has performed admirably in all the 3 games so far. He has bowled with sheer pace and more importantly in the right places and had Kallis in all sorts of trouble.

 

[DM]

AFRIDI OpENING!!!
AFRIDI OpENING!!!

 

[DM]

They're underway

0.2 Pollock to Sehwag, FOUR, smashed through the covers , great foot
work

 

[Shoaib A]

firework has started...sehwag with his first 4! FOUR, smashed through the covers , great foot work

 

[DM]

AFridi plays out 3 dot balls!!

 

[Amir]

And why is afridi trying to defend? That is not like Afridi! Who taught him this defense? Who is Asia's coach! I demand to know!

 

[DM]

Steyn on - this man can be a handful - high 80s mph pace

 

[DM]

"We want slogs! We want slogs!"

 

[DM]

Steyn CLEANS Sehwag:

1.1 Steyn to Sehwag, OUT: Steyn off PAIN strikes beats Sehwag clean and
bowled him, great delivery and full reward

 

[shabbu1]

1.1 Steyn to Sehwag, OUT: Steyn off PAIN strikes beats Sehwag clean and
bowled him, great delivery and full reward

"Steyn off PAIN" ?

 

[ImranR]

1.1 Steyn to Sehwag, OUT: Steyn off PAIN strikes beats Sehwag clean and
bowled him, great delivery and full reward

Asia XI 7/1, Partnership of 7
V Sehwag b Steyn 5 (5b 1x4 0x6)
Shahid Afridi 0* (3b) DW Steyn 0.1-0-2-1 (1w 1nb)

 

[Amir]

Oh man I am having my doubts again, Asia always find a way to screw this up and may lose.

 

[Shoaib A]

sehwag gone...damn

 

[DM]

1.1 Steyn to Sehwag, OUT: Steyn off PAIN strikes beats Sehwag clean and
bowled him, great delivery and full reward

"Steyn off PAIN" ?

hehe, i know, what is that?!

 

[Shoaib A]

crap crap...now afridi

 

[shabbu1]

must be an Afrikaan commentator

 

[shabbu1]

THWADI! now afridi is gone....

 

[Shoaib A]

asia makes it very difficuelt for themselves..

 

[Amir]

I agree, it is like Asia vs Asia!

 

[DM]

I agree, it is like Asia vs Asia!

 

[Amir]

now rain...and asia may be screwed of a series victory

 

[deviously~fading~away]

All this tournament is doing for me to afridi is destroying his chances of being in the world xi vs aus which were fairly high before this series. The world xi team gets selected on the 25 of this month and i was really waiting for afridi to be selected and his chances of being selected were very high before this series( which just proved that afridi is now out of form with the scores of 13,6 &0 ) PEROID!

 

[deviously~fading~away]

Latest news- covers removed & umpires on the ground checking.

PS- do u guys actually want rain to finish b/c by the way of things we can end up lossing this match(40% chance) or we may win(60% chance). 99 to win with sanga and jawan batting and inzi + yoyo +razzaq and akhtar & zaheer(hitting) to come

 

[deviously~fading~away]

Covers back on due to more rain

 

[Fawad]

It's good to see Afridi back to his normal self!

 

[deviously~fading~away]

The rain as stopped once again and news from the umpires is that
play will start 18:30 pm local time and overs have been reduced to
38 overs

 

[deviously~fading~away]

play to begin in 15 min

 

[DM]

Game seems to have been called off

 

[Shayan]

nope.. its been called off.

 

[Shayan]

disappointing... but a fair result in my opinion. I thought Asia wo0uld cruise to victory in this tournament, but Africa played really well, so 1-1 seems fair.

 

[Amir]

Not really fair, when Asia outplayed them throughout the whole series. That 2 run loss really hurt us.

 

[Shayan_Sohail]

Shoaib Akhtar is man of the match

 

[Shayan_Sohail]

zaheer khan man of the series

 

[Shoaib A]

deserved for shoaib akhtar today....and zaheer khan I was quite surprised with this man...doing very well

 

[Solid Snake]

Zaheer khan picked up so many wickets BECAUSE of shoaib, together they formed a formidable partnership.

 

[Fawad]

Surely Shoaib now must be in the Pak squad for the Pak-Eng series. He's proved his doubters wrong. People said that he had lost his swing but his performances proved that in helpful conditions he's as lethal as anyone.

 

[Shayan_Sohail]

Surely Shoaib now must be in the Pak squad for the Pak-Eng series. He's proved his doubters wrong. People said that he had lost his swing but his performances proved that in helpful conditions he's as lethal as anyone.

I think more than his performance, he has proved that he has improved his fitness bowled a six over first spell yesterday and a seven over first spell today and with full run up on back to back days that is certainly not an easy job for a "unfit" man is it?

Even Waqar (who raised the issue of Shoaib Akhtar's fitness) said that shoaib looks fit and should play in England series.

Woolmer is the only man who can stop Shoaib from playing(judging by the replies on his website).

 

[Hash]

I think more than his performance, he has proved that he has improved his fitness bowled a six over first spell yesterday and a seven over first spell today and with full run up on back to back days that is certainly not an easy job for a "unfit" man is it?

Even Waqar (who raised the issue of Shoaib Akhtar's fitness) said that shoaib looks fit and should play in England series.

Woolmer is the only man who can stop Shoaib from playing(judging by the replies on his website).

Bari can as well.


Have to say I was very impressed by Shoaib from the little I saw of him before the freeview ended. Just what our bowling has been missing for the last 8 months. He has to play in the England series and he has the rest of August, all of September and all of October to get himself 795% fit. With a fully fit Shoaib Akhtar, we will have an excellent chance in the England tests.

 

[WasimG]

I hate rain. I freakin hate it. I stayed up all night to watch it, I paid money. Wasted both time and money. There's no way they'll refund paying viewer's money. Organizers, Players and Broadcasters got paid in full for a half-as$ed match while us paying customers and sponsors just handed our hard earned to them.
Organizers are the ones responsible. They should build indoor stadiums. Or atleast refrain from organising games in cities/coutries with rainy seasons.

 

[sam]

It's good to see Afridi back to his normal self!

It is just a gimmick so that England don't refuse to tour Pak this November.