Pakistan A vs Australia A : 1st Test (Jun 26-29)

[siccric]

five fours in an over and that brings Sarfraz to his 50! ridiculously well played!

 

[Afridi_Fan]

318 is the target.

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Umer on 98

 

[ataullah]

Century for Akmal

 

[iZeeshan]

FIVE fours from Sarfraz in that over. Reaches his fifty in just 47 balls!

Partnership 92 runs of just 85 balls.

Akmal on 94 off 105 balls.

Sarfraz on 50 off 48 balls

Pakistan 201/5. Need 117 to win with a decent amount of time to go. Great stuff!

EDIT: And Akmal just hit a 4 and a 2 to reach his 100 from just 109 balls! Unbelievable, great knock.

207/5

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Umer gets his 100

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Any ideas how many overs to go?

 

[ataullah]

how many to win?

 

[Ali888]

I think this is the final half hour of play coming up, it will probably be a draw

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Poor Krejza, his career is all but over.

 

[Muddaser]

* 2009-06-29 16:24
At the end of the over an early stumps has been called and the match has ended in a draw
* 2009-06-29 16:24
Over 48.6: Holland to Umar Akmal, no run, defends the ball for no run
* 2009-06-29 16:24
Over 48.5: Holland to Umar Akmal, no run, defends the ball for no run
* 2009-06-29 16:23
Over 48.4: Holland to Umar Akmal, two runs, cuts the ball through backward point for two runs bringing up his century
* 2009-06-29 16:23
Over 48.3: Holland to Umar Akmal, no run, defends the ball for no run
* 2009-06-29 16:23
Over 48.2: Holland to Umar Akmal, FOUR, launches the ball over cover and to the fence for four runs

 

[ataullah]

At the end of the over an early stumps has been called and the match has ended in a draw

Aussies chickened out??

 

[Afridi_Fan]

how many to win?

111

 

[Random Aussie]

11ish overs, 93 runs to get. Yikes.

Get Krejza off the man leaks like the PCB!

 

[haroonrasheed320]

100 for Kami yeaaahhhhhhhhh

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Thats not good for sure. Pakistan might have won there.

 

[iZeeshan]

How can they just end it early? They have another hour and 30 minutes to go don't they?

 

[Ali888]

Pakistan A had 58 overs to get 318 i reckon

So 9 overs left to get 111 i make it ?

Australia A batted 30 overs this morning.

Leaving 60 overs for Pakistan but the change around consumes 2 overs?

 

[IAJ]

100 for Kami yeaaahhhhhhhhh

100 for Umar Akmal. Kami is Kamran Akmal

 

[haroonrasheed320]

good performance by the two batsmen

 

[Ali888]

Match Finished.

Good 'winning' draw for Pakistan !

Superb performances from Wahab Riaz and Mohammad Talha in Bowling

Superb performances from Umar Akmal, Sarfraz Ahmed and Azhar Ali in Batting

 

[Ali888]

Sounds like the Pakistan bowlers were getting the reverse swing going yesterday

"But they seemed to get a bit of reverse swing late in the day, hopefully we can get a bit of that when it comes our turn to bowl again and do some damage."

http://www.townsvillebulletin.com.au/article/2009/06/29/61215_sportsphoto.html

 

[dblock]

Good finish from Pak A.

Good form for Umar Akmal and Sarfraz.

Bowling perhaps wasn't as clinical as it should have been.

 

[Savak]

I would love to know the speeds Talha and Wahab generated.

 

[Ali888]

Australia A v Pakistan A, Townsville, 4th day

Umar shines with century in draw

Cricinfo staff

June 29, 2009

Australia A 399 and 5 for 256 (White 77, Paine 54*) drew with Pakistan A 338 and 5 for 207 (Umar Akmal 100*, Sarfraz Ahmed 50*)
Scorecard

Umar Akmal scored his fourth first-class century as the match between Pakistan A and Australia A petered out to a draw in Townsville. Chasing an unlikely 318 for victory, Pakistan finished on 5 for 207 with Umar unbeaten on 100 and Sarfraz Ahmed on 50.

Umar, the younger brother of the Pakistan wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal, struck 11 fours and two sixes in his 110-ball innings but despite his speed the target was too great. Clint McKay added two second-innings wickets to his six from the first innings, while the spinners Jason Krejza and Jon Holland were both expensive.

Australia's second innings was anchored by the captain Cameron White, who made 77. He was assisted by the wicketkeeper Tim Paine, who finished on 54 not out when the Australians declared at 5 for 256.

The teams remain in Townsville for a second four-day match, which begins on Friday. They then head to Brisbane for three one-day matches and a Twenty20 game.

http://www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/410854.html

 

[Random Aussie]

Good competitive game.

Penetration of the Aus A bowlers is a bit concerning. Only McKay and to a lesser extent Holland (both Vics of course) were able to do any damage. Bollinger is proving my suspicion that he is not an international class bowler. Krejza leaking runs like mad as usual.

For Pakistan, they will be pretty happy with their efforts with the bat in both innings. Bowling was fine if they were able to take the catches. Probably would have won if they held the catches but that is the usual story eh?

On to the next game, hopefully both teams rotate a few players.

 

[Waseem]

It was a good game overall for Pakistan.
Brilliant batting by Akmal and Sarfraz, it looks like we might have to play Sarfraz as a keeper and Kamran Akmal can play as a regular batsman (if ever required).

 

[Mercenary]

amazing batting display by Umar and Sarfaraz, lets hope it inspires the rest of the team and they play the rest of the games with the right mix of confidence and arrogance.

Some news about Naved Arif, he didn't bowl in the second innings because he picked up an injury to his hamstring. He'll be fine for the next game, I hope he gets selected again

 

[pakcricketfan]

It turned out to be a pretty good match for Pak A..
Good performance by Umar Akmal and Sarfraz Ahmed.

 

[Savak]

Bollinger is proving my suspicion that he is not an international class bowler.

Didnt he pick up 5 wickets against us in UAE? But then again he was bowling to Pakistani batters.

 

[MIG]

Would be great to see both Akmals in one team - playing for Pakistan...

Btw, past Sadiq and Mushtaq - which other brothers have played in the same Pakistan team (Intl level)

 

[Random Aussie]

Didnt he pick up 5 wickets against us in UAE? But then again he was bowling to Pakistani batters.

He did. But I don't think he is international class bowler in the long term.

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

Good stuff from Akmal and Sarfraz - Umar had a great first season BUT then struggled, tho he seems very much in form now.

Sarfraz has shown that he is no mug with the bat and he seems to be a very handy glovesman - could always make him wicketkeeper and have Akmal as a specialist bat

 

[Wassixpakistani]

Wow someone gave Akmal and sarfraz licenses to kill , good to see them showing no fear to aussie bowlers

 

[Ali888]

Lawson was saying Bollinger should have replaced Lee for Ashes

He said he was stunned Lee had even made the 16-man touring party.

"Leaving Dougy Bollinger out of the squad - and you've left out an outstanding left-arm fast bowler, who's in form - for a right-hand guy coming back from injury and you don't know how he's bowling, it doesn't add up and it might come back to bite them," Lawson said.

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25630345-11088,00.html

 

[Waseem]

Would be great to see both Akmals in one team - playing for Pakistan...

Btw, past Sadiq and Mushtaq - which other brothers have played in the same Pakistan team (Intl level)

We are more likely to see Iqbal brothers playing for Pakistan before Akmals.

 

[Sheikh]

Didnt he pick up 5 wickets against us in UAE? But then again he was bowling to Pakistani batters.

And there you go bashing us again.


I'm guessing you didn't watch your beloved Indians yesterday?

 

[Ali888]

“I think we played some really good cricket over the four days, another couple of wickets with the new ball to put some pressure on would have been handy,” Australia A coach Mark Sorell said.

“I think we certainly won some key moments in the game and we pretty much drove the game, it was pretty much our game to drive and pretty happy with that and went well.

“It would have been a good reward for us to get the win at the end of the day but unfortunately it didn’t happen.

“Those two guys at the end there played very well and proved a tough partnership for us to crack."

http://www.cricketworld.com//internationalcricketnews/article/?aid=21111

 

[MIG]

We are more likely to see Iqbal brothers playing for Pakistan before Akmals.

Which Iqbals ?

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

Which Iqbals ?

The Bhanja's

 

[MIG]

The Bhanja's

You mean the Bhanja has another Bhanja ?

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

You mean the Bhanja has another Bhanja ?

Well the Bhanja has a brother - so they are 2 Bhanjas

Faisal we are all too familiar with, then there is Fahad who is currently playing in the A side

 

[Muhammad Saad]

Well the Bhanja has a brother - so they are 2 Bhanjas

Faisal we are all too familiar with, then there is Fahad who is currently playing in the A side

Actually Fahad is a decent talent and is certainly better than Faisal but unfortunately not talented enough to be selected in A squad.

 

[haroonrasheed320]

We are more likely to see Iqbal brothers playing for Pakistan before Akmals.

Lolz

 

[srh]

This is what I said earlier:

This would be my grading of this Pakistan A team squad's batsmen based on their current form:
1) Umar Akmal
2) Shehrayar Ghani
3) Azeem Ghumman
4) Azhar Ali
5) Umar Amin
6) Khalid Latif
7) Mohammad Hafeez
8) Fahad Iqbal

Umar Akmal has proven me right. Sarfraz's batting has improved so much. He hit 5 fours in an over. Amazing.

For the next match there should be consensus to drop Umar Amin. He is horribly out of form. Also Ghani and Ghumman needs to play in the next match. So I will drop Umar Amin and Fahad Iqbal and include Ghani and Ghumman in their place.

 

[Monsee]

If one is still not convinced that Latif is not an Int'l class player...than he should stop following cricket!

 

[Savak]

If one is still not convinced that Latif is not an Int'l class player...than he should stop following cricket!

That Geo reporter Waheed Khan in his program yesterday was taking the PCB to task for not selecting Khalid Latif for the tour to Sri Lanka and not giving him enough chances. He really gets animated while expressing his views, i wish you were there to respond to him.

 

[Monsee]

That Geo reporter Waheed Khan in his program yesterday was taking the PCB to task for not selecting Khalid Latif for the tour to Sri Lanka and not giving him enough chances. He really gets animated while expressing his views, i wish you were there to respond to him.

He is not a reporter, he is a clown at best...that moron has caused more issues for Pak cricket than Shoaib (I believe), through his masaala catchup Sauce stories...people of his ilk should be deported from the country ASAP!

 

[Savak]

He is not a reporter, he is a clown at best...that moron has caused more issues for Pak cricket than Shoaib (I believe), through his masaala catchup Sauce stories...people of his ilk should be deported from the country ASAP!

That is saying something. Deported ) )

 

[Random Aussie]

Lawson was saying Bollinger should have replaced Lee for Ashes

He said he was stunned Lee had even made the 16-man touring party.

"Leaving Dougy Bollinger out of the squad - and you've left out an outstanding left-arm fast bowler, who's in form - for a right-hand guy coming back from injury and you don't know how he's bowling, it doesn't add up and it might come back to bite them," Lawson said.

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25630345-11088,00.html

That's funny because when Lawson was coaching Brett Lee he demanded Australia pick his pie throwing protege. Must be doing some coaching for Bollinger - who is not an outstanding left arm fast bowler.

 

[PlanetPakistan]

AUS have some very fine upcoming fast bowlers who should be given a chance ahead of Lee.

 

[siccric]

He is not a reporter, he is a clown at best...that moron has caused more issues for Pak cricket than Shoaib (I believe), through his masaala catchup Sauce stories...people of his ilk should be deported from the country ASAP!

) I so totally agree with you. They've given him his own show now and it's the most ridiculous thing I've seen. The other day, he accused YK of not being aggressive enough when captaining the team and when the guy with him said "but he won us the title due to his positive captaincy" he had the nerve to say it was more luck than innovation from YK

AUS have some very fine upcoming fast bowlers who should be given a chance ahead of Lee.

Lee was bowling fast so I'd probably give him a final chance to see if he can still pick up wickets

 

[Monsee]

That is saying something. Deported ) )

There, fixed my own statement from above:

'Originally Posted by Monsee
He is not a reporter, he is a clown at best...that moron has caused more issues for Pak cricket than Shoaib (I believe), through his masaala catchup Sauce stories...people of his ilk should be deported from the country ASAP to his Real Homeland!'

 

[feather]

i remember when Bob took him to task for his false stories...idiot.

 

[Rohit87]

Pakistan has some very good talent but need to find better bowlers. They are lacking good fast bowlers at the moment, there's no wasim or waqar

 

[Inswinger]

Pakistan has some very good talent but need to find better bowlers. They are lacking good fast bowlers at the moment, there's no wasim or waqar

Players like Wasim and Waqar are not found in every generation. There are plenty of bowlers with potential but still need time to develop.

 

[Rohit87]

Players like Wasim and Waqar are not found in every generation. There are plenty of bowlers with potential but still need time to develop.

That's true man.

It was pure pleasure to watch Wasim bowl what a legendary bowler also Waqar I simply loved his in swinging yorkers, nowadays people are getting crazy over Gul but he is nothing compared to Waqar's yorkers, Man is miss Waqar's bowling, what a legend :younis

 

[muzher]

Didn't Afridi once accuse Waheed Khan of being an Indian spy or something?

 

[Kriketer]

Absolutely amazing batting by Umar Akmal and Sarfaraz. Umar seems to have same sort of fighting trait running in his blood as his brother, to perform with a great knock when all chips are down.

Great work Pakistan A to draw against Aus-A in Australia. That's a big achievement. Now it would be great if Pakistan somehow manage to beat them in the second Test match.

 

[Bouncer]

Umar Akmal, Umar Amin, and Talha are the people to watch for

GOD it feels good to be proven right....ALL THE TIMES!!!

 

[Ali888]

Pakistan digs in for gutsy draw

ANTONY STEWART

June 30th, 2009

AUSTRALIA A are confident they have the psychological edge heading into the second game against Pakistan A, despite having to settle for a draw yesterday.

The locals were left five wickets short of victory at Tony Ireland Stadium as gutsy batting from Umar Akmal and Sarfraz Ahmed thwarted their chances of success. But there is no doubt it was Australia A's game to win after controlling many of the big moments of the entertaining four-day clash at the Riverway complex.

Australia A coach Mark Sorell said he believed his team would take plenty of momentum into the second game, which gets underway in Townsville on Friday.

"I think with our guys we certainly won some really key moments of the game and we pretty much drove the game, it was our game to drive," he said.

"Our guys have all contributed pretty much across the board in the game it was important we had solid contributions across batting and bowling. So I'm pretty happy with that _ it would have been a good reward for us to get the win at the end of the day, but unfortunately it didn't happen."

Victory had looked within Australia A's reach after they declared their second innings at 5-256 at lunch, leaving Pakistan A 318 runs to win in just two sessions.

One-Test pace bowler Doug Bollinger (1-31) and first innings hero Clint McKay (2-26) quickly had the visitors on the back foot, teetering at 3-31.

They then slumped to 4-77 when Pakistan A captain Mohammad Hafeez fell to New South Wales medium-fast bowler Moises Henriques (1-13). But the Pakistan batsmen, in particular Akmal, dug their heels in from that point.

Sorell said Australia were still a couple of early wickets shy of having their opposition on the ropes, especially after giving themselves just two sessions to bowl Pakistan out.

"The plan was to see if we could get three or four wickets from that first spell from (McKay) and Doug Bollinger, unfortunately that didn't really happen," he said.

"Then we tried to use the spinners as well, we thought it was a chance for them to come in and get some wickets on the last day, but it didn't work out that way."

As he did in the first innings, No. 5 batsman Umar Akmal proved the thorn in the Australians' side and the mainstay of the Pakistan A stint at the crease. The younger brother of Pakistan Test wicketkeeper Kamran backed up his 54 in the first innings with a gritty and often entertaining 100 not out.

Ahmed scored his second half century of the game and finished on 50 not out off just 48 balls, while Akmal hit 11 fours and two sixes.

Akmal bowed down and kissed the pitch in celebration of his 111-ball knock, which came moments before the close of play and took Pakistan A to 5-207 at stumps.

http://www.townsvillebulletin.com.au/article/2009/06/30/61301_sport.html

 

[Savak]

Australia A should include Tait in their line up.

 

[Random Aussie]

Australia A should include Tait in their line up.

Not fit otherwise he would be

 

[OZGOD]

That's funny because when Lawson was coaching Brett Lee he demanded Australia pick his pie throwing protege. Must be doing some coaching for Bollinger - who is not an outstanding left arm fast bowler.

Bit harsh. Bollinger's better than that pie chucker Pelt Lee.

 

[Mohsin]

AUSTRALIA A are confident they have the psychological edge heading into the second game against Pakistan A, despite having to settle for a draw yesterday.

A psychological edge?!

God help us all!