Pakistan U19 v India U19| 3rd Quarter Final U19 WC| Townsville| 20/08/12

[Sledger]

Terrible shot by Azam, no edge.

 

[Bullet Drive]

I still can't believe Pakistan elected to bat first. What were they thinking of?

Making a decent total and then scoreboard pressure will take its toll on the Indians.

Unfortunately Sami Aslam & Imam set the tone for us today.

 

[Sledger]

We just gotta aim for 200. Its as simple as that.

150 looks a major mission right now.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Ravikant just has 12 balls left after this over.

 

[Runner Up]

They should have played Ravikant Singh sensibly and try not to give him any wicket. But it's too late now.

 

[Down2Earth]

I still can't believe Pakistan elected to bat first. What were they thinking of?

 

[Sledger]

Looks like Babar played inside that one. Good judgement.

 

[jusarrived]

We just gotta aim for 200. Its as simple as that.

THey need to score ~5 from now on to get to 200 . with 6 down , that wont be easy ..They should target ~160-170.

 

[Sledger]

Edged for four.

 

[LastLaugh_PK]

The pressure is getting to Azam..

 

[Bullet Drive]

 

[Sledger]

All dismissals bar one have been edges so far - typical Pakistani technique, poking outside off.

 

[LastLaugh_PK]

I feel for the lad.. he is the only one who turned up today..

 

[IAJ]

If the batsmen can support Babar and if we can get 150+ then game on.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Don't care how they come. Just need runs. 77-6 after 24 overs. Zafar on strike

 

[Sledger]

WI are also collapsing.

 

[Pak_Lover]

The pressure is getting to Azam..

This

 

[Bullet Drive]

Nicely played by Zafar. 1 to him. Babar on strike.

 

[jusarrived]

Indais batting is Crap . Unmukt & Zol are the on;y good bats we have .

Pak need to avoid getting bowled out here

 

[Sledger]

Dropped caught and bowled chance. Big moment in the game, it was Babar.

 

[Bullet Drive]

This spinner bowling at 45 mph with no spin at all.

 

[Down2Earth]

Best bet is to play out the overs and hope for a score of around 150..

Our bowlers are certainly more adept at exploiting the juice in the pitch.. it won't be an easy win for India..

Considering that we'll be bowled out in 30 overs, there probably will be juice left in the wicket. Not that we've got swing bowlers though

 

[Sledger]

Rush of blood by Babar, he needs to play at least 10-15 overs of singles and doubles here.

 

[Pak_Lover]

Babar wat r u upto ???

 

[jusarrived]

Whats wrong with our keeper ?

 

[PlanetPakistan]

This Indian spinner Harmeet seems like a very intelligent bowler

 

[On_the_up]

Ravikant believe his luck

 

[IAJ]

Ravi can't sing has two more overs, just don't give him more wickets

 

[MenInG]

79/6 is precarious - Azam holdings innings together here

 

[LastLaugh_PK]

Yar keeper ko koi chup karaye..

 

[Down2Earth]

usman qadir's batting would have been useful right about now

 

[Sledger]

Very good ball, swung in. Played out by Babar.

 

[Sledger]

Alert running, 3 balls for Gohar to face.

 

[Runner Up]

17 runs partnership. Can they get to 150 at least?

 

[Sledger]

That was an incredibly classy shot for a lower order player.

 

[LegCutter]

This is borderline humiliation. On par with the olympics hockey 7-0

 

[Bullet Drive]

Ravi will probably bowl out. He has only 8 balls left.

 

[Pak_Lover]

Shot of the day for me by Zafar

 

[On_the_up]

That was one of the shots of the day by zafar

 

[Bullet Drive]

Ravi has only 6 balls left to bowl in the game.

 

[Sledger]

84/6.. edging towards three figures.

Literally.

 

[Bullet Drive]

24 overs to go now. Another 100 would be ideal.

 

[Palti_hit]

Hope we get them under 100

 

[Sledger]

They're going off for a rain delay. Wicket will hopefully be juiced up for Zia.

 

[Alexander]

One thing is for sure, these Indians love bowling to left handers. Bowled beautifully to them so far.

 

[Bullet Drive]

It's raining, hopefully this can save us..

 

[Anwar_194]

Rain to rescue

 

[On_the_up]

Rain stops play

 

[NoToIpL]

rain saves Pakistan

 

[Sledger]

It's a light shower guys, it's basically just spitting.

 

[LastLaugh_PK]

Afterall it is Eid.. Allah had to intervene...

 

[LastLaugh_PK]

Hope it rains like it has never rained before..

 

[Down2Earth]

if it's washed out, we go through

 

[Bullet Drive]

Really wanted to watch some of our batsman bat, unfortunately it now can never happen as this will be the last match the team will play on live TV.

Hopefully Pakistan can do something special. Something real special is required by one of our cricketers.

Hopefully these two can bat till the end. Ehsan Adil too can hit some big ones. Hopefully we'll get to 180+

 

[LethalSami]

let it rain


let it rain

let it rain

 

[IgnitedMind]

Oh wow . suprised. ) at the score.

bad batting or good bowling?

 

[Bullet Drive]

Insha'Allah something weird happens with the weather in Australia. Hopefully buckets of rain just falls down over the ground and the game gets called off. We then go through right?

 

[NoToIpL]

Oh wow . suprised. ) at the score.

bad batting or good bowling?

bad batting
Indians can never bowl good

 

[Bullet Drive]

Oh wow . suprised. ) at the score.

bad batting or good bowling?

Bit of both really.

Pakistan's NO.1 & NO.3 got out in the first over chasing fairly wide balls. Others have been edges. Good from India. Really good.

 

[LastLaugh_PK]

Really wanted to watch some of our batsman bat, unfortunately it now can never happen as this will be the last match the team will play on live TV.

Hopefully Pakistan can do something special. Something real special is required by one of our cricketers.

Hopefully these two can bat till the end. Ehsan Adil too can hit some big ones. Hopefully we'll get to 180+

As a Pakistani fan what I have learned over the years is you never stop believing..

Remember the World Cup in which Anwar Ali decimated the Indian batting.. yea we only scored 100 odd then..

 

[LegCutter]

84/6.. Edging towards three figures.

Literally.

 

[Sledger]

Oh wow . suprised. ) at the score.

bad batting or good bowling?

A big mixture of both.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Ehsan Adil can bat a bit too. Bit of a slogger but who cares!

 

[IAJ]

The rain has already stopped

 

[Bullet Drive]

Bad news, covers coming off

 

[Bullet Drive]

Play to resume in 5 mins

 

[IAJ]

if we can get to 170, that would be great. Bangladesh made 170 and had Australia 30+/4 before captain saved the aussies

 

[Bullet Drive]

As a Pakistani fan what I have learned over the years is you never stop believing..

Remember the World Cup in which Anwar Ali decimated the Indian batting.. yea we only scored 100 odd then..

True but sometimes its a bit hard to believe you can win when your in such a bad position.

It'll be extremely tough for Pakistan to reach 180+ and that's there only chance of winning. Even 180 isn't a good total.

Its 2.40 am here but I'm still going to stay awake all night and watch them. Will hopefully see something real special.

 

[Bullet Drive]

So far Zafar has shown he can bat a bit. Babar has looked real good. We just need to carry on and rotate strike. Put away the bad ball and rotate strike. Keep Babar on strike as much as possible. No need to do anything silly. They must use their brains and I'm confident they'll get to 180 odd.

 

[Amar786]

Do you think the rain is a blessing because it gave babar and the coach time to plan what to do from here.

 

[Sledger]

Restarting in 3 minutes.

 

[Pakistaniboy]

Im back!!!!

Cmon Boys,

Take the total to 150 + Pleaseeee

 

[Down2Earth]

stupid coaches must have bombarded babar with obvious advice

 

[Bullet Drive]

Babar Azam averaging 110 this tournament.

 

[Sledger]

Indians back on the pitch, covers coming off.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Babar need 13 more runs to be the tournaments leading run scorer.

 

[Sledger]

Harmeet to bowl. Babar on strike.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Batsman back on the pitch. Come on boys.

 

[Sledger]

Almost out first ball, looked close. Needs to get set all over again.

 

[Bullet Drive]

That looked plumb!