Pakistan v Australia | 2nd ODI | Dubai | 24/4/09 | Aus Inngs

[Lethal]

Asad Rauf just letting the Pakistan fielders know to not bounce the ball in the dirt when throwing the ball back to the bowler or wicket keeper.

4 to Ferguson. Top shot. Floated up and struck through extra cover.

 

[Garuda]

18 needed by Aus to win.

 

[Saj]

poor delivery from Afridi - floating half volley.

4 runs

 

[Da Best]

Bring on Shoiab Akthar!

 

[UP]

Get this damn Clarke out

 

[Lethal]

Rao back on. I was hoping for Akhtar.

 

[HuZi]

But still after this match u can say with ease that afridi should remain in the team and that akhtar is tooo unlucky

 

[UP]

Another 4

 

[Lethal]

4 to Clarke. Poor ball. Top shot

 

[checkers.llvllaster]

Why aren't they bringing in Ajmal now? It was Symonds who was readin him well, but not Clarke...

 

[Garuda]

13 more needed

 

[Inswinger]

Seems Younis has given up. He brings on Rao and is probably resting Shoaib.

 

[Garuda]

Akhtar is not match fit at all. His fielding is awful. You can't get some one in the playing XI who is so unfit for fielding. he has given atleast 6-8 runs today in his poor fielding.

 

[HuZi]

just need arfat 2 be in the team

 

[Inswinger]

Rao is a decent bowler but he can;t bowl yorkers. Thats what we needed at this stage.

 

[OZGOD]

Did you guys notice Symonds pink bat handle?

It's for the McGrath Foundation that Jane and Glenn McGrath set up to provide funding for breast cancer research. Sadly the illness claimed Jane's life before a cure was found.

 

[UP]

250 was a winning total here.

 

[checkers.llvllaster]

Rao is a decent bowler but he can;t bowl yorkers. Thats what we needed at this stage.

I was surprised because even Gul wasn't bowling yorkers, which is what he is known for...

 

[Lethal]

It's all but over. Good try by the bowlers. Batsman failed although some good knocks by Afridi and Akhtar (and Butt)

 

[OZGOD]

Let's get this over with quickly so I can get back to work - wasted so much time following this when I was supposed to be working

 

[Amjid Javed]

Game almost over and series set to be level at 1-1!

 

[UP]

Well Played Australia!

 

[Inswinger]

Younis will regret taking off the spinners when Clarke and Symonds came to the crease...

 

[Garuda]

So game kinda over.

The culprit to me is Pakistani Openers who didn't use the power plays at all. 32 in the first 10 overs of the power play and 20 odd runs in the second power play is just criminal for current ODI standard. They had not lost so many wickets at that time to play with such a lower run rate.

Fielding was definitely a difference between the two teams.

 

[12thMan]

Fielding was definitely a difference between the two teams.

From what I read Australia gave more chances to Pakistan. I think two catches and a simple runout missed

 

[Inswinger]

Scores level.

 

[Shayan]

Ahmed Shahzads wicket might have turned out to be more crucial than we think. He could have used the powerplay much better than Butt. If we're gonna open with Butt and have Younis at 3, we need an aggressive opener to partner Butt, otherwise we might regularly see scores of 30/1 after 10 overs.

 

[srh]

From what I read Australia gave more chances to Pakistan. I think two catches and a simple runout missed

Australia was as poor as Pakistan in fielding today. The difference was the talent. Australia's second string is more talented than Pakistan's first string. Horrible but truth.

 

[Inswinger]

Well played Australia.
We just didn't get enough runs today.

 

[IronMan2009]

I just checked the scorecard.. Butt 57 runs in 112 balls ! My god.. never seen such a slow score from an opener since Ravi Shastri played in 1992 world cup against England.

 

[Inswinger]

I just checked the scorecard.. Butt 57 runs in 112 balls ! My god.. never seen such a slow score from an opener since Ravi Shastri played in 1992 world cup against England.

Yep. His poor running and slow batting really cost us the wickets of Shehzad, Younis, and Malik.

 

[Shayan]

We need more variety in the pace department. Tanvir really needs to play, in place of either Akhtar or Rao. Arafat could also be brought in. We shouldn't rely so heavily on the spinners.

 

[IronMan2009]

wow look at this score card and Ravi shastri's innings 57 in 112 balls . The damage he caused that day is still fresh in our memory

http://content.cricinfo.com/statsguru/engine/match/65119.html

 

[Garuda]

Thats true.

But I am talking about ground fielding and Pakistan was not there today. There were lot of 2's that should have been a single. During the time when spinners were going Symmo and Clark took it easy and keep taking singles and 2's when the ball was with Akhatar.

 

[12thMan]

Some cash-prizes being given away. Unimportant ones, for hitting the board, for the number of fours struck etc. Andrew Symonds, unsurprisingly, is the Man of the Match.

 

[Sultanofswing]

ok so whats the deal with Younus Khan now?? is he like keep playing as a mediocre in ODI?

 

[Plasma]

What was the purpose of having Minadad and the other two guys there? They did nothing.

 

[12thMan]

What was the purpose of having Minadad and the other two guys there? They did nothing.

how many guys were there? Looks like 5-6 if only 3 didn't do anything.
I saw one with 10 people on stage in Karachi. That is the proper Valima party.