Pakistan v Australia | 4th ODI | Abu Dhabi | 01/05/09 | Australia Innings

[Osman]

bhaiya - are we watching the same game?

we are indeed bhai ... but surely it takes more than just 2 overs for 1 run to call a player superb?

 

[Waseem]

Afridi is ON!!!
What a surprise, good decision by Younis.

 

[insaftak]

beast is on!!!!!!! eat them alive afridi

 

[Sparhawk]

Afridi coming in early.. i have a feeling the aussies will go after him

 

[Osman]

and i will be more than happy should Arafat help us to win this game

 

[Momo]

Arafat putting the dots together nicely, just like he was doing when batting.

Great. We certainly can do with some consistency in our team.

 

[Osman]

he is here

 

[Shayan]

weird fielding by Butt.... could have kept it to 1.

Big turn from Afridi.

 

[Osman]

need to get rid of Clarke pronto he is looking settled!

 

[insaftak]

beauty!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Waseem]

What a ball by Afridi, getting amazing spin.
Something is gonna happen very soon.

 

[Plasma]

Afridi spinning it miles!

 

[HuZi]

good bowlig lala

 

[Osman]

3 runs from the over

 

[insaftak]

good stuff afridi!! bring in another spiner

 

[Shayan]

lol, more chucking the ball into the ground before getting it to the keeper. Good stuff.

 

[saeed-sohail]

great start by afridi.

 

[Waseem]

Pressure from both end, it's gonna be interesting.
We should bring in Ajmal very soon too, keep the Aussies guessing.

 

[lakha84]

i suspect a wicket in the next over by afridi

 

[Osman]

wonder if YK will throw the ball to Malik soon like last game

 

[Sparhawk]

Twatson's really lucky to still be there, hes had a few go past the outside edge and he should have been out lbw to shoaib

 

[sehban]

need to get atleast 3 more wickets before they reach 100...also we have to make sure we completely dry up the runs as scoring fast on this pitch is not an easy thing unless and until the bowler balls a bad ball

 

[Muhammad]

Great stat, 12 overs gone and extras are 0!

Good discipline there, don't see that from us very often.

 

[insaftak]

watson is clueless

 

[Waseem]

Watson looking lik a RABBIT there, Malik keeps banging the ball to ground to rough it up.

Watson hit in the danger zone.

139.4 by Arafat, good tight bowling.

 

[NeVerMind]

Arafat keeping up the pressure at the other end....

 

[Inswinger]

Need to get the RRR at 5.

 

[IMMY69]

arafat still bowling very well - and good pace too

 

[Fallen King]

Several fielders are banging the ball so hard on the land before to hand to bowler LOL
That may explain the reverse swing to expect

 

[saeed-sohail]

reverse from arfat

 

[NeVerMind]

Arafat already reverse swinging the ball.

 

[Inswinger]

Bit of reverse there. Needs to go for some yorkers.

 

[TaZ]

aussies (watson) are ssoooo lucky out there

 

[Inswinger]

That was close.

 

[IMMY69]

aussies (watson) are ssoooo lucky out there

thats how it is...afridi had his luck too...

 

[Shayan]

awesome 4 by Clarke

 

[insaftak]

shot!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 50 up for ausiess

 

[Sparhawk]

Clarke gets 44444444

that said 126 kph, cant be right

 

[saeed-sohail]

what a shot clarky

 

[HuZi]

4444444444444

 

[insaftak]

edge past slip!!!!!!!!

 

[NeVerMind]

partnership 47 off 67

 

[insaftak]

we need a wicket quick

 

[Fallen King]

Why is Shaoib Akhtar still fielding? His job is to bowl only. Otherwise, rest him for a while. Bring him only if he is needed to bowl.

 

[Inswinger]

Bring on Malik!!

 

[Sparhawk]

wow afridi's piffed.. boycs is right he needs to be more patient but who are we kidding?

 

[in_cutter]

Aussies showing us how to achieve a good run-rate

 

[Inswinger]

Why is Shaoib Akhtar still fielding? His job is to bowl only. Otherwise, rest him for a while. Bring him only if he is needed to bowl.

There are certain rules regarding that.

 

[Waseem]

Afridi looking angry.
Come on Arafat, we need a wicket very soon, Clarke's wicket will give us a HUGE boost.
Watson mishitting a short ball again.

 

[Fallen King]

There are certain rules regarding that.

That's too bad.

 

[saeed-sohail]

clarke is playing a gem here.

 

[Waseem]

Clarke beaten by a beautiful Arafat delivery for the first time all day.
Brilliant yorker to end the over.
I think we should bring Ajmal now who should bowl DOOSRA, he is already reported so who cares.

 

[HuZi]

try to bring back akhtar for 2 overs or so

 

[lakha84]

we needs couple of wickets

 

[insaftak]

afridi hasn't bowled a good delivery for a while, comon afridi!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[saeed-sohail]

afridi needs to find the right lenght here

 

[insaftak]

bring in 2nd spiner

 

[Sparhawk]

Yea Afridi's lost his focus a little bit and clarke's looking solid.. need to get a wicket somewhere

 

[waqar_ahmad]

ONce Arafat stops bowling, we nee to get AKhtar is coz the ball in reversing now.

 

[SohailQureshi]

we need a wicket badly here, feel the game is going away from us

 

[insaftak]

arafat continues

 

[Sparhawk]

Shoaib has 6 overs remaining.. using him in bursts of 2 overs would be best

 

[insaftak]

time to use 2nd spiner

 

[TaZ]

Clarke is taking the game and the series away. Younis could learn a lot from a captain leading from the front

 

[Couch Cricketer]

its spinning to much and Afridi's to impatient to bowl the correct line

 

[NeVerMind]

clarke as waqar would say, is in a good nick. key man here.

 

[OZGOD]

Clarke looking like he's back in form. We need him to stick around here, though there's a fair bit of batting to come.

 

[NeVerMind]

bring on either ajmal or malik for afridi

 

[OZGOD]

If we can get to 100 with only the loss of another wicket, I'd fancy our chances of chasing this down.

 

[Khabri420]

I would say bring Malik or Ajmal on

 

[insaftak]

afridi is pitching everything oustide the legstump

 

[IMMY69]

afridi needs to calm down here...but i guess its just not the afridi way

 

[TaZ]

afridi needs to get off for a bit

 

[NeVerMind]

see if you are not getting a wicket, no worries. keep it tight and the wickets will come. don't try too much.

 

[TaZ]

akhtar on, short, wide and 4

 

[NeVerMind]

Coverage showing the analyst for the aussie team observing the match on his laptop no doubt to analyse it later with the team. Where the hell is our analyst or can't we afford one (and the laptop)?

 

[insaftak]

this game is getting out of our hand and now a free hit

 

[NeVerMind]

looks the Pindi express is running out of steam...no ball and free hit...

 

[Lethal]

Akhtar comes back

Gets hit for 4

Now a no nall.

What a ball. Great reverse swinging yorker.

 

[Osman]

oh dear .... oh dear .... oh dear