Pakistan v Australia | CT 2009 | Centurion | 30/9/09 | Pak Inns

[who_dares]

106-3 after 29

 

[slix10]

even Yahoo is choked it ain't working at all

cricbuzz.com

106/3.

 

[haroonrasheed320]

Hauritz bowls a maiden

 

[godzilla]

44444

beautiful lofted drive by malik off hopes with mid off up.

 

[shahzadddd]

114/3

I guess all of India is logging on

 

[haroonrasheed320]

cricbuzz.com

106/3.

thx mate Il check it out,,,, cricinfo is getting better I think it got some treatment

 

[Sparhawk]

Malik releasing some pressure

 

[the true passionist]

Pakistan should reach 230 odd by the theory of doubling the score at the 30 over mark. I feel we need at least 250 to make a game out of this. The aussie batting is in form.

 

[sehban]

114/3 30 overs

 

[shahzadddd]

114/3 from 30 overs

 

[Poison]

114/3 after 30

250-270.

 

[GLORY OF '92]

Yeah 230 is short

 

[Sheikh_Chilli]

MoYo is getting struggling but getting better. Malik seems to carry his confidence over from the indian game. He just chucked a ball over mid-off for four. No worries.

Brett Lee starting up again. Malik to face...

 

[Sheikh]

Decent platform from here.

250+ is on.

 

[malikvslee]

malikvslee

 

[slix10]

Come on Indian lads, pray harder!



Looks like 230 to me.

 

[Maula Jutt]

At least a 250. Come on, greenshirts!

 

[saeed-sohail]

Wide

 

[OZGOD]

Should try and keep MoYo on strike

 

[godzilla]

excellent stop by paine on a wild leg side wide by lee

 

[the true passionist]

IND would definitely not get any help in terms of RR even if PAK can pull off a victory here.

 

[FM87]

Australians kept taking singles and twos on almost every ball against India in their last match on this same pitch that kept the run rate quite good and speaks volumes about their batting calibre, whereas Pakistani batsmen are struggling really hard to take one run in one over.

 

[saeed-sohail]

Decent platform from here.

250+ is on.

264 is the number mate.

 

[Poison]

Lee being milked like the doodhwala he is.

 

[godzilla]

lee getting hints of reverse. get ready for the yorkers...

 

[sehban]

120/3 31

 

[slix10]

Australians kept taking singles and twos on almost every ball against India in their last match on this same pitch that kept the run rate quite good and speaks volumes about their batting calibre, whereas Pakistani batsmen are struggling really hard to take one run in one over.

We are fine now.

# Last 5 ovs 25/0 RR 5.00

Was mostly YK.

 

[GLORY OF '92]

Red bull time. Just 2 hrs sleep is not good for you!

 

[godzilla]

hauritz just bowled a maiden, why the heck did ponting take him off??

 

[OZGOD]

come on MJ get us a wicket mate

 

[sehban]

these two just need to bat another 10 overs and then pak should get a decent score...
240 will be quite useful me thinks

 

[FM87]

Can people forget India for a while and just concentrate on this match? Who cares whether India qualifies for the semis or not. For Pak beating a team like Australia is more important.

 

[Waseem]

For people NOT watching this game, this is not a FLAT wicket so don't expect 300 plus score here. 250 will be a very competitive score here and we won't really lose any sleep if we don't score 250 here or even win the game

 

[sehban]

another play and miss

 

[slix10]

What is MJ not good at?

 

[Poison]

Yousuf's running has improved a lot.

 

[WNC]

Malik gone......

 

[godzilla]

malik gone

 

[OZGOD]

hauritz just bowled a maiden, why the heck did ponting take him off??

Because he never looked like taking a wicket

 

[Poison]

Malik gone

I hope U. Akmal comes in.

 

[Looney]

Malik gone!

 

[sehban]

malik goes, now pak in real trouble

 

[shahzadddd]

123/4 31.5 overs

 

[Looney]

Pakistan 123 for 4

 

[OZGOD]

and the tactic pays off, Malik is gonnnnnnneeeee. 4 downfor 123

 

[mindless slogging]

Just tuning in. What sort of score is this?

How is the pitch doing?

What is the par score?

 

[the true passionist]

Pakistan may struggle now...It seems that the intensity has just not been there.

Can Misbah(playing for his life) and Akmal motivate this team?

 

[Poison]

malik goes, now pak in real trouble

Worst case scenario, we lose and go through to semis.

Chill yaara :aamir

 

[immubhai]

Question for PPers watching this game live: Does the pitch look so dangerous or our ballaybaz gotten out of their mistakes? what could be a reasonable total on this wicket?

Thanks!

 

[saeed-sohail]

soft soft malik like chodvin ka chand(moon)

 

[FM87]

For people NOT watching this game, this is not a FLAT wicket so don't expect 300 plus score here. 250 will be a very competitive score here and we won't really lose any sleep if we don't score 250 here or even win the game

Pak has already qualified for the semis but beating a team like Australia is a real treat.

 

[Waseem]

Malik gone as well.
Our players are playing quite casually here, shouldn't take it that easy as we need practice and a loss will bring us under a bit of pressure.

 

[fawad_wellwisher]

Pakistan playing sensibly here! Too sensibly..........

 

[NorthStar]

Pak 123/4 .... its Team India pack your bags time

 

[Poison]

Question for PPers watching this game live: Does the pitch look so dangerous or our ballaybaz gotten out of their mistakes? what could be a reasonable total on this wicket?

Thanks!

It was seaming a round a little bit early, no real swing, and there is a bit of uneven bounce, which accounted for Afridi earlier.

 

[WNC]

If you're finding this pitch tough, Wanderers would be our batsmen's nightmare, that too in the semis....

 

[Lodhiz]

To be frank, i'd rather we lose by a margin large enough to ensure that Australia has a higher NRR than India, so they get knocked out at least. However this is still disappointing, I want to see Pakistan put up a fight!

 

[bluffmasterv2]

man... why send misbah in front of akmal..

 

[UsmanhailsAfridi]

Question for PPers watching this game live: Does the pitch look so dangerous or our ballaybaz gotten out of their mistakes? what could be a reasonable total on this wicket?

Thanks!

pitch isn't the easiest...but our batsmen are getting out bc they are getting too bored staying out there without scoring too many boundaries

 

[OZGOD]

Hmm. They must be saving Umar Akmal for the last 10 over dash.

 

[khalidali7070]

We have a guy who is not even part of the probables in the upcoming series. Well done capta sahib, good thinking, could he have given fawad a chance what worse could he do.

 

[WNC]

Edged and barely missed the keeper. Misbah sahib off the mark shakily

 

[pak4life]

Question for PPers watching this game live: Does the pitch look so dangerous or our ballaybaz gotten out of their mistakes? what could be a reasonable total on this wicket?

Thanks!

Slow pitch anything around 240-250 is a decent score me thinks.

 

[Cheguvera]

lucky break of misbah...went between keeper and slip...first ball up...

 

[Shakil_pkcricket]

Worst case scenario, we lose and go through to semis.

Chill yaara :aamir

Worst case scenario....Pakistan will have to play its semi on Johannesberg Wanderers lively track.......

 

[OZGOD]

great delivery to end the over, could have had a wicket there too !!

 

[coy0607]

they should have sent in akmal.......see what he is really made up of against a strong Australian attack

 

[Wazeeri]

What is the pitch like? Isn't it really doing so much that we are going at 4 an over with 4 down?

 

[Waseem]

Lucky Misbah, in between keeper and first slip for four.

 

[pak4life]

wow where did that ball come from - well played by yousaf

 

[Shakil_pkcricket]

If Misbah scores heavily today..as he has shown in the past he scores big when it is a meaningless matches.....Who the team management will be dropping in the semi????

 

[WNC]

and now nearly a run out!

 

[godzilla]

misbah should have gone first ball. wicked bouncer from lee, excellent delivery, excellently played by yousuf - crciket the winner.

two 35 year old then try their best to run each other out.

 

[fawad_wellwisher]

Hmm. They must be saving Umar Akmal for the last 10 over dash.

No. They want see if Misbah gets to tour NZ or not!

 

[OZGOD]

Good bouncer by Lee. Geez him and MJ make a good fast bowling pair

 

[Poison]

Worst case scenario....Pakistan will have to play its semi on Johannesberg Wanderers lively track.......

Mate if we can't back ourselves to perform on a lively track then we might as well just pack up and go home now. Have some heart.

 

[OZGOD]

Would have been out by miles but nobody was backing up

 

[coy0607]

indias hope are pretty much in MOYOs hand

 

[OZGOD]

that's terrible running from MoYo and Misbah lol. Good thing Ponting missed by a country mile

 

[Waseem]

Terrible terrible running by Yousuf.
I know it won't matter if we lose but these things are very important. We can't lose focus and collapse here.