Pakistan v England | 1st ODI | Abu Dhabi | 13/2/2012 | England Innings

[chui_kadoo]

the fielding has been absolute pants today

 

[Looney]

245 max , Pakistan would be comfortably chase it down but anything above will test us . Our biggest weakness is our tuk tuk mode . England should be looking to target that , early wickets will give really them the edge because the middle order easily goes into a shell and scores slowly . The lower order is a bit unreliable . We need the guys to really go for it , play their natural game knowing that we have a long batting line up .

 

[Phool]

Field placement should be attacking.

 

[Muhammad Waleed]

Why I didn't pick bopara over trott?

 

[cricfan4ever]

poor fielding from Asad

why is the field so defensive

 

[Asif321]

captains favourite lolzzz... paul alliot

 

[ninjafirstslip]

at least moon contributes when we field

lol gave them an extra single again.

 

[sarmadsl]

Safe

 

[Liverpool_Faizan]

wat the hell happened to Malik's action. It looks awful

 

[chui_kadoo]

given away atleast 10 runs in the field

 

[imshally81]

:4

 

[Justcrazy]

That was a good shot

 

[Sherlock]

What's the matter with Malik's action?

Looks very uncomfortable when he delivers the ball.

 

[chui_kadoo]

oh dear. Easy run out chance missed

 

[imshally81]

not out

 

[imshally81]

no referral

 

[Asif321]

 

[Justcrazy]

England have good run rate here at the moment. Pakistan need more wickets here.

 

[tauseefm]

Have a slip u idiot Misbah. Eng batsman r not picking Ajmal and u r letting them off easily

 

[chui_kadoo]

akmal flapping away at the back. This abysmal fielding

 

[Iffitheking]

India has droped sachin to play youngster... and Pakistan drop one youngster to play old pathetic good for nothing crickter... i.e. Shoaib Malik...

 

[Qadeer]

with our out fielding run out is never ON

 

[hazen_batti]

some one plz break this partnership.

 

[sarmadsl]

Lol

 

[chui_kadoo]

the fielders need to wake up

 

[DOOSRA95]

the game is drifting misbah is letting it slip from his grasp.

 

[Justcrazy]

Cook has batted with lot's of sense.

 

[Looney]

Bring Afridi into the attack . In se kuch nahi hoga .

 

[Amjid Javed]

Pakistan need to take another two quick wickets here. England still have batting PP to come as well.

250+ Maybe?

 

[Asif321]

ppySwit Not Out

 

[Pakhtoon_Rules]

Bring Afridi back... This partnership is crucial

 

[Amjid Javed]

Eng 127/2 After 28 overs

 

[Pakhtoon_Rules]

Pakistan has a long batting line up so score of 230/240 should not be a problem

 

[Justcrazy]

has to bat well, that is the only way he can justify his place in his side.

 

[Asif321]

akmal flapping away at the back. This abysmal fielding

not his fault.. hes a batsmen . but made keeper just coz captain wants to fit an all rounder

 

[sarmadsl]

Pakistsn in trouble

 

[Justcrazy]

Rameez is in favor of

 

[sarmadsl]

Ramiz about hammad

 

[Qadeer]

not his fault.. hes a batsmen . but made keeper just coz captain wants to fit an all rounder

its not a good idea i think profesional keeper is better than make shift, he already costed us bopara wicket.

 

[Hassan0987]

Our bowlers doesn't look threatening, England are playing Ajmal too easy. Misbah should look to place more attacking fields

 

[ScotRaz]

has to bat well, that is the only way he can justify his place in his side.

The only way Wahab is going to stay in the team is if he scores a 100! )

 

[cricfan4ever]

1s n 2s being given away generously

 

[sarmadsl]

2 more wickets bring lala back

 

[Hamxa89]

Pakpassion seems dead today.. Not good!

 

[Iffitheking]

England will be disappointed if they wont score at least 260 from here..

 

[Strike!]

Ajmal is bowling well, Unlucky not to get a wicket.

 

[Muhammad Waleed]

Easy singles for Eng

 

[Justcrazy]

has to get wickets , field should be more attacking when he is bowling.

 

[imshally81]

:44

 

[sarmadsl]

:4

 

[Maher96]

Umer Akmal finding hard to keep here. Cook iff to a century.

 

[thecricket]

Some Serious Phainty Goin On

 

[Justcrazy]

cook is playing really well, an opener scoring big leads to big score.

 

[tauseefm]

Well it was a tough stumping chance since ball went through batsmans legs and might have hit his pads.

 

[Hamxa89]

Ever heard of direct hits?

 

[Looney]

Get the prayer mats out boys

 

[Sherlock]

270 is my prediction. Can't see Pakistan getting that.

 

[chui_kadoo]

poor fielding.Really slow there

 

[IAJ]

Lols, Cook of all, playing with the spinners.

 

[Justcrazy]

Pakistan need wickets honestly

 

[ash 68]

could be chasing 270 here

 

[Hassan0987]

They are taking singles too easy, not good

 

[DOOSRA95]

very ordinary performance Pakistan today!

 

[sarmadsl]

Cook on 77

 

[Looney]

Ever heard of direct hits?

Not a good idea with Pakistan , normally end up overthrowing it and giving away free runs

 

[chui_kadoo]

Anything above 250 then England are favourites to win

 

[tauseefm]

Negative captiancy by Misbah

 

[Asif321]

 

[Amjid Javed]

england picking up runs way to easily here! Add to that the odd boundary and england could easily get 300 now!

 

[Maher96]

Big hitters yet to come!

 

[Strike!]

Easy singles.

 

[sarmadsl]

Check the legth of mirza

 

[Phool]

I don't understant the strategy of completing the qouta of Hafeez. Two or three overs should have been saved for later.

 

[IAJ]

Ok calm down. A collapse is on it's way! Pakistan will be chasing under 250 hopefully

 

[Strike!]

Bring back Afridi please?

 

[sarmadsl]

Milking milking

 

[Pak_Power]

batsmen looking too comfortable, should bring Afridi now!!

 

[Asif321]

kiewetter morgan patel will unleash hell in last overs ...

 

[MuqaddarKaSikandar]

Next game
Rehman in for Malik ... (proper bowler - would do better than malik in bowling certainly and could bat a bit)
Hammad Azam in for Riaz ...(decent batsman and medium pacer - can't do much worse than riaz in bowling and proper batsman at no 8)

So then....Team for 2nd ODI
Hafeez
Farhat (Azhar ali preferred but won't happen)
Shafiq
Younis
Misbah
Afridi
Akmal
Azam
Rehman
Ajmal
Gul

What do you think ?

 

[Phool]

Boundaries don't hurt you that much as much as singles and twos hurt.