Pakistan V England | First T20I | Dubai | 23/02/2012

[Looney]

I wish Zia got to face Bopara too

 

[NeVerMind]

Bopara on...smash him around!

 

[Dr_Bassim]

57/1
7 overs

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

A dot to start for Bopara

 

[Vegitto1]

Shafiq has all the shots - He needs to be presisted with.

please please PCB get a decent batting coach for these young guns and a psychologist for the likes of Umar akmal

 

[ninjafirstslip]

take him on!

 

[Justcrazy]

Bopara on here

 

[Markhor]

Nasser's tactical brain is brilliant just listening to him.

It would be criminal if Pakistan don't hire him in some capacity, or for any country not to do so.

 

[ninjafirstslip]

prepare lullooo bowler thread...

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

A single to Hafeez

58-1 after 7.2 overs

 

[shahidafridi123]

we need to hammer this guy!

 

[Justcrazy]

Leg side is packed.

 

[usmiunique]

Kill bopara!

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

 

[ninjafirstslip]

Nasser's tactical brain is brilliant just listening to him.

It would be criminal if Pakistan don't hire him in some capacity, or for any country not to do so.

he is sitting with a tactical dunce.

 

[IAJ]

amazing shot by Hafeez

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

lovely scoop by Hafeez

 

[Asif321]

need to score a lil fast here

 

[shahidafridi123]

shot!

 

[DOOSRA95]

come on turn the screw on Ravi

 

[AbdulrazzaqFan]

from the professor

 

[talha3]

Nice 4 from Hafeez.

That's what he was trying to do in Mohali though and he got slated for that.

 

[ads101]

There's two real skills that T20 batsmen should have. Power, the ability and the hand eye coordination to hit boundaries easily and on instinct, the other skill being able to rotate the strike and pick up the singles.

You don't need as much concentration or technique (or at least technique doesn't help as much) as you do in tests. But having the two above skills isn't so important in tests, you can play tuk tuk pretty effectively.

Asad ain't a T20 batsmen. He's more a consolidating one. He's not able to go guns blazing, in the zone batting. Just isn't his style. Misbah can't rotate the strike well, but he can rack up boundaries when he gets in pretty quickly. Umar's a good T20 batsman, so is Afridi (though would probably be more worth higher up the order). Hafeez is one who does rotating the strike and hitting boundaries kind of ok, but nothing that exceptional. He's an OK one.

Hammad haven't seen enough to make a judgement. Malik is a close to perfect one in domestic, but doesn't play like that in internationals for some reason.

 

[yazdanish]

Pakistan zindabad!

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[Markhor]

Used the pace nicely there by Hafeez.

 

[Justcrazy]

Naseer Hussain should be approached to be Batting coach.

 

[NeVerMind]

Beautiful reverse sweep by the Prf for 4!

 

[Rizwan25]

Positive starts lifts the whole team spirit!

Great shot by hafeez. 4

 

[DOOSRA95]

4 more from hafeez

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

This is decent batting so far

 

[Markhor]

A breath of fresh air in terms of batting so far from Pakistan.

 

[Justcrazy]

:4

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

7 from the over so far, canny

 

[ninjafirstslip]

god help us and that scoop

 

[shahidafridi123]

Pakistan zindabad!

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welcome to PP! Have a blast here!

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

A single to end the over, 8 from that, good

65-1 after 8 overs

 

[shahidafridi123]

8 off the over

 

[Markhor]

PAK 65-1 | 8 overs

 

[Dr_Bassim]

65/1
8 overs

 

[Amjid Javed]

Pakistan need to keep the tempo up here and not let any bowler settle.

7/8 runs an over is bare minimum we should be aiming for.

Pak 65/1 after 8 overs

 

[Justcrazy]

If stays up till 15 overs it would be great .

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

I think he is run out

 

[talha3]

Could be run out

 

[shahidafridi123]

could be run out!

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

:run out

 

[attock]

Jeetay ga bhai jeetay ka pakistan jeetay ga

 

[IAJ]

Idiot Hafeez! there was a run there!

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

That was stupid running

 

[A-khan]

hahahahha swanny

 

[DOOSRA95]

You know England are under the pump when they turn to the arm of Ravi Bopara inside ten overs. Here comes the Medium-Pace Menace ...

 

[saj001]

Swann )

 

[ninjafirstslip]

 

[talha3]

Shafiq's in.

 

[IAJ]

I think he is safe

 

[Markhor]

Don't know want Swann is doing there.

You can't elbow the stumps can you ?

 

[shahidafridi123]

Just in, theyre saying its Hafeez buts it Shafiq

 

[Looney]

He is safe

 

[DOOSRA95]

In Lucky

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

Oh, lucky, he should be safe

 

[A-khan]

) swanny bechara )

 

[ninjafirstslip]

sompletely sold asad there.

 

[yazdanish]

actually I am following cricket since years but just now started participating in this great forum!
hi from Munich, Germany

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[shahidafridi123]

Oh no, stupid angles

 

[Justcrazy]

It's tight here.

 

[talha3]

He broke it with the upper part of the arm. That should be not out.

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

Is Nas right? Can you break it with your elbow? I didn't think so

 

[Asif321]

Not out

 

[talha3]

Out

 

[IAJ]

 

[A-khan]

what!

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

It has been given out

 

[shahidafridi123]

 

[Markhor]

Out.

 

[saj001]

How is this out?

 

[Looney]

*** >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

 

[Dr_Bassim]

That's Out gone!!

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

I assume the law is that you can break it with your upper arm

 

[IAJ]

Idiot Hafeez! there was a single there! Asad almost run twice as much as Hafeez needed to!

 

[talha3]

Afridi promoted!

 

[bluffmasterv2]

Well Zameer Haider and his 3rd umpire heroics !