Pakistan v Netherlands | World T20 | Lords | 9/6/09 [Pak inngs]

[adilmomin]

hahah shouldnt we all be fortune tellers. we all said fawad is biggg... im scaredd, what if pak scores 160ish, i think the dutch will not go for the win, instead just try chasing 135ish. then were effed up.

 

[frz]

Given that we really suck at chasing under pressure why does everybody want Pakistan to bowl first?? It's almost guaranteed that we'll fall apart under pressure while chasing!

 

[siccric]

Netherlands might not even play for the win. They'll play sensibly and make sure they qualify on runrates instead of riskign their chances IMO

 

[FM87]

Pak needs to win by 25 runs...no matter how bad Pak's performance has been in recent years they are quite capable of beating NLs by 25 runs.

 

[pak4life]

so basically we start with -25 runs?

 

[adilmomin]

especially if the DL method comes in for seccond innnngs, then what? too many methods, well be killed...wet pitch, nannes licking his fingers, butt plays 12 balls, hits 2 fours and get caught at point?

 

[lalaji]

HEY!!!! Who's watching GEO SUPER right now?
Did you see what that person was saying..the one who is fortune teller typ person?
He said there are chances that Pak team are not going to win it if they bat second. And he said that FAWAD will play the winning role. He said that Pak can only win this match if Fawad plays. He also said that Tanvir's performance will be good but not better than FAWAD's.

(having said that, I dont believe in these predictions too much)

i watch that...its funny...stupid stuff IMO

 

[Afridi_Fan]

HEY!!!! Who's watching GEO SUPER right now?
Did you see what that person was saying..the one who is fortune teller typ person?
He said there are chances that Pak team are not going to win it if they bat second. And he said that FAWAD will play the winning role. He said that Pak can only win this match if Fawad plays. He also said that Tanvir's performance will be good but not better than FAWAD's.

(having said that, I dont believe in these predictions too much)

Fortune Teller, are you kidding me?

 

[IMMY69]

I think Pakistan need to chase today if they win the Toss as thats best way to keep destiny in our own hands!

here what you are saying and its a sound strategy however given the brittle pakistany batting you could almost see them collapsing under the pressure of scoring whatever they need in 17 overs...i think they would struggle to chase down even 120 in 17 overs when the pressure is on whereas i would back our bowlers to restrict holland to below 25 runs of our score...

lets see

 

[sohaibsyed]

Why bat first ?

Someone know ?

I thought it would be chase and control your own destiny !

If we score 200 we will be doing exactly that

 

[IM NOT YOU]

green top !

 

[siccric]

HEY!!!! Who's watching GEO SUPER right now?
Did you see what that person was saying..the one who is fortune teller typ person?
He said there are chances that Pak team are not going to win it if they bat second. And he said that FAWAD will play the winning role. He said that Pak can only win this match if Fawad plays. He also said that Tanvir's performance will be good but not better than FAWAD's.

(having said that, I dont believe in these predictions too much)

i watch that...its funny...stupid stuff IMO

they have a fortune teller? wow!

 

[lalaji]

lol but guess what he was right about pakistan winning the toss...lol funny

 

[Osman]

we need to get 180 minimum!

 

[kingusama92]

minimum 180 required from the boys in green to feel somewhat safe. Inshallah our batting will fire.

 

[lalaji]

siccric, believe it they have this guy who talks about all these signs/stars etc and no one has any clue wht the heck he is talking about..

 

[Sparhawk]

If we score 200 we will be doing exactly that

Thats a big if. But i agree with this decision because if we're chasing anything over 150 we'l pressure ourselves into defeat.

 

[pakcricketfan]

Fortune Teller, are you kidding me?

lol..No seriously..
GEO SUPER have brought a fortune teller seriously..and he said that today is tuesday which is an extremely lucky day for those whose names start with 'F'..

 

[IMMY69]

I have no idea why they are batting first - high risk strategy as NL can go into the second innings knowing that they only have a set target to go through rather than having to win the game

yes but pakistan will know too..i.e. if paks score 150 they know they have to defend 125...

imagine if we batting first and run rate goes up how would our dodgy batting perform then?

also, what you back more, or bowling or our batting?

 

[Mian Hassan]

I was born in Holland.... I am pakistani.... but live in England soo reallyy this is my life group....


First prayed that Holland won from england they did....

but after that Pakistan dissappointend

and now i Pray that Pakistan Win.....


Come on Pakistan............

 

[Oxy]

Why the hell are they batting 1st?

Theyve just made the Dutch's chances better!!!

 

[Oxy]

The game hasnt started - yet we've handed the initiative to the Dutch.

No doubt - no person has set down and calculated all the different permutations to win this game

 

[IMMY69]

Why the hell are they batting 1st?

Theyve just made the Dutch's chances better!!!

yes but pakistan will know too..i.e. if paks score 150 they know they have to defend 125...

imagine if we batting first and run rate goes up how would our dodgy batting perform then?

also, what you back more, or bowling or our batting?

 

[pakcricketfan]

shehzad out fawad in!!!!!!!! YES!!

tanvir in and arafat out

TIME TO PARTYYYY!!! Now only one thing left... WIN THE MATCH BY 25 RUNZZZ!!!

 

[goldleaf]

Anyone got a link to the game?

Stuck in work

 

[lalaji]

so that guy is predicting chances of pak going into super 8 are slim..

 

[Da Best]

Batting first or bowling first, doesn't make much of a difference IMO.

 

[adilmomin]

ahhhh green top, hard pitch, good for pace and bounce? we suck in bounce in pace man...kami cant play bounce at all!! Butt-no comment..

 

[IMMY69]

The game hasnt started - yet we've handed the initiative to the Dutch.

No doubt - no person has set down and calculated all the different permutations to win this game

david lloyd saying pakistan to do it because they won the toss and batted first.

 

[siccric]

siccric, believe it they have this guy who talks about all these signs/stars etc and no one has any clue wht the heck he is talking about..

is he some kind of religious guy or a soothsayer or something? :S

 

[pak4life]

atherton and bumble have confident in the pak team even if we dont they expect pak to go through

 

[Saj]

Just a reminder to everyone.

No filthy language
No illegal links

Cant be any clearer than that

 

[amarmak]

Unbelievable....

why are we batting first, is there any logic behind this?

someone plz explain

 

[pakcricketfan]

is he some kind of religious guy or a soothsayer or something? :S

soothsayer

 

[pakcricketfan]

lol but guess what he was right about pakistan winning the toss...lol funny

I hope he's right about Fawad Alam

 

[waqar_ahmad]

Atherton rightly saying Pakistan has a few players like Afridi who are just playing on reputation

 

[IMMY69]

Unbelievable....

why are we batting first, is there any logic behind this?

someone plz explain

contrasting views on what to do..but i explained why i think its a sound move...

 

[Zahid87]

I don't understand!! Now the Dutch know exactly what they need to get when they bat, the Pak total minus 25.

But I suppose if we bat well and get around 180+, then our bowling should be too good for them! But even against the Netherlands, our batting has the capacity to fail.

 

[FM87]

batting first is a good decision IMHO...But they need to put 180+ runs on the board, their bowlers can restrict NLS to 150 runs.

 

[lalaji]

siccric,

some astrologist...he says pak might will win but might not make it to super 8...

 

[Inswinger]

Atherton rightly saying Pakistan has a few players like Afridi who are just playing on reputation

Excellent point by him.

 

[FM87]

I don't understand!! Now the Dutch know exactly what they need to get when they bat, the Pak total minus 25.

But I suppose if we bat well and get around 180+, then our bowling should be too good for them! But even against the Netherlands, our batting has the capacity to fail.

and what if they manage to score 150+...you know how quick our batsmen lose their nerves...

 

[adilmomin]

Just a reminder to everyone.

No filthy language
No illegal links

Cant be any clearer than that

haha saj is already looking at it as pakistan will lose hahahah, no filthy language

 

[hashman]

time for the anthems

 

[pakcricketfan]

siccric,

some astrologist...he says pak might will win but might not make it to super 8...

I hope he's wrong there..

 

[Shayan]

Why the hell are they batting 1st?

Theyve just made the Dutch's chances better!!!

I don't think so. I think our chances are better now that we're batting. We have to get a big score of course.

 

[161]

With DL likely to come into play it makes it a doubly worst decision to bat first.

DL always favors the chasing team !!

 

[Afridi_Fan]

time for the toss

Ok I am a fortune teller and I am going to say Pakistan will win the Toss and Bat bat 1st.

 

[Sparhawk]

Some one needs to hit the ball straight back at nannis in the first over. Desperate times!

 

[Inswinger]

Lets go Cornered Tigers!!!!!

 

[Inswinger]

Ok I am a fortune teller and I am going to say Pakistan will win the Toss and Bat bat 1st.

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[Afridi_Fan]

am I tense?

Hell Ye people.

 

[Shadow_786]

I agree chasing a score would have been batter atleast we would no what score we need to get and within how many overs .... lets just see what pakistan gets i'll be conforable with 200+

 

[Da Best]

C'mon Pakistan!

 

[Inswinger]

I'm guessing Butt and Kamran will open. Or do you think Malik or Younis open with Salman?

 

[lalaji]

so why is shoaib malik padded up ?

 

[insaftak]

need to score big here

 

[<< Rashid >>]

Cornered tigers who think it's all just a bit of fun. Btw, does anyone know whether they show this cup on PTV in Pakistan?

 

[pak4life]

not many pak supporters at the match today.

 

[adilmomin]

I hope he's wrong there..

no he just said "might" cause if he said they will not, then he will get thrashed by the millions of pak supporters. i dont belive in fortune tellers anyway, they BS

 

[insaftak]

Here we go

 

[Da Best]

The jitters have started for me already.

 

[Afridi_Fan]

How about we send some 12th Man and ask him to do the dance on the pitch (aka Afridi against England) so the pitch starts to turn when we bowl 2nd?

 

[insaftak]

tuk tuk butt to start

 

[kingusama92]

no he just said "might" cause if he said they will not, then he will get thrashed by the millions of pak supporters. i dont belive in fortune tellers anyway, they BS

What kinda fortune teller is that?

Might? ) win-win situation for him.

 

[Inswinger]

So Kami will open.

 

[Sparhawk]

Butt is there to make sure we don't score too much.

Seriously id love if we got 200 but lets be realistic.. 170 would be great also.

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Ok, If I stopped posting, that will mean I had an Heart Attack.

 

[insaftak]

kamran on the other side, lets go kami help my fantasy squad

 

[Inswinger]

Cornered tigers who think it's all just a bit of fun. Btw, does anyone know whether they show this cup on PTV in Pakistan?

I think its Geo Super in Pakistan.

 

[pakcricketfan]

no he just said "might" cause if he said they will not, then he will get thrashed by the millions of pak supporters. i dont belive in fortune tellers anyway, they BS

Same here... But he got me a lil excited with his comments on Fawad Alam.

 

[FM87]

60% chances of precipitation between 14 and 17

 

[Inswinger]

Ok, If I stopped posting, that will mean I had an Heart Attack.

Dil pe na layna yaar!

 

[Sparhawk]

Ok, If I stopped posting, that will mean I had an Heart Attack.

We'l call an ambulance as soon as the match is done

 

[Oxy]

dot
dot

 

[Inswinger]

Beaten first ball up. Nanni has got pace.

 

[insaftak]

i'm a nervous wreck right now

 

[Zahid87]

Our bowlers should move the ball sideways on this pitch. If the dutch can....

 

[Afridi_Fan]

We'l call an ambulance as soon as the match is done

Thanks Man

 

[Zahid87]

How the **** was that not a wide.