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Pakistan v West Indies | 2nd ODI | Abu Dhabi | 14/11/08 | Pak Innings

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Sheikh said:
No, it shouldn't. He's an asset with the ball and he's influential in the field. By playing him as a specialist all-rounder you just put more pressure on his batting, which should be regarded as a bonus.

It's faulty team selection, nothing more.

Yea he's an asset with the ball, but with Ajmal(hence 4 bowlers) in the side, Malik is playing better as a batsman currently, and better as a bowler (last match at least) so Alam would come back in for the next match. I dont agree with it, but I think it'll happen. Needs to fire :)
 
Muddaser said:
Khurram gone bowled.

They'll be regreting the team selection.

How Afridi managed to remain in the team is beyond me.

You've been saying that since that day we met in Bradistan!
 
I'm not worried. I have faith in my team esp Misbah and YK. All i am saying that there cannot be a better stage for Afridi to deliver and he better. Otherwise bye bye. And as always, I would love for Afridi to make me eat my words.
 
why the hell would you drop Alam. Makes no sense at all. The poor guy never gets a fair chance.

If you wanted to play Ajmal Afridi should have been dropped, spinner for spinner, since Afridi cannot be considered an AR now days.

Rao for Rauf makes sense.
 
To be quite honest Alam didn't impress me with his hitting when we needed him. He was strugglinf big time. It was only Akmal that won us the match.
 
Sheikh said:
That's great. Replace a specialist batsman with a specialist bowler, makes sense.

Btw why are you watching? I thought you were only going to catch the bits when Gul and Akhtar are bowling?
I never said it made sense, but the captain felt like that. Because it was a good batting track, and Waqar (i think) said there some cracks on it which could be used by a offspinner, that might not have been the worst decision. Of course, now that 2 wkts have fallen, it may prove costly.

My comments about me not watching the match wasnt meant literally. I just voiced my concern about the somewhat boring bowling attack
 
cracking pull shot by younis for FOUR. btw the boundaries have been extended for this match.
18/2 after 6.4
 
How can you drop Fawad? I am furious!!

Why is Rao back? How many chances is this pie throwing Sifarishi going to get? This is just madness and I am sick of it! :po:
 
And now a cut shot for a 4, 2 in a row for Younis
 
3 4s in a row, this time a lovely drive through the off side.
 
Muyazzim Khan said:
How can you drop Fawad? I am furious!!

Why is Rao back? How many chances is this pie throwing Sifarishi going to get? This is just madness and I am sick of it! :po:
Im also disappointed by seeing him in the attack, but i dont think its a case of sifarishi.
 
Classy shots from Younis Khan, a pull followed by a cut followed by a drive
 
Muyazzim Khan said:
Why is Rao back? How many chances is this pie throwing Sifarishi going to get? This is just madness and I am sick of it!
err, maybe because Rauf got his behind handed to him by Gayle in the last match. Raos pies are of a much better quality and consistency than Raufs.
 
lollol said:
I never said it made sense, but the captain felt like that. Because it was a good batting track, and Waqar (i think) said there some cracks on it which could be used by a offspinner, that might not have been the worst decision. Of course, now that 2 wkts have fallen, it may prove costly.

My comments about me not watching the match wasnt meant literally. I just voiced my concern about the somewhat boring bowling attack
Fair enough. But if the pitch is supporting spin then why have 3 pacers as well? How are Gul, Tanvir, Rao, Afridi, Ajmal, and Malik going to share 50 overs? Obviously one (or a number) of them will be under-bowled so what's the point?

It makes even less sense when you consider that the dude you dropped played an important part in the last win and that he was meant to be Yousuf's replacement. So theoretically it's Ajmal for Yousuf in this game.
 
People can't keep quiet can they? So you are saying those 15 people are crap that we have. They all can play for Pak as they are the selected one.
 
Anyways...I'm hoping Misbah takes this opportunity and smashes his maiden odi century!
 
Fair enough, I hope they do this Kitply Cup style :D
 
MORNING PPERS!!!!

Interesting stuff so far

Wish Akhtar was playing

I have a feeling Mammy Harriet's cooking some molasses
 
Sheikh said:
Fair enough. But if the pitch is supporting spin then why have 3 pacers as well? How are Gul, Tanvir, Rao, Afridi, Ajmal, and Malik going to share 50 overs? Obviously one (or a number) of them will be under-bowled so what's the point?

It makes even less sense when you consider that the dude you dropped played an important part in the last win and that he was meant to be Yousuf's replacement. So theoretically it's Ajmal for Yousuf in this game.
Yep, one of them is going to be underbowled, but we had more matches where Malik & Afridi didnt bowl 20 over together :)

Now, i dont want do support the decision of dropping Fawad, i was just pointing out that Malik wanted more bowling options, and that Fawad isnt dropped (probably) because of his performance, but because they wanted more bowling options.

The track is flat as hell, but with our openers gone this change is going to cost us i think
 
I'm quite happy with the way this is travelling :D
 
To be fair Fawad had a shocker last game, He just couldn't get a boundary.
 
Wazeeri said:
To be fair Fawad had a shocker last game, He just couldn't get a boundary.

although, he still made 26 off 25 balls. I dont think his selection should be questioned. In fact it should be where he plays in the order.
 
Someone needs to tell our idiot captain that the quality of bowlers win matches not the quantity.
 
Wazeeri said:
To be fair Fawad had a shocker last game, He just couldn't get a boundary.
You don't need every guy to smack the ball out of the stadium; sometimes it's fine to have one batsman who rotates the strike. As it is, Fawad is flanked by hitters like Misbah, Malik, Afridi, and Akmal so it's perfectly reasonable if he just rotates the strike and feeds the hitters.
 
Sheikh said:
You don't need every guy to smack the ball out of the stadium; sometimes it's fine to have one batsman who rotates the strike. As it is, Fawad is flanked by hitters like Misbah, Malik, Afridi, and Akmal so it's perfectly reasonable if he just rotates the strike and feeds the hitters.

Very good point :imran
 
Why bring Akhtar when he is blatantly unfit? He needs to shed 5 stones before he can be considered. With his massive weight he is a liability.
 
That shot from Manzoor was a shocker, just seeing a replay
 
Sheikh said:
You don't need every guy to smack the ball out of the stadium; sometimes it's fine to have one batsman who rotates the strike. As it is, Fawad is flanked by hitters like Misbah, Malik, Afridi, and Akmal so it's perfectly reasonable if he just rotates the strike and feeds the hitters.

Ditto
 
Muyazzim Khan said:
Why bring Akhtar when he is blatantly unfit? He needs to shed 5 stones before he can be considered. With his massive weight he is a liability.
The guy can only be fit on streoids in the present condition.
His body is too damaged by excess use of HGH in the past IMO, killed his estrogen levels to increase testosterone without getting breasts, increasing his joint problems and inflammation of muscles.
 
Is Afridi in ? Still even if he fails like how he does 99.9 percent of the time, it should still be an easy Pak win....
 
Does Danny Morrison realise that his 'batting tips' are as credible as Courtney Walsh's forward defence stroke?
 
Oxy said:
Does Danny Morrison realise that his 'batting tips' are as credible as Courtney Walsh's forward defence stroke?
He is the premier duck master :)
 
Misbah gets a four to the long boundary. I would love to see a big one from him today, its there for the taking.
 
I find it strange that Misbah doesn't have an ODI hundred to his name yet. Today is his chance, he's looked a bit out of sorts.. but he has more than 30 overs to make it click and get a really big one. I hope we see him and Malik bat till at least the 35th over and then...


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