Pakistan vs Australia | 3rd ODI | Sharjah | 03/09/12 | Australia Innings

[truthseer]

Sarfraz does not even know how to hold a bat

6 runs in the series is a magnificent contribution

 

[iafzal]

Pathan: "Will the real Kamran Akmal please stand up, please stand up! And he has stood up finally!"

 

[JibranAnsari]

And akmal's missed stumping at crucial time , all we needed.

 

[Sledger]

Afridi short again, not gripping the ball well it seems.

 

[truthseer]

That was about as easy a taken down the legside as he could ask for, commentary

 

[ads101]

brilliant fielding there hafeez.

 

[JilaWatan]

why cant we have adnan is odis too

 

[Ibad17]

good fielding.

 

[adnan yasin]

This should be afridi last over

 

[waqar_ahmad]

Was a tough chance. It was a wide ball + he was blinded by the batsman.

You are kidding right?

Talk about being a fan. It was a regulation chance

 

[Bullet Drive]

This match getting close.

 

[t_kaay]

103 off 102, drinks break

 

[ads101]

afridi's bowled well especially since he's injured. Good he's showing fight out there.

 

[Shayan]

Sarfraz does not even know how to hold a bat

Both Sarfraz and Kamran have a primary job, and that is to keep wicket.

We have an amazing spin bowling attack. It deserves a competent wicket-keeper to back it up.

 

[Ibad17]

142-4 after 33 overs.

 

[Sledger]

Pathan: "Will the real Kamran Akmal please stand up, please stand up! And he has stood up finally!"

His problem is usually standing up too early.

 

[imshally81]

PP will play crucial role here....

 

[Bullet Drive]

Great fielding by Hafeez.

 

[BHM :D]

good over

Ajmal still has 5

 

[Areesh]

:kami will continue to haunt Pakistani cricket for long despite his pathetic performance. True story.

 

[saeedhk]

Time for fajr prayer.See you guys.

 

[JilaWatan]

hey why not

 

[Bullet Drive]

Afridi's overs must be saved for Maxwell & Christian. Hafeez should bowl now.

 

[Ibad17]

Hussey is the key now. Need his wicket

 

[imshally81]

Last 5 overs
Runs 23
Wickets 0
Fours 2
Sixes 0

 

[JilaWatan]

Both Sarfraz and Kamran have a primary job, and that is to keep wicket.

We have an amazing spin bowling attack. It deserves a competent wicket-keeper to back it up.

moin khan...
he kept mushy and saqi...

 

[Sledger]

Drinks and Australia have hope as Pakistan don't take their opportunities.

 

[CrickFan]

The script remains more or less the same .Australia will win this in the end with great contributions from Kami

 

[RehanG]

Time for fajr prayer.See you guys.

Dua karna

 

[Bullet Drive]

We need to finish 4 of Junaids overs off. 2 from Ali. 2 from Junaid.

 

[truthseer]

@BD- You're a smart poster. You see the talent in Vince and Akmal. Why do you support Kamran? Give me one good reason

 

[Bilsher007]

Afridi is giving runs on the square leg and deep midwicket region. This why he must bowl over the wicket. Bowling around the wicket he is bowling leg stump line and they are easily picking singles.

 

[imshally81]

Partnership 34(55)

 

[sa88]

Sarfraz does not even know how to hold a bat

Sarfraz has a first-class averge of 43 and has scored heavily with the Pakistan A team. Also, Kamran is hardly setting the world alight with his batting. That one missed stumping will cost more than all the runs he has made in this 3 match series.

 

[t_kaay]

game is nicely poised, i think the batting power play will be decisive, ajmal will probably come back on then

 

[JibranAnsari]

Australias game to lose now.

 

[adnan yasin]

Bowling power play

2 overs of ajmal
1 over of hafeez
2 overs of rehman (RISK) but need to be taken ..

 

[Bullet Drive]

Ajmal has 30 balls left. Key 30 balls.

 

[Lalafied]

this match should be over already

 

[Bilsher007]

Kamran should have done better at tgat stumping chance even though it was wide ball. He did'nt judge it properly.

 

[Sledger]

Azhar still on?!

 

[truthseer]

Azhar bowling well

 

[JibranAnsari]

Tired of watching this defensive approach , leaving it for the end.

 

[Bullet Drive]

@BD- You're a smart poster. You see the talent in Vince and Akmal. Why do you support Kamran? Give me one good reason

In ODI cricket you need WK who can bat well and Kamran can bat well. He's the only keeper we have who can bat well.

He, like Umar is being mis-used. He's in terrific form but is batting at 8. He has 5 ODI tons to his name. 11 international tons to his name and he's batting at 8. Would NZ send McCullum at 8? Would England send Kieswetter at 8?

 

[Bilsher007]

Azhar ali must not be given the ball ! Get Rehman in instead.

 

[aneeqsultan]

U guys call ajmal balls crucial wat if hussy nvr got out and..... Old thing happend. Lmao
Ya Allah help us we hav to win thz

 

[zulfiqar]

I cannot believe we somehow still persist with Kakmal, what an ordinary, ordinary keeper! Who cares what he can do with the bat when he can't keep! Ah, I'm pretty sure there are more of you who are more disgusted than me at seeing him in the team; it's just seriously sad! If he was here for practice for the T20s, this has been a retarded move in hindsight! The single CONSISTENT failure over these last 3 odi's was Kamran Akmal, as a keeper and batsman both. Hopefully this was an exercise to just get him warmed up for the T20s and we will never see him playing ODIs again (or tests which goes without saying)

 

[Bullet Drive]

Reverse sweep...

 

[Sledger]

Hussey with the reverse sweep for two.

 

[truthseer]

In ODI cricket you need WK who can bat well and Kamran can bat well. He's the only keeper we have who can bat well.

He, like Umar is being mis-used. He's in terrific form but is batting at 8. He has 5 ODI tons to his name. 11 international tons to his name and he's batting at 8. Would NZ send McCullum at 8? Would England send Kieswetter at 8?

That's true but today was a golden opportunity to stamp his authority on the game with enough time left. Should open though, I agree

 

[Bullet Drive]

I hope Hafeez bowls next over, not Boom Boom.

 

[t_kaay]

98 off 96

 

[Sledger]

Single again. 147/4.

 

[BHM :D]

decent over

 

[JilaWatan]

Azhar ali must not be given the ball ! Get Rehman in instead.

hes doing a decent job, milking out overs

 

[Bullet Drive]

That's true but today was a golden opportunity to stamp his authority on the game with enough time left. Should open though, I agree

Yes but you have to say he was bowled by a beauty. Angled in and moved away. Unplayable.

 

[Bilsher007]

Pakistan needs a wicket right now not 10 overs later ! Get Ajmal bacj for one over .

 

[Bullet Drive]

Stupid captaincy..

 

[JibranAnsari]

target under 100. If australia took it to the final overs they will win it. Saving ajmal for what?

 

[Bullet Drive]

We need a wicket now! Misbah defensiveness is costing us..

 

[Akmal Dynasty]

throwing pies

 

[Sledger]

Afridi hit for four.

 

[t_kaay]

runs being leaked here, cant afford this guys

 

[shaykh1985]

I cannot believe we somehow still persist with Kakmal, what an ordinary, ordinary keeper! Who cares what he can do with the bat when he can't keep! Ah, I'm pretty sure there are more of you who are more disgusted than me at seeing him in the team; it's just seriously sad! If he was here for practice for the T20s, this has been a retarded move in hindsight! The single CONSISTENT failure over these last 3 odi's was Kamran Akmal, as a keeper and batsman both. Hopefully this was an exercise to just get him warmed up for the T20s and we will never see him playing ODIs again (or tests which goes without saying)

The stumping he took was a good one...hes actually capable of very good keeping but unfortunately hes also prone to terrible keeping as he showed with that stumping...

Sarfraz and Salman tbh havent looked like good keepers nor have they looked like good batsmen...better keepers than Kami though...Adnan is the only decent keeper iv seen in recent times for us but he cant bat...

 

[BHM :D]

poor ball

 

[saeedhk]

Need wickets

 

[Sledger]

Afridi's bowling consistent pies in this game, retirement looms.

 

[t_kaay]

afridi just giving them full tosses

 

[zulfiqar]

Reverse sweep...

Are they as $@!7 wicket keepers as Kakmal? No one doubts he can bat, and for T20s it makes sense to use him! But in the longer forms of the games, wickets matter more and Kakmal is very consistent at missing chances. Our spinners suffer the most; and for a team who at the time is relying heavily on spinners for the wickets, that's just not very intelligent selection!

 

[truthseer]

Rubbish BALL!

 

[PakFan2010]

Time to bring Ajmal back, Don't let the game drift.

 

[JibranAnsari]

kya kaptaani he bhai. third class

 

[BHM :D]

bring Rehman back from Afridis end

 

[Amjid Javed]

The non-review from pakistan is looking more and more crucial now.

Afridi bowling to many full tosses here.

 

[cricketpassion]

this should be Afridi last over .

 

[Sledger]

Another pie, another four.

 

[adnan yasin]

TIred over by afridi .. it was useless to bowl him ..

bad move

 

[Strike!]

Afridi saying very naughty things.

 

[truthseer]

50 stand between Hussey and Wade

 

[saeedhk]

Hussey..