Pakistan vs Ireland | T20 WC Super8 | OVAL | 15/06/09

[Geordie Ahmed]

Pak 158-5 with 1 delivery remaining

 

[cricketkashmir]

last ball.. 1..

 

[Zaad]

need 2 more!

 

[Jive Jive Pakistan]

good running for 2

 

[The Slogger]

159. defendable.

 

[Serendipity]

mashallah, my razllaer dazzler showing by grace of God to malik et al how its done!

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

Just a single off the last delivery

 

[Momo]

Not a bad score guys. Well done!

 

[xkalibur80]

even Wasim Akram caught on Malik's lack of urgency here

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

159 tks to razzaq

 

[Genghis]

159 runs ... should have done more after our start!

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

Pak 159-5 off 20 overs

 

[Jive Jive Pakistan]

ireland need 160 to win

 

[Zaad]

needs a 6 here!

 

[Sparhawk]

Malik 4*(7) issed:

 

[Momo]

160 should be defended.

Inshaallah.

 

[hasanb]

159/5 ireland will need 160...thats decent enough but only just, we'll have to bowl very very well here.

 

[saqeeb90]

160 to win for ireland
this is not the total i was expecting,
i was expecting more like 190..

 

[Lethal]

Pakistan finish with 159.

160 to win

 

[tauseefm]

Malik 4 runs on 7 balls. what an inning..

 

[cricketkashmir]

pakistan finish on 159.. Around 15-20 runs short. Should be enough for Ireland though..

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

Not a bad score guys. Well done!

Should have been a lot higher tho - 42 dot balls in that innings

 

[Serendipity]

below par score, despite many wickets in hand, wats teh point of keeping wickets if you dont score enough in last few overs!

 

[slix10]

Relax fellas we have this.

 

[pak4life]

Looks like malik does have a problem with younis he dosnt seem bothered at all. He needs to be out of the team asap.

 

[Inswinger]

Can we say that the bowling was good?

 

[Rana]

i think we might be out of this tourny!

 

[adilmomin]

pathetic, SA and others score 180 on a bad day.

 

[Sparhawk]

Afridi was actually the 2nd highest scorer today

 

[P4K1 #1]

160 to win for ireland.. good bowling and early wickets we can win this

 

[xkalibur80]

Afridi was actually the 2nd highest scorer today

that goes to show you how pathetic our batting line up is....let's not discount Irrish bowling...they were very disciplined

 

[adilmomin]

i think ireland will be out under 100

 

[Shoaib Akhtar's Fan]

Easily 20 something runs short. Malik needs to go.

Let's see how we do here.

 

[kasoo10]

Can someone tell me how much other teams scored against Ireland?

 

[Lethal]

Although Misbah hit 20 (there was 2 boundaries), both he and S.Malik didn't try to go for it. They lacked urgency.

Still 160 is decent. Come on Pakistan.

 

[Genghis]

Misbah rightly a bit disapointed with the total!

 

[Momo]

Should have been a lot higher tho - 42 dot balls in that innings

Agreed. The last six overs were a bit of an anticlimax.

But with our bowling, should defend it.

 

[SheerIndianpace]

Malik is completely useless and a burden on team.

Decent score by Pak, enough for a win, all thanks to Akmal and Afridi.

In next matches they should send in Alam ahead of crappy malik.

 

[Serendipity]

Pls stop saying it shoud be enough for Ireland, it depends how we bowl, catch and field if we did like against SL or England then 200 wont be enough, you gotta play your best cricket, stop putting teams down who work hard and give it all despite small resources and talent pool.

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

42 dots?>???7 overs wasted???

no rankin had a very good spell, and johnson had a good last over as well

 

[waseem84]

should have scored 180 with the wickets we had in hand, akmal played too slow for his 57 runs

 

[Fallen King]

I don't know whether to blame batsmen or not but batsmen were bound to struggle against the disciplined bowling. Therefore, i will excuse our batsmen mistakes in today.

I must say that definitely the disciplined bowling from Ireland has done some damage to Pakistan batting line somehow. Fantastic effort from Ireland bowlers.

Pakistan batsmen will struggle to score against South Africa. That is for sure now.

 

[xkalibur80]

At least Pakistan scored more than they did in 2007 WC when they lost to Irish

 

[The Slogger]

Guys, we have the best bowling in this tournament, if not then its equal to Sri Lanka.

 

[Serendipity]

Now, come on Pakistan, play your best and inshAllah we will win.

 

[Inswinger]

Can someone tell me how much other teams scored against Ireland?

Sri Lanka score 144 yesterday.

 

[shabbu1]

Disciplined bowling and fielding...that's all we need guys

 

[xkalibur80]

Malik is completely useless and a burden on team.

Decent score by Pak, enough for a win, all thanks to Akmal and Afridi.

In next matches they should send in Alam ahead of crappy malik.

YK will never do that....they know that FAwad will give them a good run for the money and their own place might be at risk if he performs....he is playing as a fielder only in this Pak side

 

[Genghis]

PPL, we are almost through to the semis if we win this game which we should ... Some ppl here are getting too paranoid. Yes it was another poor batting display, but there were some improvements.

 

[zahidakh]

I just arrive at office and what I see. 57 from 51 balls !!!. Akmal tried to save his seat by playing like salman butt. If we loose today, that would be akmal who is responsible.

 

[Lethal]

We have a good bowling attack and I back our bowlers to defend this total.

InshaALLAH Pakistan win.

 

[Couch Cricketer]

what is margin of victory we need so that our nrr doesnt drop
does anyone know

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

ireland would make under 120....afridi will eate them for dinner

 

[Lethal]

Can some of you PP members calm down. You are acting as if we have lost. Have faith in the team. Yes some players played slow but thats in the past now.

Pakistan should focus on bowling and fielding now.

 

[xkalibur80]

if we end up playing SAF, you can chop this total by another 20-30 runs....SAF allows a boundary once every 3 overs or something....Ireland had the 2nd best figures when it came to boundary/balls.

 

[srh]

not a good batting display from Pakistan. Only players who have a strike rate of more than 150 are Shahid Afridi (184.61) and Abdul Razzaq (166.66)

 

[srh]

ireland would make under 120....afridi will eate them for dinner

Say Inshallah and it might come true

 

[Jive Jive Pakistan]

Agreed. The last six overs were a bit of an anticlimax.

But with our bowling, should defend it.

unless we complete fall on pieces

 

[Genghis]

Can some of you PP members calm down. You are acting as if we have lost. Have faith in the team. Yes some players played slow but thats in the past now.

Pakistan should focus on bowling and fielding now.

Exactly, gotta give credit to the Ireland bowlers, they bowled in the right areas and made it hard to hit. We should have improvised a bit more towards the end - only 30 off the last 4 overs. But still I think it should be enough against Ireland's batting lineup.

 

[hasanb]

yes everyone seems to conveniently forget this is the same irish team that had SL on the mat yesterday...lets back our bowlers, we couldve done with a few more runs but we can defend this total inshallah.

 

[Jive Jive Pakistan]

Say Inshallah and it might come true

inshallah

 

[PakPassionate]

Pakistan ko 180+ zaroor karna chahiye tha....

 

[The Slogger]

inshallah

InshAllah

 

[Jive Jive Pakistan]

guys remember it is 8 an over

 

[crazyfaizee]

kamran akmal decreases de target.he played 50 baals n scored 53 which is strike rate of 100 but in T20 ur strike rate shuld b over 150 especially wen u r batting up the order

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

Ireland innings continues here

http://www.pakpassion.net/ppforum/showthread.php?p=1974340#post1974340

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

ok guys keep up the pressure