Pakistan vs South Africa | Lahore| 5th ODI | 29/10/07 |

[inzibhai]

hahah Bish to waq, 32 is not young...and waq goes like i never said he was a young man...hahah...

 

[Caved12]

WONDERFUL peformance by akhtar.

 

[darkmoon459]

Good spell by shoaib and Rao ,now let see how well the last over will go.

 

[inzibhai]

wicket for Tanvieer...bowled him..

 

[iafzal]

Now Tanveer joins the rest of them nice yorker

 

[NeVerMind]

Tanvir gets on the act, bowls Botha with a well-directed yorker...

 

[SulmanPK]

Tanvir ney bhi behti ganga mein hath dho liye.

 

[12thMan]

Botha bowled by Tanvir's yorker

 

[Sheikh]

Well bowled Tanvir. Deserved that. Finish it off next ball and go into the India series on a hat-trick!

 

[iafzal]

A great performance by Pak in the end never looked that we will get 9 out, at one time with 193 for 3 and 7 overs left

 

[SUPERSAMI]

Bootha bowled

 

[Sheikh]

6 off the last over. Good job.

234 to win. I would have taken that at the toss. We can knock this off. Come on boys!

 

[saffer]

So Pakistan need around 230....hmm..makes for a very interesting game...but expect pollock and ntini to love this wicket .

 

[inzibhai]

and Shobby hold on to the cricket ball....well done guys now lets get the batting figure out and we will be all set ...inshaallah...

 

[Hash]

232 for 9

233 to win

South Africa about 130 runs short

 

[SulmanPK]

233/9. Comeon boys, go and win it like you lost the previous match.

 

[aussiecricketer]

I predicted 230. Close enough? and now Pakistan win easy

I predicted South Africa to get 230 and for Pakistan to chase it down easy.

I just can't find the thread. I Posted it down the bottom of the thread.

So there you go , predicted that.

And now Pakistan win easy.

 

[NeVerMind]

233-9 the final score. Very good bowling performance from the Pak bowling attack considering we dropped Asif and Gul, tanvir and espcially Akhtar was coming back after a long time. Now the question is as always, can we chase this? One thing is for sure, we are not going to do it the easy way...

 

[PlanetPakistan]

232 for 9

233 to win

South Africa about 130 runs short

good effort by the PAK bowlers- especially thunder thighs and RAW!

 

[Caved12]

Inshallah, Pakistan will make history today, akhtar was the difference today and nobody can deny this fact. he was right on money. let's win this baby, we have batting till 8, and akhtar, rehman are quite decent with the bat.

 

[Momo]

I predicted South Africa to get 230 and for Pakistan to chase it down easy.

I just can't find the thread. I Posted it down the bottom of the thread.

So there you go , predicted that.

And now Pakistan win easy.

I dont think they will win easily.
I hope they win though, even if it goes down to the wire.

 

[SulmanPK]

233-9 the final score. Very good bowling performance from the Pak bowling attack considering we dropped Asif and Gul, tanvir and espcially Akhtar was coming back after a long time. Now the question is as always, can we chase this? One thing is for sure, we are not going to do it the easy way...

Thats what history tells us. Now it depends a lot on openers, get a good solid start, history will be made. Otherwise it will be on Younis and Yousuf like always.

 

[iafzal]

Inshallah, Pakistan will make history today, akhtar was the difference today and nobody can deny this fact. he was right on money. let's win this baby, we have batting till 8, and akhtar, rehman are quite decent with the bat.

Keep in mind he was very well supported by Rao who kept the pressure when Afridi and Tanveer came short

 

[MIG]

As usual the bowlers have done their job - over to the batters - and therein lies the problem

 

[iafzal]

good effort by the PAK bowlers- especially thunder thighs and RAW!

Thunder thighs has a lot more weight to support now but regardless he bowled extremely well after such a long layover

 

[Pathan007]

caved, u from pindi?

 

[iafzal]

Nazir is miss and hit but if he can stay for 20 overs we can easily manage this

 

[the true passionist]

there's nothing as an easy chase for Pakistan especially if the score is above 160.

I expect Pakistan to win here. The aim should be to bat out 50 overs.

The momentum is with Pakistan and i will be happy to see Pakistan 55-2 after 15 overs.

 

[Hash]

Nazir is miss and hit but if he can stay for 20 overs we can easily manage this

If Nazir stays for 20 overs we WILL win, not CAN.

but I'll take him lasting 6 or 7 overs to be honest.

 

[kablooee87]

Nazir is miss and hit but if he can stay for 20 overs we can easily manage this

when was the last time an opener stayed for 20 overs?

 

[Hash]

when was the last time an opener stayed for 20 overs?

29th October 2007

 

[Momo]

They have 65 more balls than runs to score. The biggest fear is, however, that they will do what they always do: First make it difficult by playing dot ball after dot ball, and then when the asking rate climbs, panic and try to slog out.
Of course if either one (or both of) Afridi or Jeera Blade scores, it wont come to it but if they lose a couple of early wickets, I can picture Moyo and party to play thuk thuk till its too late.
The only way to achieve this target is to never let the asking rate get over five. I hope they understand it.

 

[classic]

We will win this ...inshallah..No doubt.

 

[cricket_fan194]

As usual the bowlers have done their job - over to the batters - and therein lies the problem

I doubt they have done the job, bowling was all over the place, they just managed to restrict them in the final 10.

 

[Hash]

They have 65 more balls than runs to score. The biggest fear is, however, that they will do what they always do: First make it difficult by playing dot ball after dot ball, and then when the asking rate climbs, panic and try to slog out.
Of course if either one (or both of) Afridi or Jeera Blade scores, it wont come to it but if they lose a couple of early wickets, I can picture Moyo and party to play thuk thuk till its too late.
The only way to achieve this target is to never let the asking rate get over five. I hope they understand it.

This is the biggest problem in our ODI batting. We lose a couple of wickets and then they go into tuk tuk mode.....Malik is one who doesn't do this. He knows how to rotate the strike. Wish others would learn from him.

 

[cricket_fan194]

and besides 233 is not easy on this track

 

[SulmanPK]

29th October 2007

Optimism at its peak.

 

[Caved12]

Keep in mind he was very well supported by Rao who kept the pressure when Afridi and Tanveer came short

My friend, Rao and all these other bowlers were well supported by akhtar, even if akhtar bowls badly, I could still make the same statement, I guess you know what I am saying, It is the psychological effect, which he will always have on any batsman in this world. Remember Asif used to take more wickets whenever akhtar bowled from the other side, even if he bowled badly.

 

[Pathan007]

and besides 233 is not easy on this track

this target is beyond of our capability.

 

[Hash]

How is your girlfriend caved?

 

[Hash]

South Africa needed about 350 to put up any sort of fight. The pitch has not shown any demons and is nowhere near as bad as the saffies were making it out to be.

 

[Momo]

This is the biggest problem in our ODI batting. We lose a couple of wickets and then they go into tuk tuk mode.....Malik is one who doesn't do this. He knows how to rotate the strike. Wish others would learn from him.

Lets hope that for once they do the job in a professional, no-nonsense way (they have an example in how SA did it in the last game).

 

[classic]

whats the best strategy on how we should pay to get a win now?

 

[Caved12]

How is your girlfriend caved?

pissed, she was like " how dare you missed my calls for a game like cricket", lol, you know women, and I went " honey I was taking a nap and somehow went in to a deep sleep, just woke up two seconds ago"

 

[darkmoon459]

whats the best strategy on how we should pay to get a win now?

with a bat , i guess.

 

[Easa]

haven't seen any of the match as of yet? How did we bowl and how did we field?

 

[Hash]

pissed, she was like " how dare you missed my calls for a game like cricket", lol, you know women, and I went " honey I was taking a nap and somehow went in to a deep sleep, just woke up two seconds ago"

The best thing to do is tell them in no uncertain terms that when Pakistan is playing, you are not available. It goes something like this...

girl friend- 'what you doing tomorrow'
you- 'watching the cricket'
girl friend- 'ok'

End of story

 

[Hash]

haven't seen any of the match as of yet? How did we bowl and how did we field?

Two words.


Kamran. Akmal.

 

[darkmoon459]

haven't seen any of the match as of yet? How did we bowl and how did we field?

Bowling was good ,pacers done the job and as per fielding belwo par ,dropped catch from butter fibgers Kamran ,3 missed run out chances ,and field placing was OK.
Now its upto our Batemen to take us home and win the series.

 

[Caved12]

haven't seen any of the match as of yet? How did we bowl and how did we field?

everybody fielded well except akmal, and the bowling was decent, it would be fair to say that akhtar was the difference, Rao is getting better everyday and securing his place in the ODIs. Rao was wonderful as well, you must have checked the stats already.

 

[Caved12]

The best thing to do is tell them in no uncertain terms that when Pakistan is playing, you are not available. It goes something like this...

girl friend- 'what you doing tomorrow'
you- 'watching the cricket'
girl friend- 'ok'

End of story

Will try that next time, lol, have some numbers ready or some contacts on facebook, in case of a break up

 

[Hash]

Nazir and Afrodo p[emomg

 

[Hash]

sorry I meant opening

and its Nazir and butter fingers

 

[Hash]

lightening start by Pakistan

1 run from the first over

 

[12thMan]

Nazir and Afrodo p[emomg

is akmal typing this too

 

[SUPERSAMI]

Akmal's foot works is extremely sloppy, used to be much better.

 

[Hash]

is akmal typing this too

yaar i wasn't looking

i was just typing

 

[12thMan]

wide by Ntini
Pak 2-0

 

[darkmoon459]

yaar i wasn't looking

i was just typing

thats what akmal said to shoaib after dropping kallis,

 

[12thMan]

nice cover drive by Nazir for 4

 

[Hash]

Nazir about to get out

 

[12thMan]

a four to wide mid on followed by one to square leg by Nazir
Pak 14-0 after 2 overs

 

[SulmanPK]

3 fours. Keep it up Nazir.

 

[darkmoon459]

3 boundries by nazir ,timing is good .

 

[TaZ]

any links please??

 

[Sheikh]

3 proper cricketing shots by Nazir for 4. Just do that for 10 overs and this game is ours.

Good start by Kamran now. He must'nt do anything silly; just rotate the strike and put away the bad balls.

 

[12thMan]

Akmal 4 to mid wicket off Pollock

 

[Hash]

only dealing in boundaries

they should learn how to take 1s and 2s. It helps when the boundaries dry up.

 

[SulmanPK]

@Pathan007, Akmal has scored 4 out of 84.

 

[SUPERSAMI]

These sexy shot banner need to be banned in Pak.

 

[darkmoon459]

any links please??

Here you go TaZ.

www.cricketcable.com.

 

[cricket_fan194]

Nazir about to get out

Why is it so we are feeling alike!

 

[SUPERSAMI]

4 fours in a row for NAz

 

[Hash]

Why is it so we are feeling alike!

any second now

 

[12thMan]

These sexy shot banner need to be banned in Pak.

this one was next to the girl on the right

 

[Sheikh]

Nazirs trying to hit the ball too hard.

 

[Sheikh]

Inevitable really. Robin Jackman is ecstatic.

 

[inzibhai]

gone....how long do we stick with Nazir?

 

[SulmanPK]

Nazir out.........

 

[12thMan]

Nazir ct behind off Nitini
Pak 22-1