Group D - Ireland, Pakistan, West Indies, Zimbabwe

[AusRule]

without Asif & Shoaib i don't see the Paki's getting past the first stage of the Super 8's if they get there you never know what Ireland are gonna do

 

[WORLD CHAMPIONS]

without Asif & Shoaib i don't see the Paki's getting past the first stage of the Super 8's if they get there you nether know what Ireland are gonna do

Hard time for Pakistan

 

[Jaztheman]

Hard time for Pakistan

nah pakistan will easily make it through :hpraise

 

[smssia0112]

Definitely not as strong as it would be with Asif and Ahktar. That bowling lineup could go for a biggie on a flat pitch against a good batting side.

Definitely. I'd be tipping the Windies for top here now, shame I already put vcash on Pakistan Pakistan will bow out in the Super 8s now methinks.

 

[USA]

WHAT!? Asif, Shoab out of the WC. I never saw it coming. Those dopes (pun intended) had to get "injured" just now.

What farce this whole affair has been. Looks like everyone except the Pak board knew this was going to happen.

 

[Dare]

o well now Pakistan need a Imran Khan to win the world cup, or myabe a couple of them. Rana may do some good one these pitches and now its the big stage that Sami has to proove himself on if he gets to play.

 

[hassan]

We are so screwd without Razzaq and now Asif too... he was our main man in SA...

If Rana finds his sizzlin ODI form which he had in series in India in 2004/05 and last cariibean tour, we wont feel the loss of Asif and Sami needs to get back to his early days where he was so lethal and he has had hattricks in both test and ODI's i think

 

[Leicester Fox]

Zimbabwe must feel they have a chance now!

 

[hassan]

nah we are missing Asif,Akhtar and Razzaq but we are still quite capable of beating all 3 teams in our Group

 

[Dare]

yea the batting lineup is still strong but its the bowling that has to proove itself, cant really judge Kaneria by the small amount of ODIs he has played but if he does get a spot in the 11 he needs to be on top of his game.

 

[aussie1st]

Pakistan bowling was one of the stronger ones this tournament but now they too have fallen back into the pack where their bowling could go for a few.

 

[Pak_cricketer]

Its still not that bad. Our bowlers are still very good when you see their ODI averages.

Umar Gul

     Mat  	Balls  	Runs  	Wkts  	BBI  	BBM  	Ave  	Econ  	SR  	4  	5  	10
ODIs 	25 	1153 	883 	30 	5/17 	5/17 	29.43 	4.59 	38.43 	0 	1 	0

Mohammad Sami

 	Mat  	Balls  	Runs  	Wkts  	BBI  	BBM  	Ave  	Econ  	SR  	4  	5  	10
ODIs 	79 	3908 	3237 	111 	5/10 	5/10 	29.16 	4.96 	35.20 	3 	1 	0

Rana Naved

 	Mat  	Balls  	Runs  	Wkts  	BBI  	BBM  	Ave  	Econ  	SR  	4  	5  	10
ODIs 	61 	2800 	2581 	95 	6/27 	6/27 	27.16 	5.53 	29.47 	5 	1 	0

Yasir Arafat hardly got the chance in the International level but his Domestic cricket has been great. Handy with the bat as well.

   	Mat  	Inns  	NO  	Runs  	HS  	Ave  	BF  	SR  	100  	50  	4s  	6s  	Ct  	St
ODIs 	7 	5 	1 	48 	27 	12.00 	61 	78.68 	0 	0 	5 	0 	1 	0
First-class 109 169 	22 	3859 	100 	26.25 			1 	23 			37 	0
List A 	144 	109 	27 	1812 	87 	22.09 			0 	7 			30 	0
Twenty20 	16 	15 	2 	211 	49 	16.23 	152 	138.81 	0 	0 			1 	0

	Mat 	Balls 	Runs 	Wkts 	BBI 	BBM 	Ave 	Econ 	SR 	4 	5 	10
ODIs 	7 	234 	233 	4 	1/28 	1/28 	58.25 	5.97 	58.50 	0 	0 	0
First-class 109 18064 	10294 	461 	7/102 		22.32 	3.41 	39.18 		27 	3
List A 	144 	6879 	5482 	222 	6/24 	6/24 	24.69 	4.78 	30.98 	11 	3 	0
Twenty20 	16 	334 	460 	20 	4/21 	4/21 	23.00 	8.26 	16.70 	2 	0 	0

 

[BigCrickNan]

Meh, Asif and Akhtar didn't deserve to be playing anyway.

 

[Bilal91]

well...Pakistan's 2 best bowlers our...but Gul is back and if Naved and Sami can find form we are gonna be ok...Batting lineup is strong it's the bowling thats gotta improve...

 

[hassan]

But do you know whats funny ... its usually our battin that lets su down... take the recent SA tour for e.g