Pakistan v Australia in England, June-July 2010

[angryangy]

The difference for me was stepping to leg and pulling off that stunning cover drive. He trusted in the full depth of his skills, rather than blocking every marginally good ball like he doesn't have any shots. I do think that when batting at number 3, he tends to think he has to protect the innings a bit, whereas opening donates a clean slate of responsibility.

The reality is, of course, that an innings of T20 can't be saved by scoring no runs. A safe shot is the one that is the most profitable. A batsman doesn't punish the bad ball so much as reward only the finest deliveries with an honest defence.

15-20 balls is definitely not too short an innings. He could have won the first game with that. The nature of Twenty20 is to ride your luck (which is not to say that Tests are not a game of chance). Against bad bowling, he might have made 50 in the same time.

 

[drainpipe32]

Warner
Paine
S.Marsh
D.Hussey
White (C)
Ferguson/Bailey
Hopes/Christian/Henriques/McDonald/M.Marsh
O'Keefe/Doherty/Holland/Heal
Lee/R.Harris/Bracken
Nannes
Tait

:|

Make up your mind!

 

[sami ullah khan]

and do you know why that many runs are scored against him? it's because we have the most incompetent wicketkeeper who has dropped so many catches off Kaneria's bowling.

Agreed. Kamran Akmal has a huge role in kaneria's decline as a leggie. I once read an article somewhere that Mr Akmal has dropped at least 25 catches of his bowling alone. Add 5-7 stumpings and you have a spoiled career for a bowler. But Kaneria also has himself to blame for inconsistency. Pakistan would be better off not playing him if Akmal is to keep wickets. I would go with this bowling attack
Asif
Aamer
Afridi
Ajmal
Gul (I would prefer not to have him in test but we have not got any backup at the moment).
Talking of the clean Sweep of Aussies, this was mostly result of team spirit. Pakistan have always had the talent but its the discipline and politics that marginalise our chances of consistently winning. Akmal for a change kept well. That stumping was amazing and shows that Akmal has been told to improve or make way for Haider. Akhtar bowled impressively and very fast. That was an amazing to see a 3 year old bowling that quick. He could still be an asset for the team in ODI/T20I. Gul bowled brilliantly as usual in this format. Aamer looks to be a bowler who if managed well by PCB, can challenge Wasim's legendary status of best left arm fast bowler to have played cricket. He bowled beautifully. I loved that 91 MPH inswinger to Watson. He bowled near 150 KPHS quite consistently. Butt played his part and Umar Akmal finally seems to be recognizing his talent. Afridi captained well and lead from front especially in the field. All in all, well done Pakistan.

 

[Paki007]

Were you born retarded or did your mother drop you on your head?

I don't know it i was too young but i know how were you born?

Should i tell it? no it would be censored so ask from your mother

paki007 added 3 Minutes and 49 Seconds later...

i can't imagine like Aussies played in these t20s.They smashed the ball in som overs and then just stuck in some.No such planning was showed by them.They tried to play too many shots

If white would have played it more seriously the things could be change i mean you have got a six in an over then why are you going for another shot?

 

[BoomBoom]

Pakistan won the Series 2-0 .
Happy to see Shoaib Akhtar having a good match.

Really?
i doubt that!​

 

[Paki007]

Shoaib had an ok match but not a good second spell was pretty well

 

[deathrevenge9]

Shoaib bowled pretty well with a very good pace.Don't know why is he being hated so much .

 

[Insomniac]

Hey hey hey, let us not argue amongst ourselves.

The real enemy is over there (but they aren't good enough to be playing us to be honest).

 

[khalek]

Shoaib Akhtar vs. Shaun Tait in same match, that just pumps up both of them to bowl faster than each other. I really liked the series, it was so awesome. Hope the test series will be full of twists and turns as well.

 

[sifter132]

:|

Make up your mind!

Haha. Well the reality is that at those spots there isn't a standout. I'm not really a James Hopes fan, particularly in T20. And none of the other all-rounders have stood out enough for me to get that spot. Steve Smith is probably the best, but I don't think it would be good for his game to make him play all 3 forms. I think he should be focussing on his long term Test development, not how to stop people slogging him in T20s.

Ferguson should be the standout to replace Hussey at #6, but who knows what form he'll come back with so that's why I mentioned Bailey.

The left arm spinners are all pretty similar to me at present too, although I'd probably go Steve O'Keefe now that he's got the selectors nod of approval.

And the pacemen, well I'd probably rotate among the 5 of them really. I don't think Ryan Harris should be in the Test team, I'd rather the young guys like Hilfy, Siddle and George get a go at that first. And T20 is a good place for older guys that lack fitness but bowl smart to play like your Lee, Bracken, Harris.

Anyway, the point being that I hope we see a few more differences between our Test, ODI and T20 sides. I was looking through some stats yesterday and there really isn't many players in the cricket world that are excelling at all 3 formats at once - particularly fast bowlers.

 

[ZexyZahid]

I checked the squad and this will be most likely the team of Australia:

Shane Watson
Simon Katich
Ricky Ponting (c)
Michael Clarke (vc)
Michael Hussey
Marcus North
Tim Paine (wk)
Steven Smith
Mitchell Johnson
Ben Hilfenhaus
Doug Bollinger

Reserve players:

Usman Khawaja
Peter George

I see Nathan Hauritz is still being listed in the Test squad. But I thought he has gone home to to take of his injury.

 

[sami ullah khan]

Its a decent bowling attack. I expect Hilfenhaus to trouble our batsmen the most. He bowled pretty well during the Ashes. The condition suit his style of bowling. Steven Smith may struggle in his debut series as Pakistani batsman for some reason play leg spinner better except Shane Warne. Reverse Swing is going to play a huge role in the series as conditions in England may suit this sort of bowling at this time of summer. Pakistan should have the edge in that department. Umar Gul needs to fire for Pakistan if we are to have any chance.

 

[Insomniac]

Australia can't match us in any department. Especially fielding.






:help

 

[sami ullah khan]

^Lols.

 

[Dabi]

Australia can't match us in any department. Especially fielding.






:help

Pride cometh before a fall.
I know you're mostly kidding with this statement but your general attitude has been one of a man who thinks his team as near invinciblem which our team, is not. Plus your incessant gloating after the two wins is kind of annoying because the real test (excuse the pun) starts next week.

I'd also argue that our team hasn't really accomplished anything (except give us fans some relief and something to cheer about) as T20s are the least important of the three formats and two T20 wins does not a summer make. So I suggest you wait until we actually accomplish something (like winning the Test series).

Jumping with joy and gloating like you're a Bangladeshi fan and your team just beat the World Champions only diminishes the value of your team as a competitive unit and what you think of your team's chances of victory for you to be so overjoyed.

Yes, we're all happy that we won SOMETHING. We're all happy that we didn't have to bear another defeat but the bottomline is that winning 2 T20 matches is not that big of a deal.