Re: India v Sri Lanka, Asia Cup, Karachi, 3rd July

by leg glancer on Thu Jul 03, 2008 5:53 am

The One wrote:this asia cup is worth it for the commentary itself. has a more hilarious line-up ever been put together?

I highly doubt it. Maybe one day though, the gora commentators will give Urdu / Hindi a go. Perish the thought!

by PlanetPakistan on Thu Jul 03, 2008 8:05 am

IND SL final

Pakistan eliminated.

by Henry on Thu Jul 03, 2008 8:06 am

RIP Geoff Lawson.

Malik is also likely to be replaced by Misbah as captain.

by PlanetPakistan on Thu Jul 03, 2008 10:54 am

Sehwag and Gambhir are one heck of an opening combo on these pitches!

by SG on Thu Jul 03, 2008 4:21 pm

Henry wrote:RIP Geoff Lawson.

Malik is also likely to be replaced by Misbah as captain.

Don't know about Malik's future but surely PCB is now in the process of accepting that appointing Lawson was a mistake. Intikhab Alam, former Pak player and coach may again get the job.

Looks like Pak has enough of foreign coaches.

by SG on Thu Jul 03, 2008 4:45 pm

PlanetPakistan wrote:Sehwag and Gambhir are one heck of an opening combo on these pitches!

Yep, they have now raised 959 runs for opening wicket in 17 innings @ 56-odd.

by SG on Thu Jul 03, 2008 4:54 pm

Pathan's bowling analysis in his 7 ODIs,

1/63 in 7 overs against Aussies,

2/54 in 8.4 overs against Aussies,

0/38 in 6 overs against Pak,

2/48 in 8.5 overs against Banglas,

2/59 in 10 overs against Pak,

0/68 in 10 overs against Pak,

0/80 in 10 overs against SL.

Thats 7 wickets @ almost 59 at eco rate of 6.8.

by doremi on Thu Jul 03, 2008 5:05 pm

Joke pitches. And if given a choice between Malik and Lawson, I'd change Malik.

by PlanetPakistan on Thu Jul 03, 2008 5:06 pm

doremi wrote:Joke pitches. And if given a choice between Malik and Lawson, I'd change Malik.

and joke fast bowling. I can only remember 3 or 4 yorkers in the entire tournament.

by Henry on Thu Jul 03, 2008 5:08 pm

SG wrote:Pathan's bowling analysis in his 7 ODIs,

1/63 in 7 overs against Aussies,

2/54 in 8.4 overs against Aussies,

0/38 in 6 overs against Pak,

2/48 in 8.5 overs against Banglas,

2/59 in 10 overs against Pak,

0/68 in 10 overs against Pak,

0/80 in 10 overs against SL.

Thats 7 wickets @ almost 59 at eco rate of 6.8.

He doesn't look fit to me. Probably still recovering from inury. His pace is way down (120-128kph)

by SG on Thu Jul 03, 2008 5:41 pm

PlanetPakistan wrote:
doremi wrote:Joke pitches. And if given a choice between Malik and Lawson, I'd change Malik.

and joke fast bowling. I can only remember 3 or 4 yorkers in the entire tournament.

Yep, would agree with this. Hardly any toe crushers have been bowled in entire tournament.

Its very easy and fashionable to blame pitches. And BTW, if a batsman's true test of calibre is his performance on seaming/turning/tough pitches how about adjudging a bowler on flat pitches? Isn't it easy to make the ball talk on seaming pitches just as a batsman plundering runs on flat decks? Then why do bowlers hide behind the excuse of having to bowl on flat decks?

by SG on Thu Jul 03, 2008 5:42 pm

Henry wrote:
SG wrote:Pathan's bowling analysis in his 7 ODIs,

1/63 in 7 overs against Aussies,

2/54 in 8.4 overs against Aussies,

0/38 in 6 overs against Pak,

2/48 in 8.5 overs against Banglas,

2/59 in 10 overs against Pak,

0/68 in 10 overs against Pak,

0/80 in 10 overs against SL.

Thats 7 wickets @ almost 59 at eco rate of 6.8.

He doesn't look fit to me. Probably still recovering from inury. His pace is way down (120-128kph)

Whose fault is this?

by horace on Thu Jul 03, 2008 5:50 pm

SG wrote:
PlanetPakistan wrote:
doremi wrote:Joke pitches. And if given a choice between Malik and Lawson, I'd change Malik.

and joke fast bowling. I can only remember 3 or 4 yorkers in the entire tournament.

Yep, would agree with this. Hardly any toe crushers have been bowled in entire tournament.

Its very easy and fashionable to blame pitches. And BTW, if a batsman's true test of calibre is his performance on seaming/turning/tough pitches how about adjudging a bowler on flat pitches? Isn't it easy to make the ball talk on seaming pitches just as a batsman plundering runs on flat decks? Then why do bowlers hide behind the excuse of having to bowl on flat decks?

I have to disagree SG...those tracks that offer some seam only do so on the first couple of days and then usually flatten out into good batting strips...such pitches are fair because they give both bowlers and batsmen a chance....flat tracks designed for batsmen totally favour them

by Zat on Sun Jul 06, 2008 9:08 pm

SG wrote:
Henry wrote:
SG wrote:Pathan's bowling analysis in his 7 ODIs,

1/63 in 7 overs against Aussies,

2/54 in 8.4 overs against Aussies,

0/38 in 6 overs against Pak,

2/48 in 8.5 overs against Banglas,

2/59 in 10 overs against Pak,

0/68 in 10 overs against Pak,

0/80 in 10 overs against SL.

Thats 7 wickets @ almost 59 at eco rate of 6.8.

He doesn't look fit to me. Probably still recovering from inury. His pace is way down (120-128kph)

Whose fault is this?

The umpires? The scorers? The BCCI?