Pakistan vs New Zealand - March 8, 2011

[SpArK]

Again that comes to match with SA thats why i repeatedly said .thats the match which matters most .if india looses india will go down the table but if india wins then india will surely be on top no matter even if they loose to WI

yar weak bowling can be compensated by good fielding and strong batting like NZ have done today.by no means they have strong bowling but due to Pakistan's poor performance they won it

I would personaly like dhoni to playe with 5 front line bowlers because you already have strong batting line up so no snese for just bulking up with batsman as it is already your strength and if somebody i.e bowler struggles than go with part timers .if you play 4 front liners it means part timers have to bowl 10 overs at any cost and if out of 4 front line bowlers one has off day then? you have no option but to keep him bowling

Yusuf and Yuvraj are turning to be good part timers. so 4 front line bowlers are enough... the problem is the 4th bowler.. example sreesanth, piyush chawla

 

[Areesh]

ur whole team bowled full deliveries and got hammered.
kamran is not only responsible.

and today afridi didnt get much ,so he was one man army in all matches.

The one who hammered us was dropped two times by Kamran Khatmal. What about that?

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And why this radio station is broadcasting patriotic songs right now. Oh bhai match harain hain jang nahi.

 

[alibaz]

Just one bad game and you guys are loosing hope on ur team.. Grow up..Your team needs your support , be positive.

The point of concern is fielding especially wicket keeping, had he not missed few catches including two of Taylor in an over, few misfields by other payers and importantly some substandard captaincy (miscalculation and getting panic) took this target to 303. Given all this, top order should have tried to save their wicket Till 10-15 overs and in the later part of innings they could have done anything due to wet condition where that was no horizontal movement in air and nothing off the pitch.
Against Canada the only difference was experience that saved respect and against SL, I believe SL played worse than Pak. Ken gave away 46 extras to ease out situation for Pakistan otherwise our team didn't play that good. So what one bad match in fact they were lucky enough to get away with their bad performances.

 

[Mani2020]

Yusuf and Yuvraj are turning to be good part timers. so 4 front line bowlers are enough... the problem is the 4th bowler.. example sreesanth, piyush chawla

i will neither go with chawla or sreesanth .chawla had enough in all matches he got plenty of stick. i will go with ashwin to check out what he has got in the tank atleast try him in matches against minows but then you will have 4 spinners in your line-up and two pacers so who will ball the new ball after first ten overs? i think Sreesanth selection was a bad choice.Nehra might be an option but again it depends how fit he is

 

[Mani2020]

ok gotta go so gudnyt going to sleep while cursing akmal the a$$ hole

 

[Areesh]

ok gotta go so gudnyt going to sleep while cursing akmal the a$$ hole

Same here. I would also go to sleep cursing him. Pata nahi kitnon ki galiyan sunai ga aaj yeh aadmi.

 

[fida jan]

you can be as optimistic as you like but after today's performance i will not give even a 20% chance to Pakistan against world champions .look at their fielding they support their bowlers out of 3 wickets in last match against SL 2 were of fielders and then look at ours

and by the way which combination are you talking about? openers are not scoring,akmal that a$$ hole not doing anything with bat .what options you have? just Asad shafique is an option when it comes to batting so utmost you can replace one person so then? in bowling you have ajmal instead of AR other than him who will replace akhtar? Riaz is not bowling well and you can't count on a young junaid against WC

afridi should play this team in the coming match against zimbabwe

afridi
razzaq
yunus
misbah
asad shafique
umer akmal/wk
hafeez/riaz
gul
junaid khan/shoaib akhter
ajmal
rehman

in this order, there are already 3 top of the line spinners afridi, ajmal and rehaman, so it is more like if we can play riaz we can strengthen our pace attack instead of playing hafeez, with razzaq, gul, shoab/junaid present

we can try junaid instead of that unfit shoaib, maybe junaid can prove to be fitter and batter player and better fielder..

there is another option that we play hafeez instead of ajmal, s we will have 4 all rounders instead of 3, but i really think to give opportunity to a specialist bowler instead of an uncertain all rounder who can neither bat or ball properly..

 

[JonAsad]

Pakistanis please control your emotional bursts- we just lost our first match of this world cup- Akmal dropped Taylor two times- after that his century was not awarded to him- he beat the hell out of our bowlers- he earned it- its all about second chances- if we think we deserve second chances- every one does-
Look at his scoring- how he decimated Shoaib Akhter and Abdul Razzaq-

Our bowling was below par- batting was pathetic- it cant be blamed on one person- Pakistan is a team- and how the team plays effects the results- one person cannot cost us any match- We lost the match not because of only Akmal- we lost it because we all as a team didn't play well- Our batsmen didn't score runs- Blaming every thing on Akmal is just rubbish-

Its just the first match we lost in the world cups- we are at number 2 in points table- be positive guys- our team needs our support-

 

[JonAsad]

afridi should play this team in the coming match against zimbabwe

afridi
razzaq
yunus
misbah
asad shafique
umer akmal/wk
hafeez/riaz
gul
junaid khan/shoaib akhter
ajmal
rehman

in this order, there are already 3 top of the line spinners afridi, ajmal and rehaman, so it is more like if we can play riaz we can strengthen our pace attack instead of playing hafeez, with razzaq, gul, shoab/junaid present

we can try junaid instead of that unfit shoaib, maybe junaid can prove to be fitter and batter player and better fielder..

there is another option that we play hafeez instead of ajmal, s we will have 4 all rounders instead of 3, but i really think to give opportunity to a specialist bowler instead of an uncertain all rounder who can neither bat or ball properly..

how can umer akmal keep wickets?
He is a young lad- who is batting well- let him do what his job is- do not put extra pressure on him- other wise he will not even score runs- you cannot just give extra responsibilities to a player during such a big tournament- he will loose focus- na gher ka na ghat ka-

 

[Andross]

whatever happened to that Pakistani hindu bowler wasent he that good? i thought he was good spinner

 

[JonAsad]

whatever happened to that Pakistani hindu bowler wasent he that good? i thought he was good spinner

Pakistani bowler Danish Kaneria- would have sufficed- no need to bring religion into the game you worship-

 

[Andross]

Pakistani bowler Danish Kaneria- would have sufficed- no need to bring religion into the game you worship-

worship? i prefer football

 

[Karachiite]

whatever happened to that Pakistani hindu bowler wasent he that good? i thought he was good spinner

Why are you bringing religion into this? And if your talking about Danish Kaneria then he only plays tests and he wasn't included in this squad due to ongoing investigations against him and problems with PCB.
But the next all rounder to watch out for is Lal Kumar, he's been getting runs and also getting wickets first class cricket.

 

[Andross]

Why are you bringing religion into this? And if your talking about Danish Kaneria then he only plays tests and he wasn't included in this squad due to ongoing investigations against him and problems with PCB.
But the next all rounder to watch out for is Lal Kumar, he's been getting runs and also getting wickets first class cricket.

chill out dude all i said he was pakistani hindu damn why people getting so defensive

 

[fida jan]

how can umer akmal keep wickets?
He is a young lad- who is batting well- let him do what his job is- do not put extra pressure on him- other wise he will not even score runs- you cannot just give extra responsibilities to a player during such a big tournament- he will loose focus- na gher ka na ghat ka-

he is young lad thats why he has fitness to do extra jobs, isnt afridi bowling and batting too at the same time..

umer akmal is way down the line, even below the middle order, he doesnt open, doesnt come 1 or 2 down, so all will be oky doky