Re: 1st Quarter-Final: Pakistan v West Indies at Mirpur, Wed March 23
Who does Pak play if they win ? The winner of Ind-Aus ??
You. I feel for you player. India can not move into the final :)
Re: 1st Quarter-Final: Pakistan v West Indies at Mirpur, Wed March 23
Who does Pak play if they win ? The winner of Ind-Aus ??
yeah the winner of India Aus game ...so there is possibility of India Pakistan clash at Mohali
Re: 1st Quarter-Final: Pakistan v West Indies at Mirpur, Wed March 23
You. I feel for you player. India can not move into the final :)
Well, I could give you a jingoistic response but I will not :D I hope we get to the semis first. Aus was not at its best when they played Pak, but there is no reason they will have a second bad day in a row. India really needs to be at the top of its game to beat them.
Re: 1st Quarter-Final: Pakistan v West Indies at Mirpur, Wed March 23
Hopefully, India will not get that far. So It will inshaAllah be a repeat of Pak vs Aus semis. Pak would have the upper hand and mental advantage for that inshaAllah. First thing First. We gotta take care of Gayle and Co.
Re: 1st Quarter-Final: Pakistan v West Indies at Mirpur, Wed March 23
Hopefully, India will not get that far. So It will inshaAllah be a repeat of Pak vs Aus semis. Pak would have the upper hand and mental advantage for that inshaAllah. First thing First. We gotta take care of Gayle and Co.
i dnt want to see another Match with Aussies.........as they are just too professional when they are in knockout matches .....yeah 1st we have to handle Gayle ......
Re: 1st Quarter-Final: Pakistan v West Indies at Mirpur, Wed March 23
Well, I could give you a jingoistic response but I will not :D I hope we get to the semis first. Aus was not at its best when they played Pak, but there is no reason they will have a second bad day in a row. India really needs to be at the top of its game to beat them.
Australia were not allowed to by our bowlers but I agree they are a very dangerous side esp. in KO games. India beware. Indian bowling is weak, batting is the key. India will have to score big (300 +/-) to have any chance of beating them
Re: 1st Quarter-Final: Pakistan v West Indies at Mirpur, Wed March 23
wow! you are 60? isn’t there some sort of upper age limit to be in this forum? 
happy birthday unkelji
Re: 1st Quarter-Final: Pakistan v West Indies at Mirpur, Wed March 23
Well, I could give you a jingoistic response but I will not :D I hope we get to the semis first. Aus was not at its best when they played Pak, but there is no reason they will have a second bad day in a row. India really needs to be at the top of its game to beat them.
such a big word for decent is not fair...he will be goooooooglng all the way...:D
for second thought about aussies my response: Why not? It won't be a bad day but India should hit them hard, if they bat first, India spinners and Zaheer Khan should be able to make them eat humble pie again...and if they field first, then Indian batting should and can secure a 280+ total even against Aussies ...only Brett is of any worth these days..rest of their bowling seems to be really out of sorts.
Re: 1st Quarter-Final: Pakistan v West Indies at Mirpur, Wed March 23
Congrats to Pakistan for making QF, if they beat West Indies then you have a date with either India or Aussies, i would much rather play the Indians then the Aussies, because luck won't be there this time around if pak plays aussies, but again anything from here on out for pakistan is luck i initially thought they will make it to QF, but if they win they will be over acheivers, this is tough task KO games are filled with intensity and Pressure, just hope we win the toss and bat first because we sure cannot chse no matter whart the total is, pressure gets to our batsmen, just my 2 cents on this whole thing.
Re: 1st Quarter-Final: Pakistan v West Indies at Mirpur, Wed March 23
Well, I could give you a jingoistic response but I will not :D I hope we get to the semis first. Aus was not at its best when they played Pak, but there is no reason they will have a second bad day in a row. India really needs to be at the top of its game to beat them.
*Talking about the bold part only, that goes in favor of Pakistan, in case if thats true Pakistan will face Aus, and will have a fair chance to beat Aus again on their 3rd day (not 2nd) but in other case Pakistan will be loving to beat india in the WC semi making every moment a history inshAllah
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Re: 1st Quarter-Final: Pakistan v West Indies at Mirpur, Wed March 23
Congrats to Pakistan for making QF, if they beat West Indies then you have a date with either India or Aussies, i would much rather play the Indians then the Aussies, because luck won't be there this time around if pak plays aussies, but again anything from here on out for pakistan is luck i initially thought they will make it to QF, but if they win they will be over acheivers, this is tough task KO games are filled with intensity and Pressure, just hope we win the toss and bat first because we sure cannot chse no matter whart the total is, pressure gets to our batsmen, just my 2 cents on this whole thing.
two things :
We beat Aus by our good bowling and secondly
We did chase down the Aus score so to say we cannot chase no matter what the score is not correct, even though I will agree Pakistan team are poor chasers.
Re: 1st Quarter-Final: Pakistan v West Indies at Mirpur, Wed March 23
for second thought about aussies my response: Why not? It won't be a bad day but India should hit them hard, if they bat first, India spinners and Zaheer Khan should be able to make them eat humble pie again...and if they field first, then Indian batting should and can secure a 280+ total even against Aussies ...only Brett is of any worth these days..rest of their bowling seems to be really out of sorts.
The way Hiral Patel of Canada treated their bowling, I am pretty optimistic that the Indian batsmen can handle them. I just hope that our bowling and fielding can provide adequate support :)
Re: 1st Quarter-Final: Pakistan v West Indies at Mirpur, Wed March 23
What's the pitch and grond like at Mirpur???
Is it a dustbowl or a greentop ?
Does dew plays an important factor ?
Average Score 1st innings or chasing 250+ ?
Well very interesting question. I have been thinking about it as well.
Seems like there are 2 pitches on this ground. One is a very good batting track & has lots of runs in it and the other one has much less. I am hoping the QF is played on the one that is good for batting.
On the other pitch, 2 teams batted second and lost. Ireland and BD. Ireland have a stronger batting side than BD. Still they could not chase 200 on it.
Out of the total 5 games (including 1 warm up), excluding 1 where BD imploded, all sides batting first won and score a high total. India was best as they score 370. Both Pak and SA score 280+
Avg. score would be best calculated by taking the 1 outlier out of the equation and that is again 280+.
Lets see what pitch turns up on the QF day.
Re: 1st Quarter-Final: Pakistan v West Indies at Mirpur, Wed March 23
The way Hiral Patel of Canada treated their bowling, I am pretty optimistic that the Indian batsmen can handle them. I just hope that our bowling and fielding can provide adequate support :)
would love to see punters crying face as he gets knocked out of the world cup.
Re: 1st Quarter-Final: Pakistan v West Indies at Mirpur, Wed March 23
The way Hiral Patel of Canada treated their bowling, I am pretty optimistic that the Indian batsmen can handle them. I just hope that our bowling and fielding can provide adequate support :)
That would be the key to Indian victory.
Re: 1st Quarter-Final: Pakistan v West Indies at Mirpur, Wed March 23
would love to see punters crying face as he gets knocked out of the world cup.
agreed, this time he probably will resign (atleast from captaincy) I think.
Re: 1st Quarter-Final: Pakistan v West Indies at Mirpur, Wed March 23
How did this thread derail from the Pak vs. WI QF discussion to Indeeya vs. ooostaylia?
Can’t someone open the second QF thread? Oh…wait..is it against the 3 days rule…
can we have an exception since we are in to the KO stage?
Re: 1st Quarter-Final: Pakistan v West Indies at Mirpur, Wed March 23
The way Hiral Patel of Canada treated their bowling, I am pretty optimistic that the Indian batsmen can handle them. I just hope that our bowling and fielding can provide adequate support :)
I hope India beats the hell out of Aussies.
Re: 1st Quarter-Final: Pakistan v West Indies at Mirpur, Wed March 23
Pakistan’s batting woes remain
R. K. Radhakrishnan
As Pakistan left for Dhaka on Monday for its quarterfinal match against West Indies in the ICC World Cup, the biggest concern for it was the team’s batting form. Not one batsman came anywhere close to a century in six games in Sri Lanka, even against minnow nations.
Pakistan joins Australia in the list of nations that qualified but is still looking for a century maker. Australia too has not found a century maker yet, but two of its batsmen have pushed past the nineties. Shane Watson with 94 is its highest scorer so far. Maybe Pakistan is looking to 1983 for inspiration when the team made 338 for five against Sri Lanka without an individual century.
For Pakistan, Misbah-ul-Haq’s 83 has been the highest so far, followed by young Asad Shafiq’s 78. “Asad Shafiq is not a big hitter. He quietly manoeuvres the ball and picks up runs, boundaries also. At No. 3 he did a superb job in the last match (against Zimbabwe) and also against Australia. He is doing really well,” said Pakistan coach Waqar Younis. Shafiq has got just two games so far and has scored 78 and 46.
**Classic case **
Most batsmen have been hanging around and have failed; Ahmed Shehzad being a classic case. In five innings he has made 44, while captain Shahid Afridi has had an equally horrendous tournament, scoring a total of 65 in six matches.
The only batsman to cross the 200-run mark (in five matches, missed one due to a mysterious injury) is Umar Akmal. Misbah and Younis, the batting mainstays, have scored two fifties each in a total of six matches (Misbah in five innings, and Younis in six) and have also gone for a duck on one occasion each, piling up the pressure on the latter batsmen.
“We definitely have a problem with our openers… We need to improve (our batting)… Pitches here (in Sri Lanka) are a little difficult to bat on. Things will get a lot easier when we go to the other part (of the sub-continent),” said Waqar.
The main problem is that of the openers not putting together a partnership that the later batsmen could work on. “Hopefully in the quarterfinals the story will be different,” he added.
Afridi has admitted at least thrice in Sri Lanka that his own batting form is also a concern. But that has not meant that he has improved.
There is no evidence that he even tried to improve. He agreed that he played a stupid shot against Australia when the chase was getting tougher.
But admitting one’s mistake is only a small step towards corrective action. Afridi has done enough talking, now he has to show something on the scorecard.
Waqar defended Afridi stoutly, when asked about Afridi’s shot selection in the crunch match against Australia.
“If the same shot had sailed over the boundary, you would have said that it’s a marvellous shot. That is the way he plays his game,” he said.
On playing in Bangladesh, he said Pakistan had played a practice match against Bangladesh in Mirpur and had won that game.
“But now we will have to go there and re-assemble ourselves. We have to forget the victories here and look at the tournament afresh. Regardless of the ground we need a new strategy,” he said.
Waqar wanted critics to remember that Pakistan had defeated Australia and Sri Lanka, the No. 1 and No. 3 teams in the world, despite the problems afflicting Pakistan cricket. “I am very happy. This is a small gift (the victory against these teams). Insha-Allah, more such gifts will come,” he added.
http://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/article1559395.ece
Dhaka, here we come!!
Re: 1st Quarter-Final: Pakistan v West Indies at Mirpur, Wed March 23
Pakistan will defeat West Indies and Australia will defeat India
Pakistan vs Australia semi-final :)