Re: 1st Quarter-Final: Pakistan v West Indies at Mirpur, Wed March 23
The Windies were totally annihilated...I feel bad for them. The once great side are now a nothing team.
Re: 1st Quarter-Final: Pakistan v West Indies at Mirpur, Wed March 23
The Windies were totally annihilated...I feel bad for them. The once great side are now a nothing team.
True. I think their biggest problem is lack of winning mindset. Talent (Gayle, Bravo - Darren and Dwayne, Pollard, Roach, Sarwan, Bishoo etc.) is still there but they lack temperament (patience + discipline + mental resilience) and are too careless in the way they approach a game
Re: 1st Quarter-Final: Pakistan v West Indies at Mirpur, Wed March 23
^ Who is their coach?
Re: 1st Quarter-Final: Pakistan v West Indies at Mirpur, Wed March 23
^ Ottis Gibson
http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc_cricket_worldcup2011/content/current/story/507689.html
Re: 1st Quarter-Final: Pakistan v West Indies at Mirpur, Wed March 23
They probably need a Dave Whatmore.
Re: 1st Quarter-Final: Pakistan v West Indies at Mirpur, Wed March 23
They probably need a Dave Whatmore.
or a Steve Waugh
Re: 1st Quarter-Final: Pakistan v West Indies at Mirpur, Wed March 23
or a Steve Waugh
is he coaching too?
Re: 1st Quarter-Final: Pakistan v West Indies at Mirpur, Wed March 23
is he coaching too?
No not yet but he would be ideal for the job.....so mentally tough and disciplined he was. Not naturally gifted but he made up for it with sheer determination and hard work. started off in 1984/5 (cf. Wasim Akram) as a bowler who could bat a bit but later improved his batting to such an extent that he is now regarded as a test batting great
Re: 1st Quarter-Final: Pakistan v West Indies at Mirpur, Wed March 23
Waqar Younis is doing a great job with the team. He is mentioned every now and then by the players and the captain. Good going coach. Take that Naseem Ashraf.
I remeber Waqar missed 92 world cup...one of his big regrets I bet. He joined the celebrations at Lahore airport when the bus took the players around the city.
Re: 1st Quarter-Final: Pakistan v West Indies at Mirpur, Wed March 23
Congrats! No longer the dark horse of the tournament!
Re: 1st Quarter-Final: Pakistan v West Indies at Mirpur, Wed March 23
Waqar Younis is doing a great job with the team. He is mentioned every now and then by the players and the captain. Good going coach. Take that Naseem Ashraf.
I remeber Waqar missed 92 world cup...one his big regrets I bet. He joined the celebrations at Lahore airport when the bus took the players around the city.
Yes his calm approach seems to be working. Imran Khan's mentioned it in many interviews that while Wasim was more naturally gifted of the two, Waqar was more mentally resilient. And the good thing is Afridi and Waqar are not getting ahead of themselves or talking big things but making plans game by game and team by team
Re: 1st Quarter-Final: Pakistan v West Indies at Mirpur, Wed March 23
Re: 1st Quarter-Final: Pakistan v West Indies at Mirpur, Wed March 23
This is nothing compared with the number of smilies which will be there if we win the ultimate prize. 
Re: 1st Quarter-Final: Pakistan v West Indies at Mirpur, Wed March 23
Thank you 
Re: 1st Quarter-Final: Pakistan v West Indies at Mirpur, Wed March 23
Thank you, Dhaka!
Outside it was -13C. The (hopefully) last snowstorm of the season was in progress. It was just another typical winter morning here in Toronto.
Inside it was a much more heated affair. Those who should be getting ready to greet the day were, instead, glued to their laptop computers thanks to the wonder of web streaming. All attention was focused on the quarter-final of the ICC Cricket World Cup being played in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The cheers going up in the house were deafening at times. The celebratory stomping on the floor was getting out of hand.
But sooner, rather than later, the job was complete. The Pakistan cricket team reached the required total of 113 runs against the West Indies without forfeiting a single wicket. Speaking with presenter Rameez Raja at the end of the match, the triumphant captain Shahid Afridi thanked the nation, especially those Pakistanis who flew in to watch their team play.
And to think that all this happened on March 23 – Pakistan Day. God is indeed great.
But one thing, one very important thing was missing. Some very important people got overlooked when it came to expressing gratitude. Namely the upwards of 23, 000 Bangladeshis who filled the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium to capacity and cheered every triumph of the Pakistan team to the point where one could be forgiven for thinking that **our side was playing on home ground](https://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=10150113690938549&comments).**
Because all around them in the stands were youths who wore green jerseys and had their faces painted green and white. Passionately waving Pakistani flags of all sizes, they chanted “**Bangladesh Zindabad, Pakistan Zindabad](http://www.dawn.com/2011/03/23/“bangladesh-zindabad-pakistan-zindabad”.htmldabad”.html).” Some Pakistani fans did reportedly fly in to lend their support, but mostly the rapturous cheering for “Boom Boom” and his boys was homegrown.**
It’s not too late. On behalf of Pakistanis everywhere a heartfelt thank-you goes out to the wonderful people of Dhaka and Bangladesh. The jubilation and excitement you expressed as each West Indian wicket fell echoed precisely our own sentiments. We could not be there in person, but your roars of joy represented our reactions perfectly. Sincerest thanks to you all from the very bottom of our hearts.
By rights our team captain should have done the honours by expressing his, his colleagues, and his nation’s gratitude to the host city. Considering the history of our two nations, it was no small thing to watch the people of Dhaka wave Pakistan flags as they did. And declare “Pakistan Zindabad” as they did time and time again.
Yes, it is true that time heals most wounds and cricket is (or should be) above politics, but the generous spirit of the Bangladeshi nation was nonetheless a tremendous sight to behold.
Afridi’s lapse in good manners is likely explained by the (very pleasant) surprise of inflicting such a crushing defeat on the West Indians. ‘Boom Boom’ is well-loved figure among Bangladeshis, and for his part the Pakistan skipper had already declared that ****playing in Bangladesh is like playing at home.](http://www.dawn.com/2011/02/17/south-asian-crowds-make-pakistan-feel-home-afridi.html)** He can be forgiven for getting swept away by the excitement of the moment.**
Forgiven more readily perhaps than one of his worthy predecessors, Imran Khan. Never comfortable as a public speaker, Khan really bungled it in Melbourne, Australia when he delivered the victory speech after lifting the 1992 World Cup on behalf of his side.
That spectacularly self-centered “I, me and my” speech, in which Khan mentioned neither his teammates nor his country, and instead dwelt on the twilight of his career and his cancer hospital, continues to live in infamy.
One hopes that should the time come, Afridi will not make the same mistake. And as for this, his present oversight, he really should make an effort, no matter how belated, to thank the people of Dhaka for the way they supported his team.
Because where he and his teammates are headed next, the unwavering adoration of cheering masses is likely to be a distant memory at best.
Re: 1st Quarter-Final: Pakistan v West Indies at Mirpur, Wed March 23
^Agree.
I thought it was rather rude not to have thanked Srilankans and Bengalis who gave us a great support, it was as if we were playing in Pakistan (well not quiet but almost).
Re: 1st Quarter-Final: Pakistan v West Indies at Mirpur, Wed March 23
Dhaka :jhanda: