Gentle Giant Inzimam again proved to us that if the fight is taken to the opponent than the results could be different, and if the Brain and the carrot is on offer, Go for the Brain next time
6 tests and 6 time out to Kumble should have been a message well written (alas in English!!) :o
He keeps playing Kumble - way foreword and in-line to the delivery.
With his height and poise he should have been playing kumble with-in the crease (may be on the back foot) reading the spin and not giving the bowler a chance to chock him. (Which is the reason he comes out way foreword in the 1st place)
His expressions were more of a curse to the Umpire than to himself for not trying some thing new with kumble. Inzi has been very unlucky against this Umpire we know that.
Inzi has nurtured into a batting legend. It more and more a pleasure to watch him. Specially today when he showed the youngsters that “Offence is a good Defense when under pressure”
I only wish he were a better Captain.
But it pi$$es me off when he surrenders to kumble ploy (so over rated he is)
Yoyo is in much better form, only if he can work more and more on his idiotic techniques specially when 'defending with bat and pad ’ apart from his “Play & run habit” which has improved a little. A player like his stature should not be out in this fashion - luck or no luck.
Pakistan needs to consolidate further on where Inzimam left off, apart from the match result, they have to keep plucking on runs and take it to the wire.
Tomorrow they should open thier Bowling with Sami-Naveed without ‘Conditioning’ the new ball, and then give Danish Kaneria a shot. ***“May be, just may be” :elmo: ***
Inzi needs to do all this. After all it’s different and doable.
[Disclaimer, phir na kehna bataya nahi] Ok.. what you are about to read may sound funny but then again i haven't slept all NIGHT and now i am at work so things might sounds funny or over ambitious
I would like to see Razzaq go blasting against the Indian attack tommorow.. a quick 100 and Kamran's 50.. with Sami pitchiing in atleast 25 and the rest of the tail around 25 too ..
so that means we will have a total of 200runs added by lunch.. and a lead of 253
put indians in to bat (well we won't have anyother option anyways since will be all out) .. and bowl them out .. all 10 of Indian batsmen..
MOM: Kaneria..
Kaisa? see HOPE is what i am living off... inshaAllah We will win.. :D
^thats incredibally big hope from you. I live on hope as well and I hope Pak players get their act together and stay at the crease. The total sounds very optimistic but hey we can't have anything else, except that we get out to stupid deliveries. If we can avoid extravagant shots and stand as a wall, I am sure there will be some pressure.
And for tomorrow's day: Gangs is gonna use kumble to get Abdul Razzaq (since he barely has a clue of his varities, and while he is not a good player of the spin) and rest i don't know
i guess Out of 10 test playing nations Pakistan is at # 8 right now
In descending order my test ranking is
australia
india
england
south africa
srilanka
westindies
newzealand
pakistan
bangladesh
zimbabwe
Beside the the current pair...Pakistan need a big 9th wicket partnership...
PS: For this kind of match performance, I don't think we need a captain, VC, selectors or even PCB...I think a bunch of street-lofters can perform equally...or at occassions even better...
I think pakistani batsmen should not worry about the lead and losing. Just plan to play out the first session without getting all out. If we last for three hours total, this will give India to chase roughly 180 in the remaining 180 minutes. I don't think they will go for it. The match can end in a draw if Pakistan can bat out another three hours.
I am just reminicing of Ustad Anwar.....I wish he could come back just for a couple of years and give Kumble the wuss face a run of his money like he did all those years in the past....
That infact is our problem....indians presist with their world class, rather pseudo world class players even if they are not performing, just look Kapil the choora Dev and now Kumble....
While we Pakistan just can't wait to dispose of our truly world class players....Anwar and Akram....
PS: Pakistan always can win a match…only they have to hit hard and harder beyond their imaginations… Something like terrorising the the bowlers…Never ever worry of getting out…you are destined to die sooner or later…but do hit hard inbetween…and harder…thats what you take out of your life…I said, hit harder…I think my message is accross…
PS2: Do we need 11 Afridis in our team…I think its the logical conclusion…hmmmmm
^^ I am getting old...but do hit harder even if you have to act like an idiot...I can guarantee you...you won't lose 3 wickets for 10 runs...so hit harder beyond your imaginations before you die...I think you got the message... :)
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