Re: 2nd ODI after match discussion..
For all our huffing and puffing about the difference in our bowling from the Indians, the Indians have actually bowled better than us. At least they don’t bowl to our batsmen’s strengths on purpose, with the exception of a few loose balls. On the other hand it seemed with Rana, Gul etc. that we were giving Indian batsmen boundary hitting practice.
Some observations from Cricinfo on our batting:
**Bowling out Pakistan for 265 suggests a strong display in the field but in truth Pakistan batted as if they had listened to their own hype. They were startlingly complacent and you can argue, in each dismissal, that they shot themselves in the foot ten times today.
Was batting first a mistake? Marginally so but only in hindsight, which is a fickle gauge anyway. It wouldn’t have mattered much, so poor was Pakistan’s batting; if it wasn’t poor shot selection, it was some comically shambolic running, most memorably in Mohammad Yousuf’s case.
Pakistan’s bowling - the admirable Mohammad Asif apart - has looked as ineffective as India’s is meant to be. Shoaib Akhtar’s injury and the dropping of Mohammad Sami suddenly - after India have amassed nearly 600 runs for 13 wickets at well over six per over - takes on an altogether more serious hue. **
http://content-pak.cricinfo.com/pakvind/content/current/story/236649.html