2nd Quarter-Final: India v Australia at Ahmedabad, Thurs March 24

[The_Player]

Re: 2nd Quarter-Final: India v Australia at Ahmedabad, Thurs March 24

@La_Parisienne

ok we are ready to give it!

you asked for it so don’t cry later

[ehsan]

Re: 2nd Quarter-Final: India v Australia at Ahmedabad, Thurs March 24

ok we are ready to give it!

you asked for it so don't cry later :)

More than crying I will be worried about my BP. :p

In all honesty Pakistan has done more than I expected and if they win Semis I will be delighted if not I will be proud of the guys to have come thorough hell over the last few months and put up such a brilliant performance.

[La_Parisienne]

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More than crying I will be worried about my BP. :p

In all honesty Pakistan has done more than I expected and if they win Semis I will be delighted if not I will be proud of the guys to have come thorough hell over the last few months and put up such a brilliant performance.

absolutely. It is amazing how far Pak cricket has come in such a record short amount of time, overcoming some of the more demoralzing problems any team has had to face. Certainly hats of for that and I don't think ANYONE will be really surprised if they manage to lift the world cup this time.

PS: do what I do - take 10mg lisinopril (call your physician first though)

[kaka_in_usa]

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yes I have already contacted Mazhar bhai. :D

Can you also ask him if haroon loghart is also in the loop :D

[The_Player]

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absolutely. It is amazing how far Pak cricket has come in such a record short amount of time, overcoming some of the more demoralzing problems any team has had to face. Certainly hats of for that and I don't think ANYONE will be really surprised if they manage to lift the world cup this time.

Agreed. However, I still don't think they are capable of chasing scores of 300+. Whether they meet India, SA or SL (yeah, I know that Pak beat them once), they are all capable of posting huge totals. And that puts a huge pressure on Pak bowlers. The likes of Umar Gul & Afridi are just one bad bowling spell away from going home.

[La_Parisienne]

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Agreed. However, I still don't think they are capable of chasing scores of 300+. Whether they meet India, SA or SL (yeah, I know that Pak beat them once), they are all capable of posting huge totals. And that puts a huge pressure on their bowlers. The likes of Umar Gul are just one bad spell away from going home.

I think agree but I don't see a lot of teams scoring 300+ against the now greatly motivated Gul/Afridi attack

[ehsan]

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@kaka_in_usa

Can you also ask him if haroon loghart is also in the loop

Who do you think is running the show.

[The_Player]

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I think agree but I don't see a lot of teams scoring 300+ against the now greatly motivated Gul/Afridi attack

They have not played India, SA or even England yet. Remember, all the high scoring matches were in Group B.

[Antumul_alona]

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@ehsan

More than crying I will be worried about my BP.

In all honesty Pakistan has done more than I expected and if they win Semis I will be delighted if not I will be proud of the guys to have come thorough hell over the last few months and put up such a brilliant performance.

:k:

When this all started…I was also thinking they won’t get this far…and 200% credit to them for showing this level of perf. in the middle.

As someone also said, “No matter what happens they are now 1 of the top 4 teams in the world”

[La_Parisienne]

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@Iconoclast

Aussies have started the mind games.

Aussie coach says pressure is on India.
http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc_cricket_worldcup2011/content/current/story/507418.html

Well perhaps he forgot that Aussies havent had a decent match against any team so far. None of their batsmen is in form. Their fast bowlers are struggling other than Lee and they dont have a decent spinner.

However, the way India tried to loose against windies to avoid Aussies they might have brought pressure upon themselves.

well said

[ehsan]

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Agreed. However, I still don't think they are capable of chasing scores of 300+. Whether they meet India, SA or SL (yeah, I know that Pak beat them once), they are all capable of posting huge totals. And that puts a huge pressure on Pak bowlers. The likes of Umar Gul & Afridi are just one bad bowling spell away from going home.

agreed, our best bet is to bat first and let our bowlers defend. If India puts up a score of 300, that will be that.

[Antumul_alona]

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They have not played India, SA or even England yet. Remember, all the high scoring matches were in Group B.

The pitches in India have been full of runs except for 1. So you are comparing two different pedigree of games.

On the indian pitches Afridi used to open and score 100s off 70 balls just a few years ago...so please don't compare Indian pitches to SL or BD pitches...very different..

[La_Parisienne]

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They have not played India, SA or even England yet. Remember, all the high scoring matches were in Group B.

That's true. we'll see. More than who wins the match, I am hoping that:

1) The crowd appreciates the game regardless on merit

2) Nothing untoward happens (not worried about anything major - just don't want some idiot flinging a soda bottle)

3) INDIA WINS

4) INDIA WINS BIG

5) INDIA THRASH THE BEJESUS OUT OF AFRIDI

[The_Player]

Re: 2nd Quarter-Final: India v Australia at Ahmedabad, Thurs March 24

On the indian pitches Afridi used to open and score 100s off 70 balls just a few years ago...so please don't compare Indian pitches to SL or BD pitches...very different..

The Afridi who use to score runs is no longer in the Pak side :)

And remember, Ponting has always score runs against India. And he did that today as well. But that did not stop us from overhauling a pretty competitive score on the Ahmedabad wkt.

[The_Player]

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@La_Parisienne

That’s true. we’ll see. More than who wins the match, I am hoping that:

1. The crowd appreciates the game regardless on merit

2. Nothing untoward happens (not worried about anything major - just don’t want some idiot flinging a soda bottle)

3. INDIA WINS

4. INDIA WINS BIG

5. INDIA THRASH THE BEJESUS OUT OF AFRIDI

:k:

[GoldenAsif]

Re: 2nd Quarter-Final: India v Australia at Ahmedabad, Thurs March 24

They have not played India, SA or even England yet. Remember, all the high scoring matches were in Group B.

and on indian pitches (please complete the sentence)

Pakistan have batted on the more difficult and testing Sri Lankan pitches so far. We may not have a Sachin but remember we bat very deep (upto #8). Umar Akmal got some runs the other day against Australia, Asad is consistent plus even the openers Hafeez and Kamran Akmal got into some sort of form against the Windies with that hundred not out partnership

Yes India are still favourites but it is not like we are rank outsiders

[Captain1]

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Agreed, however I dont think the choice of Aus over India had anything to do with Aussie's cricketing skills ;)

As I said earlier, Aus had a bad day against Pak. They played well today, but we just played better :)

Aus did not have bad day against Pakistan, it was Pakistan's bowling and fielding which ruined their day.

[Captain1]

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@ehsan

In all honesty Pakistan has done more than I expected and if they win Semis I will be delighted if not I will be proud of the guys to have come thorough hell over the last few months and put up such a brilliant performance.

Completely agree :k:

@The_Player

Agreed. However, I still don’t think they are capable of chasing scores of 300+. Whether they meet India, SA or SL (yeah, I know that Pak beat them once), they are all capable of posting huge totals. And that puts a huge pressure on Pak bowlers. The likes of Umar Gul & Afridi are just one bad bowling spell away from going home.

same is true for any bowling/batting line up, one bad day and you are out, its knock-out stage for crying out loud.

[babloos]

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yay we won
goes to sleep now

[rizla86]

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agreed, our best bet is to bat first and let our bowlers defend. If India puts up a score of 300, that will be that.

Nah, I reckon we will be better off chasing. Bowl India out for a below par total, Indian bowlers are terrible at defending totals even if they are 300+ (as evidenced in matches against South Africa and England). We batted first against SL and our total wasn't that competitive in the end, India would have chased that. We should do what's been working for us the last two games.

Also my mind goes back to the 2003 world cup, we scored 273 and India barely broke a sweat chasing that against the likes of Wasim, Waqar and Shoaib. They have the same opening pair now as they had then.