Re: 2nd T20I: Pakistan v South Africa at Abu Dhabi
Seems like we are going to loose all ODI and TESTS too …
we are up for another dubbing after Aus! 
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Lanath!
Re: 2nd T20I: Pakistan v South Africa at Abu Dhabi
Lanath!
u stole my words :D
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Afridi accepted he played bad shot but why the hell he played it then 
Re: 2nd T20I: Pakistan v South Africa at Abu Dhabi
Shahid Afridi: “I’m very disappointed. I was expecting a lot, especially from myself, but I couldn’t produce in these two matches. I don’t know why I played these shots. I know how important my batting is for my team. I know my team is very good in ODIs and we will definitely come back then.” Some sections of the crowd booing Afridi as he walks off.
He needs a psychologist!
Re: 2nd T20I: Pakistan v South Africa at Abu Dhabi
Shahid Afridi: “I’m very disappointed. I was expecting a lot, especially from myself, but I couldn’t produce in these two matches. I don’t know why I played these shots. I know how important my batting is for my team. I know my team is very good in ODIs and we will definitely come back then.” Some sections of the crowd booing Afridi as he walks off.
He needs a psychologist!
Re: 2nd T20I: Pakistan v South Africa at Abu Dhabi
120 is a nothing sort of total in T20Is so I am not at all surprised that we lost both games. need 160+
We might win the odd game here and there but our current batting is simply not good enough to compete with top teams in any format at the moment.
It is just as well that I did not follow these matches
Re: 2nd T20I: Pakistan v South Africa at Abu Dhabi
^^
Even with that modest total we made them hard to chase that total
our batting needs to fire and fire big time
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Guys…I think…Pakistan don’t have the automatic right to win every match/series against any other team in the world…
PS: At best…what we can do is to improve and improve and improve what we got on-hands…like coaches…selectors…the choice of players for certain matches/series…the discipline and above all the tactics + strategy for every particular game… 
PS1: This man can assure you…the squad we have today…with some changes will beat anyone around the world with ease and at will… 
Re: 2nd T20I: Pakistan v South Africa at Abu Dhabi
I guarantee that too
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Right on Zabardast Bhai 
.. Thanks for mustering up the courage to stay positive, we need that ..
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Lost another series 
Re: 2nd T20I: Pakistan v South Africa at Abu Dhabi
^^ Even with that modest total we made them hard to chase that total
our batting needs to fire and fire big time
True, credit to the bowlers for making South Africa atleast fight for these runs but their batters perhaps played within themselves knowing that the target was not a big one and always within reach
120 is what most decent sides would (or should) look to score in the last 15 overs (i.e. 8 RPO) of a 50-over game with wickets in hand and batting pp to come!
Our current batsmen seem to have lost the art of application and shot selection. It is not all just about hitting. Too many times they get out playing stupid shots. A couple of reckless shots (something they all seem to specialize in) can be the difference between say scoring 170 +/- or a mediocre 110-120. Good batsmen can accelerate just as well playing proper cricketing shots - having a sense of where the field is and placing the ball into the gaps etc. Stealing sharp singles and twos is just as important as hitting the boundaries
Re: 2nd T20I: Pakistan v South Africa at Abu Dhabi
A month or two ago we were making comments such as "i'd rather lose every match than be involved in spot fixing"....well here goes:)
Re: 2nd T20I: Pakistan v South Africa at Abu Dhabi
A month or two ago we were making comments such as "i'd rather lose every match than be involved in spot fixing"....well here goes:)
well the problem is we were losing matches before, during and since the spot fixing saga. :D
Re: 2nd T20I: Pakistan v South Africa at Abu Dhabi
well the problem is we were losing matches before, during and since the spot fixing saga. :D
there is no "before"...pakistan has been in the spot fixing saga for as long as I remember ( at least since 1993)....and there is no "since" either....during hee during ha janab....
Re: 2nd T20I: Pakistan v South Africa at Abu Dhabi
what a lame performance
UKP 
Re: 2nd T20I: Pakistan v South Africa at Abu Dhabi
We are going to be the first team in history of cricket to get white washed on bouncy wickets and white washed on phaata wickets....IN SAME YEAR!!!! Yeeeeey to seniority bukhaar of PCB and selectors.
Re: 2nd T20I: Pakistan v South Africa at Abu Dhabi
^ All you guys are more dear to my than these 'laathmaar paindos' please don't take stress, start playing GOLF or watch a 'Leafs' game tonight :D
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All i can say in this thread is that this stadium is so close to my home, that i can see it boundries, score board and flash lights from my window. But i m not going to watch any matches live coz i dont wanna go there alone :-S