Re: 3rd ODI: West Indies v Pakistan at Gros Islet - St. Lucia
How dare you speak in favor of Rohit inclusion at the expense of (don't call me Murali) Vijay?
We need to get rid of nohit and have gambhir instead. Also instead of karthik we need youvraj.
Both nohit can karthik are good for India A team.
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Karthik needs to go. (Outside the offstump Fisherman and runout king while batting) Gambhir would be a step back. So is Yuvraj. Vijay and Pujara would be good additions IMO.
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Batsmen seek change of fortunes
The Preview by Kanishkaa Balachandran
July 18, 2013
Match facts
Friday, July 19, 2013
Start time 0900 local (1300 GMT)
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Big Picture
The pitches served up for the one-dayers in the West Indies, starting from the tri-series, have largely produced scores of under 250. In the two 300-plus scores, the batsmen were aided more by poor bowling than favourable batting conditions. In the two ODIs so far in this series in Guyana, middle-of-the-road scores in the region of 220-230 have been matchwinning ones. With the series shifting to St Lucia for the three remaining one-dayers, the question is whether the trend of scores will change. Dwayne Bravo, the West Indies captain, is optimistic of higher scores but his team of power-hitters will be relieved only if they get conditions that suit their strengths. The West Indies batsmen did well to recover from their shocker of a collapse in the first ODI by posting 232. It was a laborious innings for most part till Dwayne Bravo and Kieron Pollard provided the calorie boost towards the end. Darren Bravo and Marlon Samuels adopted a conservative approach, preserving wickets instead of taking off. Respecting the conditions, West Indies went with the strategy of setting a 235 target, knowing that would be enough to put pressure on Pakistan’s line-up, which hasn’t been in the best of touch either. Sunil Narine, who was pasted in the first match, bounced back to pick up four wickets.
Pakistan’s batting worries haven’t eased since they set foot in England for the Champions Trophy. The pitches haven’t really helped a line-up low on confidence. Should Pakistan attack at the start or adopt West Indies’ approach of safety first before leaving the acceleration to Shahid Afridi and Umar Akmal? It’s a likely dilemma. That they have the bowling to defend a competitive total is beyond doubt.
Form guide
(most recent first, last five completed matches)
West Indies WLLLW
Pakistan LWLLL
In the spotlight
Ahmed Shehzad was recalled to the one-day squad after a gap of two years, but it hasn’t been a happy comeback, with scores of 5 and 19. His last five ODI scores make for poor reading - 0,6,9,5,19. He will have fond memories of St Lucia though, where he scored his second ODI century during the 2011 tour, before that slump began. He will be under pressure to perform, having taken Mohammad Hafeez’s place in the opening position. Since his 109 in the opening match of the tri-series, Chris Gayle has mysteriously tapered off, failing to go past 14 in his next five innings. His no-show at the top, coupled with Marlon Samuels’ struggle is partly responsible for West Indies failing to bat with the fluency they are associated with. In the first ODI, he set off for a single, then hesitated before falling short of a direct hit and in the second, pushed at a delivery outside off and edged to the keeper. If Gayle sets himself up to bat through the innings, it could lend greater stability at the top.
Team news
West Indies named an unchanged squad for the three remaining one-dayers, giving Johnson Charles an extended run as the wicketkeeper in Denesh Ramdin’s absence. West Indies: (probable) 1 Chris Gayle, 2 Johnson Charles (wk), 3 Darren Bravo, 4 Lendl Simmons, 5 Marlon Samuels, 6 Dwayne Bravo (capt), 7 Kieron Pollard, 8 Darren Sammy, 9 Kemar Roach, 10 Sunil Narine, 11 Jason Holder
Pakistan rested Junaid Khan for the first two ODIs but if he is included, it could potentially be a three-man left-arm seam attack.
Pakistan: (probable) 1 Nasir Jamshed, 2 Ahmed Shehzad, 3 Mohammad Hafeez, 4 Misbah-ul-Haq (capt), 5 Asad Shafiq, 6 Umar Akmal (wk), 7 Shahid Afridi, 8 Wahab Riaz, 9 Asad Ali/Junaid Khan, 10 Saeed Ajmal, 11 Mohammad Irfan
Stats and trivia
Re: 3rd ODI: West Indies v Pakistan at Gros Islet - St. Lucia
How dare you speak in favor of Rohit inclusion at the expense of (don't call me Murali) Vijay?
Come on Uncle He is been awesome since promoted to opening give him the benefit of the doubt
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Finally Haris Sohail gets the game replacing Asad Shafiq. .... west Indies Won the Toss and Pakistan Batting First ...
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2 runs in 2 overs .
Hope nasir jamshed will play well , i rate him better among the younger lot
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Junaid and Harin in, Asad and Asad out. Both Asad's dropped.
Pak 15/0 off 5.1 overs
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shahzad dropped by gayle
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shahzad seems unable to bear the pressure and trying his luck to slog
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slow start
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^^what else in new
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29 in 10 overs! 
good thing i dnt have to endure the match today
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A boundary at last
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outfield seems slow and uneven
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shahzad looks on the foot steps of imran nazir. slogging in the hands of fielder not in the gap after some pressure
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Shahzad gone PAk 39/1 … 
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Holder to Ahmed Shehzad, OUT, Has this been taken? Roach does that trick at the fine-leg boundary - he takes the catch, realises his falling over, pops it back in, goes out and comes back to complete the catch. But there is a problem, his left foot was too close the rope and the umpires are looking at it. But they are happy with it, Shehzad has to go. He top-edged his pull shot high and for a moment it looked like it was going to sail over the fielder. Good catch by Roach
**Ahmed Shehzad c Roach b Holder 17 (44b 2x4 0x6) SR: 38.63 **
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Roach's foot appeared to touch the rope while the ball was in his hand!
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Brilliant catch by Roach...Shezad 17 off 44 balls...
Pak 39/1 off 11.5 overs...
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and now jamshed threw his wicket. hwo they gonna reach 250 +