That Umpiuring issue has pissed Tauqir Zia and he is bound to raise that in ICC meeting .. Bucknor i think is in love with Warne , he gives 80% out on warn'es appeals weather its out or not!!
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why would not they?
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Well there were two reasons behind that and the commentators were speculating on it.
Firstly as it is only the third day they could have batting practice before the Ashes series and still have two days left to bowl out the opposition.
Secondly give their bowlers some rest form the searing heat.
Probably the injury to Langer might have changed their mind.
maybe its the heat and bucknor doesnt want to get more tanned so why not let the Aussie wrap up the whole game quickly as possible before it is to late..
as the saying goes "once you are black you cannot go back"
hehe
yeah I'm frustrated at the umpiring!
well you actually cannot do anything about the umpiring - these guys are neutral and best in the business - only that Pakistan is at the recieving end of their mistakes ( rather his mistake because the other umpire 'Venky' has done a good job)
Younis out lbw. It was the worst innings of the series. Could have been out with virtually every ball he faced.
4.5 McGrath to Younis Khan, OUT: ball pitched just outside off stumps,
nips back, Younis again padded it with his foot wasn't well
forward, huge appeal and given this time
hai hai yeh kiya horaha hey
I just cant understand why thy get out to same bowler again and again:(
Aussies are just relying on Mcgrath and warne.. Other two are not that threatening .....
Pakistan 12/2
Younis Khan gone lBW to Mcgrath.
Lads lets stop blaming the umpires, maybe one or two decisions yes, but the overwhelming failure of our batsmen cannot be blamed or hidden behind the umpiring.
only if it wasnt for waqars irresponsible shot we wouldnt have been seeing this! right Xtreme ;) hehe
Pakistan 18/3
Faisal run out for 2.
Direct hit, bad luck.
bad luck!!! issay kehtay hein inexperience..khoon ki garmi! excited hogaya.third run leyni ki kiya zaroorat thee :(
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only if it wasnt for waqars irresponsible shot we wouldnt have been seeing this! right Xtreme ;) hehe
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Sherry baba that is not the point. I agree with Xtreme. Waqar is the senior player plus the captain and he should be leading from the front. He should have been concentrating on staying there and supporting Raza, not playing wild shots. And yes Pakistan probably still might have lost but imagine if he had hung in there like Saqlain and Pakistan had saved the follow on it would have put a different complexion on the game.
Pakistani players out of sorts , out of luck, out of favor (with umpires)!!
I would love to see them save the innigs defeat but thats improbable right now ...
7.1 Lee to Imran Farhat, no run, thickish outside, very quickly went to
Ponting at gully, dived to his right, put it down, lucky escape
for Imran
bach gaya..
Pakistan 20/3
Imran Farhat living dangerously. Dropped by Ponitng and just now an edge to second slip fell short.
Imran Farhat - is he another Afridi?
8.4 Bichel to Imran Farhat, no run, beaten outside off stump again
8.3 Bichel to Imran Farhat, no run, loud shout for lbw, declined as the
ball was missing outside off stump
8.2 Bichel to Imran Farhat, no run, another flashy shot by Imran,
missed it again
8.1 Bichel to Imran Farhat, no run, struck on his pad but was pitched
outside leg
Farhat's shot selection is poor. He keeps flashing and edging instead of waiting for the over-pitched or short delivieries. Just batting basics are being ignored which is pretty poor stuff.
Well i totally understand Ehsan bhai..I was just testing his patience :-P
Here is my take, indeed it was an irresponsible shot what if it went for a four? maybe waqar seemed confident , nobody knows whats going inside his head.Waqar is a bowler not a batsman and for him to make these kinda shots is acceptable and inevitable.He doesnt have a batting instincts like others do.
I would be hard on the so called speacilist batsmen getting out while playing ordinary and irresponsible shots.its like afridi going down the track for six everyone praise him for benig awesome or if he gets out then he is treated worst than a dirt. Waqar is not an allrounder like Imran. Either way Waqar wouldnt have survived many balls.Asking him to support Hasan raza is awefully difficult task.Its easy to say that he should have stayed at the crease helloo this is a test match whenn younis khan cannot hang on how can you ask waqar for it.
Imran Faraht is a tulla batsman!