Re: 5th ODI: Pakistan vs New Zealand at Hamilton - Feb 03, 2011
WHAT GREAT FIND FOR PAKISTAN IN THE SHAPE OF SHEHZAD AS OPENER!!!!!
So what is Kamran's role now besides messing up wickets during keeping...
Re: 5th ODI: Pakistan vs New Zealand at Hamilton - Feb 03, 2011
That is after losing to Kenya in the first match. 
Re: 5th ODI: Pakistan vs New Zealand at Hamilton - Feb 03, 2011
So what is Kamran's role now besides messing up wickets during keeping...
There should be one jo regularly catches drop kare ta-ke team ko nazar na lage :D
Re: 5th ODI: Pakistan vs New Zealand at Hamilton - Feb 03, 2011
That was incorrect from Cricinfo, ‘could not reach it’ is the key, if he had held on to it then it would’ve been a blinder.
Winning series against minnow and you think Afridi doesn’t need to prove anything, cool :k:
Re: 5th ODI: Pakistan vs New Zealand at Hamilton - Feb 03, 2011
Great and good looking picture…I have saved it on my computer… thanks for sharing it…from nowhere…just started to like Afridi again…lol…Pakistan Zindabad! 
PS: Wahab Riaz is deadly when he bowls correctly…accurately…and right on the money…I love to hear his grunts.. 
Allah may bless him and give more strength and success in the upcoming ODI WC 2011…of course…also with the bat too… 
PS1: We are going somewhere…
Re: 5th ODI: Pakistan vs New Zealand at Hamilton - Feb 03, 2011
and same is true for his talked-about-alternate, aka Misbah eh?
Re: 5th ODI: Pakistan vs New Zealand at Hamilton - Feb 03, 2011
and same is true for his talked-about-alternate, aka Misbah eh? :)
Well, atleast he managed to level series with SA (not a minnow) :)
Re: 5th ODI: Pakistan vs New Zealand at Hamilton - Feb 03, 2011
While we must savour this series win, we must not forget that NZ (who have lost 13 of their last 14 ODIs)
are not even among the top 5 teams in the world - Australia, India, England, SLA and South Africa (not in any particular order). Pakistan have only played against England and South Africa recently and narrowly lost both series 2-3, so it is hard to know where we currently stand in world cricket
It is ODI though and I believe that any of the top 6 teams can beat each other on their day. There are no clear favourites in this WC but Australia are looking dangerous again
On the positive side, of the last 15 ODIs that Pakistan have played against England, South Africa and NZ, we won 7 games, lost 7 and one match was abandoned. We played all those games in foreign conditions, and mostly without the services of our first choice bowling attack.
The one-day series win just about settles who should lead Pakistan in the world cup. Just heard on GEO that Afridi will lead the team in the World Cup. PCB will make official announcement upon the team's return from New Zealand
Re: 5th ODI: Pakistan vs New Zealand at Hamilton - Feb 03, 2011
H/L
http://www.cricketonlinetv.com/5th-odi-pakistan-vs-new-zealand-hamilton/
Re: 5th ODI: Pakistan vs New Zealand at Hamilton - Feb 03, 2011
I saw a good comment in cricinfo and I'll second that.. just screw Kamran Akmal, get Abdul Razzaq up to one-down position and let umar akmal do the keeping. I hope he would be able to keep it during one-days.
Abdul Razzaq's betting is really getting effected at no. 8-9 position. And we need him to be in-form.
Re: 5th ODI: Pakistan vs New Zealand at Hamilton - Feb 03, 2011
I saw a good comment in cricinfo and I'll second that.. just screw Kamran Akmal, get Abdul Razzaq up to one-down position and let umar akmal do the keeping. I hope he would be able to keep it during one-days. Abdul Razzaq's betting is really getting effected at no. 8-9 position. And we need him to be in-form.
Abdul Razzaq has been at opening and 1 down positions but didn't perform as much as expected. He is better in the lower middle order. I would recommend dropping Kamran, make Umar keep wicket and come as 1-down as he is not a good slogger in the death overs (as of late).
Re: 5th ODI: Pakistan vs New Zealand at Hamilton - Feb 03, 2011
- Shehzad was impressive. Funny how Yusuf is not missed all of a sudden.
- The standard of umpiring has been pretty low.
- Wahab almost cost us the match. 25 runs in last five overs??
- Good to see seniors getting along
- younis should move up to one down. Pak can't afford two quick wickets top of the order
- Sohail Tanveer should play the next game. He needs to get back to his IPL MVP form.
- Afridi is still not as good as Dhoni or Smith but he will do the job. Last world cup for all seniors.
- Pakistan zindabad and life sentence for the corrupt dogs on Feb 5.
Re: 5th ODI: Pakistan vs New Zealand at Hamilton - Feb 03, 2011
Good job Pakistan (and what's his name that opened this thread)
Re: 5th ODI: Pakistan vs New Zealand at Hamilton - Feb 03, 2011
I am sure i can do better job than current President of Pak 
Re: 5th ODI: Pakistan vs New Zealand at Hamilton - Feb 03, 2011
I was talking about his captaincy that how well he captained the team he is improving day by day which is good for the team
LOL ur praising Afridi thats something new anyways
We need supporters like u
Pakistan Zindabad
Re: 5th ODI: Pakistan vs New Zealand at Hamilton - Feb 03, 2011
I was talking about his captaincy that how well he captained the team he is improving day by day which is good for the team :)
I was talking about his captaincy too, we shouldn't read too much into this series victory as NZ is not a strong side, they are even weaker than us and we didn't win against them convincingly.
Re: 5th ODI: Pakistan vs New Zealand at Hamilton - Feb 03, 2011
While we must savour this series win, we must not forget that NZ (who have lost 13 of their last 14 ODIs) are not even among the top 5 teams in the world - Australia, India, England, SLA and South Africa (not in any particular order). Pakistan have only played against England and South Africa recently and narrowly lost both series 2-3, so it is hard to know where we currently stand in world cricket
It is ODI though and I believe that any of the top 6 teams can beat each other on their day. There are no clear favourites in this WC but Australia are looking dangerous again
On the positive side, of the last 15 ODIs that Pakistan have played against England, South Africa and NZ, we won 7 games, lost 7 and one match was abandoned. We played all those games in foreign conditions, and mostly without the services of our first choice bowling attack.
The one-day series win just about settles who should lead Pakistan in the world cup. Just heard on GEO that Afridi will lead the team in the World Cup. PCB will make official announcement upon the team's return from New Zealand
I was talking about his captaincy that how well he captained the team he is improving day by day which is good for the team :)
I was talking about his captaincy too, we shouldn't read too much into this series victory as NZ is not a strong side, they are even weaker than us and we didn't win against them convincingly.
Yes we can't read much into this win however we shouldn't compare to the England tour at all. That tour was of extreme turmoil and outside pressures on the team. Also if we compare to the UAE ODI series against SA, then again, we may have won the final ODI based on the way the team was gaining upward momentum, however, haider created a frenzy by his sudden departure. As much as we want to think that this series win should prove to be the positive STATs we need, it is more like a 1 off win.
Still at the very end it is a very good sign. We have to wait and see if Pakis can take the momentum and remain united to fight it out in the WC matches in India, SL and Bangladesh....