Sohaib
March 22, 2012, 9:07pm
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Re: Afridi in Asia Cup
Afridi looked in good nick for sure but once again he got out playing another unnecessary (even irresponsible) airy shot. With no batters to come after him he should have just looked to play along the ground and bat out the full 50 overs and if he had done so, Pakistan would have got 260+/-. But as always he just could not resist the temptation to go aerial and lost his wicket. That is his undoing in every game!
Had it not been for some sensible batting by Sarfraz in the final 5 or 6 overs, Pakistan’s final score would have been much lower. At one stage they were even in danger of not batting out their 50 overs
Not that Afridi was totally undeserving but I would have given the MoM award to Sarfraz for he really kept us in the game and was the difference between BD chasing 210 or 230+
I do not deny the fact that he played a stupid shot. But my post was about his over all performance today which was in reply to the OP that he was not trying enough. This is extremely unfair
He was one of the star performers today.