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Who cares man. You guys act like a bunch of little girls. Big deal about negative publicity. Why dont you tell Harmison not to whip the ball at Inzi while in his crease or tell Bell AND Trescothick to stop claiming catches that bounced on the floor. As far as Im concerend we should use just as much under handed tactics as the English are.
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Whipping ball every bowler does. Yes we should tell umpires to know the rules atleast when it has happened once earlier. Bell and Trescothick went to umpires and they ruled it out.
Two wrongs doesn’t make a right. Now start looking at how many times Kaneria appealed when ball was daylight away from the bat… Come on Elahi, you are exaclty acting like Afridi. … 
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I'm acting like Afridi cause I have no problem with what he did. Natural agression is what makes the Pakistani team great.
Also, IMO I certainly dont think that throwing the ball at a batsman while he's in his crease is in the "good spirit of the game" all these whiners who are after Afridi are criticizing.
I say wait till Hamrison comes to bat and bowl him bouncers all day till you sneak one through his grill, then send him home like Gary Kirsten
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Since you have agreed that cheating and taking unfair advantage by hook and crook and by wrong means is fine with you. I don't think there is common ground for discussion any further. There is difference in agression and cheating.
Have a nice day...
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Bhai, nobody has problem with “aggression”, but when this aggression is used in incorrect/illegal way then you are not looked as “aggressive”.
I am all for bouncers and shorts to Harmison as long as we can hit him in face or neck (like Lara 
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:D
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Give me a break, what afridi did was plain cheating. what's even more amusing is some guys trying to justify it one way or the other. what with comments like 'afridi had a confused look on his face and bell was grinning'.come on, as if afridi is a school going innocent kid playing cricket for the first time who wanted to practice his bowling action by standing in the middle of the pitch and swirling around.and later the poor chap just could not understand what the fuss was all about!!!
P.S If there is any award for the stupidest cricketer, afridi clinched it yesterday (he was the favorite even before yesterday anyway)
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Now now, looks like somebody was “hurt” sometime by Afridi 
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Afridi got what he deserved. When he was walloping English bowling, we were all praising him as were the English commentators, now that he has screwed up monumentally, he will be criticized and serve his time out of the side.
Asif Iqbal has written a very good piece today, here’s an excerpt from it:
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Yes indeed, there are plenty in this thread alone.
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Wat haters... Get over it ppl...
he paid the price... now spare ur agression for some other paki mistake ya'all....
i don't see u guys posting in inzi tribute thread... can i assume u only like hating?
anyway.... do your thing if thas wat u like.... it will take u far (NOT)
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Flawed genius
Shahid Afridi thought it would be more fun to create the atmosphere by hitting what remains the fastest century in one-day international history.
More than nine years have passed since that 37-ball hundred against Sri Lanka in Nairobi but not much has changed about the Pakistan all-rounder's approach to the game.
A penchant for the unpredictable and a disregard for the text book remain Afridi's biggest assets and his biggest flaws.
He rode his luck to smash 92 off 85 balls in the second Test against England.
But the memory of that exhilarating knock was later tarnished when, with almost everyone distracted by an exploding gas cylinder on the boundary edge, Afridi performed a pirouette on the pitch to scuff up the surface.
The TV cameras captured the moment and the 25-year-old received a three-match ban and plenty of criticism.
But was it further evidence of a flawed genius or another example of youthful exuberance?
Even those who know Sahibzada Mohammad Shahid Khan Afridi are unable to shed much light on him beyond his sporting prowess.
It simply added to the mystery of the man born in the Khyber Agency, near the border with Afghanistan.
Such is the secrecy his background is shrouded in that his wife's name remains unknown to the vast majority of his countrymen - including team-mates.
"He comes from a very conservative and religious family from the Pathan tribe," Pakistani journalist Shahid Hashmi told BBC Sport.
"He is married with two daughters but his wife has never been seen in public - the Pathans prefer their women to wear veils."
Afridi has a visible presence in Pakistan, his good looks and daring strokeplay useful advertising tools for big brands.
"He is a lovable character for the fans simply because he hits the ball hard whenever he's at the crease," Hashmi explained.
"He's very popular among girls - there's a very famous incident when a girl came to the stadium in Peshawar in a bridal suit and wanted to marry him.
*"This incident will not damage his image at all because people aren't really aware of the ICC's code of conduct in Pakistan. *
*"They will back Afridi and say it's not his fault because they don't seem to follow the rules here." *
Fellow Test all-rounder Azhar Mahmood has known Afridi for 10 years and insists his actions on Monday were immature rather than anything sinister.
"We've played together for the last seven years and he's a wonderful guy. Apart from that incident there's been nothing like it in his career," he told BBC Sport.
"It was silly and naive - it wasn't right and hopefully he and other cricketers will learn lessons from this - but it is not typical of the person he is.
"It's not the first time this has been done - fielders at silly mid-off or silly-mid-on have run on to the wicket. It's just that he wasn't very subtle, it was so obvious."
In May of this year, Pakistan were set an improbable 573 by the West Indies in the first Test in Bridgetown.
Afridi walked to the crease at 47-4 but was not interested in honing his defensive technique and proceeded to smash six sixes in his 95-ball 122.
*"Somebody asked him recently whether he would bat defensively if he was offered a million dollars. *
"But he said he just couldn't do it," Hashmi added.
Mahmood believes it would be counter-productive for Afridi to change style now.
"It's not easy to survive and perform all the time in Pakistan where there is a lot of talent and potential to compete with. "In any other country if you have a bad series they might stick with you but in Pakistan if you have one or two bad games you're gone unless you are a very big name." Afridi has already done enough in his career to make his name - but not always for the right reasons.
Source: bbc.com/cricket
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we can always add another hindian to the list. there’s plenty of room on the hate train. Just make sure not to watch the next india-pak series. Boy, if you think you hate him now, I shudder to think what you will do than.
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Rahul67 says it right. One way to subdue the effects of his actions would be to win the test series 3-0 over england. (2-0 would do too). That would prove that we can put up a good show with or without Afridi.
Having said that, i think its still a bit too optimistic to hope for a 3-0 win. Afridi's 92 made the difference in our 1st innings knocks between test 1 and 2 so going into a 3rd test without him would be kind of dangerous..
Test 1, 1st innings: 274 @ 2.5ish runs over over
Test 2, 1st innings: 462 @ 4 runs per over (despite all those controversial dismissals).
Farq saaf zahir haiy. :)
Sincerely,
Captain Lota
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Accha??? Bhai jaan aapka chashme ka number badane ka waqt aa gaya hai. where did i say i hate afridi???
and thanks for the suggestion of not watching the series.I’m sure afridi will win this test and one-day series on his own as well, like he has done countless times before. And by the way u don’t have to shudder worrying about anything as you will have plenty of hating to do urself.
P.S I know there is plenty of room on ur hate train,coz that’s all u have