unexpecetd performances:
failures:
hameed - gone for a very slow 9
inzi - just one from 7 deliveries, giving away the only maiden over of the innings
pathan - 57 runs and no wicket in his 7 overs
dravid - run out on a zero
success:
balaji - 3/27 in his 7 overs
afridi - 4/20 in his 6 overs
It’s just a beginning of new era 
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**Shoaib Malik MOM and rightly so. Brilliant performance. *
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and ICC dont think he deserves even a nomination for the ODI player of the year....
Sub ko bohat mubarak ho,
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*Originally posted by proudpakistani007: *
yeah thr are alot of good batsman out thr... they should be given chance too.. and kick out younis for sometime....
afridi ke aane say bowling kaafi strong hogaye hia... wassup with akhter...... he isnt a match winner guy anymore....
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I noticed, Akhtar stats are not impressive
Anybody who watched the match, what happened to Pathan. i am surprised by how badly he failed. The Dutch conditions were supposed to favour his swinging the ball
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*Originally posted by elahi: *
I noticed, Akhtar stats are not impressive
Anybody who watched the match, what happened to Pathan. i am surprised by how badly he failed. The Dutch conditions were supposed to favour his swinging the ball
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or may be he forgot the lesson of waseem akram :p
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*Originally posted by sherrybaba: *
It's just a beginning of new era :)
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Inshallah and Aameen, bro. :)
Woolmer is a wonderful coach, he seemed to have inculcated the missing pride that the boys should have when playing in Pak colours. the boys seem to like being treated with respect as opposed to Miandad's desi totkay.
btw, where you been yaara. long time no see.
yeah sam bhia.. i hope they continue to play better and better… warna you know how unpridictable we are 
well pp007, that’s what I hope will stop. I don’t care if they win or lose as long as the effort is there. as long as the planning is there. and if both of these ingredients are there somewhat regularly, the consistency will come eventually.
did you guys notice how much thought there seemed to be in the field placings for the various batsmen. the Woolmer influence is showing and I’m super glad that Inzi is responding to his ideas. he will improve as a captain himself if he keeps up with Woolmer.
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Woolmer is a wonderful coach, he seemed to have inculcated the missing pride that the boys should have when playing in Pak colours. the boys seem to like being treated with respect as opposed to Miandad's desi totkay.
btw, where you been yaara. long time no see.
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Very well said. There is lot of purpose now in Pakistani approach.
congrats Pak, on a well deserved win.
Now let me get back to my hog racing, which happens to be much more entertaining than cricket :p
bichara gonglu and sachin, they were almost gna cry 
Afridi came off as an allrounder today. He bowled very well and got a useful 19. If he plays against Australia he should go down the order IMO and Salman Butt should come in to open replacing useless Younis Khan.
:edit: the reason being, Aussies will pitch it short and he needs bowlers who pitch the ball up to come off. I can’t see his slogging coming off against Brett Lee.
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Afridi came off as an allrounder today. He bowled very well and got a useful 19. **If he plays against Afridi *
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can't get Afridi out of your mind? :D
I already edited it :D
Good all round performences by the 3 all rounders…Razzaq, Malik and the unexpected by most…Afridi. They all rose to the occasion when specialists like Yaasir and Inzamam, Akhtar, and Sami failed.
Well Done Pakistan
I think the same team should play against the Aussies, with only one change, Salman Butt coming in for Younis Khan.
Pakistan is going to play at least two more matches against India this year. One in ICC trophy and one in india. Hope we win em too
oh yeah pakistan has won:jhanda:
hmmmmmmm
now we wanna see a win against austrailia as well plzzzzzzzzzz:)
well played pakistani 's .. ..
maza aagayaa .. ..
keep it up! malek afridi n razzaq!
pakistani bowlers only gave away 6 extras, which is huge improvements from 25-30 they were given up.. I think this is another reason indian batsmen were kept under pressure cuz they werent able to get free runs and then ended up losing wickets trying to get runs... I think if Pakistani bowlers can continue this, we will only get better.. Woolmer's hard work is now bearing fruit and I think he has done excellent job thus far.. I stil lthink we need to be patience and give him 6 months then see the results..