Re: Completely sick and tired of Afridi being held in a state of favoritism by the crowd!
Faisal Bhai For your Perusal, Afridis Shots highlighted to make it easy reading.
end of over 41 (5 runs) Pakistan 159/4 (RR: 3.88 RRR: 48/9 = 5.33)
LE Plunkett 5-0-32-0 (3w 1nb) - Shell End
Mohammad Yousuf 54* (78b 3x4) Shoaib Malik 2* (4b)
41.1 Blackwell to Mohammad Yousuf, OUT: well tossed up, down on one knee
and tried to play a big shot, top edge way up in the air and
Anderson took a good catch at wide of long-on
Pakistan 159/5, Partnership of 7
Mohammad Yousuf c Anderson b Blackwell 54 (79b 3x4 0x6)
Shoaib Malik 2* (4b) ID Blackwell 8.1-3-22-2
Afridi comes in to bat
41.2 Blackwell to Shoaib Malik, no run, short in length, went back and
defended to off side
41.3 Blackwell to Shoaib Malik, no run, arm ball, takes it on the pad,
shot for lbw, declines as ball missing leg
41.4 Blackwell to Shoaib Malik, no run, tosses up, outside off and spins
away, tries to play a late cut, gets beaten
41.5 Blackwell to Shoaib Malik, no run, well tossed up, outside off,
pushed to cover
41.6 Blackwell to Shoaib Malik, one run, short ball, outside off, goes
back and cuts it to deep cover for a single
End of over 42 (1 run) Pakistan 160/5 (RR: 3.81 RRR: 47/8 = 5.88)
ID Blackwell 9-3-23-2 - Pavilion End
Shoaib Malik 3* (9b) Shahid Afridi 0* (0b)
Harmison back for his final over
42.1 Harmison to Shoaib Malik, one run, inswinger, inside edge onto pad
and goes to leg side
42.2 Harmison to Shahid Afridi, no run, short ball, ducks underneath it
42.3 Harmison to Shahid Afridi, no run, full ball, just outside off and
moves away, goes for the drive, gets beaten
42.4 Harmison to Shahid Afridi, no run, short in length, punches it to
pont, Malik wants a single, sent back
42.5 Harmison to Shahid Afridi, one run, short ball, on leg stump,
pulled away to long leg for a single
42.6 Harmison to Shoaib Malik, no run, full ball, driven back to bowler
End of over 43 (2 runs) Pakistan 162/5 (RR: 3.77 RRR: 45/7 = 6.43)
SJ Harmison 10-3-27-1 (4w) - Shell End
Shahid Afridi 1* (4b) Shoaib Malik 4* (11b)
That's the end of an excellent spell by Harmison
43.1 Blackwell to Shahid Afridi, one run, full ball, on leg stump,
driven down the ground to long-on for a single
43.2 Blackwell to Shoaib Malik, FOUR, well tossed up, came down the
wicket and driven over the top of extra cover for four, Great
shot!
43.3 Blackwell to Shoaib Malik, OUT: Gone! well tossed up, came down the
wicket and driven in the air to long-off, mistimes it and Solanki
takes a simple catch
Pakistan 167/6, Partnership of 8
Shoaib Malik c Solanki b Blackwell 8 (13b 1x4 0x6)
Shahid Afridi 2* (5b) ID Blackwell 9.3-3-28-3
Pakistan in trouble now, need 40 runs in 39 balls and 4 wickets in
hand
Razzaq walks in
43.4 Blackwell to Shahid Afridi, no run, tossed up, outside leg, went
for the big reverse sweep, mised it
43.5 Blackwell to Shahid Afridi, one run, full bal, driven hard back to
bowler, half stop by Blackwell
43.6 Blackwell to Abdul Razzaq, no run, well tossed up, defended back
End of over 44 (6 runs) Pakistan 168/6 (RR: 3.82 RRR: 39/6 = 6.50)
ID Blackwell 10-3-29-3 - Pavilion End
Shahid Afridi 3* (7b) Abdul Razzaq 0* (1b)
That's the end of seplended bowling spell by Blackwell
Anderson on
Pakistan need 39 in 36 balls
44.1 Anderson to Shahid Afridi, one run, short ball, outside off, cuts
it to deep cover for a single
44.2 Anderson to Abdul Razzaq, one run, short ball, outside off, cuts it
to third man
44.3 Anderson to Shahid Afridi, no run, good length ball, goes for the
cross batted shot, mistimes it to short midwicket
44.4 Anderson to Shahid Afridi, OUT: Gone! lovely yorker, on off stump,
tries to play across the line, misses it and ball hits the off
stump
Pakistan 170/7, Partnership of 3
Shahid Afridi b Anderson 4 (10b 0x4 0x6)
Abdul Razzaq 1* (2b) JM Anderson 7.4-1-31-2 (2w)
Naved-ul-Hasan comes in to bat
44.5 Anderson to Naved-ul-Hasan, no run, on middle and leg stump, driven
to short midwicket and good diving save by short midwicket fieder
44.6 Anderson to Naved-ul-Hasan, one run, on off stump, pushed to deep
cover for a single
End of over 45 (3 runs) Pakistan 171/7 (RR: 3.80 RRR: 36/5 = 7.20)
JM Anderson 8-1-32-2 (2w) - Shell End
Naved-ul-Hasan 1* (2b) Abdul Razzaq 1* (2b)
Faisal Bhai, where are his natural shots, that fly like a Bird, either into or over the ropes, also note when he walked in the asking RR was 5.88 and when he walked out it was 7.20.
Man with all of you cornering me, I am almost starting to sound like a Afridi Dushman, which I am NOT!!!!
Aejaz