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fkhan2: believe you me (though I have n't listened to Mushy lately) they are probably still a lot better than Mushtaq Mohammad and Hanif Mohammad who both used to say, The Majid Khan, The Javed Miandad etc.
Ramiz Raja, Wasim Akram and ofcourse Immi jee (although he can't do it full time because of his numerous other obsessions...) are the only ex-cricketers who should be doing any cricket commentary from Pakistan
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Musharaff’s Interview :
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Meh. For any in-depth analysis and breakdowns of statistics, and more importantly, if you like listening to unmatched commentary, tune into English domestic cricket, Pro40 League, internationals hosted on Sky Sports backed by their highly professional and top quality team and also, rivalries such as the Ashes. It is rare to find a comment or two in an entire match, either being held in sub-continent or featuring one of its' teams, explaining the intricacies of the game, letting the viewers know that there is more to it than just reading off the screen, or anything close to it. For all such aspects where the holes need to be met with expectations, Cricketnama vastly fills in the void. You can put the TV on mute, read the commentary posts in the match thread (chamat one as an example) and feel like you are just a part of the action without the added horror of being exposed to terrible "read the screen" commentators.
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Dhobi bhai aap zinda hain? Market say out hain aaj kal.
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they're not that bad...it gives a nice touch...just like hearing Bill Lawry screaming in an Adelaide Match--you don't want Zaheer Abbas commentating there.
What's annoying is when commentators who have nothing to do with the match show up. Tony Greig is an expert at this--he's always sticking his nose into subcontinent matches--I wonder if the others call him a feelthy foreigner behind his back
Well you are right but it is not commentary either:
"I must say" Kamal hit the ball
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I like jackman so openly biased :D
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imagin inzi and nawaz in same box
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I used to bash rameez raja, for some reasons i can't stand him . But after listening to these guys Zaheer Abbas ,Mushtaq Ahmed and Waqar Younis , all i can say is ''Raja Bhaiyya my sincere apologies, u r the best ''.
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Actually Ten Sports has decided to match the quality of Commentators from Pakistan to the Cricket played by Team Pakistan. Just to show it even to the last hard core supporter how unprofessional both aforementioned are.
Really PPL that’s all
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exactly…
lousy team complemented by lousy commentators, a perfect match. :halo: 
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I agree with fkhan2. I thought Sohail+Waqar were bad but man Zaheer+Mushtaq are THE worst. Mushtaq speaks good english but his "like you know" is irritating. And Zhaeer Abbas has nothing ever to say. His "I must say" and his sarcastic remarks are annoying.
Seriously! I will take Waqar and Sohail any day now for these two.
Some golden comments from today's match from Zaheer and Mushtaq:
"If you give A room to A B Devilliers, he will punish you." (so you should give him a house, not just a room?)
"During the practice sessions, I always told my team mates that if they practice hard here, they will do well in the match" (Wow! Now that something no one knew!)
"Good thing that Pakistan got Mark Boucher out since he was looking to stay until the end" (something that no other batsman has EVER attempted before!)
"You cannot drop these catches in ODI's" (perfectly fine to drop them in Tests and 20/20's).
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^ Totally agree.
Mushy (and even Zaheer) was stating the obvious most of the time.
One more example : "If the team has wickets in hand, the pressure is not much on the team....but if there are not many wickets in hand, then DAFINAATELY there will be lot of pressure on the batsmen who come to bat".
And Zaheer : "One must always play with Gameplan" - said in a way as though he just revealed a secret that was hidden from mankind for thousand of years.
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^ Exactly! So annoying when they just state the obvious and that too in extremely simple english.....like "good fielding!" or "good shot!" as if we wouldn't have figured it out if he hadn't told us that.
Plus I really find it annoying when Zaheer always starts his commentary with "Hi Ian, how are you?" (replace Ian with whomever his partner might be).
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^I have to say this.....these guys speak with zero regards to basic English Grammar.
One can undertstand a regular player not being articulate in English, but the thing I don't get is - how can you be so grammatically challenged and still get a job as a commentator in English for a TV Channel catering to an international audience. Don't these Channels do any kind of screening beforehand.
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I was thinking the exact same thing but I'd have to agree with Uncle Arjay's post when he said:
"First remember---they dont care a hoot !
Second----the MERIT is last thing that prevails in such matters on cricket or any sports in PAKISTAN.
Thirdly---whatever good stuff you've got on commentary is very cunningly thrown out.
REASON?
MONEY MONEY MONEY-----its a filthman's world!"
It is extremely embarassing for the country though. Basically you're telling the world that this is the best Pakistan has when it comes to English Commentators.
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Ok guys I think these three are the best from Pakistan at the moment - Ramiz Raja, Wasim Akram and Imran Khan
Aamir Sohail and Mohsin Khan (where is he now ?) are not that bad. Waqar Younis is just about acceptable.
The rest (esp. Mushy and Zaheer) are just crap
The following were the best in the eighties
English: Ifikhar Ahmed (my favourite), Omar Kureishi and Chishti Mujahid
Urdu: Hasan Jaleel (my favourite) and Munir Hussain
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This comment by Mushy intrigued me a lot
“This is a very important”
I kept waiting for the remaining phrase or anything but it never came. Sentence just ended as it was intended this way 
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In the first ODI Smith played an uppish drive for four and all Zaheer could come up with was
"That was in the air for a while, but there was no fielder in the gap"
Thus the reason it's called the *"gap"** cause there is no one there.*
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"That was in the air for a while, but there was no fielder in the gap" Thus the reason it's called the *"gap"** cause there is no one there.*
That is like hitting a cover drive through the covers. (inspired by Srinath's commentary)