Re: England vs Pakistan 3rd ODI (d/n), 5th September 2006,The Rose Bowl
I cant believe middle order took it this lightly. Razzq, Akmal and Rana nearly ruined the good work. Once again we had our finisher to finish things off otherwise we could have been embarassed.
Pakistan played at 60% today and still won. That shows we are a really good team. We won despite not being at our best and this shows England ODI squad is in a real pickle.
Younis showed how much has he matured as a limited overs cricketer. Only thing he needs to work on is how to finish a game and he can learn from Inzi and to some extent Yousuf (who can be excused of playing a poor shot because he was injured) Otherwise Younis might as well end up like Ijaz Ahmad who seldom finished a game for Pakistan despite having a good record.
I am quite positive we will win the next two matches as well insha'Allah. Rana came back in some sort of form and Younis, Yousuf were treat to watch. Akmal and Malik continue to be concerns but thats why a longer batting line up comes handy.
Re: England vs Pakistan 3rd ODI (d/n), 5th September 2006,The Rose Bowl
It was a good Cricket match in the end. You might be seeing negatives in our performance, but I see a huge positive, i.e., we were good enough to win the match even after having an off day in fielding and bowling departments. I am proud of our team, and will be, even when we lose a few matches.