'I am still heartbroken' - Ajmal..

[redidentity]

Ajmal is a real team man and an aggressive individual. I like his attitude towards game and of course i dont have any doubt on his intent.

Pakistan offspinner Saeed Ajmal has said the pain of losing the semi-final of the ICC World Twenty20 to Australia still lingers, having bowled the last over which conceded the game. Pakistan were firm favourites with Australia needing 18 off the final over, but Michael Hussey bludgeoned Ajmal for three sixes and a four to hand his team a miraculous win, with a ball to spare.

“When Hussey hit the last six I was absolutely heartbroken, I am still heartbroken,” Ajmal told PakPassion.net. “It was a very emotional and difficult time for me. My team-mates all came up to me and consoled me and told me not to worry, but I was very upset. The pain is there, when you lose a game of this magnitude it hurts really badly”.

Wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal told the same website yesterday that the team stood behind Ajmal and in no terms held him responsible for the defeat. Ajmal said he received overwhelming support from everyone involved.

“All of the squad, from the players to the coaches to the backroom staff have said to me that I wasn’t to blame for the defeat and they have all said that we played as a unit, we won matches as a unit and we all take responsibility as a unit for the defeat,” Ajmal said. “There is no question of anyone pointing the finger at any individuals”.

That Ajmal bowled the over was part of a plan, having succeeded in shutting South Africa out of the contest in their previous game. He said he wanted to fire in yorkers to keep Hussey in check, but things didn’t go according to script.

“The first delivery was perfect, it was what I had planned, it was a perfect yorker to Mitchell Johnson and it only went for a single,” he said. “However, then the wind seemed to pick up and I was bowling into the wind which made me lose my line and length. I dragged the next delivery down and instead of bowling yorkers into the blockhole for the remaining deliveries as I tried to fire the ball in at the batsman, the deliveries ended up being quick and became length deliveries, which was what Hussey was hoping for. He was then able to get the elevation on the deliveries, instead of having to dig them out”.

Ajmal said the best way to shrug off the disappointment was to start bowling again. "The best way for me to get over this match is to start playing cricket again, get the ball in my hand and to start bowling again.

“Thankfully the Asia Cup is not far away and I am looking forward to playing in that tournament in Sri Lanka. I have faith in my ability and I am confident that I can bounce back after the match in St Lucia”.

http://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/460078.html?CMP=chrome

[Captain1]

Re: 'I am still heartbroken' - Ajmal..

"Wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal told the same website yesterday that the team stood behind Ajmal and in no terms held him responsible for the defeat. Ajmal said he received overwhelming support from everyone involved."

Probably everyone is behind Ajmal except Afridi as he said that the game changed in only last 11 deliveries, ridiculous.

[redidentity]

Re: 'I am still heartbroken' - Ajmal..

but it can be taken as Hussey changed it not our bowlers..

[coOoLBreeze]

"Wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal told the same website yesterday that the team stood behind Ajmal and in no terms held him responsible for the defeat. Ajmal said he received overwhelming support from everyone involved."

Probably everyone is behind Ajmal except Afridi as he said that the game changed in only last 11 deliveries, ridiculous.

Afridi never said that Ajmal was responsible. in fact Ajmal has bowled at the death a lot of times, it wasnt his day. It was Hussey that changed the game not Ajmal.

Apart from that I think Maliks comment was good, that team should have taken a break before the last over in order to the kill the momentum.

Anyways, it was a good game and we only lost the match in the last, else it was good to see Pakistan scoring runs against Australia

[Fayz]

Re: 'I am still heartbroken' - Ajmal..

Ajmal: "However, then the wind seemed to pick up and I was bowling into the wind which made me lose my line and length..."

These are little technicalities which above average captains take into consideration.

[hanibal]

Ajmal: "However, then the wind seemed to pick up and I was bowling into the wind which made me lose my line and length..."

These are little technicalities which above average captains take into consideration.

Please correct urself, these little technicalities are taken into consideration by any average captain at least at First Class Cricket Level, and as you know Afridi is Great Captain, he well above best captains of all times, he don't look into things which any average captain would consider... this is what makes him Afridi....