Re: ICC Champions Trophy 3rd Match: Oct 17th, Pakistan V Sri Lanka, Jaipur
Afridi gone. Now the batsmen will need to 'RELAY' the foundation. Perhaps desidudecool wll now understand why it is important to have proper batsmen UP the order (except in extreme circumstances, i.e., chasing 400), lay a good foundation to go aggressive ini the last 15-20 overs.
But if desidudecool and Co. haven't realized that in the past 5 years, I doubt they'll change their mind after one game.
Re: ICC Champions Trophy 3rd Match: Oct 17th, Pakistan V Sri Lanka, Jaipur
Jayasuriya to Shahid Afridi, OUT, Afridi's madness! **Tossed up, comes down the track, there we have the one leg going up, doesnt pick the ball at all, and ends up smashing that high and down to long-off for a simple catch to Tharanga, **why was Afridi sent up to face the spinners on this track?
Re: ICC Champions Trophy 3rd Match: Oct 17th, Pakistan V Sri Lanka, Jaipur
Pakistan require another 138 runs with 6 wickets and 26.5 overs remaining.
Yousaf and Malik need to build a partnership together. Still any one's game and Pakistan can still win provided that they do not give the wickets away in a silly way.
Re: ICC Champions Trophy 3rd Match: Oct 17th, Pakistan V Sri Lanka, Jaipur
dig a lot i never said afridi should be sent at no 5 ..i said he should ve been sent when ball was new as opener coming on to the bat nicely..ofcouse he was gonna struggle with the ball gripping..ofcouse you are not dropping afridi so u gotta be able to use him intelligently which u did nt
Re: ICC Champions Trophy 3rd Match: Oct 17th, Pakistan V Sri Lanka, Jaipur
It's a great disservice to our team AND to Afridi when we send him before 38th over. He's got talent, we are wasting him again just like we kept doing until he ended up being dropped.
Re: ICC Champions Trophy 3rd Match: Oct 17th, Pakistan V Sri Lanka, Jaipur
Yusuf has to stay till the end if we have any chances of winning this game, afridi's threw away his wicket at a time when a long partnership was needed, hopefully Shoaib malik will stay longer inshallah
Re: ICC Champions Trophy 3rd Match: Oct 17th, Pakistan V Sri Lanka, Jaipur
today was the right time to use afridi as opener because ball was gonna start to grip after it got old.and afridi always struglle in tough batting conditions..so youis basically wasted him by sending him at no 5 which was worse than sending him at no 7 or 8
