Pak vs India, First ODI, Nov 5

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Match starts 03:30 GMT

Venue: Nehru Stadium, Gawati

Last year Indian fans rioted at this venue when England-Idnia ODI was abandoned bcoz of wet outfield.

Lets hope this time Afridi gives them real value of their money.

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is afridi some kind of pakistani nation’s obsession? there are 10 more players in the team…how about 11 afridis in the team from afridi SR to afridi JR…:halo: :stuck_out_tongue: jidher bhi daikho afridi hi afridi hai…aween fazool main ser pe cherhaya hua hai…guy is highly over-rated with a brain size of a **NUT **<- this should make squirrels happy … :rolleyes:

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I am still baffled as to why the match is being played on Monday instead of Sunday. :konfused:

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Again some High class stupidity ......... (it was also done by PCB during Pak Vs RSA series)

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now that you have started the thread, also post EST, I am too lazy to figure out :D

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Pakistan team management doing some thoughtful diplomacy…
Good gesture.

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Pakistan captain visits Sehwag to offer condolences

Agencies

November 02, 2007 at 1920 hrs IST

**New Delhi, November 2: **In a touching gesture, Pakistan cricket captain Shoaib Malik and manager Talat Ali visited the residence of Virender Sehwag to personally offer their condolences to the bereaved Indian cricketer.

Malik and Ali, accompanied by media manager Ehsan Malik, left for Sehwag’s residence in Najafgarh immediately after their warm-up game against Delhi at the Feroze Shah Kotla to meet the star player who lost his father on Wednesday.

The Pakistanis spent about 10 minutes with Sehwag and other family members as hordes of photographers waited outside.

After coming out, media manager Malik said that they carried the feelings of other members of the team during these difficult times for Sehwag.
Sehwag’s father Kishan passed away after a heart attack on the day the Indian team, which won the recent Twenty20 World Cup, was felicitated by the President and the Prime Minister in the capital.

Pakistan, who arrived in New Delhi on Thursday evening, will play five ODIs and three Tests during their tour of India.

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btw, I was wondering if the imposition of Emergency in Pakistan will have any bearing on this tour.

Quite unrelated, but I am reminded of the assasination of Indira Gandhi. India were playing Pakistan in Sialkot when the news came. The game and the series was called-off immediately.

But those were the days of innocence, when political assasinations and suicide bombings were not a routine phenomenon....and people related to their leader emotionally despite their political loyalties.

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^ now I know why I don’t feel like following the series even though it hasn’t started yet :sigh:

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http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/indvpak/content/current/story/318289.html
Emergency in Pakistan casts shadow over tour
Cricinfo staff
November 3, 2007

The declaration of a state of emergency in Pakistan has cast a shadow over the national team’s tour of India, but is not expected to result in the tour being called off.

The Pakistan Cricket Board is yet to come out with an official statement - that could happen after the country’s president, General Pervez Musharraf, addresses the nation later on Saturday - but a senior official said the series would not be affected at all because it is taking place in India.

“As far as we are concerned, we have not received any instructions from the PCB,” Ehsan Malik, the team’s media manager, told PTI. “We are continuing to do what we have been doing.”

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i see the monday tradition is still in force. nice :k:

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**Emergency at home will not affect India tour: PCB chief **

The News International: Latest News Breaking, World, Entertainment, Royal News

Sunday, November 04, 2007
By Khalid Hussain

KARACHI: Pakistan’s cricket chief Nasim Ashraf on Saturday made it clear that the uncertain political situation in Pakistan will not affect the national cricket team’s ongoing tour of India.

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman told ‘The News’ from Kuwait City that the tour of India would go on according to schedule just hours after President Pervez Musharraf imposed emergency rule and suspended the country’s constitution.

“The imposition of emergency will not affect our team’s tour of India in any way,” Ashraf said in a telephonic conversation from Kuwait City where he is attending an Asian Cricket Council moot.

“Our team will remain in India and I’m confident that the players will give their best in the series.”

Pakistan flew into New Delhi on November 1 to play a five-match ODI series that would be followed by three Tests. The national team was in New Delhi on Saturday and was scheduled to leave for Guwahati this morning to play the opening one-day game on Monday (tomorrow).

Ashraf hoped that the Pakistani players would continue to focus on the tour which he termed as an assignment even more important than the World Cup.

Musharraf’s decision to declare emergency in Pakistan did cast a shadow on the current tour and according to national team sources the Indian media flooded Pakistani officials and players with questions regarding the political situation back home. The focus was no more on the Guwahati game where both the teams would be looking to draw first blood.

The Pakistani players had just returned to their hotel from a practice session held at Delhi’s Feroz Shah Kotla Ground when they learnt through television reports that Pakistan is now under emergency rule.

A PCB official told this correspondent that though the players are obviously concerned over the happening back home, but they remain in a positive mood and are looking forward to begin the ODI series with a win in Guwahati.

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**Emergency at home will not affect India tour: PCB chief **quote]

Naseem is musharaff's dog anyway and of course musharaff would not want to call of the tour as it would reflect the seriousness of situation back home. Ideally, Musahraff would want everything related to Pakistan to happen as normally as possible so that nothing catches international media’s attention.

But I personally feel that considering the gravity of situation back home, Pakistani team is not in the right state of mind and should cancel the tour. There is a general consensus among Pakistani circles that our country has never faced such a crisis before and it would be really hurtful to see Pakistani nation losing its attention to stupid cricket matches instead of focusing on current crisis.

While an argument can be made that sports should not be polluted with political nuisances, the current crisis is not exactly a political one. On the contrary last few months are and the coming few months will be sort of defining moments in Pakistan’s history. Cricket has huge emotional following in Pakistan and therefore, it is safe to assume that should the tour proceed as planned, it would simply divert Pakistani people’s attention from crisis. That is exactly what Musharaff wants. I am personally going to write to Naseem and request him to cancel the tour in the best interest of Pakistan.

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reminds me when Mushraf took over in 1999...it was day before sharjah championship started and when PTV went off the air...i was really concern and spent next 40 minutes trying to figure our whats wrong with our Anteena....and spent that time on rooftop...lol

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Here you go....

03:30 UK TIME
04:30 CET EUROPEAN TIME
22:30 USA EST TIME
08:30 PAK TIME
07:30 UAE Time
14:30 AUS EST Time

UK: Sky Sports
Middle East: Neo Sports
Europe: Ary Digital
Pakistan: Geo Super
USA: Zee Sports
Canada: unconfirm*

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I will forgive all sins of the Pakistan team: all collapses, the early WC exits, the loss to SA in the 5th ODI if they win this ODI series and Test series. I won’t ask anything of them ever again if they can give me these two wishes.

This means more to me than any Bank Alfalah cup or even the prestigous WC.

Pakistan ZINDABAD :jhanda:

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coz Pakistani team ko Pakistan me lagi emergency se ubrane ka waqt chahie :stuck_out_tongue:

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^Abhey is tarah ki buhut emergencies PakistaniyooN ney bhugtai haiN. Itni chhoti chhoti batooN ka hum asar nahiN letey.

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THanks and I am sure you took into account the DAy light Saving time change last night ...did ya ?

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Just watched one of the PEPSI ad with "Jeet Lo DIl" theme (current Pakistan's tour of India). Lagta hai k ad PEPSI k dushmanoon (mean COKE) nai banaya hai coz it has KAMRAN AKMAL and Younus Khan in it :)

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The sun went down at around 4:40 pm on match eve and it's prompted the two teams to agree to an 8:30 am start.

So it will start half-hour earlier