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atleast malik bowled better than all other bowlers....
and the 3 wickets by naweed were not due to his o-so-great bowling but rather a sure thing to come by looking at how the game was going on....
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going by that criteria, Sami didn't get a wicket, it was just the death of inning when Indian's gave away 2 wickets to him. Afridi can also contain runs and run away with a wicket or 2 besides throwing away his wicket like Malik did.
Nehra ruled out of Rawalpindi one-dayer
Anand Vasu in Rawalpindi
March 15, 2004
Ashish Nehra has been ruled out of the second one-day international against Pakistan, at Rawalpindi. Nehra, who was one of India’s heroes in their win in the first match at Karachi, is suffering from an inflamed left ankle. This is the recurrence of an old injury.
Nehra, charged with bowling the last over in Pakistan’s chase, conceded only three runs, giving India victory by five. His 10 overs cost 58, but he bowled a fine final over, keeping the ball consistently in the blockhole and varying his pace well. Moin Khan was dismissed off the final ball as he attempted to hit a high full-toss for the six runs needed to snatch victory.
Sourav Ganguly was laid low with fever and Rahul Dravid spoke to the press in his stead. He said, “Ashish [Nehra] has a swelling in his ankle and is not playing tomorrow.” Dravid also confirmed that the swelling was on the same ankle that has caused Nehra trouble throughout his career.
© Wisden Cricinfo Ltd
no Nehra:hula:
and inshAllah we will beat the hell out of pace sensation Irfan Pathan:hula:
Unfair to judge Rana on that one performance I agree but to drop Sami in order to accomodate him is just plain ludicrous.
oh lord.. no nehra? So who is playing in his place? Irfan Pthan... eh
most probably :biggthumb
i think nehra was jinxed by us, after his last over 
Here is my lineup (if any PCB official is reading this :) )
1- Imran Farhat
2- Taufeeq Umer
3- Yousuf
4- Inzimam
5- Shahid Afridi
6- Abdul Razzaq
7- Shoaib Malik
8- Moin Khan
9- Shabbir
10- Shoaib
11- Sami
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its not just u, am sure even the selectors r kicking themselves for nt picking taufeeq....
but lets just face it, he aint available....
so what he have to do is, drop imran or yasir and bring in afridi....
and i dont think the selectors have lost so much of a mind to drop younis....
once again....
afridi
yasir
youhanna
inzi
younis
razzaq
malik
moin
shoaib
sami
shabir
3 full time pacers....
1 fast bowler allrounder....
2 spinner allrounders (1 offie, 1 leggie)....
1 keeper
4 full-time reliable batsmen....
kaisa????
1 fast bowler allrounder....
ye kon hai?????
I will stick with this what I earlier mentioned.
This will do. The strongest and balanced team for ODI.
For test take out Afridi and Farhat and replace them with Keneria and Yasir. Qissa Khatam. Iftikhar guy, if not impressive in his first few chances, should be replaced by the lightening speedster Abdul Rauf (poor guy has no parchi).
who would have thought Nehra would be the most feared bowler in Pakistan? some1, r u speecheless...
was it the pakistan cricket extremist group he shot himn in the ankle??? 
and anyway his 6-23 in the last world cup against england shud have an effect, dont u think so???
after all not many indian bowlers take 6 wickets in odis…
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ye kon hai?????
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I think he meant (now) mediocre-medium pacer Razzaq
My decision was right… I’m not here to please others
Inzamam-ul-Haq
March 15
What can I say about the Karachi game? I don’t have the words to describe the game that should surely rank among the very best in the history of One-Day Internationals. There were twists at every turn in the game that neither side deserved to lose.
India deserved to win after making 349, but we should not have lost after getting so close to the target. Having said that, a victory is a victory, whether it is by one run or one wicket, and we are one-down in the series and have some catching up to do.
I know, the talking point of the game on Saturday was my decision to put India in after winning the toss.
Just about everyone has said I was wrong. Frankly speaking, even after 18 hours of losing the game and having given it considerable thought, I am not convinced that my team would have benefited more had we batted first.
As a captain I knew the trump cards I held and it was up to me to play them wisely. I thought unleashing a fresh Shoaib Akhtar, backed up by Mohammed Sami on pitch with a bit of moisture was my best option.
It would have been hailed as a masterstroke by those who are criticising me now had Shoaib Malik held on Virender Sehwag’s uppish drive and Sachin Tendulkar not profited from being caught of an Akhtar no-ball.
All our bowlers were far too indisciplined with their length and direction to be effective. To add to our woes, they repeatedly overs-stepped, including our off-spinner Malik, who runs only a few paces.
This is totally unacceptable and we ended up bowling 56 overs instead of 50!
Indian batting was awesome. Their openers laid such a strong foundation that it was easy thereafter for the others to build on it.
That’s what Rahul Dravid and Mohammed Kaif did. Our openers Imran Farhat and Yasser Hamid are young and inexperienced and did not put enough pressure on the Indian bowlers early on.
When you are chasing 350, you have to take your chances in the first 10-15 overs. They didn’t do enough and lost their wickets as well.
Yousuf Youhana and I couldn’t afford to take big risks and lose another wicket at that stage, but we had to improve on our run-rate significantly.
I love the Karachi wicket. It plays so true. Let no one tell you otherwise, there was no movement either off the seam or through the air when we were batting.
The ball was coming on to the bat nicely and it was a matter of getting your timing and placement right. After both of us got out, the lower order chipped in with useful contributions and we appeared to have things under control till Kaif held that stunning catch.
That was the final twist in the tale. About my own innings, it was a knock that I would have cherished under different circumstances.
The loss took some sheen off the Man of the Match award I received. There is no question of losing heart though. India’s batting may be good but after Karachi they should know that no total is safe.
Our batsmen have made sure of that. Our bowlers just need to tighten up a bit and the series could well be squared in Rawalpindi.
Incidentally, it will be a day and night encounter and toss will play a big role. The white ball does a lot under the lights so the side batting second could be at a disadvantage.
However, the fielding side has to cope with the dew that is quite heavy during this time of the year. I do not expect too many changes in either side for the Pindi game.
We might just look into the possibility of playing a sixth bowler without upsetting the balance of the side.
And don’t be surprised if I win the toss and bat first — just to please my critics.
But mind you, I am not in the business of pleasing others. (Café Cricket)
http://www.htcricket.com/htcricket/6939_617925,0016005300010002.htm
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he bowls at a good speed of up to 87 mph and is usally in the early 80s....
what else do u call him.... a spinner????
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he bowls at a good speed of up to 87 mph and is usally in the early 80s....
what else do u call him.... a spinner????
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that was long time ago. He hovers around 80 now.
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I love the Karachi wicket. It plays so true. Let no one tell you otherwise, there was no movement either off the seam or through the air when we were batting.
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I thought the ball Razzaq got bowled from did move outwards for Razzaq and into the wickets as he was way back on the leg side.
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Here is my lineup (if any PCB official is reading this :) )
1- Imran Farhat
2- Taufeeq Umer
3- Yousuf
4- Inzimam
5- Shahid Afridi
6- Abdul Razzaq
7- Shoaib Malik
8- Moin Khan
9- Shabbir
10- Shoaib
11- Sami
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thanks god.. some1 finally dropped yasir hameed :)
Yeah, and now we should look towards dropping Inzimam and Youhanna too, perhaps do Afridi cloning to replace them.