Re: Pakistan VS Canada | 3rd March
no one is forgetting that fact. Our batting was really poor but I would take this batting performance today rather than in a match against AUS or QF so some players must be out of their comfort zones by now, specially the openers..
Yup I agree.
Re: Pakistan VS Canada | 3rd March
But umpires par to attack hona chahye aaj:)
Re: Pakistan VS Canada | 3rd March
Batting is our weak link and we know it. However, we did score 277 against the mighty SL. So give credit where it is due. But the main point is that we are fighting, big or small total we fight to the end, where teams have not been able to defend over 300 scores we have successfully defended it twice. so yes all I can say is that:
With all thy faults I still love thee. 
Re: Pakistan VS Canada | 3rd March
I am not sure about the comfort zone part. The openers have failed in all 3 matches, and never once did it look like anyone of them would get a big score. Misbah and Younis have masked their inadequacies for a while now. I would ideally drop both but due to our lack of options I figure Hafeez should stay just for his bowling. Akmal comes up to replace the strokeless wonder Shehzad. We move Razzaq up the order and play an extra bowler, Ajmal. His bowling with the doosra is a much bigger threat than Rehman. Lets face it, as is always the case, its going to be our bowlers who are going to win it for us, not a batting line up packed to number 9. Quality over quantity.
Afridi and management were backing openers till now. Not anymore. Hafeez did look decent against SL but he is once again falling in his old ways of throwing away wickets.
I agree that Shahzad must get his act together or be axed. If management does not want an extra bowler in the team than Akmal should open and Asad bumped in the middle order.
Re: Pakistan VS Canada | 3rd March
@Geoffrey Boycott
GB: Pakistan winning against Sri Lanka was excellent, they haven't beaten them for a while. It was exciting, interesting and absolutely laughable. Can you believe all the catches that went down? The wicketkeeping from Kamran Akmal was atrocious. I could have stopped them better with my coat. It was appalling. They needed 16 or 17 wickets to win the match. If they had caught those catches properly, with 277 on the board, they could have won it easily. But they keep you on the edge of your seat because that's the sort of team they are - talented, interesting, exciting and then they do diabolical things, don't they?
Re: Pakistan VS Canada | 3rd March
I think today’s match was a wake up call that our team simply can’t expect misbah and younis to make all the runs…you can’t expect these two batsmen to score 70s and 80s in every match. Openers have to step up their efforts of staying on the crease till atleast 10 to 15 overs. Runs against srilanka was all thanks to misbah and younis. But all the credit really goes out to all the bowlers today for doing a fantastic job in saving us from an embarassing loss
Re: Pakistan VS Canada | 3rd March
@Geoffrey Boycott GB: Pakistan winning against Sri Lanka was excellent, they haven't beaten them for a while. It was exciting, interesting and absolutely laughable. Can you believe all the catches that went down? The wicketkeeping from Kamran Akmal was atrocious. I could have stopped them better with my coat. It was appalling. They needed 16 or 17 wickets to win the match. If they had caught those catches properly, with 277 on the board, they could have won it easily. But they keep you on the edge of your seat because that's the sort of team they are - talented, interesting, exciting and then they do diabolical things, don't they?
Yup THE most Exciting team of the world cup:) U can't help but to love and support them:)
Re: Pakistan VS Canada | 3rd March
I think today's match was a wake up call that our team simply can't expect misbah and younis to make all the runs....you can't expect these two batsmen to score 70s and 80s in every match. Openers have to step up their efforts of staying on the crease till atleast 10 to 15 overs. Runs against srilanka was all thanks to misbah and younis. But all the credit really goes out to all the bowlers today for doing a fantastic job in saving us from an embarassing loss
Now you are talking. Valid points there. However we must not forget that Umar Akmal has chipped in well in this tournament so far. Openers MUST deliver asap though.
Re: Pakistan VS Canada | 3rd March
Sub par performance by Pakistan against minnows Canada. If only Canada had kept their nerves under pressure, we would have seen the second upset of this WC. The Pak batting & fielding really sucked today, and the much hyped bowling (with the exception of a great spell by Afridi) allowed Canada to score too many runs. Better batting sides like India, SA & Aus can easily take today’s bowling to the cleaners.
Re: Pakistan VS Canada | 3rd March
its nice to have a wakeup call and still not lose. definitely need to work on the openers, and the bowling is looking a little toothless. Afridi cant be MoM every match.
Re: Pakistan VS Canada | 3rd March
Sub par performance by Pakistan against minnows Canada. If only Canada had kept their nerves under pressure, we would have seen the second upset of this WC. The Pak batting & fielding really sucked today, and the much hyped bowling (with the exception of a great spell by Afridi) allowed Canada to score too many runs. Better batting sides like India, SA & Aus can easily take today's bowling to the cleaners.
I think Saeed Ajmal bowled really well and our fielding was quite adequate today. No catches dropped and no misfields...
Re: Pakistan VS Canada | 3rd March
its nice to have a wakeup call and still not lose. definitely need to work on the openers, and the bowling is looking a little toothless. Afridi cant be MoM every match.
I repeat again. I think Gul was magnificent today with the new ball and Ajmal was unlucky with one very close review. But yes we lacked the bite of Akhtar.
Re: Pakistan VS Canada | 3rd March
Sub par performance by Pakistan against minnows Canada. If only Canada had kept their nerves under pressure, we would have seen the second upset of this WC. The Pak batting & fielding really sucked today, and the much hyped bowling (with the exception of a great spell by Afridi) allowed Canada to score too many runs. Better batting sides like India, SA & Aus can easily take today's bowling to the cleaners.
our batting has always been weak but at least our hyped bowling can defend totals, unlike other teams where they cant even defend over 300 runs.
Re: Pakistan VS Canada | 3rd March
I repeat again. I think Gul was magnificent today with the new ball and Ajmal was unlucky with one very close review. But yes we lacked the bite of Akhtar.
If Gul had bowled like this against Sachin & Sehwag, I would have agreed that he was magnificent. But against Canada ?? :D
Re: Pakistan VS Canada | 3rd March
our batting has always been weak but at least our hyped bowling can defend totals, unlike other teams where they cant even defend over 300 runs.
Aaj to 184 defend karne mein bhi zor aa raha tha ;) Dekhein Australia ke saath kya hota hai...
Re: Pakistan VS Canada | 3rd March
If Gul had bowled like this against Sachin & Sehwag, I would have agreed that he was magnificent. But against Canada ?? :D
you still gotta bowl in right areas against any team. Ask Sree Santh lol :p
Re: Pakistan VS Canada | 3rd March
Aaj to 184 defend karne mein bhi zor aa raha tha ;) Dekhein Australia ke saath kya hota hai...
we defended 277 against the favourites and will defend against Aus as well so long as our weak link the batters put up a decent score.
Re: Pakistan VS Canada | 3rd March
we defended 277 against the favourites and will defend against Aus as well so long as our weak link the batters put up a decent score.
All the best for the next game :)
Re: Pakistan VS Canada | 3rd March
you still gotta bowl in right areas against any team. Ask Sree Santh lol :p
True. Canada batsmen did make your bowlers look better than Sreesanth :D
Re: Pakistan VS Canada | 3rd March
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