Pakistan vs. West Indies @ Hagley Oval, Christchurch CWC 2015 10th. Match

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Re: Pakistan vs. West Indies @ Hagley Oval, Christchurch CWC 2015 10th. Match

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Mohammad Irfan to Smith, 1 run, **dropped! Nasir Jamshed **comes in from third man as Smith steps out and looks to pull a shortish ball from outside off. Thick edge drops to the fielder’s left and he slides and it was at catchable height, only to pop straight out of his hands

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18.1
Shahid Afridi to Samuels, no run, oh my. Is that a dropped catch? This one turns sharply after angling in towards middle and off and Samuels doesn’t pick the length right, drives and it beats his outside edge (or takes a thin nick) and hits Akmal on the chest

19.6
Wahab Riaz to Samuels, 2 runs, **dropped! That was a simple catch, you’d have to say, Afridi **running to his right from short midwicket after this short ball got big on Samuels. Looked to pull from outside off and it hit high on his bat and looped high in the air. Pakistan can’t afford to keep dropping these.

28.6
Haris Sohail to Bravo, 1 run, **Afridi drops another. **It’s a short ball, turning down leg, and he pulls it hard but straight to short leg, bounces straight out of his palms. It was at chest height, should have been easily taken

45.1
Wahab Riaz to Simmons, 1 run, **another dropped catch. It’s Irfan this time, **at third man, sliding forward and getting both hands to it only to spill it as he lands. Another short ball that Simmons ramped very fine

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Interesting

Dave Perl: “in terms of “losing count of dropped catches” there were only four and they cost only 20 runs total (runs the batsmen in question made after being dropped)” — Well, assuming a new batsman came in, and took some time settling down, and didn’t score as many as the reprieved batsman did in the extra time he eventually spent in the middle, not to mention the fielding side gaining confidence, momentum and other intangibles, and maybe it cost Pakistan a whole lot more than 20 runs.

@phoenixdesi

lakh dee lanat…such an embarrassing defeat from such a pathetic team. we dropped 6-7 catches, missed 2 easy run outs

batted so bad…i mean there was nothing in the wicket. we just needed to stay 5-7 overs quietly.

anyway, what overhaul are we talking about? it is not like we have some magical players sitting on the bench. this is the best we have minus few players here and there.

haris sohail, yasir shah, imran khan, shoaib maqsood, umar akmal, irfan, safraz, sohail khan…yahiee sab to hai. when this team was selected, general feeling from everyone was that this is the best we have except fawad alam shd be there for younis khan. all former players said the same thing. so lets be honest.

i am just trying to set the expectations right. recovery will take time and it needs from grass root level. anyway a different topic.

Catches Ka Ghussa Jany Di Jiye and I agree that we don’t have enough talent or I must say Misbah should get retirement from ODI long before.

I have remembered that Vetori was captain of NZ and showing great performance but his team was not. They changed the captain and you can see the results. I respect misbah but fact is fact.