Re: Pakistanis v West Indies A - Shenley, 12th-13th August 2006
Shahid Nazir was in team and didn't bowl a single over and Shoaib Akhtar bowls 11 overs? :-|
Re: Pakistanis v West Indies A - Shenley, 12th-13th August 2006
this is good what pakistan is doing tactic wise...there deciding who there are going to play depending on this match
Re: Pakistanis v West Indies A - Shenley, 12th-13th August 2006
Lol 11 overs in a 40 overs match. They are desperate to see his fitness.
Re: Pakistanis v West Indies A - Shenley, 12th-13th August 2006
Farhat 50 
- if only they’d play in actual matches.
Re: Pakistanis v West Indies A - Shenley, 12th-13th August 2006
Pakistan 108/3,
Imran Farhat 50 n.o.
Faisal Iqbal 20 n.o.
BaRi zehmaat kee aap nay Imran Farhat sahab.
Re: Pakistanis v West Indies A - Shenley, 12th-13th August 2006
oh no now farhat will play 
Re: Pakistanis v West Indies A - Shenley, 12th-13th August 2006
Farhat playing means at least 4 dropped catches. :(
Re: Pakistanis v West Indies A - Shenley, 12th-13th August 2006
West Indies A won by 91 runs?
What kind of match is this, West Indies played 40 overs, but Cricinfo was showing Pakistan will play 50 overs and all of sudden West Indians have won this match?
Khair acha hee hua warna Imran Farhat (shayed) century ker leta.
Re: Pakistanis v West Indies A - Shenley, 12th-13th August 2006
Pakistan 123/3off 22 overs and wI won by 91 runs. 
Why weren’t the other 18 overs played?
Re: Pakistanis v West Indies A - Shenley, 12th-13th August 2006
cricinfo corrected itself to match drawn. Probably rain.
Re: Pakistanis v West Indies A - Shenley, 12th-13th August 2006
Cricinfo says Match Drawn ??
Re: Pakistanis v West Indies A - Shenley, 12th-13th August 2006
did it start raining?
Re: Pakistanis v West Indies A - Shenley, 12th-13th August 2006
very confusing
why are they not playing tommoro?
Re: Pakistanis v West Indies A - Shenley, 12th-13th August 2006
Go Farhat, Go Go! O Yeah!
Him and Butt will probably open last test, but I think it shud be Farhat and Hafeez as Hafeez is a very useful offspinner as well as a better opener than Butt.
Re: Pakistanis v West Indies A - Shenley, 12th-13th August 2006
sigh Farhat sneeks back into squad.
Re: Pakistanis v West Indies A - Shenley, 12th-13th August 2006
Did he play because the superstars wanted to take a rest?
Re: Pakistanis v West Indies A - Shenley, 12th-13th August 2006
^ superstars taking a rest is fine IMO, I think it was okay to play Hafeez, Taufeeq, Farhat instead of Inzamam, Yousuf and Younis. Let the kids work it out among themselves, unfortunately Imran Farhat has won again… andhon mai kana raja
Re: Pakistanis v West Indies A - Shenley, 12th-13th August 2006
Seriously Captain Saab, Farhat is the best opener in the squad right now, who else r u gonna play, Butt Saab?:halo:
Re: Pakistanis v West Indies A - Shenley, 12th-13th August 2006
Shoaib’s return ends in draw](http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/engvpak/content/current/story/256308.html)
West Indies A 214 for 4 (Simmons 108, Dwayne Smith 55*, Khan 3-30) drew with Pakistanis 123 for 3 (Farhat 62*)*
Scorecard
Shoaib Akhtar continued to ease his way back towards fitness with 11 promising overs against West Indies A at Shenley. The match was originally scheduled as a two-day game, but was switched to two separate one-day matches. However, following interruptions for rain and bad light it will go down as a limited overs game that ended in a draw.
A decision on Shoaib’s fitness will be taken after he has bowled in tomorrow’s second one-day match although he remains more likely to feature in the one-day series than the final Test at The Oval.
“It is less necessary to field such players after we have lost the Test series,” Bob Woolmer, the Pakistan coach said, “but that doesn’t mean we don’t want to win the Oval Test. We want to win the last Test to prove our critics wrong. I don’t think we have done badly, England played better.”
Asked if Shoaib could be risked, Woolmer said it was still possible. “If it’s necessary,” he said. "I wonder if it is necessary, just for the sake of winning a Test then why can’t others who are match fit and doing well not do that?
"Shoaib had a stress fracture and what he has to do is to play little bit of cricket, and the perfect scenario I see for him is to get fit for the five one day internationals, the ICC Trophy then the home series against the West Indies. That is really the sort of path I want for him.
“I don’t want to make this judgement before talking to him. If he bowls 15-20 overs by Sunday then I will ask him because he will be in a better position to tell. Today he looked trim and slim but he hasn’t bowled for six months,”
Shoaib started in style by bowling Devon Smith with the fifth ball of the day, but couldn’t add to his tally as Lendl Simmons struck a fine 106 off 122. Simmons and Runako Morton added 86 for the second wicket and both batsmen hooked Shoaib for six. Dwayne Smith then added 116 with Simmons to turn the West Indies innings around from 99 for 4. Samiullah Khan picked up three figures during a lively spell.
Richard Kelly then struck with the new ball and Dwayne Smith removed Salman Butt as Pakistan slipped to 51 for 3. However, Imran Farhat enhanced his prospects of a Test recall with an unbeaten 43-ball 62 before the light closed in the teams agreed to a one-day draw.
Re: Pakistanis v West Indies A - Shenley, 12th-13th August 2006
Recalling Hafeez for the spot uno is wrong.
Pakistan should now presist with the trio openers they have and stand behind them no matter what. But, still it don't validates their 'reliability or workmenship' as yet.
They have to work hard on their techniques.
Off all the 3 above 'Kamran Akmal' has the best endurance + patience for the spot. Why call Hafeez ?