Re: T20 - Pakistan vs New Zealand, June 13, 2009
Now I wish Pakistan win against Ireland with a bigger margin...Inshallah! :)
Re: T20 - Pakistan vs New Zealand, June 13, 2009
You’re welcome inziii, Z uncle, Esix! 
Insha’Allah Z!! Let’s pray we do well!
*Highlights any 1 :@: *
sure i'll luv to watch em :)
Re: T20 - Pakistan vs New Zealand, June 13, 2009
^ post e'em here plz
is there anywhere online where it comes on crisp clear? my cable goes off after a while, i missed pakistrans innings :(
Re: T20 - Pakistan vs New Zealand, June 13, 2009
Gul could have taken the 6th wicket but Razzaq finished the job...
Anyways...Gul will be remembered for sometime after Saeed Anawar( 194 in an ODI)... :)
highlights download ho rahee hain Youtube par 
In the mean time enjoy Gul’s interview & wickets
Gul kee ‘commitment’ kuch ziyada hee nahin ho gayee…
Re: T20 - Pakistan vs New Zealand, June 13, 2009
Re: T20 - Pakistan vs New Zealand, June 13, 2009
awww hes soo cute! WELL BOWLED! though thoroughly a good day for cricket and a great day for Pakistan!
Re: T20 - Pakistan vs New Zealand, June 13, 2009
They did play really well today I must say 
Hopefully, they can play just as well on Monday against Ireland, Insh’Allah.
Re: T20 - Pakistan vs New Zealand, June 13, 2009
I was glued to the TV from start to finish.
very well played. :k:
Lets hope for an English win tomorrow to complete the celebrations.
Re: T20 - Pakistan vs New Zealand, June 13, 2009
^^^yeah hopefully :)
If England win tomorrow, India are out right? 
Full Match Highlights:
New Zealand Innings
Pakistan Innings
I was really impressed by Shahzaib Hasan. He was a little nervous but he can hit the ball hard. He uses his brain and knows exactly where he wants to hit the ball. His shot selection is good, but like a lot of Pakistani batsmen his running between wicket need improvement. A good prospect for Pakistan. Hopefully they will stick with him. Now if we can find the 2nd opener we've been looking for.
edited in error!!
Well played Pak. I will be incredibly happy if England win tomorrow.
Re: T20 - Pakistan vs New Zealand, June 13, 2009
Great Performance……bowling was superb…fielding was good…afridi catch was incredible…and the batting was awesome…
Now just beat Ireland with a good margin and we are through…:)…
England…please do us a favour tomorrow and send India back home 
that will make my weekend ;)…My duas are with you England…go england!
A good read, makes you proud.
Umar Gul became the first bowler to claim five-wickets in a 20-over international and, in so doing, sparked the greatest mystery of these World Twenty20 championships. The Pakistan fast bowler’s ability to reverse-swing the ball after just 12 overs of the match prompted an awe-struck response from Daniel Vettori and a bizarre explanation from Younis Khan - both of which left observers as confused as New Zealand’s batsmen.
Vettori’s stunned expression at the post-match press conference at The Oval spoke volumes for Gul’s bewitching influence on his side. The sixth bowler used by Younis, Gul’s entry in the 13th over of the innings paid immediate dividends, with Scott Styris and Peter McGlashan falling to his third and fourth deliveries. Gul sent Nathan McCullum’s leg-stump cartwheeling in his next over, then closed with the dismissals of James Franklin and Kyle Mills - again in consecutive balls.
Gul finished with the astonishing figures of 5-6 from three overs, and the satisfaction of having entranced a New Zealand side four days removed from pushing South Africa, the tournament favourites, to the wire at Lord’s.
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“I’ve never, ever seen someone reverse the ball after 12 overs,”** said Vettori, a 13-year international veteran. "He managed to do that and that made a real difference.
"He obviously bowled really well. He got the ball to reverse, and I don’t think in the history of Twenty20 cricket anyone’s got the ball to reverse. That made a massive difference today, and with his pace and his accuracy as well as the ball reversing he was a difficult proposition.
“I really don’t know (how). It’s the first time I’ve ever seen it happen.”
Younis provided further intrigue when, in attempting to explain Gul’s mastery of reverse swing in Twenty20 match conditions, he told reporters “the ball goes into the crowd and hits the walls and when it is back it is rough.” Scott Styris hit Saeed Ajmal for the only six of the New Zealand innings over the Gul’s head at long-on.
Younis’ remarks came barely three hours after Wayne Parnell, the South African pacemen, told a press conference “the white ball doesn’t actually swing (in England)”. Parnell added that his recent experiences with Kent and the South African Twenty20 side had convinced him to shorten his length and concentrate on hitting the pitch, rather than attempting to swing the ball.
Gul, meanwhile, credited his devastating form to the influence of two of Pakistan’s finest exponents of reverse-swing bowling. “I have really developed my yorker by watching videos of Waqar and Wasim,” he said. "They have really helped me
“In Twenty20, you have to be able to bowl the yorker, bouncer and the slower ball. Now I want to be the highest wicket-taker in the tournament. My captain just told me to go and get wickets and that’s what I did.”
Alex
Re: T20 - Pakistan vs New Zealand, June 13, 2009
*THnx Asif bhai for the highlights..
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^ You’re welcome Cadet
Afridi lights the fire - Kamran Abbasi
Umar Gul fried New Zealand at The Oval but it was Shahid Afridi who lit the fire. Afridi’s sprinting catch off Scott Styris was a delightful surprise for all Pakistan fans, and it set the tone for a sparkling performance and swung the psychology of the match in Pakistan’s favour.
Let’s be clear, Pakistan still have their problems. The fielding can be geriatric and the batting isn’t entirely convincing but Pakistan’s bowlers are becoming a formidable combination. The root of this is a varied bowling attack that can halt the run rate through aggression.
Gul produced a glorious record-breaking spell but his first wicket belonged to Afridi’s exhilarating race to grasp Styris’s soaring strike. By then Afridi had already bewildered New Zealand’s batsmen with his array of drifters, spinners, and laser guided yorkers. For Afridi fans it is a relief that his bowling has become so formidable in cricket’s shorter versions, else he might have been lost to the international arena.
What’s more, Afridi also found time to revert to a batting approach that can restore his confidence. He remains a beautifully clean striker of the ball but he betrays his ability when he allows impatience to force him to hit across the line.
Afridi is at his best striking through the ball and straight, an approach that requires at least a few sighters before an all-out assault. Now Afridi and Pakistan have a further opportunity to fine tune their form and strategy when they seek revenge against Ireland and a berth in the semi-finals.
This was a good day for Pakistan. Apart from Afridi and Gul, Shahzaib demonstrated some promising firepower, and Aamer again showed ability and temperament that helped him recover from a poor start. Abdul Razzaq made a vital and emotional return too.
Pakistan know all too well that a team that times its run right can cause a surprise. A Pakistani triumph in this tournament would still be a surprise but only three straight Twenty20 victories, with the first against Ireland, is an appetising challenge.