hi fahd and rest of the fans. Shoaib Malik was very similar to saqlain mushtaq in action when he first came, ALMOST A CAROBON COBY. But not he seem to have changed his action a little. Shoaib Malik has lead under 19’s and also is very handy with the bat with already a ton or two in quaid’s trophy.
Arshad Khan is economical and would/could get wickets only if some r left over by Razzler the Dazzler, Ajju the macho, Wussi the WIZZ, Wickki the jadoogar and saqqi da legend.
sorry to say guys but its raining hardout in auckland and i doubt there will be result oriented first ODI.
Darn! I’ve stayed up for two hours now, waiting for the darn match…
Just for speed’s sake, here’s the URL for CricInfo’s live coverage of the first ODI, if it happens:
http://www-usa.cricket.org/link_to_database/NEW/LIVE/frames/PAK_NZ_ODI1_17FEB2001.html
why did it have to rain
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I got up in the morning the see the game!
I have a understanding that they are going to play on reserve day. so hang in there guys. Dont be that sad.
there are 4 more ODI’s too, dont forget that.
By the way in the mean time you guys should go and check this out:http://www-aus.cricket.org/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/CRICKET_NEWS/2001/FEB/076378_PAK_16FEB2001.html
ooohh... God Thanx..today i didnt get up early , so good for me that i will enjoy match now tomorrow.... haha...sorry to those ppl jinn ki neeend kharab hoi..
again today at 5:55 AM na??
Zindgi Humain Aazmaaati rahi...Hum Issay Azmaaty rahy
The match has started
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Or should I say, the havoc has started! Astle, Twose, and Parore are already back in the pavilion, and this is not even the tenth over!
New Zealand 28/3 (7.0 ov)
You can watch the match here: http://www-usa.cricket.org/link_to_database/NEW/LIVE/frames/PAK_NZ_ODI1_17FEB2001.html
If anyone knows of audio coverage on the web, please pass it on. 
arghhhh I wish I could see the live match .. now I really miss the services of PTV.
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Yarooo mein bara pareshan ek larki jawaaan
Hai woh barii shaitaan mujhay kar gayi hairaan
Kaisay karoun inkaar wo jo karaing Izhaar
Stupid rain screwed everything up.
It was supposed to be shown on Sony, oh well at least the 2nd and other ODI's will be shown on Sony TV.
Oh well 94/5...
Great stuff from the pakis. Akhtar takes 5/19. Pakistan zindabad!
So Shoaib Akhtar is back with a bang atleast for the moment. And who said that the W's are finished? Sarfraz Nawaz I guess.
Also how many matches are day matches because this match which was suppose to start at 6:30 Pakistan time yesterday as a result of rain was changed into a day match so I had to wake up at 2:30 in the morning. Its Basant as well today so I don't think I will get a chance o sleep either. But I think waking up at 2:30 was worth it. The bowling of the two W's and Shoaib later on was just awsome.
Vongratulations everyone on brilliant paki win.
I think paki still has to improve on their fielding effort though which was pretty sloppy.
Well done to akhtar! he has shut all his critics with one of the best spell of fast bowling.
lets wait and see what NZ comes up with for the 2nd game which is on tuesday.
WELL DONE PAKISTAN.
There are a reports suggesting that kiwis are questioning akhtar's action yet again!!!!
I admit it looks a little weird if you see it sideways but there is no way akhtar throws.
Kiwis have proved that they are not going to be pushovers. They fought till the very last run. Paki has to work really hard to win this series convincingly.
Where r ya Mania X?? what u think about the first ODI?
ayeee lacci, you enjoyed the game on sky...it sucked here home man...I had to refresh the window every 30 seconds to see the results on screen, and with the batting perfomance the pakis put on....you can imagine.
You should've came to our home. By the way GAME3 onwards is going to be on TV3.
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Shoaib Akhtar says his action has never changed
Lynn McConnell - 18 February 2001
Pakistani fast man Shoaib Akhtar was not especially satisfied with his career best One-Day International figures achieved today against New Zealand while cricket officials who queried his bowling action may be interested in Akhtar's post-match claim that he had never changed his bowling action.
The man labelled the Rawalpindi Express might better be described as the Pakistani jet pilot. His extreme pace is more out of this world than a plodding railway engine.
While the game was his first international game in 11 months, and he was still working up to his fastest pace, there was no doubt that his speed was a little quicker than anything the hapless Kiwis have struck at home this summer.
But in taking his five for 19, including the five wickets in the space of 11 balls, many of them bowled around the wicket to the plethora of left-handers in the middle and lower order, he seemed to have stepped into more controversy.
Akhtar was reported to the International Cricket Council last summer in Australia by international match referee John Reid. However, he was reintroduced with haste by the ICC, a decision which surprised many critics.
At the post-match press conference Akhtar said: "I never ever, that's the thing I really wanted to say to the whole world, I never changed my action after my banning. I stuck with my basics."
He said that when he was banned last year he had gone to Perth, and not home to Pakistan as was stated at the time, because he had a groin problem.
"I was pretty confident the ban was going to be lifted on me pretty soon and I got back on track again."
Akhtar said he believed that his action was fine. He had played in the last World Cup where several top people saw him play and there were no queries about his bowling action. John Reid had also been a match referee for Pakistan games over the previous three years.
He added that he wouldn't say that Reid's action in asking that his action be reviewed was racist but he didn't think it was a good decision to make it.
"It's never ever been wrong and I've never ever changed my action," he said.
He also didn't think there was anything wrong with Australian fast bowler Brett Lee's action and when it had been queried he rang him up to support him.
"Guys like us, Brett Lee and myself like to charge in and people really want to see us.
"The guys are good for the game, let them play please," he said. For all that however, there was a difference in Ahktar's action when he bowled around the wicket, and it was his dismissals of left-handers Jacob Oram, Daniel Vettori and James Franklin that caused most comment at the ground.
Akhtar did say he was a little scared going into the game because he didn't want to go all out. He was a little stiff in his legs after the game, and it hadn't been that easy for him but he had good backing from the team.
Stephen Fleming, the New Zealand captain, had no comment to make on the matter.
He said there were review processes to deal with issues in the game and New Zealand had enough troubles just trying to see the ball and would leave any cricket issues up to others to look after.
"We trust the processes in place will take care of those sort of situations," he said
forget shoib's action guys, you should see our own surdar assu's action.