“Trying to whip it through the midwicket”
“One bounce…into the fence” (it was actually 2-3 bounces)
“Thats good morning to Harmison by Salman Butt”
"All Salman did was just put bat on ball and timing was perfect. Beautiful play
It was a CRISPY shot through the covers
Trescothick makes a room outside off stump
I feel really sorry for that stuart
“…the Harmison…”
“he looks to be in foyyeeen nick!..”
“I woulda..”
“he gottaaaa..”
“Thattaa a great shot!”
‘on the other hand side, that is beauty’
“definately a nick there, i heard it in my ear”
“Danish gave an extra air to the ball”
“Butt has to be careful. The ball is new and will be a skitter(!) from Harris”
‘The 3rd slip is also there, actually the 3rd three and a half slips’
Jayasuria likes to have his room, but Najaf not giving him a room
“You can see a different springs in this man Umar Gul”-
“Thats 200 wickets for danish kaneria. Hez the 6th Pakistani fast bowler to acheive this”
‘What a catch…thats an absolutely catch’
After Malik’s dismissal: “Well, it was on the paper”
and that one COME at a good PACE
good ball but it just COME much quicker
“Went on the backfoot and found a beautiful gap between cover and point”
“that was worse than ordinary, that was an ordinary effort”
“he is looking a little bit out of colour but you have to give him credit and he will get better”
Blewett: That’s an ordinary effort by A Razzaq
Waqar: oo that’s worse than ordinary, that’s…ordinary effort
Jayasuria likes to have his room, but Najaf not giving him a room
“He hit two boundaries in the previous over so his heart has gone big…”
After Hafeez inside edges a 4..
‘That was not a very confidence shot by Mohammad Hafeez’
'And a Pakistan 181 for.. all out.
Todays game:
“Not sure if he had a gloved on it…yes he did…oh no no he didnt”
(Kallis to Malik after he glances it down the leg side in the 37th over today)
Misbah is on 11 and shoaib mailk has played 1 run.
“you got to get rid of the front foot”
“Looks in a great nick”- On Jaques Kallis
“Beautifully Shot”
It is very “STINKY” when it hits you inside your thigh
It was close “no doubt” BUTTTTAAH not that close
On expressing surprise at Smith introducing Steyn into the attack late in the morning session:
“I thought he would have brought him on way too early”
Yousuf is more religious but Younus is religous too butttaaah its different on the field
he is the worst i have seen so far. I remember when salman butt was caught by amla at silly mid on in the last test, the replay showed that he just caught it before it hit the ground and waqar was quick to say "it definitely hit the ground, i can see that", and at the very moment others in the room were heard saying "He caught it clean", and waqar after finishing his sentence repeated their words, yes its a clean catch.. what a dumb guy...
^^ I don’t know if you guys have heard Zaheeer Abbas and Mustaq Ahmed’s commentary. Waqar sounds like an expert compared to those two. His English is bad, but at least he tries to analyze the situation. Zaheer and Mushtaq just state the obvious and that too in extremely poor english. See: http://www.paklinks.com/gs/showthread.php?t=267158
Waqar Younis may be verbally challenged but technically he is always spot on, especially when commenting on bowling. No other pakistani commentator IMHO comes close to expressing their tech expertise the way he does.
Ive felt that too, saying just Dhoni alone just doesnt sound right. Some people you cant just say their last name alone. Like no one would refer to Waqar Younis as Younis (and he's been around for a while long before Younis Khan showed up).
Why does Rameez always call Dhoni by his FULL NAME
Good take by M S Dhoni
Intelligent captaincy by M S Dhoni
Some individuals like to repeat the (full) names of other individuals in conversations for long-term remembrance (easily forgetful otherwise?). Meh, that could be one of the cases. It also strikes as odd as to why Dhoni would be singled out.
If you think about it....Mahinder Singh Dhoni is the kind of name which is asking to be called by LAST NAME....and most people do so.
.... unlike say a name like 'Sachin Tendulkar' where one could either say only "Sachin" or only "Tendulkar"
I still like Waqar commentay then Zaheer Abbas & Mushtaq Ahmed. Those guys make me want to mute my computer. Thats just pathetic...and How annoying is Mushy with "Definitely"... OMG! I cant even use that word anymore after listening to his commentary during the ODI series man.... Why the hell do they hire these lallus to be commentators.
That’s exactly what I was going to say. Waqar’s English may not be perfect but he is distinctly better than Zaheer and Mushtaq. Waqar does make some interesting points from time to time and he usu. reads the game situation quite well.
Zaheer and Mushy are just pathetic beyond disbelief.
He might not have good vocabulary but he definatly makes sense most of the time. His commentary is not bad, if you have heard Zaheer.
But anyway, if you hear these English commentators they often use the same vocabulary.
