*** Official *** Pakistan in India

[haroon510]

The army was there yesterday and curfew called in some places. I am not sure about today as I am not in Calcutta right now...

what was going on in Calcutta?
why is there curfew there?

 

[Perm]

Ganguly has been quite impressive today, will be interesting to see if Harbhajan manages to correct his attrocious record against Pakistan.

 

[Pratters]

what was going on in Calcutta?
why is there curfew there?

The main issue is the Nandigram dispute. It lead to violence by some people yesterday in Calcutta with busses burnt, stones thrown at the police trying to curb violence etc.

 

[Pratters]

Munaf gets Malik. Have long believed he is one of India's best bowlers. Really happy with the way he has bowled so far. India on top.

 

[adharcric]

Well deserved Munaf.

 

[Dasa]

For someone who is watching the match, how does Munaf look in terms of fitness, and in the field?

 

[biased indian]

Ganguly has been quite impressive today, will be interesting to see if Harbhajan manages to correct his attrocious record against Pakistan.

i had faith in him ..i told he will bowl and bowl well yesterday itself

 

[Pratters]

Akmal still playing boggles the mind.

Akmal's batting record v India may have saved his skin here.

v India 8 13 2 497 113 109 102* 45.18 3 1 2

 

[Perm]

India dominating, awesome to see. Even better with Munaf Patel getting a wicket.

To anybody watching the game, what is he looking like? I remember seeing him in England and he looked awfully unfit, and his pace was well down.

 

[biased indian]

For someone who is watching the match, how does Munaf look in terms of fitness, and in the field?

Cricinfo

Munaf's touched 140kmh today, bowled an excellent first spell and showed no signs of poor fitness so far.

 

[Pratters]

For someone who is watching the match, how does Munaf look in terms of fitness, and in the field?

He looks very fit. Bowled a long spell first up too.

 

[haroon510]

The main issue is the Nandigram dispute. It lead to violence by some people yesterday in Calcutta with busses burnt, stones thrown at the police trying to curb violence etc.

I bet this happpend because of some loser politician.. or it has something to do with a loser politician.. or maybe a couple of them..

 

[Pratters]

Ramiz Raja was saying earlier how Misbah ul Haq plays too defensive and doesn't know how to build his innings yet which is a reason for his low test average. Fair criticism?

 

[Anil]

akmal is batting pretty well and misbah is still hanging around, they can still take pakistan out of the woods...

 

[Perm]

Ramiz Raja was saying earlier how Misbah ul Haq plays too defensive and doesn't know how to build his innings yet which is a reason for his low test average. Fair criticism?

I've only seen him play Twenty20 games, and he has looked fairly adapt at building an innings in that format. Reasonably slow starter but manages to clear the ropes near the end. Wouldn't have a clue about his ability in the longer format though, but he does average 48 in FC cricket which is an indication he must be doing something right.

 

[Athlai]

Sohail Tanvir has the 6th best average in the squad.

 

[Pratters]

I've only seen him play Twenty20 games, and he has looked fairly adapt at building an innings in that format. Reasonably slow starter but manages to clear the ropes near the end. Wouldn't have a clue about his ability in the longer format though, but he does average 48 in FC cricket which is an indication he must be doing something right.

Yeah, good points both. I have liked whatever I have seen of him so far in his career. His S/R of 33 in test cricket does show that he has been playing very slow but then an average of 17 indicates that he is getting out too fast. If he keeps batting 90-100 balls or more making 25-30ish on an average, maybe that criticism would be fair but not right now. Too early to say at least. Also in this inning at least, it has been required that some one hold the inning at one end and he has played as the situation has demanded.

 

[Perm]

Sohail Tanvir has the 6th best average in the squad.

Interesting point. Just having a browse through the Pakistani's FC stats, how the hell does Shoaib Malik only average 28? Did he play most of his games as a bowler or something? Anybody care to clarify?

 

[Athlai]

Interesting point. Just having a browse through the Pakistani's FC stats, how the hell does Shoaib Malik only average 28? Did he play most of his games as a bowler or something? Anybody care to clarify?

Found that shocking myself.

 

[Perm]

Yeah, good points both. I have liked whatever I have seen of him so far in his career. His S/R of 33 in test cricket does show that he has been playing very slow but then an average of 17 indicates that he is getting out too fast. If he keeps batting 90-100 balls or more making 25-30ish on an average, maybe that criticism would be fair but not right now. Too early to say at least. Also in this inning at least, it has been required that some one hold the inning at one end and he has played as the situation has demanded.

Yeah, I think it would be unfair to criticise Misbah in this innings as the situation has dictated how he plays. That could well be to his advantage though, as he seems a reasonably defensive player. I think you'll find his Test S/R is so low because he hasn't made any scores of note, and that's quite common for batsmen who have struggled early in their careers. They may scratch around for 20 or 30 and then get out, but if they had gone on to make a century then their S/R would have been healthy once they felt more comfortable.