'Official' Pakistan in West Indies

[smash84]

Pakistan should try and open with Khatmal and Azhar Ali. Come out with a positive mind set

 

[Prince EWS]

What's the fascination on this site with Umar Akmal opening the batting? Would be madness IMO.

 

[Howe_zat]

Pakistan should try and open with Khatmal and Azhar Ali. Come out with a positive mind set

Azhar would be a much less "positive" option than Hafeez.

 

[smash84]

What's the fascination on this site with Umar Akmal opening the batting? Would be madness IMO.

Why would it be madness???? He seems to be the only one who is consistently making the runs. Also he has the versatility to bat anywhere in the order I think. He should come earlier than number 6.

 

[smash84]

now this is positive batting. 3 fours in the over

 

[smash84]

now sammy puts it down. First darren bravo and now sami..........Darren Sami

 

[GotSpin]

Pathetic fielding. Both openers should be back in the pavilion

 

[smash84]

almost a run a ball now......go toffee

 

[vcs]

This is quickly slipping away from the Windies.

 

[Agent Nationaux]

Pathetic fielding. Both openers should be back in the pavilion

agreed...feel bad for roach..batted so well and added crucial runs for his team and now people are dropping his catches.

 

[Spark]

That's carried...

 

[vcs]

How many catches is Sammy going to drop? Why does he stand at slip? Don't they have anyone better?

 

[Agent Nationaux]

Sammy doing a Misbah.

 

[smash84]

out of toffee's 37 runs.....32 have come from boundaries

 

[Agent Nationaux]

tofee looks good when set.

 

[Agent Nationaux]

He's the anti Hafeez. Hafeez looks good early on and then has a brain fart, whereas Toffee does crap early on and then once set goes on to make good runs.

 

[vcs]

tofee looks good when set.

Yep, some of his strokes melt in the mouth, don't they?

 

[Agent Nationaux]

 

[Fusion]

I would think the WI timezone is pretty much the worst possible in terms of the match thread regulars, as the English guys will be mostly at work and Australian guys will be asleep.

OTOH it's a great time zone for me. The only one better is the Australian time zone. By the time I come home from work, the match is just starting.

 

[Borges]

Sammy strikes! And just in time too; the Pakistan opening pair after some early hiccups were strolling away with the match.

The wicket was a free gift though.