25th Match - Pakistan v United Arab Emirates

[viriya]

Ya will score a lot more than 250.

Misbah should bat at 3. Four is too low for a batsman with a strike rate of 73. Or open.

I thought you meant 350..

 

[Pratters]

Misbah will have some days where he scores quickly but isn't made for odi cricket. Reminds me a bit of Dravid at times.

 

[smash84]

that 6 before he got out was a decent hit from maqsood

 

[Primrose_D12]

Pakistan are surely batting well now after a slow start?

(I've only got the scorecard up until the NHL game I'm watching is over)

 

[Antihippy]

Misbah will have some days where he scores quickly but isn't made for odi cricket. Reminds me a bit of Dravid at times.

Problem is dravid batted in a lineup full of ODI superstars.

You can't say the same thing for the current pakistan batting lineup.

 

[smash84]

Pakistan are surely batting well now after a slow start?

(I've only got the scorecard up until the NHL game I'm watching is over)

The UAE is arguably the worst team in the tournament though.

Fwiw this might give some much needed batting practice to some of the players who needed time out in the middle. Perhaps Afridi should have been sent now

 

[smash84]

The over rate seems to have picked up i suppose

 

[Primrose_D12]

Did not see this high of a total happening after watching the first 10-15 overs.

UAE aren't going to chase this down or even come close. Should be a win by 50-100 runs.

 

[Primrose_D12]

LOL Misbah.

 

[Antihippy]

LOL Misbah.

This was a very good innings given the situation. Helped picked the RR up really well. Of course you're going to perish going for your shots sooner or later.

 

[Primrose_D12]

This was a very good innings given the situation. Helped picked the RR up really well. Of course you're going to perish going for your shots sooner or later.

True, I just found his shot selection there to be hilarious.

Congrats to Afridi on 8,000 ODI runs.

 

[smash84]

oh well, would have been interesting if afridi could have come in place of khatmal

 

[viriya]

I don't understand why Afridi only comes in with an over to go.. Pak probably missed out on 20-30 runs there.

 

[Antihippy]

Didn't they try batting him higher up for the last three games and he just keeps getting out out early?

 

[smash84]

I don't understand why Afridi only comes in with an over to go.. Pak probably missed out on 20-30 runs there.

yeah, they either send him in when there's 10 deliveries left or they'll be stupid like in the zimbos match and send him in the 29th over or something

 

[smash84]

Didn't they try batting him higher up for the last three games and he just keeps getting out out early?

they should have sent him in the 44th over instead of khatmal

 

[Antihippy]

Actually looking back at the scorecards afridi batted in the same place, it's just that the top and middle order kept collapsing in hilarious ways that makes me think that they've batted him higher up.

 

[Riggins]

predicting shahzad to fail miserable again

cop that

 

[Riggins]

Nah you can get serious amateurs (thinking Sydney Grade here) operating in the 130s. If you're talking absolute crap park cricket standards, I reckon some can peak around 120km/h.

Yeah easy.

 

[Primrose_D12]

So how many runs are UAE going to lose by?