**Official** Afro-Asian Cup

[Craig]

Hahaha at Dilhara Fernando for being economical and taking wickets and then we have the news of New Zealand playing three Tests against England next year.

All I have to say is what the...?

 

[Perm]

Does the South Africa/Zimbabwe series in 2005 ring a bell?.

Still a Test match, therefore it isn't pointless IMO, no matter how one-sided.

 

[Xuhaib]

TBF to Asif the weather and humidity was very intense but he does have a real problem with the old ball. Getting some tap on a road early on can be expected but Pakistan need to box clever with him. I wouldn’t’carp them if they use Asif merely as a ten over straight merchant.

Lack of variation is his main problem, At the moment all what he does is pitch it on length and try to make it go both ways or when the ball is new he tries to bowl full and get the batsman driving, all this is fine for test cricket or on pitches which have some juice but on some of the roads that are prepared for ODI's this is a recipe for disaster.

On the bright side saw him bowl a few decent slower ones yesterday so it shows that he is actually trying to bring more variety in his bowling.

 

[Manee]

Speaking of Zaheer...do u know if his injury is serious or anything?

"Zaheer's is just a strain," said Jayawardene. "We will have to speak to the physio and find out. It's good that he stopped immediately and did not aggravate the injury. If he is not 100% [fit] he will not play. We have to take the third match seriously as the other last two matches. It will be nice to finish it of 3-0."

Source: http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/aac2007/content/current/story/297462.html

He'll live.

 

[Perm]

What was the actual injury that Zaheer picked up? According to the cricinfo commentary it had something to do with his hand or fingers but I haven't read anything that confirms what part of the body was injured.

 

[Manee]

The word 'strain' suggests it was a hamstring or thigh injury

 

[Perm]

The word 'strain' suggests it was a hamstring or thigh injury

Strain could apply to any muscle of the human body really, from a calf strain to a back strain or even something like a bicep or pectoral strain.

 

[Manee]

We'll see, but I'm sticking with the guess that it is an upper leg strain.

 

[Perm]

Peter Ongondo dominating the Asian batting lineup here, has 3/23 off 10 overs so far.

 

[adharcric]

Yuvraj ton on the cards. I can sense it.

 

[Prince EWS]

Peter Ongondo dominating the Asian batting lineup here, has 3/23 off 10 overs so far.

In a world where 10=6.

 

[Perm]

Yuvraj ton on the cards. I can sense it.

I'm getting that vibe as well, it would certainly help Asia out big time.

 

[Perm]

In a world where 10=6.

Haha woops, I should really concentrate on what I am typing.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

In a world where 10=6.

Clearly he's working in a heximal system.

However, this means Ongondo has 3/15. Even better.

 

[Perm]

Yuvraj gone for 31 Asia struggling at 72/5

 

[TT Boy]

Yuvraj ton on the cards. I can sense it.

 

[alternative]

Disappointed that Ganguly is not playing.

 

[Perm]

We'll see, but I'm sticking with the guess that it is an upper leg strain.

Turns out it was a hip strain and he may miss the ODI series in Ireland.

Asia are 205/5 due to a good recovery from Jayawardene (80*) and Dhoni (52*). Peter Ongondo finishes with great figures of 3/35 from 10 overs.

 

[alternative]

One second both teams are arguing about the ball change and then the next second they make a joke of it and bring AB to bowl.

 

[Perm]

Dhoni has started to explode, 9 minutes and he has scored 34 runs. Crazy stuff.