*Official* India in Pakistan Thread

[wahindiawah]

Well India seems certain to go one up in this series.

Indian Batting,Bowling,fielding, Captaincy ..all seems to be superior

I think Pakistan should recall Waqar Younis and Fazle-akber. Waqar can atleast bowl a decent line and length.

Frankly Pakistan is a one man team in Akhter, and he too seems to be overrated.Akhter is no Jason or Lee who can win matches for his team against quality oponent like India.Winning matches against depleted NZ and Bang team is one thing, winning matches against top team is a totally different thing.

 

[ajaagarkarajaaja]

Pak all out for 407!! Pathan got 4 wictes in the first innings.

I guess Dravid will enforce follow on, Pak have a 268 deficit, it remains to be seen if Pak is able to make India bat again for victory or not.

 

[wahindiawah]

Dravid has enforced the follow on!!!!!!!!!!!!



Go India go, finish off Pakistan

 

[marc71178]

Well India seems certain to go one up in this series.

Nowhere near certain. 150 overs to go - last time Pakistan batted 126.

If they do that again it would leave them about 20 overs to bat and score around 150...

Frankly Pakistan is a one man team in Akhter.

The names Inzamam and Youhana mean nothing to you then?

 

[wahindiawah]

The names Inzamam and Youhana mean nothing to you then?

Inzi Yes, Youhanna NO. Youhanna is a decent bastmen but no where near class or anything.

 

[Richard Rash]

Virender Sehwag would have to be the luckiest man alive. He scored 300 against and attack of chuckers. And really he is very poor batter. This will most probly be the only triple hundred he gets. He isnt class he is all luck.

Could not agree with you more he is an absoulute drip. The odds on him getting another triple cetury would be worse than Chris Martin scoring double figures. Thats saying something. Good coment spofta

 

[marc71178]

Inzi Yes, Youhanna NO. Youhanna is a decent bastmen but no where near class or anything.

Interesting you should say that.

I suppse you also think that Laxman is a decent batsman but nowhere near class or anything then?

 

[harry674]

Could not agree with you more he is an absoulute drip. The odds on him getting another triple cetury would be worse than Chris Martin scoring double figures. Thats saying something. Good coment spofta

Richard and spofta both have posted three posts and registered in march looks like pakistinis in disguise. guess they cannot believe that afridi and schewag are class apart.

i guess they are in post schewag syndrome.

 

[luckyeddie]

Virender Sehwag would have to be the luckiest man alive. He scored 300 against and attack of chuckers. And really he is very poor batter. This will most probly be the only triple hundred he gets. He isnt class he is all luck.

Well, this gets my vote for the most well-informed and well thought-out post of 2004 - either that or the best comedy offering.

An attack of chuckers? Where did you dig that one up from? Pie-chuckers perhaps.

It's very true that Sehwag should in all probability have been dismissed a long time before he reached three figures let alone three hundred, but that's hardly his fault, is it?

It's the last bit which really surprised me, though. You seem to be inferring that a measure of class would be the number of triple centuries achieved in a career. Now, are we talking in all cricket or just test matches?

I assume the latter. In which case, name me TWO players who have scored two triple centuries in test cricket.

Sorry, friend. I think you've been drinking the meths again.

 

[masterblaster]

What a rubbish statement to make, an absolute pile of crap.

So it is Sehwag's fault that he was dropped so many times.

Name me ONE batsman from New Zealand who has made 300 after being dropped a few times.

You get a life, sure BUT you need to make it count. Not many batsman make most of lives, but to Sehwag's credit he did.

Oh yeah, Sehwag's got no class?

No Class?

Oh yeah, so you reckon Lou Vincent, Michael Papps, Matthew Horne, Matthew Sinclair have more class than Sehwag?

I dont think so

 

[Salamuddin]

309/5

the guy played well.....but u have to realise that he got many chances due to some appauling fielding. the innings was by no means chanceless.

309/5

i felt a tad sorry for tendulkar though.

Perhaps you should berate your Pakistani side for dropping him five times. Dropped catches are not due to the luck going with the opposition -- they are due to the fielding side not being good enough.

 

[Tapioca]

Virender Sehwag would have to be the luckiest man alive. He scored 300 against and attack of chuckers. And really he is very poor batter. This will most probly be the only triple hundred he gets. He isnt class he is all luck.

What do you think about his 195 against an attack of ... hmmm... a chucker and a few others ? 8D

And what an intelligent comment that he won't make another triple hundred. It will take a genius to work it out. Last checked, only someone with the initials DGB has scored more than one. Wouldn't be too bad if VS also scores another, would it ?

 

[luckyeddie]

Taufeeq Umar - not a happy bunny.

One thing about Shep as an umpire - he HATES batsmen padding up outside off stick.

 

[luckyeddie]

Inzy, Inzy, Inzy.

Run out for a duck - and it was quite dreadful running too.

 

[tooextracool]

this pakistan team cant bat,bowl or field. wonder how they manage to beat nz in nz.their bowlers bowl a mile outside offstump and their batsmen cant play ordinary spin bowling which is horrible for any team that plays in the sub continent. this series rekindles memories of their performance against australia in 02 and you hafta wonder how a side so talented could play so badly.

 

[SquidAU]

this pakistan team cant bat,bowl or field. wonder how they manage to beat nz in nz.their bowlers bowl a mile outside offstump and their batsmen cant play ordinary spin bowling which is horrible for any team that plays in the sub continent. this series rekindles memories of their performance against australia in 02 and you hafta wonder how a side so talented could play so badly.

It's only the first test. There is still 2 more to go and there is no doubt in my mind that Pakistan can improve immensley. They have showed that time and time again.

They have lost this one though....

 

[tooextracool]

It's only the first test. There is still 2 more to go and there is no doubt in my mind that Pakistan can improve immensley. They have showed that time and time again.

They have lost this one though....

i dont seem to remember the last time they did that..... its hard to understand how a team starts a test series so badly at home.

 

[Tapioca]

its hard to understand how a team starts a test series so badly at home.

Remember a certain India-Australia series in 2001 ?

 

[luckyeddie]

Remember a certain India-Australia series in 2001 ?

<quack> Remember a certain West Indies-England series of 2004 too. That'll end in a draw given England's history.

It happens - and I know that it seems like the end of the world, but you know what, Pakistan fans?

<quack> It is

Hush, DD. It isn't.

 

[Linda]

What do you think about his 195 against an attack of ... hmmm... a chucker and a few others ? 8D

And what an intelligent comment that he won't make another triple hundred. It will take a genius to work it out. Last checked, only someone with the initials DGB has scored more than one. Wouldn't be too bad if VS also scores another, would it ?

I was going to also comment about his 195 down here this summer. He may be a lucky player, but I dont think that you can take that away from his batting. He lives life (his cricket life ) on the edge...
I bet there are quite a few high quality batsman who haven't scored ANY triple centuries... Steven Waugh springs to mind.