***Official*** India in Pakistan

[parttimer]

I saw a vid of the Malik incident. IMO he plain kicked the ball to avoid being runout. Blatant

 

[Arumpnoo]

I saw a vid of the Malik incident. IMO he plain kicked the ball to avoid being runout. Blatant

He wasn't even looking at the ball when he kicked it. Anyways low scoring game but its never over till its over. Kudos to Indian fielding and wipping for Pakistanis running b/w the wickets. Four run outs, like they were trying to beat Aussies yesterday performance. Poor cricket by Pakistanis but full kudos to Indians. Serissanth is the find of the series for Indians, he was very impressive.

 

[Fusion]

Well at this rate the match will be over in an hour.

 

[parttimer]

I am a soccer player i know when a ball is being kicked on purpose. He didn't accidentally run into it, you can tell by the way the ball deviated and distance travelled on it, and to do that he had to "flick" at it. Also he may not have been looking directly at it, but he was looking down and would have had the ball in his peripheral vision.

 

[What-A-Player]

I saw a vid of the Malik incident. IMO he plain kicked the ball to avoid being runout. Blatant

where, where where??

 

[Tony Blade]

I am a soccer player i know when a ball is being kicked on purpose. He didn't accidentally run into it, you can tell by the way the ball deviated and distance travelled on it, and to do that he had to "flick" at it. Also he may not have been looking directly at it, but he was looking down and would have had the ball in his peripheral vision.

He was running, which could explain that.

 

[parttimer]

No it can't, thats the point

edit..
What i mean is, the scooping up of the ball, and the speed at which it was going, was dispraportinate to the momentem Malik had, as he was practically stopped and turning around. Somehow the ball just whizzed 5 metres away just as the bowler was about to pick it up. Coincidence? Not likely..

 

[Jono]

First off, brilliant bowling by Pathan. I was playing cricket during the Pakistani's innings but I'm going to assume Pathan bowled his 10 overs straight? Or at least before the death, with AA and Zaheer doing the death bowling? If so, this is working beautifully.

And also, can Yuvraj seriously be in better form? Batted beautifully today. Sehwag got us started by smashing Rana to all places, Tendulkar played well for his run-a-ball 40, Dravid too and then Yuvraj has taken India home in style with 82 from 89. He has reacted to the criticism he was receiving (justifiably so mind you) in the best way possible, by smashing runs.

Great win for India, utterly dominant. Pakistan fought back well with Malik and Younis, but it was still a very good bowling performance by India. And with the bat they did it easy. To think they still had Dhoni, Raina, Pathan and Powar back in the shed. Lovely.

For Pakistan, Rana had a shocker but once again Asif bowled well and ends up with good figures. Akhtar, Asif and Rana when he's bowling well will be a very very good bowling unit, in ODIs and tests. But for now India must take advantage of Akhtar's absence, which they've managed to do in the past few games well.

Bring on the 3rd ODI

 

[Jono]

No it can't, thats the point

edit..
What i mean is, the scooping up of the ball, and the speed at which it was going, was dispraportinate to the momentem Malik had, as he was practically stopped and turning around. Somehow the ball just whizzed 5 metres away just as the bowler was about to pick it up. Coincidence? Not likely..

I'll have to see this on the highlights here in Australia on Foxtel. Can't wait.

Oh and JustTool I think you're being a little harsh on Rahul Dravid. He's far from spineless.

 

[alternative]

i dont think Malik was intentionally obstructing the field, therefore he wouldn't have been out.. in all case they should have appealed..

 

[alternative]

End of the day a good game for INDIA, very good performance by Pathan.. and our opening pair.. they made a very good start..

and congratulation on our fielding.. they are showing improvements day by day..

 

[Sanz]

Honestly, this guy seems really bitter over something..that was pretty much unintentional and the umpires would not have been given in all likelihood

Rahul Dravid is as sporting as they come, It was a cheapshot by ignorant Inzi who happens to be one of my fav. player as well. And yes that's why his reactions leaves a sour taste.

 

[Anil]

I beg to differ. In both instances, the batsman was technically out and the umpire gave them out. But you can certainly argue that both were against the spirit of the game. So yes, it is hypocritical for Pakistan (or Inzi/Moin in particular) to protest when they did the same thing against Tendulkar. However, let's not "compare" which incident was a mountain, and which was a mole. I supspect that the answer to that would be divided according to loyalties.

both are technicalities and you can differ all you want, but the first one was completely unintentional and caused in part by the fielding team while the 2nd was intentional.....that is a significant difference and that is an objective evaluation.....not because i am an indian supporter....

 

[luckyeddie]

Dravid is failing as a captain. 3rd time this tour he has had the upper hand and let Pakistn off the hook. !st when India had them 39 for 6. Then in the 1-day when they had made over 300+ with overs to spare. And today, with his EXCEEDINGLY DEFENSIVE and INCOMPREHNSIBLE field placings. And no appeal when Malik kicked the ball.

Come on Dravid, we expect and deserve better...

"To be honest I haven't seen the replays," Dravid said after the game. "From my fielding position, it didn't appear as if he had deliberately kicked the ball or obstructed the fielder. So I didn't think there was any need to appeal."

I'm pleased that the Indian captain isn't as confrontational as some of his supporters.

 

[Sanz]

I beg to differ. In both instances, the batsman was technically out and the umpire gave them out. But you can certainly argue that both were against the spirit of the game. So yes, it is hypocritical for Pakistan (or Inzi/Moin in particular) to protest when they did the same thing against Tendulkar. However, let's not "compare" which incident was a mountain, and which was a mole. I supspect that the answer to that would be divided according to loyalties.

Here is an unbiased articled :-

http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/pakvind/content/story/236394.html

 

[pug]

Your knowledge of the rules is as dismal as Inzi's. Umpires are not supposed to rule unless there is an appeal. And no one appealed....

Hence, Dravid alone is spineless?

haha, cut the guy some flak. He's doing his best and is quite an ideal role model for cricketers.

 

[pug]

Here is an unbiased articled :-

http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/pakvind/content/story/236394.html

Quite a nice article.

 

[pug]

Arun Lal is a Tendulkar suck-up-sycophant. L. Siva-whatever is an idiot. Rameez is awful. And Waqar's British accented rotten english is horrible. So that leaves Holding and Dean Jones.

Do we have to listen to this amateurish drivel ? I'm afraid the more money that is poured into cricket the worse the commentators seem to get.

Agree totally with the comment about Waqar! And I don't care much for Arun Lal's voice either.

But hey, compare this group of commentators with the dd sports group. And their so called expert panel consisting of charu sharma (i thnk thts his name), random girl, kris srikkanth. At least, Imran Khan and Nasser Hussein are pretty good in the analysis, when Sanj isn't interrupting them, that is.

Missed a lot of cricket the last two years, what happened to Gavaskar, Shastri, Bhogle n that gang?

 

[Armadillo]

Does anyone know what happened to the India sticker below Tendulkar's India badge?

 

[danish]

Not taking anything away from the Indian performance, but the Pakistani batting reeked of complacency. They may be ranked in the top three sides in the world, but that has clearly gone to their head like Pakistani sides of old. Just like Australia yesterday, conceding so many run outs showed that the batsmen were not in the right frame of mind and clearly underestimated the Indian fielding (which has to be given credit to). Examples of this are Mohammad Yousuf's and Shoaib Malik's diabolical run outs. M. Yousuf was just plain stupid to attempt two runs off a misfield, and Shoaib Malik obviously didn't believe that Sreesanth could attempt a half good throw. Similarly batsmen like Afridi and Razzaq just threw their wickets away. The bowling was just as pathetic with every bowler (possibly excepting Mohammed Asif) lacking a killer instinct, and the fielding supposed to be supporting it was comedic. As Bob Woolmer said today, everything went wrong. If Pakistan continue to show this complacency, their days at the top of the ICC rankings are severely numbered.