***Official*** India in Pakistan

[Tony Blade]

Great performance by India so far.. hows the pitch behaving?

 

[BlackCap_Fan]

Well played Akmal. Just don't get out before tea.

 

[Beleg]

Like SJS said, the pitch isn't doing anything you don't see day in day out in England during June.

 

[aussie]

great recovery from pakistan & good knock by Akmal he has really come of age as a keeper/batsman of late.

 

[marc71178]

yes now that i think of it, pakistan will be well served to play 6 specialist batsmen. the pakistani tail (8-11) is clearly weaker than the indian tail (pathan, kumble, khan, rp singh)

Erm, don't forget that Akmal is at 8...

With all due respects to the Indian tailenders, he's far better than any of them.

 

[marc71178]

And after the talk about who will partner Sehwag at the top, Laxman and Dravid are opening

 

[TIF]

Well played to Kamran Akmal for scoring 113 runs when most needed by his team. He played without caring about the match situation and played controlled strokes without going for lofted shots and found the gaps hitting 4s with ease. Also, put on 2 useful partnerships with Razzaq and Akhtar to take Pakistan to 245. Also, Irfan Pathan, just like the cleaned up the top order, dismissed Asif and Akhtar at the end to take a 5-wicket haul, his 1st against a team other than Zimbabwe"B" and Bangladesh.

 

[Pratters]

And after the talk about who will partner Sehwag at the top, Laxman and Dravid are opening

The uncertainties of the game.

 

[marc71178]

Not by choice though - Sehwag was off the field at the end of the innings so can't open.

 

[Barney Rubble]

Erm, don't forget that Akmal is at 8...

With all due respects to the Indian tailenders, he's far better than any of them.

As is Shoaib, on this form. Well, maybe not Pathan, but Shoaib would be a dead cert for number 9 if he was Indian.

 

[TIF]

Dravid goes out caught behind for 3 as India are 9/1

3.2 Mohammad Asif to Dravid, OUT: fullish, on the off, coming in with
the arm and straightening off the pitch, the ball takes the
outside edge as Dravid id squared up and goes straight to Kamran
Akmal! That is a HUGE wicket for Pakistan!

 

[Nate]

Haha, as Pakistan were about 40/6, I was typing and said "Don`t worry, Akmal will save the day." And then my internet dropped out.

It`s just not the same!

 

[Nate]

Very impressed with Shoaib`s batting of late. Matured heaps.

 

[aussie]

what a ball from Shoaib to tendulkar, it was on to him before he could get out of the way at 151 k's geez lucky thing we have helmets or else tendulkar would have been cleaned up.

 

[Nate]

And his bowling isn`t half-bad either!

 

[adharcric]

Erm, don't forget that Akmal is at 8...

With all due respects to the Indian tailenders, he's far better than any of them.

he definitely is, except he's not far better than pathan. anyways, i was thinking of a pak lineup with 3 specialist pacemen & kaneria as tailenders.

 

[Tony Blade]

Wow, amazing last delivery before the drinks break

 

[What-A-Player]

Beautifully chucked (I mean delivered)

 

[Tony Blade]

Absolutely brilliant delivery to get rtid of Laxman

 

[What-A-Player]

Laxman gets out on his customary style