***Official India & Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates***

[adharcric]

Uthappa, Dravid, Yuvraj, Raina, Rao, Dhoni, Pathan, Powar, Agarkar, RP Singh, Sreesanth

Kaif and Sehwag rested again to take a break I suppose. Hopefully this works.

 

[alternative]

What has happened to Harbajan again?? or is he just not playing??

 

[pug]

Ya, Utthapa opening with Dravid with Yuvraj, Raina, Rao, DHoni and Pathan to follow. Powar comes in instead of Harbhajan. And guess WHO else is there? No, I wont give you twenty guesses.

 

[Jono]

Asif is brilliant. Hopefully India just see him off for a while, at least his first 3-5 overs.

 

[alternative]

Uthappa is gone.. Rana takes the 1st wicket..

 

[alternative]

grrr Dravid Runout.. that is silly..

 

[Fusion]

Yuvraj gone! India 3 down.

 

[alternative]

that's ridiculous, they didn't need another runout now.. grrr

 

[Fusion]

that's ridiculous, they didn't need another runout now.. grrr

Am I watching Pakistan bat or India?? We're the ones usually known for ridiculous runouts!

 

[Jono]

Pretty damn poor stuff. 2 run outs is ridiculous.

Let's see what Rao's got, we know what Raina can do, now is the perfect chance for Rao to show he can push for selection as well.

How's the pitch playing to anyone watching?

 

[alternative]

Jono i been thinking that u r watching this.. anyway Venugopal Rao has a perfect opportunity to get into the team in place of Kaif.. hope it works out for the best..

 

[Jono]

Yeah I know but I just got back from work and I have told myself I'll do some of my assignment tonight and sacrifice watching the 1st innings of the cricket at the least, since I've been damn slack in terms of uni work these Easter holidays.

Is it me or is the fact that the name "MS Dhoni" is still to come in the batting order always results in a sense of 'hope' for an Indian fan? It doesn't reach the levels of "Well Sachin's still there so we can win" or "With Sachin, that's chaseable" eg. WC Final 2003, but damn it Dhoni is getting closer and closer to that status everytime he belts a terrific ODI knock.

 

[Fusion]

I've been following the coverage on crickbuzz. It's funny how every out is followed by user's comments of "matchfixing". I guess the stigma of matchfixing is going to be hard to erase from U.A.E.

 

[Jono]

I honestly wish Cricbuzz would disable cricchat. Its a nice option but is abused so much that the sheer level of incompetence seen in those messages should see it shut down.

 

[alternative]

I exactly know the feeling, i haven't touched my books either.. and i have few lab reports and stuff to do.. ah well.. cricket first for me tho..

anyway looks like a hard battle now.. almost 2 maiden overs being played..

Edit: a single was taken.

 

[alternative]

Prediction of the par score by Deano is 230 or so on..

 

[Beleg]

There is nothing wrong whatsoever with the pitch, unless you expect it to be as flat as a pancake. Pakistani bowlers have bowled a fine line and length and it hasn't been easier to score off them. Obviously, idiotic running from Pathan hasn't helped either.

 

[Wasimullah]

Yeah I know but I just got back from work and I have told myself I'll do some of my assignment tonight and sacrifice watching the 1st innings of the cricket at the least, since I've been damn slack in terms of uni work these Easter holidays.

Is it me or is the fact that the name "MS Dhoni" is still to come in the batting order always results in a sense of 'hope' for an Indian fan? It doesn't reach the levels of "Well Sachin's still there so we can win" or "With Sachin, that's chaseable" eg. WC Final 2003, but damn it Dhoni is getting closer and closer to that status everytime
e belts a terrific ODI knock.

What are you studying at Uni, JOno ? Do you go to Melbourne Uni or RMIT ?

 

[alternative]

Dhoni just dissapointed quite a few fans i guess
anyway CW's star player is batting now..

AA comon...

 

[pug]

Dhoni! Just when we needed him!

Oh well, AA. Maybe he took Jono's petition seriously.