*Official* Pakistan in the West Indies

[Nate]

Nice bowling from Collymore. He impressed me in a few ODIs, good to see him keeping it real in the test arena.

 

[Adamc]

pakistan...the jekyll and hyde of cricket!
at times immense at times not so...

[Inzamam joke goes here]

 

[deeps]

salman butt and imran nazir shld open the batting... give them an extended run. Yasir Hameed seems to have lost it, and needs to work back into it in the domestic arena. Salman Butt seems to struggle in the test matches, but is awesome in the one dayers.

I think if Butt doesn't improve his test batting, he may be labelled a one day player and yasir and nazir the permanent test openers. Tafeeq may have something to say about that.. I don't really rate imran farhat though

 

[LongHopCassidy]

Frankly, I'd stick with Yasir. He's got talent.

It's all about consistency.

 

[Beleg]

Talent?

Unless you mean writing the Prod 101 text-book on how to fish outside the off-stump and get out successfully.

 

[Adamc]

Collymore strikes in his first over. Third five-wicket haul for him.

 

[deeps]

rana struck on the hand by powell

retiring hurt


serious trouble for the pakistani bowling line up

 

[deeps]

Frankly, I'd stick with Yasir. He's got talent.

It's all about consistency.

yeh i said yasir for the future, but he seems very out of sorts atm..needs to go back and get confidence

 

[deeps]

95.3 Powell to Naved-ul-Hasan, no run, struck very hard to his right
hand, tried to flick but missed
Good decision by Rana who is walking off the ground

 

[deeps]

shabbir lasts 4 balls...

kaneria new man in blasts first ball to boudnary...

wonder how long he'll last, and wether rana will come back

 

[Adamc]

Pakistan down to their last pair now, assuming Rana doesn't return. Six for Collymore, he's taken seven on this ground previously, could well do it again.

 

[deeps]

99.2 Powell to Kamran Akmal, OUT: Unlucky Kamran! pitched on middle
stump, ball kept low, hit the pads, and unable to complete his 50

 

[deeps]

will rana return....he's a fighter

 

[deeps]

and this is why they pick him over shoaib akhtar... and why so many ppl love the guy now...and so many other gd things

99.4 Powell to Naved-ul-Hasan, no run, pushed into covers
99.3 Powell to Naved-ul-Hasan, no run

 

[Adamc]

will rana return....he's a fighter

Looks like he has. He's batting with Kaneria though, so i'm not sure it will achieve much.

 

[deeps]

Looks like he has. He's batting with Kaneria though, so i'm not sure it will achieve much.

every single run counts...i admire the guy greatly for his fighting spirit... shoaib shld take a leaf or two out of this guy's book.

a champion in his own right

 

[Adamc]

every single run counts...i admire the guy greatly for his fighting spirit... shoaib shld take a leaf or two out of this guy's book.

a champion in his own right

Yes, I agree, I just meant that it would probably have had more effect if Kamran was still in. Getting to 400 would make WI task seem much more difficult though.

 

[Adamc]

Oh well, that's it. Seven for Collymore once again.

 

[deeps]

100.3 Collymore to Danish Kaneria, OUT: thats the end of Pakistan's first
innings, what a day for Collymore, full ball on stumps and Kaneria
is clean bowled

collymore got his 7...and every run counts...except it didn't add anything

ah well, at least it wasn't rana's fault!

 

[andyc]

Pakistan needs 450+ if they want to win this... knowing them... they are equally capable of scoring 500 as well as collapsing to 350.

well said