**Official**VB Series 2005 Australia,Pakistan,West Indies.

[Mister Wright]

Collins has two wickets early.

Victoria 2/67 (14).

 

[tooextracool]

I liked the look of Hafeez when he was in England. Wouldn't he be a good like-for-like replacement for Shoaib Malik?

i too thought that hafeez showed plenty of potential in england, especially in pacing his innings and batting till the end. unfortunately since that first ODI in the natwest challenge, his performance have gone down the drain. averages over 40 in tests though, although his only opponents have been b'desh.

 

[Mister Wright]

Victoria won by 7 wickets 3/205 in 32 overs. Elliot made 87 (98) & Hussey 83* (62).

Collins 2/26 (7) Bravo 1/20 (2).

 

[Eclipse]

Is he actually the best option for that role?

No he's not, he is not a very good slogger, very strong and he can certainly hit hard but it's just not his natrual game to slog.

I think the Aussie selectors just want him in the team for some reason..

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Seems needlessly pessimistic unless you have some solid evidence. The reports I've read suggest he's looking good and raring to go for the new season.

I wish I weren't so pessimistic, but they said he was ready to go last season and he bowled medium-paced trash and then got injured again. One would hope I'm proven wrong, but my gut says otherwise.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Victoria won by 7 wickets 3/205 in 32 overs. Elliot made 87 (98) & Hussey 83* (62).

Collins 2/26 (7) Bravo 1/20 (2).

Good to see Collins finding some rhythm straight away.

 

[Mister Wright]

Good to see Collins finding some rhythm straight away.

About the only one.

 

[garage flower]

About the only one.

I'm not going to worry too much at this stage - there's bound to be a bit of rust. Hopefully, things will start to come together over the weekend against Australia A.

 

[vic_orthdox]

good to see david hussey further his case for selection, 5 sixes in his 80 off 60 odd. i'd love to see him and his bro put on a big stand in the Aus 'A' game.

 

[Craig]

Pakistan have no chance of making it to the final as they ae completely demoralised now, have just one specialist bowler in shoaib (Asif and khalil are crap so can't be considered) and the loss of Malik and Razzak(?) is a huge blow to them.

Final... Aus vs WI
Winner Aus

Mohammad Asif was anything but crap in the Sydney Test. Did you actually watched the Test match or just looked at the figures?

Razzaq is hit or miss IMO and is vastly over-rated.

 

[Craig]

About the only one.

To be fair it is their first match in 102 days so I don't think it will mean much to them.

Hey if they win the VB Series, they won't care at the slighest!

 

[Mister Wright]

Can anyone please explain to me why Kaneria has been sent home by Pakistan and will not be playing in the VB Series?

 

[bryce]

the pakistani management don't rate him as a one-day bowler, as you will see on his record he as not played alot of ODI's compared with tests, still i think he should of definately been included, also has mohammud sami been sent home because of injury or simply not picked?

 

[Mister Wright]

the pakistani management don't rate him as a one-day bowler, as you will see on his record he as not played alot of ODI's compared with tests, still i think he should of definately been included, also has mohammud sami been sent home because of injury or simply not picked?

IMO it shouldn't matter if he doesn't have a good ODI record, he has proven that he can deceive the Australian batsman, and has performed well.

 

[bryce]

yeah it seems like he's a really accurate bowler too so they must discount him because of his lack of batting and fielding skills, sounds like the stuart macgill argument all over again

 

[Linda]

Are Pakistan delusional? Surely they cannot send home their best performed, and most promising player?!
What does it matter if hes a bunny, and a shocker in the feild? He can bowl well to the best side in the world, and try his guts out, which is alot more than any of those other Pakistani bowlers did.

 

[LongHopCassidy]

Sadly, you have to be adept in at least 2 of the 3 skills of batting, bowling or fielding to be successful in one-day cricket.

Although I agree beggars can't be choosers, with Danish the only front line spin option for Pakistan.

 

[Mister Wright]

Sadly, you have to be adept in at least 2 of the 3 skills of batting, bowling or fielding to be successful in one-day cricket.

Although I agree beggars can't be choosers, with Danish the only front line spin option for Pakistan.

No you don't. Bevan & Lehmann have been getting away with being shocking fielders for pretty much their entire careers.

 

[age_master]

Are Pakistan delusional? Surely they cannot send home their best performed, and most promising player?!
What does it matter if hes a bunny, and a shocker in the feild? He can bowl well to the best side in the world, and try his guts out, which is alot more than any of those other Pakistani bowlers did.

yeah i dont know how he would go but his bowling record is pretty good in domestic OD cricket i thought.

 

[Craig]

yeah i dont know how he would go but his bowling record is pretty good in domestic OD cricket i thought.

Yes he has 106 wickets @ 23.58 with a s/r of 34.6 and an econ of 4.08.

In his ten ODI's he has 9 wickets @ 42.44 with a s/r of 60.2 with an econ of 4.22.