Semi Finals and Final Discussion

[magsi23]

Superb victory by Pakistan, Wel done done boys you have made the whole nation proud

 

[Xuhaib]

Wild celebrations in all the major cities people going wild, entire Karachi has turned up at Afridi's residence.

 

[magsi23]

Wild celebration in UK as well, it felt to me i was in Karachi and not London, check out videos on youtube shortly

 

[Fusion]

*Waits for a great long post by Fusion*

. I have no words to describe how I feel right now. So no long post from me! I'm too busy celebrating anyway. I maybe in Texas, but me and other Pakistani supporters are going as wild as those in Karachi!

 

[Flem274*]

Congratulations Pakistan.

 

[Sanz]

Congratulations to Pakistan Team and Pakistan Fans. Well Played and well deserved.

 

[Sanz]

I want Mohd Aamir to be locked in a room with Wasim Akram for two years you can just see the potential but too raw for me to succeed atm.

 

[KiWiNiNjA]

Wow, what a win by Pakistan.

Awesome stuff.

 

[Quaggas]

Congratulations, Pakistan! And best of luck in 9 months for a great Sri Lankan team

 

[PhoenixFire]

Could anyone give me a heads-up as to whether Mohammed Aamir is actually 17 or not? I know that the ages given by the PCB aren't always 100% accurate, but if they are, then he is a seriously good bowler for a 17 year-old. Stick him in our u-17s league and you could guarantee he'd get 9 or more wickets every game.

 

[Burgey]

Well done to Pakistan, and to Sri Lanka for that matter.

Especially nice to see those two sides play the final, given events earlier this year.

 

[masterblaster]

Well done to Pakistan on a fantastic game and tournament. They played wonderfully well today and thoroughly deserved to win. This is a fantastic result for Pakistan Cricket and World Cricket in general and credit has to go to Younis Khan and the rest of the team for playing so well.

 

[Fusion]

Nice of Younis to dedicate this win to Woolmer. This one's for you Bob. We miss you.

 

[pasag]

Very happy for Younis, deserves it.

Weird championship huh? Who would have thought Pakistan would have won? Not even their biggest fans would have predicted this from the outset.

 

[Fusion]

Images of the reaction in Pakistan.

 

[99*]

Congrats Pakistan, well played.

 

[duffer]

Images of the reaction in Pakistan.

Last night was tough for me to watch. I didn't want Pakistan to win as theywere our "rivals" so to speak,and Lanka winning would mean all my Lankan mates (a lot of them) would never live it down.

But after seeing those pics I'm chuffed for Pakistani fans. If they felt anything like I felt when India won last time then it's awesome for them considering the situation in their country now. Hilarious that so many people wrote themoff pre-tournament. They were something like 13-4(?) in T20's going in, never write them off.

 

[tooextracool]

Very happy for Younis, deserves it.

Weird championship huh? Who would have thought Pakistan would have won? Not even their biggest fans would have predicted this from the outset.

Can you really 'predict' anything with Pakistan? They probably play their best cricket when the expectation on their team is minimal.

Well done to them though, i doubt too many teams had the kind of talent to beat the 2 most clinical sides in SA and SL back to back the way they did. IMO they had a far more balanced 'team' than SL as I mentioned before and I am glad that they won not to mention that cricket is a better sport for having these unpredictable and capricious talents than it would be without them. A consistent Pakistan would probably be the most boring thing in the world and its really what sets them apart.

 

[Noble One]

Well done to Pakistan.

Almost the perfect T20 performance against a very solid outfit in Sri Lanka. Afridi and Ajmal proved again to be the most dominating spin-twin combination in T20 cricket. Incredible ability for the two of them to put the brakes on every innings and simply hustle through 8 combined over’s in no time.

Afridi is indeed an enigma with the bat, maybe only comes off one year in every three. But he has won Pakistan a T20 world cup, dangerous cricketer now he demands selection more for his spin bowling ability.

Quality end to a pretty decent tournament.

 

[Shri]

Images of the reaction in Pakistan.

Just shows how much India and Pak are alike as far as cricket is concerned.

Pakistan started getting better and better as the tournament progressed imo and really became the best side in the competition when the semi final was over. Then, it was just a matter of carrying that momentum for another 40 overs on the finals. Deserving champions.