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Sparkling Afridi can't hide Pakistan defects


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Yaqoot Mir
Wake up call indeed
by Yaqoot Mir on Mar 04, 2011 09:11 PM

Wake up call came a knockin for the Paks, it is certainly a fragile batting line up but I think its better to have these games at this stage then at the knockout stage kudos to them for accelerating in at elast one department against a weak team, real test is the QF, SF stage where the likes of India and England and SA are waiting, Pakistan does not have 'it' but I still think its a good enough team to take down anyone on a relatively good day. Teh bans hurt the bowling but again hats off to the now old shoaib akhtar he is certainly giving it 100% and Wahab Riaz together with Umer Gul Pakistan has still managed to cobble together a 145 KM range trio of quicks.

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Debarshi Das
Canada
by Debarshi Das on Mar 04, 2011 05:29 PM  | Hide replies

It was so sad to see how canadians succumb to the spirited Pakistan although they got perhaps the best chance of this tournament. In my opinion the problems were these canadians dont have patriotic spirit like the Irish have. Almost all of them are migrated or second generation of immigrated Indians or Pakistanis; evidently playing for country spirit was less than the Pakistanis. Also it seemed they are inspired by Rahul Dravid type of defensive batting rather than take the challenge to the opponent's court.

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vijay anand
Re: Canada
by vijay anand on Mar 05, 2011 07:30 AM
the socalled dravid's defensive batting has won india more victories compared to sachin selfish type and overhyped ganguly who always struggled against bouncers.

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Puneet Mahajan
Re: Canada
by Puneet Mahajan on Mar 05, 2011 02:34 AM
Totally buy your point on the painfully slow defensive batting though :) I guess they were overawed and never really believed that they can win..

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Puneet Mahajan
Re: Canada
by Puneet Mahajan on Mar 05, 2011 02:33 AM
Dude, I live in Canada and while what you say is correct to some extent, it is unfair to label the Canadian team as unpatriotic. All Indian & Pak origin players in the team are 2nd or 3rd generation Canadians and they do not have an identity crisis- they identify more with Canada than India or Pak. How many Indian or Paki players are "patriotic" in the true sense of the word is anybody's guess.

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Anurag Rathore
Pakistan looks one man army.....
by Anurag Rathore on Mar 04, 2011 04:01 PM  | Hide replies

They can enjoy their success till knockout stage. After that one batting failure and they will be out from the tournament. 184 can't be defended against quality batting opponents like Srilanka, SA, Eng and India.

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Guest
Re: Pakistan looks one man army.....
by Guest on Mar 04, 2011 05:24 PM
Dirty bowling by Afridi. For the fourth wicket he has clearly thrown(chucked) the ball. ICC must check this camera recording behind bowlers arm immigiately and should ban Afridi from rest of the tournament! and should fine Pakistani team for cheating oppents.

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ravindra
Re: Re: Pakistan looks one man army.....
by ravindra on Mar 04, 2011 05:55 PM
Yes Afridi thrown the ball

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Against Pseudos
Re: Re: Pakistan looks one man army.....
by Against Pseudos on Mar 05, 2011 06:41 PM
Guest:

Well said... we can't afford to have him bowling in case we meet them in the Quarter Finals... :)

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manish rogi
Re: Re: Pakistan looks one man army.....
by manish rogi on Mar 04, 2011 08:07 PM
If he is chucking, what will you call Bhajji's doosara?

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vijai alex
Re: Re: Re: Pakistan looks one man army.....
by vijai alex on Mar 04, 2011 08:17 PM
Bhajji bowls a decent delivery unlike afridi rather bowling throwssss like a stone...

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Guest
Re: Pakistan looks one man army.....
by Guest on Mar 04, 2011 05:23 PM
Dirty bowling by Afridi. For the fourth wicket he has clearly thrown(chucked) the ball. ICC must check this camera recording behind bowlers arm immigiately and should ban Afridi from rest of the tournament! and should fine Pakistani team for cheating oppents.

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sohaib
Re: Pakistan looks one man army.....
by sohaib on Mar 04, 2011 04:39 PM
As u said quater finals will be last for them..!

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Anurag Rathore
Re: Re: Pakistan looks one man army.....
by Anurag Rathore on Mar 04, 2011 05:33 PM
I don't think they can play 3 matches(QF, Semi and Final) in a row without collapsing their batting once.

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Against Pseudos
Re: Re: Re: Pakistan looks one man army.....
by Against Pseudos on Mar 05, 2011 06:42 PM
:) But as long as they bowl as they are bowling now, they'd still be in with a chance...

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Jason Herbert
Pakistan better win the world cup
by Jason Herbert on Mar 04, 2011 01:21 PM

for the sake of the life of the coach and the captain and maybe even the team players. God bless their souls

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VENKATESAN GURUSWAMY
I think this time its Pak's turn to win WC 2011
by VENKATESAN GURUSWAMY on Mar 04, 2011 01:12 PM

There is no doubt that this time Pak will win WC 2011.But provided they should show good performance against Aussies.Afridi in great form and supported well by his bowlers

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Ten Percent
Without a doubt, Afrid is the best of all
by Ten Percent on Mar 04, 2011 12:28 PM  | Hide replies

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Koduvayur
Re: Without a doubt, Afrid is the best of all
by Koduvayur on Mar 04, 2011 12:46 PM
he is in great foam

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malapaka seshasai
UDRS faulty
by malapaka seshasai on Mar 04, 2011 12:24 PM  | Hide replies

Other day Ian Baell was declared not out stating he is 2.5 meters away from the wicket. Today Chigumbura of Zimbabwe was declared out though he is more than 2.5 meters away. Why this irregularity in declaration This inconsistency prompted Indian team to not agree for UDRS at all and this decision of Indian team is correct. Why Dhoni is asked to learn properly, today please tell me, who has to learn more with the UDRS on ZIM team

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Against Pseudos
Re: UDRS faulty
by Against Pseudos on Mar 05, 2011 06:46 PM
Seshasai:

Clearly YOU have to learn more... :)

Other day, the third umpire referred Ian Bell's decision back to the on field umpire because the impact was 2.5 metres away from the wicket.

Today the third umpire referred Chigumbura's decision back to the on field umpire as the impact was 2.5 metres away from the wicket.

WHAT in this series of events did you NOT understand? The only difference was that Chigumbura didn't show dissent by holding a press conference and did not demonstrate his "fantastic" knowledge of the rules of UDRS... :)

Agree? ;-)

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Public
Re: UDRS faulty
by Public on Mar 04, 2011 12:34 PM
All personnal (white) are against India to win world cup.

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Against Pseudos
Re: Re: UDRS faulty
by Against Pseudos on Mar 05, 2011 06:46 PM
Public:

Very well said... After we won 17 World Cups in a row, they would naturally be scared... :)

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NeutralMan
India
by NeutralMan on Mar 04, 2011 12:22 PM  | Hide replies

In India England matches, there was a LBW review but Empire give notout, why? but in other matches TV empires are reversing the decision of field empire.

Why Bell not given out by TV empire but okay shows that ball hitting the stumps?
Anyone has answer for this?



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officer shibu
Re: India
by officer shibu on Mar 04, 2011 01:33 PM
becos only umpire can give out,not empire :D

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Nitesh naidu
Re: Re: India
by Nitesh naidu on Mar 04, 2011 03:52 PM
good one ..lol

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Against Pseudos
Re: India
by Against Pseudos on Mar 05, 2011 06:49 PM
BiasedMan:

The TV "empire" didn't give Chigumbura out either... :)

Both Bell and Chigumbura decisions were referred to the on field umpires becoz the impact was 2.5 metres away which renders UDRS ineffective as per clearly laid out rule - which neither Dhoni nor you seem to understand even after reading it ten times... signs of learning disorder? :)

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Radhakrishnan
Dark Horse
by Radhakrishnan on Mar 04, 2011 12:14 PM  | Hide replies

Before the tournament began, I was saying the Pakistan is the dark horse. Now they are one of the favorites with Australia and Sri Lanka.


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plain
Re: Dark Horse
by plain on Mar 04, 2011 12:20 PM
I was also of the same opinion, and still am.

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pkr ramesh
Re: Dark Horse
by pkr ramesh on Mar 04, 2011 12:53 PM
Pakistan will not win finals. Contenders are Aussies,England and if they dont choke S Africa

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Bada Bhai
Re: Re: Dark Horse
by Bada Bhai on Mar 04, 2011 02:24 PM
Mr. ramesh will you put your money on England

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pkr ramesh
Re: Re: Re: Dark Horse
by pkr ramesh on Mar 05, 2011 12:16 PM
After ashes performance I would put my money on them Mr Bada Bhai. They are most balanced team in this WC

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Venugopalan
Re: Dark Horse
by Venugopalan on Mar 04, 2011 12:40 PM
but pakistan's battling is their weak point...see yesterdays game against lowly placed canada..

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Against Pseudos
Re: Re: Dark Horse
by Against Pseudos on Mar 05, 2011 06:50 PM
Venugopalan:

But they didn't TIE the match nor gave away 283 runs to the "lowly placed" canada... :)

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Koduvayur
Re: Re: Dark Horse
by Koduvayur on Mar 04, 2011 12:42 PM
good observation..

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veerapuram dharan
aus pak SA and ?
by veerapuram dharan on Mar 04, 2011 12:12 PM  | Hide replies

wish pak,SA and aus are the dark horses for SF. teh fourth one will always be tricky between england, ind and lanka..

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Indraneel Mandal
Re: aus pak SA and ?
by Indraneel Mandal on Mar 04, 2011 12:34 PM
So many dark horses? Then who's the favourite? Ireland? Canada?? Kenya???....

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