Focus now has to be on the tourney, I'm happy with the  squad, just a matter of performing now, and performing well.

following it on cricinfo, AUS have put up an impressive 168/7... interesting to see (or may be in my case read) if Pakistan can get there! Go Boys!!!

on Afridi, mystery he is overrated, I don't have anything against him, I'd love to have him in there if he performs, but even his bowling is not always up to the mark, agreed he is a fair enough bowler but you look at the balance, for example if there was Razzaq or Hammad playing instead of him yesterday, Pakistan would have had a fast bowling all rounder, rather than another spinner (because Afridi isn't exactly a batsmen, you cannot rely on him) so you see the balance is better without him. Afridi is just a bowler, but PAK need a genuine allrounder in place of him, someone more reliable with the bat.

Unfortunate and disappointing for Pakistan fans, admit they just weren't good enough, the middle order fell at least 30-40 runs short after the kind of start the openers gave, the bowling was one dimensional, for a change I'd agree with Raj, the Aussies would know what to do, so much so that they opened with David knowing one spinner had to open the bowling. 4 spinners is not an option, esp when you know Dew is a major factor, not when you are Pakistan, Pakistan which has produced Imran Khan, Wasim Akram, Waqar Younus, Shoaib Akhtar, Mohammed Asif, Mohammed Aamer, Aaqib javed... 4 spinners??? where are we going, is this the same old Pakistan??? I don't think so.

secondly I'd like to congratulate Australia, this is one of the most special wins, unbelievably hot conditions, slow wickets, sluggish outfield, you wouldn't give them chance, but here they are, what a professional outfit, what a performance without Shane Watson, world's leading all rounder (arguably), the will to win, the will to perform, the will to succeed has beaten Pakistan, who unfortunately hardly, if ever, look inspired. Well done Michael Clarke and his men!

I don't believe in crying over what has happened though, the focus now shifts to T20's with the WT20 and CLT20 lined up over the next two months, an opportunity for Pakistan to identify some young talent, and draft them into the ODI side, lets look forward, this is a talented team, we all know that, the grooming has to be there though, God willing, their time will come.

As I said , 4 spinner in a 50 over format was risky, firstly the lone fast bowler ( Junaid) would be targetted for sure, secondly Aussies would have had mentally prepared to attack spin, coz there isn't a fast bowler who would come back and bowl, so they had to attack spinners.

see Afridi in and Afridi out mystery, I don't have anything against him and I know once in a while he does win games on his own, however, I think Pakistan, at least in ODI's, are better off without Afridi, there are definitely better bowlers than Shahid out there and even Saeed Ajmal can bat better than him at times, so why have him in ODI's, T20's I'm absolutely OK, but ODI's NO.
 

Will be absolutely wonderful if he can become as good as Salim Malik, Zuhair! I hope so...

Very good performance by Pakistan so far, 136/1 in 27 overs, Hafeez going strong and Jamshed played well again, what pleases me the most is that of late Pakistan have had good opening partnerships and the moment this has started to happen, the results are showing, now Pakistan are winning a lot more, I remember almost all of us talking about Pakistan's opening problems and how that is one of the most important factors in them not winning more often.

With a solid platform set, Pakistan should look for 300 may be, can never ever underestimate Australia, spinners or anyone, they are a professional unit and will give their best when they come out to bat.

By the way Pak 112/0 in 23 overs setting a great platform.

I'm still not entirely convinced about Asad (he is good but some how I feel he needs to be more consistent and a bit more aggressive) but surey Azhar is here to stay and can be a player like Ijaz Ahmed for Pakistan, Umer Akmal can be the next Inzamam! 

Nasir has played some good knocks in the past but this is definitely his best, for the first time I'd say he played an excellent knock in difficult conditions and under pressure, well done Nasir. Aussies will continue to struggle against Spin, and with Junaid, pakistan have found an able replacement for Aamer, this lad Junaid is going to be a BIG star, inshallah.

I'm very confident of a come back though, God willing, the way Australia were clueless against spin of Ajmal, Hafeez and Afridi, I'm very very hopeful that Pakistan will be able to win the next two games and with that the series.

Afghanistan gave good fight to the aussies in the first game, which was a warm up for the aussies.

Eagerly looking forward to this series, an important one for Pakistan going in to the World T20. Go boys, get the job done!