Group A Discussion

And Kamran Akmal continues to impress - the Kiwis. What a sitter - vital drop catch - Akhatr's confidence will dip.

ross taylor got his birthday present, such a lovely guy kamran akmal is !!!!!!!!

I think NZL are all set to post a decent total at 80/2 after 20 overs. This pitch will ease out in the later stages. And boy can you ask for better birthday gift than the two that Taylor got from Akmal. What a champion.

Originally posted by zuhair_abbasi I think NZL are all set to post a decent total at 80/2 after 20 overs. This pitch will ease out in the later stages. And boy can you ask for better birthday gift than the two that Taylor got from Akmal. What a champion.

Think they need to step it up a notch... Guptill 40 off 70 probally aint really good enough on this pitch,  We need 280 minimum on gthis pitch i'd say.

Originally posted by zuhair_abbasi That is still possible with 8 wickets in hand - I'd say advantage NZL at this stage. Afridi wont take 5-for every time he bowls mate.

..As Afridi bowls Guptill. Lets see what Franklin can do, is a good player against spin.

ROSS tAYLOR IS DA MAN! Thats how its done boys, Lets see what you guys got..

Edited by 1Daz - 08 March 2011 at 12:48pm

We have got Kamran Akmal mate. No way we are chasing down this one. Hundered came off the last 5 overs - has to be a record.

And now the kiwis are backing it up up in the field!NZ going very well.. pak 38/4 afta 12

Originally posted by Amal Ridiculous Ridiculous display by Pakistan. Thanks God I missed the NZ innings, had to attend a 3 hr lecture on Entrepreneurship by a German professor. I hate Kamran Akmal, he dropped Taylor twice and he went on to score a century for NZ.I can't believe this. I can't see him in my team any more. Afridi already made Ajmal useless by asking him to bowl in last overs and now he is doing this with Rehman, Crap captaincy by him. If Akhtar was not totally fit, there was no need to consider him for today's match when you have two more options available. By the way what is the role of Razzak? Management is making him useless. He is not a bowling allrounder please for God. If they want to include him, he should play at number 3 i think. As Sam was saying we need one more bowler, we can't expect from Afridi to take wickets in every match. No body language, same mistakes in every game. They don't know how to bat, their bowling has been exposed today. This team stands nowhere. From here NZ will win by a big margin because i don't think so that after so much for them on the field Pakistani team are even in their senses.

After seeing how well Misbah played and captained the side against Nz in the recent series in nz I couldn't beleive they gave the captaincy to afridi for the world cup...sure Afridi is an awesome all round player but why try to fix some thing that aint broke, Pakistan always seem to comp[licate things..Why? thats the way I see it any way.

This team is surrounded by Morons actually, 1Daz. When you have people like Ijaz but on top, anything is expected.

Edited by Amal - 08 March 2011 at 2:47pm

This has to be like the 100th occasion when Kamran has lost PAK a game, well done Kammu your record can never be broken by anybody, you are a champion mate!
 
Such a pathetic situation that PAK do not have a keeper batsmen better than Kamran. How on earth can Kamran be called as a keeper?

No need to come hard on Afridi guyz, and no need for a captaincy debate Amal, let us not get too harsh on them after just one defeat. It is good that it has come now rather than in the KO's.

PAK need to consider playing one extra bowler in place of Shahzad, esp if Abdur Rahman is playing. Razzaq is such a good player, he needs to bat higher up and I'd like to see this change against ZIM.

Originally posted by sam_ahmed PAK should ensure they finish in such a position that they do not get to play at the Premadasa neither the QF's nor the SF's.

 Sam , be grateful Pakistan have 6 points and will be in the quarter finals !  I've been highly critical of England's bowling in the first two matches , but last night's effort by Shoaib,Razzak and Rehman at the death was unspeakably awful.  This was the old Pakistan at their worst and along with Akmal's hapless wicketkeeping made them the laughing stock of the competition.   I was beginning to think this group of players were laying the ghost to rest of Pakistan's pathetic , even suspicious displays - now I'm not so sure.     Taylor , McCullum and Oram didn't explode at the death - they didn't have to , any decent club cricketer could have cleared the rope off the dross that was sent down - it was a disgrace and what was obvious to me was the bowlers didn't care.
             Any team can have a poor game , can drop the intensity after qualifying but that didn't happen here.    Until the 44th over , Akmal's blunders apart , Pakistan were doing okay and the match was in the balance.   But then the next 16 overs or so sealed Pakistan's fate - and NZ had little part in it.   It was inevitable that the Pakistani top order would implode - and this is not after the event , at the pub I told all and sundry that the top 4 or 5 won't get the total past 50 - I know this Pakistan ! 
           It's obvious that I'm angry because cricket has lost credibility once again and Pakistan are the culprits yet again. In the last WC it was against Ireland when they imploded and now this - it infuriates me.  
           The ICC must ask questions because this wasn't simply poor cricket , it was way beyond that - this was bringing the game into disrepute.

I'm a little calmer now mate !   Okay they were simply awful , but will there be changes now ?  I've been through plenty of papers to get Waqar's comments and can't find a single quote !  Has he said anything on Pakistani TV or radio - he didn't look very happy.

Being a Pakistani supporter must be as tough as it gets. Beat the highly rated Sri Lankans in their own back garden and then battered by an average New Zealand side.  What chance against Australia - a side who have a tremendous one day record against Pakistan?     They'll probably belt Ponting and company !!

Magnifico Ross!!! Simply Magnifico!! Bravo man take a Bow!!
Superb stuff by Ross, seemed to be really struggling early in the innings and before coming into this match. But we all know what a class he is. Surely one of the Top 10 in the world at the moment, atleast in terms of talent. What that innings has done is that NZ finally register their 1st win in the sub-continent after a string of 10-11 losses against the test sides.
Damn just when i thought NZ would be the safest bet in the QF.

Lot of Q's to be answered for Pakistan. Death bowling one of them. Thought Afridi got through Gul's quota a touch too early. Razzaq is simply not the answer in the death.
I agree with earlier comments Pakistan one bowler short. Will have quiet a few flaws to iron out before that Australia game.
And what do i say that has not been said of Kamran. Hmmmm...