Twenty20 Super 8's

All OVER. Pak win by 33 runs. Great effort by pak bowlers and good batting by Malik and Khan. I am not impressed with Lankan batting at all. it was a dissapointing day at work for Jaysuriya. 

Edited by Ahmed - 17 September 2007 at 8:10pm

MalikBrother is back once again - so far, T20 has been exciting  - I just gave up the hope of Pakistan winning after dropping Akhtar, Yousuf and Razzaq, but instead Pakistan is beginning to become stronger and stronger -- it is really hard for Pakistan to WC cause Pakistan stills has to beat SA in semi final along with Australia in final which is not possible 

Edited by MalikBrother - 18 September 2007 at 4:03am

A fine win by Pakistan against a very good side. Malik and Younis (why was his name spelt so oddly on his shirt?) showed how to bat in this format - they didn't really go for it until they were well settled.
   The commentators had to eat their words after complaining about Younis' strike rate !  It goes to show that some serious hitting for just a few overs can transform a match - something that the likes of Wright and Prior would do well to heed.

   Jayasuriya can't do it in every match , but he'll be back. Afridi is more than useful with the ball and is well suited to this form of cricket.  Fernando didn't deserve to be on the losing side , he really impressed , but Pakistan's allround efforts won through - well done to them.

Losing prior could be a blessing,  he seems to have lost the plot, he looks lost in his role at opener, he looks gone to me.

 Matt Prior's thumb is fractured and he's finished for this series. A replacement is going to be called out and surely that can only strengthen England after Prior's dodgey form.

  A personal choice would be Nic Pothas - knows SA conditions backwards , bats well and is more than decent with the gloves - what do you guys think?

In this format it's unlikely that a team will fire every single time Mojo. They're still a quality outfit , but any side at 6-2 will find it difficult to get 180-odd.
     I still expect to see SL in the semis and if they won it I wouldn't be too surprised.

Caught on the fence mate - another meter and it was six ! 

  I hear he's exciting Clobs and he can get them off to a good start too. Let's hope whoever flies out isn't coming for a single match though!

 Yep , Nixon must be in the frame too. I'd like a look at Mustard though , new blood must be the way forward.

Originally posted by Sledger So Anderson strikes in the 1st over , but not before the slip was taken out!  Someone must tell Collingwood that lateral movement is commonplace in Durban and the slip cordon is always in the game..    .....put that slip back Colly !!!

to be fair to the skipper, watching the 1st over Anderson was down the leg side until the last two balls of the over so he felt compelled to act.

Going alright so far though

26-3 and Jimmy has two of them!  Might not need 20 overs to get through this mob !

Originally posted by Mojo Sitting in the ground, waving a Sri Lanka flag on the one day Sri Lanka chooses to lose the match.  Just my luck.

Edited by IbiZZle - 18 September 2007 at 9:35am

  Always does a bit early on in Durbs JP - Just hope it doesn't when that fella Bond has a go......

Originally posted by Sledger   Always does a bit early on in Durbs JP - Just hope it doesn't when that fella Bond has a go......

Originally posted by Sledger Havoc !!!!  Get rid of Styris or come home lads!