Re: ICC World Twenty20, 2009 - Group B

by LeFromage Sun 07 Jun 2009, 20:43

Afridi? The guy's a joke batsman.

by PeterCS Sun 07 Jun 2009, 20:45

Hi Leosophee! I doubt it. True, you never know what to expect with Pakistan, but they shoudl be able to do an England ..... (((*cough* unless of course the bookies forbid it *cough*)))

by Allan D Sun 07 Jun 2009, 20:48

Broad's 3-17 best in a T20 international at The Oval beating Ian Butler's 3-19 against the Scots yesterday.

by beamer Sun 07 Jun 2009, 20:53

Dello wrote:Afridi? The guy's a joke batsman.

An all-rounder who's forgotten how to bat... a bit like another one we know. Even the present day Freddie wouldn't scratch around like Afridi today though.

by Guest Sun 07 Jun 2009, 20:54

PlanetPakistan wrote:

Afridi has to open in the next game

He has to remember which end of the bat to hold first.

by LeFromage Sun 07 Jun 2009, 20:54

At least Fred still keeps his eyes open when he swings at the ball...

by JKLever Sun 07 Jun 2009, 20:55

filosofee wrote:
beamer wrote:Pakistan need to start worrying about net run rate now, or they will have some serious work to do against Holland...

Oh, don't worry. The last time Pak lost to England in the early rounds of a WC they went on to win the cup!

Pak won the WC in SA? Thought Aus bt India in the final Wink

by JKLever Sun 07 Jun 2009, 20:57

Thought 185 may be too much - I reckon you would take that on the board 90% of the time.

Agree about Rashid, though still think his call up having played no T20 much was bizarre.

Good comeback from Broad after the other night, he's got bottle.

by LeFromage Sun 07 Jun 2009, 21:06

I'm starting to wonder if Luke Wright might actually be a good player in the making.

Really liked his bowling today.

I know, I need to lie down...

by JKLever Sun 07 Jun 2009, 21:09

Dello wrote:I'm starting to wonder if Luke Wright might actually be a good player in the making.

Really liked his bowling today.

I know, I need to lie down...

Recorded mentally for Dello to be utterly trashed at a later date.

by PlanetPakistan Sun 07 Jun 2009, 21:13

I think it will be wise to realize that the current Pakistan team isn't the world's most talented side any more..

We just don't have the players needed to win the big tournaments and a lot of talent is wasted due to stupidity of the players themselves.

Rob I wrote:
PlanetPakistan wrote:

Afridi has to open in the next game

He has to remember which end of the bat to hold first.

nice one... Very Happy

by Merlin Sun 07 Jun 2009, 21:15

Good solid effort by England.
All of them (for a change) played out of their skins.
Broad needs a special mention ... as Leve says ... good comeback after his Cloggie shockers ... and clever bowling tonight ... was on a hat-trick but no one picked that up on commentary.

by LeFromage Sun 07 Jun 2009, 21:20

JKLever wrote:
Dello wrote:I'm starting to wonder if Luke Wright might actually be a good player in the making.

Really liked his bowling today.

I know, I need to lie down...

Recorded mentally for Dello to be utterly trashed at a later date.

Might.

Hey, I'm taking a punt. It's the spirit of T20 - got to take a risk or two...

by PlanetPakistan Sun 07 Jun 2009, 21:21

English spinners were brilliant today especially if you consider the fact they had to deal with a wet ball.

by DJ_Smerk Sun 07 Jun 2009, 22:41

I'm glad England are sticking with Rashid.

by JKLever Sun 07 Jun 2009, 22:47

I think the key to this game is not playing the game with shackles on your feet when you bat and not fielding like tarts when you bowl.

Most sides can beat others on the day.

Holland v Pak will be interesting.

by beamer Sun 07 Jun 2009, 22:59

JKLever wrote:Holland v Pak will be interesting.

Pakistan will basically have to win it by a greater margin than England beat them by today. If the Dutch perform like they did the other night that won't be easy, and they will certainly deserve their place if they do play anything like that again.

Good all-round performance by England today, I wasn't sure if the score was quite enough but Pakistan never got going in reply. Credit to the players for showing some bouncebackability!

by PlanetPakistan Sun 07 Jun 2009, 23:10

beamer wrote:
JKLever wrote:Holland v Pak will be interesting.
Pakistan will basically have to win it by a greater margin than England beat them by today. If the Dutch perform like they did the other night that won't be easy, and they will certainly deserve their place if they do play anything like that again.

Good all-round performance by England today, I wasn't sure if the score was quite enough but Pakistan never got going in reply. Credit to the players for showing some bouncebackability!

Not really...
they lost by close to 50 today but they only have to win by close to 25

by LeFromage Sun 07 Jun 2009, 23:18

beamer wrote:Credit to the players for showing some bouncebackability!

They've got Iain Dowie on their coaching staff now...

by beamer Mon 08 Jun 2009, 00:19

Dello wrote:
beamer wrote:Credit to the players for showing some bouncebackability!

They've got Iain Dowie on their coaching staff now...

Hope not, after how much good it did Newcastle...

by LeFromage Mon 08 Jun 2009, 00:30

Well, they had to go down to give them the possibility of bouncebackability.

It's all part of a plan.

by Basil Mon 08 Jun 2009, 01:15

Match summary:

Pakistan - crap

England - not as crap as Pakistan

End of. Finito. Next.

by doremi Mon 08 Jun 2009, 04:13

was on a hat-trick but no one picked that up on commentary.

Probably because hat-tricks were cheaped by Yuvi and Rohit Sharma in the IPL.

by Henry Mon 08 Jun 2009, 04:22

I'm enjoying this tournament more than I enjoyed the IPL. Mark Nicholas not commentating and ejaculating over everything that happens on the field probably has something to do with it.

by The One Mon 08 Jun 2009, 06:34

PlanetPakistan wrote:I think it will be wise to realize that the current Pakistan team isn't the world's most talented side any more..

they werent since the mid 90s

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