Hussey and Nannes take Pakistan and Australia into next round.
on May 5th, 2010 at 8:17 pmA 29 ball 47 by Hussey took both Australia and Pakistan into the second round. Australia were reeling at 6/65 the Australian batsmen couldn’t score freely against the left arm spinners of Bangladesh and the Aussie wickets kept on tumbling in an attempt to break free of the shackles.
Any thing could have been possible had Hussey and Steve Smith not rescued Australia. A 76 run partenrship in the last 7 overs took Australia’s total from 65\6 to 141.
The target was still achievable but the wicket had juice in it and none of the Bangladeshi batsmen showed any grit to stay on the wicket, I wonder why they didn’t played Tamim in today’s match.
So far almost all of the left arm orthodox leg spinners have been successful in this tournament, I hope Pakistan’s team manangement learns from today’s match and plays Rahman instead of Fawad Alam in super eight stage.
Bangladesh team has the talent but they don’t know how to pace their innings they are too trigger happy and probably this is the main reason that they don’t win many matches.
David Warner looked complete suspect against spin bowling, Australian team which looked invincible in St Lucia looked ordinary in slightly tougher conditions, probably Bangladesh’s fielding and disciplined line and length made the difference, the bounce in the pitch also strangely effected the Aussie batsmen. Australian batting line up does have depth but they also have some soft spots in their line up, they will struggle against teams with quality spin bowling.
Pakistan will have to lift up their morale and they will have to lift up their fielding especially the catching. Their batting has depth and variety but they have to figure out their team combination, with the exception of Ajmal and Aamer none of their bowler is bowling decently, the poor form of Afridi with the ball has been a big set back for Pakistan, hopefully he will adjust his bowling according to the conditions. Pakistan will have to make some tough choices in the next round but they should not drop any potential match winner from their line up, Pakistan should drop Fawad Alam and Sami and should bring in Rahman and Asif.
Pakistan’s next match will be at Kingston Oval the conditions over there are expected to suit our bowlers, hopefully Afridi will think clearly and pick the right combination.
Ba
Razzaq or Afridi should bat at number 3
Both can be heavily destructive and Pakistan must use this to their advantage
Recall how our fortune changed last year when BoomBoom was promoted to no3 and how wonderfully he began to play.
Maz
Pakistani people usually learn the hardway, in this age of electronic media people who have no knowledge of cricket have become cricket gurus and right about cricket and put pressure on PCB about the selection of the team based on their own personal bias, this is what is hurting our cricket the most.
Rahman should definitely play, and Afridi should shuffle the batting order because this one is not working may be he should switch places with Razzaq.
We are missing Malik now, I can feel it , Fawad is nowhere near as good as Malik was. Hafeez is mediocre.
Asif is lacking the “sting”
Hammad and Abdur Rehman must play against NZ
I think thats it for me I am not going to watch Pakistan play under this stupid captain. He doesn’t know how to make bowling changes, he doesn’t know how to place the field, and has no plan what so ever against any opposition.
Ajmal dropped three catches at the same spot, but this stubborn idiot is so brain dead that he didn’t replaced him within another fielder. Razzaq bowled an excellent over but he took him off after just one over, he doesn’t want to see razzaq excel, each time Razzaq comes in he has 2 or 3 overs left to bat but Afridi doesn’t want to change the batting order he is persisting with Hafeez as one down, there has been no innovation and he is just working on a set template.
Pakistan doesn’t deserve to win this tournament, a team which regularly drops four to five catches shouldn’t become champions. How can we blame the bowlers they are bound to look mediocre when every opportunity they create is let down by the fielders. And their captain is so defensive that he leaves so many gaps that it is impossible to bowl a dot ball.
Why he is persisting with Fawad he can’t score more than 15 today he also dropped an important catch.
Pakistan will never qualify for Semi finals under Shahid Afridi the way he is playing himself and the way he is leading the team.
Zag
Fawad cannot do big hitting all he can do is rotate strike without wasting too many deliveries, he does bat down the order and as you said we do colaapse quite often but how many times he has rescued Pakistan. None Ziltch.
Right now he should be out of the team and Rahman should play instead. How can bat and can is a much better bowler we need somebody to support Ajmal in the middle overs.
With our tendency to collapse, Pakistan needs Fawad Alam’s batting down the order…