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Permalink Reply by Sheikh Adeel Danish on September 19, 2007 at 4:26am

wowww...

we are in semi-finalz
after a very long time in any big tournament ....
...
yar this man misbah is doing a fantastic job in middle order..
how cool he is...
opposite to imran nazir...
:-)

i dun know wat imran nazir wants..i mean m v confuzd with his approach...
try to hit every ball..
personally i feel after this 20/20 we shud give chance to a Karachiite Opener "Khalid Latif"
i have seen him playing..
he really has talent n temperament
...
just scored 100 against aussies in A-side

Permalink Reply by Suhaib Jalis Ahmed on September 19, 2007 at 5:52am

Pakistan's performance has been incredible in this tournament. I remember Tony Greig's comments a few days ago, in which he was not giving Pakistan any chance against Sri Lanka and Australia.

I was skeptical of bring Misbah-ul-Haq ahead of Yousuf, but he has turned out to be a gem of a player. Shoaib Malik also deserves praise as he batted Pakistan out of trouble twice in the last two days.

I have never seen a Pakistani outfit outplaying the Aussies like that. Sohail's opening spell, Afridi's wicket-maiden, Younis' fielding, the last 3 overs by the pacers gave away only 16 runs. After that the superb batting display by Malik and Misbah...everything was just perfect.

However, the top-order is non-existent. We have seen them fail four times in four innings. I back Afridi to open while the fielding restrictions are still there. I am a big supporter of Salman Butt, but I don't know if he should be in the Twenty20 side. But at least he is trying to improve. Imran Nazir's performance has been simply mindless.

Permalink Reply by Suhaib Jalis Ahmed on September 21, 2007 at 6:14am

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http://pages.tvunetworks.com/channels/#
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Permalink Reply by Suhaib Jalis Ahmed on September 21, 2007 at 6:17am

I believe the creators of the bow-out rule were inspired by the penalty shoot-outs in soccer. However, even in soccer, we have penalty shoot-outs only in the knock-out stages, e.g. Quarterfinals, Semifinals and Finals.

We dont need a bowl-out in the Group Stage or in the Super 8, simply because we dont need a winner. There are some people who are suggesting that both teams be given one more over to bat. The team with the highest score at the end wins! I agree with this suggestion,provided we only use this approach in knock-out stages.

By the way, the match againt Pakistan and India has been counted as a draw by statisiticians.
So Pakistan is the only undefeated team in this tournament.

I hope Pakistan picks up its act against the Black Caps, their performance against the Bangladeshis was not at all convincing

Permalink Reply by Suhaib Jalis Ahmed on September 22, 2007 at 6:35pm

I was hoping the Aussies would make it.... a final againt India is just too tense.

I sure hope Pakistan win Inshallah. There are not a lot of Pakistanis where I am right now. A Pakistani win will sure silence them. Anything otherwise would result in me hearing tons of crap from the Indians.