Australia vs Pakistan 2012

[simon]

how about another tie?

[Nadim]

why these young Gen pak player says "b.....d" everytime they hit a boundary or gets a wk...just saw U. Akmal saying that

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[shams91]

Super Over + Another Super Over?

Some Game this!

[shams91]

Pakistan Wins

[Dilscoop]

This is what I hate about cricket. **** load of time to get the play going. Just bowl the damn ball! They should give start timing these sort of things like football.

[Nadim]

Haha poor Hogg..missed the easy runout

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[mufi_02]

poor over from Cummins

[simon]

Pakistan

good fight Aus.

Cummins choked big time.
Respect to the crowd.

[shams91]

Originally Posted by nadim 98
Haha poor Hogg..missed the easy runout

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Run out does not matter, As Pak hit more boundaries.

Big Problem for us.. Pakistan will be full of confidence

[Dilscoop]

Originally Posted by simon
how about another tie?

Then bowl out! Too bad they won't do it. Boundaries decides.

[Tiger444]

What a great game! Congrats to Pakistan for winning a thriller!

[BengaliPagol]

Cummins could have won it for the team. At a stage he nearly did by hitting a 6 in the dying stages of the match but the over that he bowled was really shocking. How could he bowl short and wide to Umar Akmal? He also tried bowling bouncers which is really astounding. He pretty much threw away the match at that point. George Bailey should have let Mitchell Starc bowl. He would have made an attempt to keep things tight.

Its really suprising that Australia do have a capable T20 team but its just not clicking for them at the moment. I think they should include Shaun Marsh in the T20 team. He is a genuine strokemaker in this format and it suits him. He should be dropped from the national team just because he did bad in tests. They should judge each player according the particular format that they are playing in. Australia need to look to strengthen their middle order.

Australia's T20 team
1. David Warner
2. Shane Watson
3. Shaun Marsh
4. Michael Hussey
5. George Bailey
6. David Hussey
7. Matthew Wade
8. James Pattinson
9. Brad Hogg
10. Mitchell Starc
11. Ben Hilfenhaus

[Gowza]

yeah shaun marsh is a really good t20 batsman. as far as cummins goes i know he has pace at a young age, and he can bowl some good balls but really i've not been impressed with him. starc and pattinson more talented imo.

[Gowza]

Originally Posted by BengaliPagol
Cummins could have won it for the team. At a stage he nearly did by hitting a 6 in the dying stages of the match but the over that he bowled was really shocking. How could he bowl short and wide to Umar Akmal? He also tried bowling bouncers which is really astounding. He pretty much threw away the match at that point. George Bailey should have let Mitchell Starc bowl. He would have made an attempt to keep things tight.

Its really suprising that Australia do have a capable T20 team but its just not clicking for them at the moment. I think they should include Shaun Marsh in the T20 team. He is a genuine strokemaker in this format and it suits him. He should be dropped from the national team just because he did bad in tests. They should judge each player according the particular format that they are playing in. Australia need to look to strengthen their middle order.

Australia's T20 team
1. David Warner
2. Shane Watson
3. Shaun Marsh
4. Michael Hussey
5. George Bailey
6. Matthew Wade
7. Daniel Christian
8. James Pattinson
9. Brad Hogg
10. Mitchell Starc
11. Ben Hilfenhaus

only thing is dave hussey is very useful with his aggressive batting and tidy offspin, tbh i'd probably play him over christian....

[BengaliPagol]

Originally Posted by Gowza
only thing is dave hussey is very useful with his aggressive batting and tidy offspin, tbh i'd probably play him over christian....

whoops i completely forgot about Dave Hussey

[zinatf]

That's some classy performance from Ajmal

[Gowza]

ajmal is by far the best spinner in the world atm, in all formats.

[zinatf]

Originally Posted by Gowza
ajmal is by far the best spinner in the world atm, in all formats.

Yes, I agree. How I wish Shakib reaches this position in future...

[Gowza]

Originally Posted by zinatf
Yes, I agree. How I wish Shakib reaches this position in future...

imho, he certainly has a chance.

[zinatf]

Let's see...if only we played Tests more....

[Gowza]

Originally Posted by zinatf
Let's see...if only we played Tests more....

yes an obstacle, if only BD got 2 full seasons of test cricket, i don't think people would be complaining about them anymore. i think the lack of test cricket has really hampered BD's development in that format. 2 full seasons and by the end of it BD will be performing significantly better, especially with pybus in charge. but they have to be full seasons, i'm talking 10 or more test matches each year for a couple of years.

[zinatf]

Originally Posted by Gowza
yes an obstacle, if only BD got 2 full seasons of test cricket, i don't think people would be complaining about them anymore. i think the lack of test cricket has really hampered BD's development in that format. 2 full seasons and by the end of it BD will be performing significantly better, especially with pybus in charge. but they have to be full seasons, i'm talking 10 or more test matches each year for a couple of years.

10?!....we hardly played any test matches this year....damn you ICC and BCB!

[Gowza]

Originally Posted by zinatf
10?!....we hardly played any test matches this year....damn you ICC and BCB!

yes that many if not more. have a look at how many matches each team has played in the last 12 months: http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/eng...ults;type=team

BD and zim have played way to few test matches, they won't improve unless they play matches. meanwhile the other teams play so many more and continue to improve. BD has played 4, zim 2, the next lowest is india on 9, then a number of teams have palyed 11 and some have played 13.

incidently BD haven't played one single test match this year, the last one was in december of last year.

[Banglatiger84]

Originally Posted by Gowza
ajmal is by far the best spinner in the world atm, in all formats.

He is the best but not "by far".
Shakib and Swann are not a whole lot worse than him

What i find intersting about ajmal is his career trajectory; unlike other of their good bowlers who all of sort of "burst into the scene" with excellent performances soon after their Debut, Ajmal has been a lot more anonymous in earlier times, only getting better with time

I remember watching him live few years back and he seemed like a run of the mill offspinner; someone brought in to fill the obligatory spinner slot, but who was not a patch on their fast bowlers or previous spinners.

[Gowza]

tests in the last 2 years

ajmal: ave 23.82, strike rate 55.5, 6.1 wickets per match, econ 2.57
shakib: ave 28.61, strike rate 61.8, 4.2 wickets per match, econ 2.77
swann: ave 33.92, strike rate 69.3, 3.6 wickets per match, econ 2.93

ODIs last 2 years

ajmal: ave 20.26, strike rate 29.3, 1.7 wickets per match, econ 4.13
shakib: ave 24.84, strike rate 32.5, 1.6 wickets per match, econ 4.57
swann: ave 27.04, strike rate 36.7, 1.4 wickets per match, econ 4.41

t20Is last 2 years

ajmal: ave 15.40, strike rate 16.4, 1.3 wickets per match, econ 5.63
shakib: ave 22.20, strike rate 19.2, 1,25 wickets per match, econ 6.93
swann: ave 23.27, strike rate 21.8, 1 wicket per match, econ 6.40

so over the last 2 years ajmal is ahead of shakib and swann in every department in every format. ajmal is comfortably ahead of the other 2, the closest is shakib in ODIs.