Prince EWS
Global Moderator
Mahmudullah still to come too. This could well be close.
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Group A - Pakistan, Australia, Bangladesh
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King Pietersen
International Captain
Pretty awful innings from Mahmudullah. Really need Mushfiqur and Ashrafool to bat through. Has been a tidy over from Sami, wasn't expecting it to go this well at the death for Sami tbh.
BoyBrumby
Englishman
King Pietersen
International Captain
Interesting that Aamer's being used now. Guessing the logic is that if he picks up Ashraful now, it's effectively game over. Hopefully we'll get a tight end.
King Pietersen
International Captain
Pathetic. What on earth was he playing that for? Moronic shot selection screws up Bangladesh once again.
King Pietersen
International Captain
All over. Pretty disappointing end really. Had potential to be a close game when Ashrafool and Shakib were going well, but once again moronic shot-selection has been their down-fall. To be fair to Pakistan though, they did bowl well. Aamer, Sami and Ajmal all bowled very nicely, with Hafeez going ok too. Sami took important wickets at vital stages of the game, and proved to be a very good selection. Decent performance from the holders.
cricman
International 12th Man
we needed boundaries .... He makes that shot 9 out 10 times
I agree with Chappell tho, He needs to get rid of those shots premeditated crap (besides the lap shot).
If Aftab played and Kapali was selected this could have been ours
Faisal1985
International Vice-Captain
Ajmal handled things very well at the end. The weak link is Afridi himself especially his bowling has got to improve.
And i would have preferred to see Umar to come after Kamran was out instead of Afridi and then Razzaq.
Anyways, i think Bangladesh could have easily won this one. Ashraful played a stupid shot. Single, doubles and an odd boundary would have sealed it for Bangladesh.
Faisal1985
International Vice-Captain
Bowled well, deserves credit.
Xuhaib
International Coach
did well but I still maintain he is not even a bowler.
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
Unlike the other ridiculously bad bowlers going around, I always hope Sami does well when he plays for some reason. I know he's rubbish in Tests but I always hope he turns it around. I guess it's because I actually think he's a bit under-rated on forums and such - sure he's a hopeless Test bowler but I think it's fair to say that his record doesn't quite reflect how likely he is to perform well as he can bowl a decent spell from time to time. He's a key wicket-taker in ODIs as well; he's always been over-criticised in that format.
Xuhaib
International Coach
I know people are harsh on Sami but I think thats because when he came on the scene people first reaction was here comes another sub25 avg pace bowler from Pakistan.Initially eventhough results were not coming but you could see the potential and it felt it was just a matter of time before he will get it right like Shoiab did (Shoaib and Sami have a very similar record for their first 50 test wickets).
I think Sami is not as mentally strong as Shoaib and as results eluded him he got frunstrated and that was the time when he started bowling real garbage and was righfully drop.As for odi's his economy for that format is quite poor though he can get you a few wickets.
