Semi Finals/Final - Australia, Sri Lanka, England and Pakistan

[mohammad16]

Lmao if either Umar Afridi or Razzaq fires, theyr gonna just take the game away before the second innings. Noway can Australia score 160 against the Pakistani attack.

 

[NUFAN]

Pfffttttt. They're not even at eight-an-over. Not worried yet.

EDIT: Lol at Clarke taking Smith off after one bad over. Good faith shown there, cap'n.

We just look really flat, don't you think? Also what was with that non appeal.

EDIT - we needed that catch.

 

[Jayzamann]

Against the flow of play, that. Hopefully it starts something.

 

[NUFAN]

Lmao if either Umar Afridi or Razzaq fires, theyr gonna just take the game away before the second innings. Noway can Australia score 160 against the Pakistani attack.

LOL we scored 191 against Pakistan less than 2 weeks ago.

 

[Nate]

Lmao if either Umar Afridi or Razzaq fires, theyr gonna just take the game away before the second innings. Noway can Australia score 160 against the Pakistani attack.

They made 191 when they played them 10 days ago. But nice.

 

[Nate]

We just look really flat, don't you think?

Clarke is dire. Looks extremely nervous and it's rubbing off. Just needs to show some faith in his attack imo, and support them.

EDIT: He brings on Dussey now, which I'm very for.

 

[Jayzamann]

I called this months ago, a 3 all out and out pace attack wont always help Australia in the West Indies.

So just 5 out of 6 games, hey?

 

[Sir Alex]

Brilliant innings from Akmal. Australia haven't done themselves any favor by not appealing for clear caught behinds either.

Pakistan finally looks to be on course to record their first win against Australia in 11 games in the last 6 odd months, perhaps in the third most important match of them all.

 

[Jayzamann]

Faith in Smith, look what it does.

ed: well everyone is on the boundary, so heh

 

[Nate]

Pakistan finally looks to be on course to record their first win against Australia in 11 games in the last 6 odd months, perhaps in the third most important match of them all.

Haha, whoaaaaaaaaaa, hold on. A long way to go yet against a quality Australian bowling unit, and a batting line-up with talent and depth. Australia still favourites imo.

 

[AlanJLegend]

Haha, whoaaaaaaaaaa, hold on. A long way to go yet against a quality Australian bowling unit, and a batting line-up with talent and depth. Australia still favourites imo.

Plus, this is Pakistan we are talking about...

 

[Furball]

Umar Akmal in the dressing room:

 

[mohammad16]

They made 191 when they played them 10 days ago. But nice.

LOL we scored 191 against Pakistan less than 2 weeks ago.

Um ok??? who did they smash around???? Hafeez and Sami, one is a part timer and the other has the perfect pace for a slow wicket. And both wont feature in todays bowling. Afridi Ajmal and co only went for 8 runs an over despite what seemed like a hammering, they just really bowled really flat.

Dont count on it this time.

 

[nightprowler10]

Sir Alex trying to jinx us IMO.

 

[Furball]

Hope I'm not jinxing him, but Afridi looks ominous.

 

[tooextracool]

This is not looking good for Australia. Pakistan has a bowling attack that is almost tailormade for these conditions and if they are behind the 8-ball at the start of their innings, they might never get ahead.

 

[Sir Alex]

LOL we scored 191 against Pakistan less than 2 weeks ago.

Circumstances completely different. Pitch is much sluggish, pressure of semi, chasing anything above 160 is a tricky ask.

Particularly with one batsman short in Clarke, or two should he play like himself for more than two overs.

 

[pasag]

In all the games we beat Pakistan in over the past 12-15 months, a lot of them we were in this position but they always found a way, quite creatively at times, to self-implode.

Once more for old times sake, eh?

 

[King Pietersen]

WTF was that from Haddin? Ball was going straight to Watson, yet Haddin takes him out to claim the catch. Second time Australia have done that in the tournament.

 

[Jayzamann]

Holy boo at least they caught it. Haddin could have spun off in cartwheels and Clarke could have broken his leg, as long as the catch was taken.

ed: Or Watson. Maybe his leg being okay is more important. That was a full blown clothesline.