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*Official* Pakistan in the West Indies
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SJS
Hall of Fame Member
My heart bleeds for my country.vandemataram said:
Between the top five batsmen : 641 test innings, 30000 test runs, 82 test centuries at an average of 51.6; PLUS 1019 ODI innings, 37000 ODI runs and 84 ODI centuries at an average of 40 plus and they cant play "club pacers" !!
*looks frantically for misplaced tongue*
LOL...SJS said:My heart bleeds for my country.
Between the top five batsmen : 641 test innings, 30000 test runs, 82 test centuries at an average of 51.6; PLUS 1019 ODI innings, 37000 ODI runs and 84 ODI centuries at an average of 40 plus and they cant play "club pacers" !!
*looks frantically for misplaced tongue*
Unattainableguy
State 12th Man
imranrabb said:
honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
A lot depends on Pakistan's attitude. If they are careless and a bit lazy, the Windies could surprise them in both forms of the game... If Pakistan play with full attention and full effort, I cannot see the Windies defeating them in either form of the game in any of the matches.... I predict a 1-1 or 0-0 in tests and a 2-1 or 3-0 to Pak in ODIs.
Shahid_afridi
School Boy/Girl Cricketer
yep.thats a quit big blow for the pakistani team as shoaib and gul both not playing.but pakistan will be allright against the windies cuz pakistans confidence is sky-high and the windies confidence is somewhere down the southpoleshaka said:
but sami might be picked for the series later
Shahid_afridi
School Boy/Girl Cricketer
hmmm he has been inconsistent until the india series.but in the series he showed that he can really bowl some really good spells especially in the tests.tooextracool said:
(i remember him bowling both of indias openers in his first two overs)
Pakistanis 366 for 7 (Afridi 104, Youhana 87, Akmal 56*, Younis 53) beat Antigua and Barbuda President's XI 118 (Cornwall 46, Afridi 4-6) by 248 runs
An outstanding allround performance by Shahid Afridi ensured that Pakistan got off to a rollicking start on their tour of the West Indies. Afridi carried on his excellent form from the series against India, blasting 104 off a mere 46 balls to power the Pakistanis to 366 for 7 against Antigua and Barbuda President's XI. He then turned it on with the ball as well, taking 4 for 6 from 6.4 overs as the home side were bundled out for 118, giving the Pakistanis victory by 248 runs.
Afridi turned it on from the start, allowing Salman Butt to contribute just 8 in a first-wicket stand of 50. Afridi's knock included 11 fours and eight sixes, including one off fast bowler Ricky Christopher which landed into a nearby church. By the time he was done, Afridi had scored 104 out of a team total of 141.
The Pakistanis continued to pile the runs, though, with Yousuf Youhana making a fluent 87 off 79 balls with seven fours and three sixes, and Younis Khan and Kamran Akmal chipping in with half-centuries down the order. Apart from Butt, the only other failure was Inzamam-ul-Haq, who was run out for a duck.
Set a target of 367, the President's XI outfit didn't have a chance. Shabbir Ahmed and Iftikhar Anjum did the early damage, reducing the home team to 34 for 3, before Afridi came along and took care of the middle order and the tail.
This was Pakistan's only warm-up match of the series: the first one-day international will be played in St Vincent on Wednesday (May 18), followed by two more matches over the weekend.
© Cricinfo
An outstanding allround performance by Shahid Afridi ensured that Pakistan got off to a rollicking start on their tour of the West Indies. Afridi carried on his excellent form from the series against India, blasting 104 off a mere 46 balls to power the Pakistanis to 366 for 7 against Antigua and Barbuda President's XI. He then turned it on with the ball as well, taking 4 for 6 from 6.4 overs as the home side were bundled out for 118, giving the Pakistanis victory by 248 runs.
Afridi turned it on from the start, allowing Salman Butt to contribute just 8 in a first-wicket stand of 50. Afridi's knock included 11 fours and eight sixes, including one off fast bowler Ricky Christopher which landed into a nearby church. By the time he was done, Afridi had scored 104 out of a team total of 141.
The Pakistanis continued to pile the runs, though, with Yousuf Youhana making a fluent 87 off 79 balls with seven fours and three sixes, and Younis Khan and Kamran Akmal chipping in with half-centuries down the order. Apart from Butt, the only other failure was Inzamam-ul-Haq, who was run out for a duck.
Set a target of 367, the President's XI outfit didn't have a chance. Shabbir Ahmed and Iftikhar Anjum did the early damage, reducing the home team to 34 for 3, before Afridi came along and took care of the middle order and the tail.
This was Pakistan's only warm-up match of the series: the first one-day international will be played in St Vincent on Wednesday (May 18), followed by two more matches over the weekend.
© Cricinfo
LongHopCassidy
International Captain
Frankly, I think they fully deserve what they get.Pratyush said:
They've done very little to resolve the scrapping between islands and the sponsorship debacles. Perhaps this series is the wake-up call they need, since the cricketing world (and especially I) want to see the Windies a competitive cricketing nation again.
