Haha if cricinfo is to be believed, then Albie Morkel should have the record, for he bowled apparently a 164.7 snorter, curiously described as a slower one by their commentatorSo, did Tait break the speed record this morning or not? Someone posted earlier that he did, haven't heard much said though if it's the case.
Ah, radar shennanigans ftw.Haha if cricinfo is to be believed, then Albie Morkel should have the record, for he bowled apparently a 164.7 snorter, curiously described as a slower one by their commentator
And oh none of Mitchell or Nannes could manage anything above 110 either, and apart from that one, Tait was consistently bowling 135-140.
Match Report
A major upset happened today when the top seeded Pakistan lost to the unseeded Australia. For the unseeded Australians, it was their 10th (iirc) consecutive win over Pakistan
Nothing went right (except for one over) for the top seeded, world champions and bowling powerhouse. The bowling attack comprising of some of the world's most talented bowlers gave away 190 runs to the Aussies. If not for the 20th over which produced 5 wkts, Aus could have reached a remarkable score of 200. Mohammed Aamer, hailed by many as the new Akram, put on a splendid performance to pick 3 wkts and get two RO in the 20 over of the OZ inning. The world champs had finally shown what they are capable of after taking hammering till the 19th over
When the champions, after not so powerful bowling performance, came out to bat to chase the formidable total, Renowned Pak commentator Rameez probably thought Pak wrestled back the momentum in the final over they bowled and now it would be a cake walk for the explosive batting side which include player who are well versed in the art of swinging their bats in all directions. Little did he know that the March of the Pakistanis (inspired by the documentary the March of the Penguins) to the pavilion would began soon.
The wickets started falling quickly but the hopes were still intact as the batting line up bats deep with 'all-rounders' like Aamer batting at #9. After a brief stay, the most promising young batsman the world, Umer Akmal departed. Now the hope rested on Pak captain Afridi, who is known to do 'anything' to help Pak win. In no time, the captain hit a few big blows. Rameez felt that two-three more overs of him and Pak would be home. But known to self destruct, Afridi got cleaned up pretty soon. He departed giving a suspicious look at the umpired probably feeling there was something wrong with the ball that got him out. Then walked in Razzaq, the all-rounder, who can change the game single handedly (ever wondered how many such players Pak has). But he didn't last long and with that the Pakistani hopes were gone. Soon the Australians picked up their 10th consecutive win against Pakistan making many ponder which was real top side out there!
As is this post you made !There were some huge mistakes made today by Afridi when bowling....that cost us the game. Otherwise OZs are a joke in T20.
So you had to trawl through over 300 matches to find isolated examples of when he's whacked top class fast menSuch as this 56 out of 26 against Australia consisting of Mcgrath?
2nd Match: Australia v Pakistan at Hobart, Jan 16, 2005 | Cricket Scorecard | Cricinfo.com
Or this against SA boasting of Polly, Ntini?
2nd ODI: South Africa v Pakistan at Durban, Feb 7, 2007 | Cricket Scorecard | Cricinfo.com
Or the fact he made the fastest hundred ever opening an innings?
Logic fail.
Pakistan staying in the tourney is good for Aus as it ensures one potentially freebie game for them in the final stages.Aust should throw the game vs. Bang
No, I just quoted some matches off my head. Interesting considering you are prepared to judge the ability of a man who tonked Mcgrath for 31 from 11 and Lee for 25 from 14 on the fastest wicket in the world as **** player of fast bowling just because he got out slogging because the required rate was over 12?So you had to trawl through over 300 matches to find isolated examples of when he's whacked top class fast men
I, on the other hand, only had to lie on my couch and watch a couple of balls to be proven correct
Not if Clarke has his wayBan win looks hugely unlikely given Aus form.
Don't be facetious.No, I just quoted some matches off my head. Interesting considering you are prepared to judge the ability of a man who tonked Mcgrath for 31 from 11 and Lee for 25 from 14 on the fastest wicket in the world as **** player of fast bowling just because he got out slogging because the required rate was over 12?
Or applying your logic, Clarke seems to be a **** player of spin, does he not?
Perhaps you missed his posts where he was insinuating Afridi was a walking wicket against pace.Don't be facetious.
He said that they should protect Smith from Afridi, because he's a young player still learning his craft, bowling to a guy who isn't a great player of pace. Everyone knows that Afridi's gone nuts, and no-one gets spared, but it's completely away from the point that social was trying to make.
I only hope that Afridi "learns" from his mistakes unlike other captains before him...(highly unlikely though). The guy couldn't understand **** and gave 4 straight overs to Hafeez, unbelievable.....if he wanted to start of with spin that bad he could have had Ajmal bowl a couple in the beginning and Ajmal did beat Watto with a couple of good doosras after...it was highly likely that Ajmal would have trapped Watson early on...Good to see Afridi's overrated captaincy skills getting exposed big time over here.He is virtually playing with 9 players as Alam and Razzaq only get in the game when the result is a formality.Has given heavy responsbility to two guys Hafeez and Sami which is unfair because
a) they are making a comeback
b) they are rubbish.