***Official*** India in Pakistan

[vandemataram]

Shoaib hasn't lived up to expectations interesting call by Sehwag hopefully has the series goes on & i presume pakistan prepare better tracks he doesn't eat those words.

They will be forced to make better track by the international pressure, and when that happens their demoralised side will end up facing big defeats at the hands of India.!!!

I think Sehwag has a psychological advantage over Pak bowlers, and in comming matches he will again destroy Pak bowling attack.

 

[Choora]

I dont know why the curator is such a big culprit when Pakistan's skipper is such a wimp ? Sorry for the strong words my dear Pakistani friends but I find it amazing that Shoaib did not bowl again.

This wkt is graveyard for a fast bowler, what can one expect from Akhtar on it when a bowler like Lillee wan't able to do much on a similar surface??

Inzi is intelligent to realise that this game is dead but the series is still not over and its better to give Akhtar a chance on a bit responsive track than demoralising him by having him face Sehwag and co on a dead pitch!

 

[Choora]

Sehwag also said the Indian bowlers had done better than their Pakistani counterparts on the Gaddafi Stadium track. "We had taken seven wickets of theirs while they have taken none," he said.

Actually the bowlers took 5 wkts, as 2 were runouts.3 of the 5 wkts happen to be of specialist batsmen.

 

[social]

Actually, Shoaib has reason to feel reasonably satisfied with an rpo of 3 on this deck.

He also caused a fair few problems for the Indian batsmen.

Sehwag has every right to play mind games but the Pakistanis can counter by claiming the Indians had the "best" of the bowling conditions and got slaughtered as well.

Overall, a farce.

 

[yohanna]

Its better to watch India beat Pakistan in a close contest than to watch the present game which is nothing but a disgrace.

PCB are really shameless!

 

[sheerindianspeed]

I think it's plain ridiculous that first line bowlers need to be protected from doing their job: bowling. Just that act alone means India have won the pyschological battle. I mean, if 403/0 was not enough ! Nasser is right and, I am afraid, THE KHAN, for once, is plain wrong !

Shoaib has done nothing but got his butt kicked in India-Pak matches, as far as Indian team is concerned Shoaib is just another bowler .

As for psychological advantage, India certainly has it.If Pakistan can't get a single Indian wkt in first test , then how the hell can they even imagine to get 20 Indian wkts in a test match???

 

[SJS]

Actually, Shoaib has reason to feel reasonably satisfied with an rpo of 3 on this deck.

He also caused a fair few problems for the Indian batsmen.
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Oh yes he did. Thats exactly what I meant. I think it is wrong to assume that he couldnt have got a wicket. Its not as if he was collared. The Indian batsmen had to call upon all their skills to keep him out. It was fascinating to see him bowl those short pitched deliveries to Dravid and Sehwag and when he pitched it at the correct spots he caused them concern.

I would have bowled him in 4 over bursts. I mean people do get out on dead wickets. People get out on dead wickets to poor bowling let alone world calss fast bowling. Get one wicket at 250 or 300 and India are still 400 or so behind, Laxman has been sitting waiting for his turn for so long and may get out a la Inzy. Its possible.

One more wicket and you have Ganguly to bowl to. I am sure, even on this wicket, Shoaib would try some snorters against Saurav.

I dont agree with Inzy's tactics.

One can go back and fish out score cards where teams have collapsed on perfect tracks. Its not unheard of.

Sports is about competeing not giving up assuming you cant do anything.

 

[social]

Shoaib has done nothing but got his butt kicked in India-Pak matches, as far as Indian team is concerned Shoaib is just another bowler .

As for psychological advantage, India certainly has it.If Pakistan can't get a single Indian wkt in first test , then how the hell can they even imagine to get 20 Indian wkts in a test match???

And just how do the Indians plan to get the Pakistanis out twice on such a wicket?

Theyre lucky that Inzi fell asleep on the way to the wicket or he'd still be batting.

Neither bowling side has come out of this test with any credit.

 

[Choora]

Oh yes he did. Thats exactly what I meant. I think it is wrong to assume that he couldnt have got a wicket. Its not as if he was collared. The Indian batsmen had to call upon all their skills to keep him out. It was fascinating to see him bowl those short pitched deliveries to Dravid and Sehwag and when he pitched it at the correct spots he caused them concern.

I would have bowled him in 4 over bursts. I mean people do get out on dead wickets. People get out on dead wickets to poor bowling let alone world calss fast bowling. Get one wicket at 250 or 300 and India are still 400 or so behind, Laxman has been sitting waiting for his turn for so long and may get out a la Inzy. Its possible.

One more wicket and you have Ganguly to bowl to. I am sure, even on this wicket, Shoaib would try some snorters against Saurav.

I dont agree with Inzy's tactics.

One can go back and fish out score cards where teams have collapsed on perfect tracks. Its not unheard of.

Sports is about competeing not giving up assuming you cant do anything.

You can only compete on sporting pitches, not on a road like the one in Lahore.

Its not based on assumption, its based on logic, one simply cannot compete on this track of Lahore.Its daydreaming to assume that things would have been rather interesting had Akhtar bowled more than he already had.

 

[SJS]

Any idea why he is bowling now a day and a half later ?

 

[SJS]

and there goes Sehwag.

People do get out, even on dead wickets

 

[Deja moo]

Bye bye test. Theres nothing to look forward to now.

 

[pug]

Especially if you try to do the same stupid thing thrice.

 

[SJS]

Especially if you try to do the same stupid thing thrice.

I presume you are refering to Sehwag trying to tickle those bouncers before getting a touch.

Well you have to give credit to the Pakistani bowlers in bowling the bouncers at him. They should have done it earlier. Sehwag wasnt hammering the bouncers when they were bowled at him earlier.

 

[Deja moo]

Especially if you try to do the same stupid thing thrice.

haha....so true. That was stupid. He had no one to blame but himself. He probably just wanted to guide it over the keepers head and get the partnership record done with.

 

[SJS]

I presume you are refering to Sehwag trying to tickle those bouncers before getting a touch.

Well you have to give credit to the Pakistani bowlers in bowling the bouncers at him. They should have done it earlier. Sehwag wasnt hammering the bouncers when they were bowled at him earlier.

Here is what he did to the ten bouncers bowled at him till yesterday.

Add the four bowled today and you still have no runs PLUS a wicket

 

[displaced]

Will there be an investigation into the state of this wicket, after Clive Lloyd's damning of the pitches at Delhi and Ahmedabad, or is a pitch only dubious if it's bowler friendly?

 

[Choora]

Thank God that stupid match is over !

This match was a lesson for everyone, that a test match should never ever be held on such dumb wickets, otherwise this would kill test cricket.

5 days of cricket and just 8 wkts , 2 of them being run outs!!!!

 

[Deja moo]

Will there be an investigation into the state of this wicket, after Clive Lloyd's damning of the pitches at Delhi and Ahmedabad, or is a pitch only dubious if it's bowler friendly?

This pitch didn't help the spinners either, hence Clive Lloyd will sit back and contentedly play the fiddle.

 

[Choora]

Will there be an investigation into the state of this wicket, after Clive Lloyd's damning of the pitches at Delhi and Ahmedabad, or is a pitch only dubious if it's bowler friendly?

From what i have seen so far, a pitch is regarded as dubious only when its bowler friendly.I have seen matches stopped by umpires on such wickets, but i have never seen matches stopped on dead batting tracks.

I wish this match had been stopped much earlier.