-Official Cricket World Cup 2011 Discussion-

[Blackeye117]

Genius ... Missed Your This Thread .. just Saw it Now

[revengez]

By the way ICC has decided not to include the weak teams in next ODI world cup. They will only play T20 matches.

This decision is taken to retain the quality, and to provide an entertaining event and to utilize airtime to gain maximum profity through advertizings. Rest depends as unexpected circumstances can be with any team.

God bless our team, us and Paksitan. Ameen!

[a_k]

South Africa vs West Indies @ Delhi

[mirza_yasir]

Damn! BD won.

[medaincredible]

Bangladesh have played well.....
Let see what we get tomorrow...Insha Allah hopefully we will win.
and two big fishes India and England will face each other on day after tomorrow.

[Sarosh_Ather]

Pak won
yayyy
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[PuNk]

It was a close call. I slept after 36 overs and thought it would be easy finish for Pk but SL really pulled it till the end

[asad_scorpio21]

[carboy]

very well played by england!!!!!Bravo

[shift_oz]

Wow, I can't believe it was a tie!

[mirza_yasir]

nice effort by england, india didn't played well
BTW a funny article to read
http://blogs.bettor.com/BREAKING-NEWS-Ajmal-Shehzad-ISI-agent-state-Indian-officials-ICC-World-Cup-2011-a57536

[khurem]

Ajmal is playing against Canada. Let's see what he can do.

To me, Saeed Ajmal is the most under-rated bowler in the world. He was the main reason Pakistan won the T-20 championship and then in next edition went to semi-final stage. Right-handed bowlers just can't read his doosra, which is mightily dangerous as he bowls it just like the regular one. The level of difficulty faced by all right handed great batsman around the world whenever they face Ajmal is so apparent I'm surprised why he's out of team in first place. Even when he dun takes wickets, it's very difficult to hit him out of park, and score more than 6 an over even in T-20s.

Obviously, the only thing that went against him was the Michael Hussey cameo against him. It was predictible, just cuz his doosra does not work for left handed batsmen, naturally, as it comes into them and they can hit that delivery easily to leg side. So he should have bowled off-spin to him. However, against right handed batsmen, he is deadly to pick. Pakistan should play him and Rehman both, as Rehman is also bowling well, and drop maybe Umar Gul or Shoaib. These two spinners are very hard to score against, and very likely to take wickets (as compared to Umar and Shoaib).

Having said that, I know it's not a popular opinion, and Pakistani team is normally picked on emotions, rather than logic, and everyone wanna see Shoaib and Gul. Saeed and Rehman both can perform every match, but Umar and Shoaib perform after every 5 matches. When was the last time in fact Umar Gul ever bowled spectacular in an ODI?

[amirsiddi]

Ajmal is playing against Canada. Let's see what he can do.

To me, Saeed Ajmal is the most under-rated bowler in the world. He was the main reason Pakistan won the T-20 championship and then in next edition went to semi-final stage. Right-handed bowlers just can't read his doosra, which is mightily dangerous as he bowls it just like the regular one. The level of difficulty faced by all right handed great batsman around the world whenever they face Ajmal is so apparent I'm surprised why he's out of team in first place. Even when he dun takes wickets, it's very difficult to hit him out of park, and score more than 6 an over even in T-20s.

Obviously, the only thing that went against him was the Michael Hussey cameo against him. It was predictible, just cuz his doosra does not work for left handed batsmen, naturally, as it comes into them and they can hit that delivery easily to leg side. So he should have bowled off-spin to him. However, against right handed batsmen, he is deadly to pick. Pakistan should play him and Rehman both, as Rehman is also bowling well, and drop maybe Umar Gul or Shoaib. These two spinners are very hard to score against, and very likely to take wickets (as compared to Umar and Shoaib).

Having said that, I know it's not a popular opinion, and Pakistani team is normally picked on emotions, rather than logic, and everyone wanna see Shoaib and Gul. Saeed and Rehman both can perform every match, but Umar and Shoaib perform after every 5 matches. When was the last time in fact Umar Gul ever bowled spectacular in an ODI?

@khurem, you really are quite an expert in Cricket.

Yes, i agree to some of what you said. It would not hurt to have another spinner in the bowling line-up but i think we don't have space in the team.

What do you propose, do we put Razzaq or AbdurRehman out of the team? We can't have Hafeez out as he is a performing well in batting up in the order, and Gul and Shoaib are crucial for bowling attack (if anyone of these two go out, Wahab Riaz will come in).

[PuNk]

Yes they should prepare their backup bowlers !

[a_k]

about india / England match ....Shane Warne says...

Can't believe my prediction 7/8 hours ago was right - tie !! Classic, didn't think it would happen but hey-not bad !!!! 2011-my year ! Lol
9:22 AM Feb 27th via Twitter for iPad

[a_k]

International Cricket Council launches investigation into Australia's opening World Cup game against Zimbabwe | Courier Mail

THE International Cricket Council has begun a probe into Australia's opening World Cup clash against Zimbabwe for any betting irregularities.

The ICC was alerted after openers Brad Haddin and Shane Watson batted slowly in the first 10 overs.

An Indian newspaper has reported that the ICC's Anti-Corruption and Security Unit (ACSU) has privately scrutinised the match after questions were raised over the slow start taken by Haddin and Watson.

The two openers scored just 28 in 11 overs and 53 in 15 overs in a match that Australia eventually won comfortably, but the slow rate of scoring in the first two overs was scrutinized by the ICC anti-corruption and security unit.

With the spectre of spot fixing now looming over international cricket following the bans on three Pakistani players for spot-fixing last year on the England tour, sources said the ICC ASCU was keeping a vigilant eye on all matches in the World Cup and the slow start by the Australian openers caught their attention.

"They are taking no chances at all and all matches are under the scanner for possible indications that any spot-fixing has taken place," one source said.

Australian coach Tim Nielsen has defended his openers saying they played slowly according to the situation.

"I thought they played well in game one. Everyone had this perception that they went slowly. But if Zimbabwe were going to be competitive against us, they needed to take early wickets with their spinners," Nielsen said after the match.

We're playing the way we think is the right way to play."

Former Pakistan captain Rashid Latif has already expressed fears that the format of the World Cup has opened a window for bookmakers to try to corrupt players in the tournament since most of the top teams are certain to make the all-important quarter-finals from the group matches stage.

In spot-fixing, bookmakers take bets on particular moments and stages of a match for example how many runs would be scored by a team in five overs or after 10 overs and so on or in a certain over how many runs will be scored or if it will be a maiden.

[khurem]

@khurem, you really are quite an expert in Cricket.

Yes, i agree to some of what you said. It would not hurt to have another spinner in the bowling line-up but i think we don't have space in the team.

What do you propose, do we put Razzaq or AbdurRehman out of the team? We can't have Hafeez out as he is a performing well in batting up in the order, and Gul and Shoaib are crucial for bowling attack (if anyone of these two go out, Wahab Riaz will come in).

Thanks man. I'd include Razzaq in the team due to his batting ability, he's very handy to come in the last 10 overs. I'd exclude Umar Gul in favor of Ajmal. Razzaq and Akhtar to open the bowling followed by Saeed, Afridi and Rehman. Hafeez is also an option in case any other bowler is out of form, These are spin friendly pitches. In case Akhtar or any spinner dun perform, then we can have Gul back in the team.

[asad_scorpio21]

[Blackeye117]

Still The Fastest Bowler ... Rite ....( pic :match vs srilanka )

[malik593]

upgrade the points table guys