Pakistan's Tour To India - Cricket Series

[Qasim]

I dont think australia are any good any more either, even new zealand are a challenge for them. Also dont use the word paks as it is offensive to some people.

[Oblivion]

What an awesome performance by middle & low order of Pakistan batting line up. Being behind 204 in the first innings, and again being 10-3 in the second innings. Attack was led by Inzamam with 86 & Youhana with 68. Kamran Akmal & Abdul Razzaq did wonders with (109 & 71 ) when we were 241-6, no one could have imagined the result that we are seeing now as Pakistan have managed to fight from an impossible position to declare at 496-9 in their second innings. This is Pakistans highest team total on the Indian soil with Kaneria being the first Pakistani leg-spinner to capture 5 wickets in an innings in India.

India needing 293 to win with 25 overs left in the last days play.

A job well done Pakistan Team. Totally Committed Performance (Y) (Y)

[golazo]

I dont think australia are any good any more either, even new zealand are a challenge for them. 

new zealand, a challenge ? obviously you didn't hear about the 5-0 series white wash of them in the one dayers by australia. the only game they challenged us was in the first game, the rest were easy wins

  Also dont use the word paks as it is offensive to some people.

why not it's just like calling the british brits. or australians aussies

[Qasim]

new zealand, a challenge ? obviously you didn't hear about the 5-0 series white wash of them in the one dayers by australia. the only game they challenged us was in the first game, the rest were easy wins

why not it's just like calling the british brits. or australians aussies

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I was actually talking about the test match thats happening right now. Plus it depends in which way you actually use the word paks, if you use it as an abbreviation for pakistanis then it is totally acceptable.

[golazo]

they are playing well this test match. but we all know it wont last ;)

[Qasim]

The test match is finally over and the result is a draw. I think Pakistan played better overall

[HilariousNinja]

If the match had another day of play added on, you know it would have been India winning though. Coz they needed around 200 runs

[drgrudge]

We drew a match which we should have won :(

If only we had taken wickets this morning....

[Qasim]

You wernt good enough to take more wickets, Pakistan were playing tooo good and if they had more time i think they would hve won.

[Jerichohol]

It would be nice if we had won, we had the upper hand through most of the match. Good for Pakistan. It was a great game to watch.

Loooking forward to the next one.

OT: Has everyone in the UK been able to subscribe to Sony TV to watch the Cricket?

[jerry]

No one could have imagined the result that we are seeing now as Pakistan have managed to fight from an impossible position to declare at 496-9 in their second innings.

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10/3 in the second innings wasnt as bad if you consider that the opening pair and the one down batsman of Pakistan are novices. I wouldnt call it an "impossible" situation because:

a. It is India, not famous for bowling out their opponents.

b. The pitch wasnt a "turner" and did not detereorate. Hence pitch on Day 5 was same as Day 1.

A job well done Pakistan Team. Totally Committed Performance (Y) (Y)

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Agreed. :yes:

The test match is finally over and the result is a draw. I think Pakistan played better overall

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Played better ? India had a 200+ run lead in the first innings, Pakistan was 10/3 in the second innings and literally played to save the match. :whistle:

[smashguy]

Man of the Match = Karman Akmal

ESPNSTAR: LIVE CRICKET CENTRE

[no-sweat]

i take it cricket is pretty popular over there?

[drgrudge]

^ Of cource, it's very popular game here and we get one day holiday here and we ppl watch the full five days of it (each day almost 7hrs.)

India played better than pakistan, IMO.

[golazo]

i take it cricket is pretty popular over there?

cricket is my life :p

it's mainly popular in india,pakistan,australia,england, sri lanka, bangladesh and new zealand. i have probably missed some but they are the main countries

[red.]

India should have won but pakistan lower-middle order and the tail batted really well. They were leading for 4 out of the 5 days and when a team does that it should win the match but again congrats to pakistan for pulling off an unexpected draw. Can't wait for the second test. It should have a lot more atmosphere because they're playing at Eden Gardens in front of 100,000+ people. I think that Khan should be dropped and Harbajan should take his place. Nothing wrong with the batting (apart from ganguly, but you can't really drop the captain).

Qasim are you trying to be funny with your postsor are you being serous? i hopes it's the former.

Also i heard that Balaji got fined for excessive appealling. I didn't really see him appeal too much but then i didn't wake up at 4.30 to start watching.

[red.]

cricket is my life :p

it's mainly popular in india,pakistan,australia,england, sri lanka, bangladesh and new zealand. i have probably missed some but they are the main countries

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it's very popular in the West Indies and it's farily popular in South Africa but it is losing the crowds.

[golazo]

West Indies and it's farily popular in South Africa

opps, sorry. how could i forget them :angry:

also canada plays a bit aswell

[drgrudge]

Also i heard that Balaji got fined for excessive appealling. I didn't really see him appeal too much but then i didn't wake up at 4.30 to start watching.

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Yes, 30% of his match fees. :p

Dont know why? I dint feel, it was excessive appealing.

And yes, harbajan should be brought instead of Zaheer khan. Can't wait...

[Jerichohol]

Yes, 30% of his match fees.  :p

Dont know why? I dint feel, it was excessive appealing.

And yes, harbajan should be brought instead of Zaheer khan. Can't wait...

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Tomorrow it starts again. I love the eden gardens, seen quite a few matches there. Fantastic ground.

Re: Balaji, there was some excessing appealing but come on, he was off injured for a year so they should cut him some slack but a great performance from him nonetheless.

Yeah I heard they were going to play three seamers also. Should be interesting what team they pick. We'll have to wait till tomorrow.

Its going to be an early morning tomorrow.

[Rahul]

go india go ................this time i hope our batting is as good , our bowling improves & the pakis dont get anymore flukes !!!

btw i have a feeling that the bike given to kamran akmal is a second hand one ......any guesses why ??? ;)

[drgrudge]

Hmm.. We Indians are batting extremely well this morning and hope they will continue this good show for the full five days...

And btw, why rahul, u think it's a second hand bike?

[THE_ROCK]

The Rock thinks u Pakistani fanboys are fools

The best team is Australia

[smashguy]

The best team is Australia

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always right!

[Xahid]

The Rock thinks u Pakistani fanboys are fools

The best team is Australia

Fanboys are Fanboys, you are one of them!

I don't want contribution here, bcoz I don't like cricket!!