Pakistan V England | First T20I | Dubai | 23/02/2012

[Markhor]

Boundaries keep on coming as Asad Shafiq is the new man in.

PAK 36-1 | 3 overs

[Dr_Bassim]

What a shot by Shafiq for 4

[Geordie Ahmed]

Pak 36-1 after 3 overs

[Vegitto1]

First innings for Zia - He we only get better with more exposure at this level.

This man is a keeper for both ODIs and T20s

[DOOSRA95]

Gorgeous shot for 4 by Asda my fav of innings

[Markhor]

What the hell is being played over the PA system

[Geordie Ahmed]

Broad into the attack

[Watsupdoc]

Awais looked like a good hacker. Get him in the ODI team as well!

[Vegitto1]

See with a rapid start there is less pressure on the next batsman.

Now Shafiq knows that they have a decent start so no pressure to take silly risks

[Looney]

Forget wins , give me entertainment , Pakistan !

[ninjafirstslip]

Finn got smashed up!

[NO 1 AFRIDI FAN]

Good shot from

[Markhor]

Some chai being served.

Expect MHK to be chasing after that !

[Geordie Ahmed]

A single to start the 4th over

[ads101]

To be fair this is the way to play T20s all guns blazing. Zia's out but he lasted nearly three overs. If everyone went and did that we'd have a good total with wickets to spare.

You can't apply this keep wickets in hand play slowly, then hit out at the end in ODIs nevermind in T20s. Got to play with a positive mindset. And play with the confidence you're going to score runs and you're not going to get out.

[Asif321]

Need to work with coach .. Zia frustated Finn Good job by zia
but couldnt pic the slower one ...

[Geordie Ahmed]

A dot ball

[NO 1 AFRIDI FAN]

Originally Posted by Watsupdoc Awais looked like a good hacker. Get him in the ODI team as well!

Not just yet. Let him settle down first, no need to rush.

[ninjafirstslip]

common asad

[Justcrazy]

37 /1

[Geordie Ahmed]

and another dot ball

[violet_may]

LOL @ Finn upon Zia's dismissal. Potty mouth.

Decent job Awais Zia, 'twas fun. Has the potential in this format though.

[dadabhai]

good little innings by Zia, very positive for a debut. Awful behaviour from Finn, is there not a ruling against giving a batsman a send off after dismissal? Then again England captain can always rush over to daddy.

[CalculatedRisk]

Shafiq at his best...wasting balls

[NO 1 AFRIDI FAN]

It was funny to see Fin get frustrated at Zia.

[Amjid Javed]

Pakistan off to a flyer but we need to make sure we get 60 runs atleast from 1st 6 overs here!

[Geordie Ahmed]

37-1 after 3.4 overs

[Geordie Ahmed]

A single for Asad

[Justcrazy]

pakistan need to move on here.

[Amjid Javed]

FFS Asad is not a friggin Test match!

[NeVerMind]

Originally Posted by ads101 To be fair this is the way to play T20s all guns blazing. Zia's out but he lasted nearly three overs. If everyone went and did that we'd have a good total with wickets to spare. You can't apply this keep wickets in hand play slowly, then hit out at the end in ODIs nevermind in T20s. Got to play with a positive mindset. And play with the confidence you're going to score runs and you're not going to get out.

Not really because in many cases you get 90 odd for 6 and limp to 120 all out becuase everybody is throwing their bat at the ball...

[Markhor]

Misbah and GreenLips with their pads on.

Dot ball.

PAK 38/1 - 4 overs

[CalculatedRisk]

2 runs in an over in a t-20 lol

[Geordie Ahmed]

Originally Posted by Amjid Javed Pakistan off to a flyer but we need to make sure we get 60 runs atleast from 1st 6 overs here!

I can't see us getting to 60 with these 2 batting, reckon we will get about 50

[iZeeshan]

Zia goes and tuk tuk begins hehe

[Geordie Ahmed]

A poor over

38-1 after 4 overs

[Justcrazy]

Asad needs to move on here.

[Amjid Javed]

Poor over from pakistanm just 2 from it, cant afford overs like this in 1st 6 overs!

[talha3]

Nice shot by Shafiq.

[Justcrazy]

should have been promoted.

[saj001]

Shottt!

[ninjafirstslip]

Does umar akmal have gender identity issues?

[DOOSRA95]

calm after the storm

[AbdulrazzaqFan]

[Markhor]

Nicely done by Shafiq.



Just love that crowd ROOOOAAAAR !!!

[Geordie Ahmed]

Dernback back into the attack

[Amjid Javed]

Originally Posted by Geordie Ahmed I can't see us getting to 60 with these 2 batting, reckon we will get about 50

We got 36 in 1st 3 overs. another 14 in next 3 is poor stuff if thats case. Hafeez and Asad need to be abit more aggresive and street wise here!

[Geordie Ahmed]

[Markhor]

Shafiq keeps charging down the wicket, will get run out if he ain't careful.

Zaka Ashraf sitting next to some Sheikh.

[violet_may]

Okay, everyone calm down.

You know very well that swearing, and throwing a tantrum against any player (i.e. Finn in this case) in the manner that some of you are doing, is completely inappropriate and not allowed.


Thanks.

[Geordie Ahmed]

42-1 after 4.1 overs

[Asif321]

shafiq u beauty

[talha3]

Swann

[saj001]

Hahaha

[Geordie Ahmed]

dropped

HA HA

[Shahzebayub]

Drop

[AbdulrazzaqFan]

shafiq got dropped

[Markhor]

DROPPED !

Swanny

[Looney]

dropped

[Geordie Ahmed]

Swann drops a sitter

[DOOSRA95]

Why does Asda want to play to 3rd man only

[Ismailtoca]

The awkward moment when cricinfo is faster than your stream

[NeVerMind]

Dropped asad by Swann!

[DOOSRA95]

drop

[Geordie Ahmed]

43-1 after 4.3 overs

[Markhor]

Aim here

[Amjid Javed]

Every ball doesnt have to go to the boundary, but there really needs to be a reduction in number of Dot balls we play

[ninjafirstslip]

[shahidafridi123]

dropped!

[Geordie Ahmed]

decent shot, single for it

[Markhor]

LOL players really going for the shots here - Awais Zia has really set the tone.

[DOOSRA95]

Love it cause it was swaan

[Asif321]

Shafiq Dropped by swaanie

[talha3]

Originally Posted by Amjid Javed Every ball doesnt have to go to the boundary, but there really needs to be a reduction in number of Dot balls we play

Looks like they're listening to you.

[shahidafridi123]

We need 150+

[DOOSRA95]

so far loving the approach

[Markhor]

Steered down to third man for a single.

[hashmist]

C'mon Shafiq! You gotta pick it up here. Dont let Awais's great start go to waste..

[ads101]

Originally Posted by NeVerMind Not really because in many cases you get 90 odd for 6 and limp to 120 all out becuase everybody is throwing their bat at the ball...

doesn't usually happen. And personally I'd be happy to accept getting these scores sometimes if most of them time they fire and score positively completing the order. The fact that it's only 20 overs means it's very hard to lose all 10 wickets for less than 20 overs (and extremely hard to lose it before 18/19 over or so, which if you play aggressively for is often better than playing slowly for 20 overs).

Playing slow and keeping wickets in hand, there's no guarantee you might get out anyway. Hence it's wasted. Also creates huge pressure at the end to get a decent score.

If you play cautiously in T20s, you'll never get big scores. It's attack, attack, attack.

Bowling is a little less one dimensional, you've got more things to consider as the game is so weighted towards the batsmen.

[dadabhai]

ROFL @ SWANN. Must be friends with