Posted by: Neural April 15, 2005
Murder is Cometh!
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. I have been watching (live score) all the 3 tests and ODI till y'day. Y'day match was One Man Army match. I was enjoying each and every over till Afridi was on the crease. I could just imagine what if i have got chance to watch it live. Unlucky those who cud not watch. Cricket.org quotes "For 75 minutes, we didn't watch cricket, we watched Shahid Afridi toying with it. " 5th ODI looked like batting demonstration. I would say 4th ODI was more interesting as in one side, Tendulkar was asked to bowl the last over (good decision by Ganguly) and in another side, INZY was on the crease. Pak required 3 runs (?) in the 50th over. 49.5 overs gone, 1 ball remaining, just imagine the pressure on both striker and the bowler. Inzy did it with a FOUR !!!! Pak leveled the series 2-2. Pak without Sami (of course!!! Akhtar) in y'day's match, Rana really damaged the top order batsmen taking crucial wickets of IN FORM Shehwag, Tendulkar and Dhoni. At one stage Ind were 26/3. Credit goes to Dravid and Kaif, cuz of whom Ind managed to set a target of 250 for Pak. History says the side chasing the target has won the match in Kanpur and so did it happen y'day. Ganguly's career is declining, may be it will vanish soon. The question was "if Inzy can manage to make all the Indian batsmen out in a single day (5th day of the third test in B'lore), why Ganguly could not do it on the first test in Mohali : situation was Pak started the final day with 6 down, only 4 wickets needed to be taken" ???? His batting performance is worse from bad. Ganguly is again left out for the final match in Delhi. Kumble has a 10 wickets taking record against Pak in late 90's. He might be among 11. Furthermore, Delhi's ground is smaller. The chances of piling up the huge score on the scoreboard is higher. The toss winner should go for the batting first. The series is 3-2; Dravid et al. should work hard to level the series, however, Inzy side has gained lots of confidence and he is happy with his top order batsmen including bowlers. They are after winning the series. And after all, it's not only the final match but also there will be a presence of Musharaff. Let's see "Dravid vs Inzy" on tomorrow's final match. Pak should not forget their last year's lazzajanak defeat on their home soil.
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