Monday, January 31, 2005

Congratulations Pakistan

Any victory against Australia needs to be congratulated - and so is this one by Pakistan - after two and a half years and 7 defeats. Abdul Razzaq has come up with a match-winning performance - wow, I didn't know he can still do it - and has shown once againt that it is the Razzaqs of this World who can win you matches not Shoaibs.

Anyway, it has nicely set up the final game of the VB Series. The pressure will be on the West Indies to put up a similar show to the one they did in Adelaide. Inzamam has done very well in this series so far as a batsman and some of the criticism levelled at him is downright harsh.

My heart is with the West Indies but my head says this is likely to be a 50-50 affair.

2 comments:

Sandeep Shelke said...

yaa...a good win indeed...well done Abdul Razzaq...he is one of the few genuine match winners left in the pak team...I would also give some credit to Afridi...he was the one who brought the target well within reach..boy he hits the ball like a rocket! the last game is gonna be crucial...a semi-final..I too want WI in the finals :)hope pak carry some good form into the historic Tour of India..would only make the series more enjoyable!

M said...

(snip)
the matches are won by razzaqs and not shoaibs ..blah blah blah..
(/snip)

Incidently, the last time when pak was able to beat australia in australia (Jun 2002), it was thanks to the efforts of "shoaib akhtar" who was man of the match for his splendid performance of "5 wkts for 25 runs".
N before (typically) discarding this as a "once-in-a-blue-moon" performance, read further:
The last 3 times before this match when pak was able to beat aus in aus, this was shoaib's performance
19 Jun 2002 : 8 1 25 5 (man of the match)
15 Jun 2002 : 8 0 30 2
09 Jan 2000 : 7 1 31 3
Which was, by any yardstick, a very good contribution to the team's victory.
Dunno why people make "random" statements!!!