The NRR is based on all games, i.e its the latter case!marc71178 said:The one thing I cannot find out is if the NRR tie break between teams is based on the games between those teams or overall.
The NRR is based on all games, i.e its the latter case!marc71178 said:The one thing I cannot find out is if the NRR tie break between teams is based on the games between those teams or overall.
Rik said:One thing I can't understand is why Pakistan are leaving out Saqlain. It was proven during their short tour of England 2 years ago that you do not leave him out. They lost the 1st Test by miles then won the 2nd after Saqlain took 4-80 on a dead pitch. And viola! What's happened here? The crunch matches they leave him out of they loose and his replacement (Afridi or Razzak) does bugger all...
Agreed. I also think Pakistan was at her best under Akram.Saqlain was at his best under Akram
Don't we all mate!yohanna said:I just hope England makes it to the Super six, that will make the tournament more interesting. England should have won the last one dayer against Australia, not many team are able to give Australia such a fright! I somehow think England are often deserted by luck.
So I now understand - makes England's efforts yesterday key!Choora said:The NRR is based on all games, i.e its the latter case!
Afridi actually scored 141 opening in a Test match, against India I think. In that innings he calmed down and didn't start hitting 6s till he was set. Someone just needs to tell him to hit the ball along the ground as it wasn't long ago that he was a very useful opener who played a lot of shots, but now he's just a 6 or outer.yohanna said:But as for Afridi, the guy simply doesn't have the right technique to succeed against a quality attack
Mate, not just this game but also the 2nd Final of the VB series as well. England have now lost 2 close games to Australia in a row really. So much for the law of averages the players keep talking about, they've had 2 chances and both times someone has come up with an inspired spell or innings to win the match for Australia. You make your own luck...yohanna said:England should have won the last one dayer against Australia, not many team are able to give Australia such a fright! I somehow think England are often deserted by luck.
Yes that was the famous Chennai test when Pakistan last toured India. Afridi played very well in that game and did not look like a slogger at all. However, the fact remains that he has been in international cricket for around 6 years now and still doesn't have any sort of consistency to speak of. One good century does not make a career. Did you see how he played against India at Centurion? He did come towards the fag end of the innings and was required to accelerate the scoring, but the way he went about it was very silly. He scored a couple of streaky boundaries and then holed out. At 17, he can maybe be forgiven for trying to thrash the cover off every ball he faced, but not at 23, not after playing 6 years of international cricket.Rik said:Afridi actually scored 141 opening in a Test match, against India I think. In that innings he calmed down and didn't start hitting 6s till he was set. Someone just needs to tell him to hit the ball along the ground as it wasn't long ago that he was a very useful opener who played a lot of shots, but now he's just a 6 or outer.
Yup. Mental fortitude, will to win, the winning habit, call it what you like.krkode said:It just isn't about luck how Australia won and England lost. Coming from 130 odd for 8 wickets down chasing 204 and making it is something only a great team can do. And that's exactly what Australia is. They have yet again proven why they are leagues ahead of other teams :wow:
Nah but you did hit upon a key issue; picking players far too young. Afridi was (and is) a fantastic hitter of the ball but he has a long way to go in developing his technique and picking him young, you're basically expecting him to learn all he has to at international level, which is obviously difficult. This is why we Aussies insist that picking players too young is not the way to go, regardless of their raw talent. I'm speaking of guys like Michael Clarke specificially. The guy oozes class but he's not ready and quite frankly doesn't deserve a spot ahead of guys like Katich, Love, Lehmann etc. yet anyway.I think Pakistan should just stop the idea of playing with bits and pieces cricketers.