Can Rana Naveed save what he fucked up?
Can Rana Naveed stick around and partner Shoaib Malik for another 15 overs?
All he needs to do is rotate the strike for umm, 80 runs or so...
Will he be able to atone for his bullshit bowling earlier in the day?
Yeah, I doubt it myself...
Pakistan is 129/6 needing 113 off 77 balls at 8.8 rpo. Game over!
UPDATE 1
They don't show the score comparisons anymore. Remember the time when, every 5 or 10 overs, they would print out what the opposing team's score was, at that point in their innings...
Oh, I shouldn't blog. Every time I write something, somebody gets out and it makes me unhappy. Well. Rana is gone. Bowled Bravo.
On the brighter side, at least my update to this entry now has something to do with the title. In case, you don't follow. The answer is no. Rana did not save what he fucked up.
UPDATE 2
Pakistan is fighting till the last wicket. Shoaib Malik just made his 50. That's pretty respectable no matter how you look at it. Some key questions arise.
Why does Iftikhar Anjum look more comfortable on the crease than Younis Khan?
Does Kamran Akmal not look at the field placings before he plays his shots?
Does anyone else get immensely ticked off at Inzamam getting LBW so often? Can't he get bowled a few more times?
170/7 after 44 overs.
UPDATE 3
Now we need about 58 runs of 24 balls. 'Impossible isn't it' you ask? Well, we're reaching that gray area of uncertainty. I've accomplished this score many a time in Stick Cricket, and once or twice at ICC Cricket Captain 2005. But never at Brian Lara Cricket 2005.
What's my point?
It's simple. Video games suck because they present a skewed view of reality.
Ah - the curse of the blogger. Bravo gets another one. Anjum is out. Caught by Lara. I promise I won't blog again till the end of the this match! The hopes of Pakistan rest on my typing fingers.
7 comments:
Glad to have you back. Congrats on the review on Spider. You celebrity you!
Rana Naved was a crock in this match, and totally mismanaged. I think this match was lost primarily due to inadequate planning and preparation by Woolmer and Inzy, and just poor captaincy while bowling. Disappointing.
Once again. I have been screaming this from the top of mountains. If you don't kill Rana Naved, Pakistan doesn't have a hope in hell. We probably lost by the total number of runs he gave in the innings.
I told you long ago. But no one seems to listen. As long as Rana is bowling/alive, we dont have a hope in hell.
Ahmer, thanks a bunch, but it was a bit embarrassing. Lets hope I can continue to keep this up for a while. I think PK will be out of the WC soon, so I'll have to switch over and start bashing other teams.
Agreed with your point. There were times when I felt Hafeez should have been bowled earlier, and Rana taken off, and so on and so forth.
Omar - Dude - We have no other bowlers man. Might as well give Rana an extended run, so he can improve. Sami is pretty shit too. Azhar should def. play instead of Kaneria for the next game.
And Inzi really needs to bowl Gul effectively. Maybe a short opening burst, something in the middle and then something towards the end, but not right at the end.
Why waste Gul and use him to contain and when Gul can get you wickets??
Bowl Gul out before the 40th over is done with and we might have sent a few more back into the pavilion.
Rana Naveed gave away over 9 runs an over during the SA series. Then he promptly started to grow his beard and is now training to become a mullah, so he wont get dropped anytime soon.
Good strategy
feo - thanks for the comment. duly noted. these are not happy times...
Thanks for share good blog
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