Australia is showing again what a surprisingly good one-day outfit they are.
Ryan Harris has barged his way into world cricket, but to be fair, he looks like he would barge his way into a swimming pool. Clint McKay either gets wickets or goes for no runs, not the worst habit to get into. Cam White is obviously pretending he is captaining the side. And Nathan Hauritz is giving up bowling for batting.
The series was dead at game two, and today’s game meant nothing at all. Pakistan played like it.
Their collapse was not unique and not unexpected.
Lose early wickets, pseudo consolidate for a while and then collapse for good.
It was not interesting or fun.
Then Shahid came in.
His first two balls brought about two wild slogs. Nothing pretty, but both went for four through fortune.
Then he tried to end Little Nathan’s gene pool.
After that was an attack on Clint McKay that eventually had him caught wildly slogging across the line.
He only lasted 10 balls, he scored 29 runs.
It wasn’t a great innings; it wasn’t even a good innings.
It was an innings that could only be compared to a black man taking LSD, pouring bourbon on his head, singing fuck the police and running naked through a Klu Klux Klan meeting that was mid way through lynching a bunch of his friends.
It was, for all 3 overs of it, something to grab your attention in a very dull game.
Like I have said before, Afridi either gives his fans a lift or his haters something to bag him about.
Today he did both.
I love him, I really do. I never had a truly mental relative, and Shahid is the crazy uncle I always wanted.
Imagine him in the corner at a family party, setting alight the napkins while denouncing his brother, the local butcher, as a CIA operative.
BOOM DOOM AFRIDI
The Boom Boom music was very appropriate.
I missed his first big slog cause I had dozed off in the stands. That woke me up in a hurry.
.-= Nathan´s last blog ..Best Moment From 3rd ODI =-.
the only memorable thing about the match was michael slater commentating beside adam gilchrist. although there is a rumour that slater was actually voicing gilchrist’s part, if you know what i mean.
hahaha.
Pak disease.
Lose early wickets, pseudo consolidate for a while and then collapse for good.
is cam white is real? he is scoring in every inning.
i do think though pak is very talented but they play like despirited team do not want to be in australia or anywhere but home. Problem is unity. Only imran khana can unite pakistan team. Every one else is failed.
I’ll stay away from them pakis if I were you honey.
Whole family out in this blog. How many “virtual roles” jrod going to play. Pakistan is great. :D
Come on, they have Osama and no one in the world touch him because he is in pakistan. Super!.
Or it is just a ploy so that all alqaeda comes out of wood work and cia killing them ortherwise they all will go underground. May be all osama tapes from 2001 to now are CIA manufactured. That may be most probable explanation.
Back to cricket , Pakistan needs a leader. They can beat india easily. It is different thing to play against aussies and your mortal enemy. They do not need a leader to play against india. It is a battle…rewards are so high if you perform against india. you may even get 72 virgins if any pak playes perform and beat india. :D
In 20 years of cricket obsession as Indian cricket fan, I have never, ever, seen a Pakistani side this weak. I can even bet that my Dad, with 50 years of cricket obsession, has not seen a Pakistani side this weak.
Truth be told, the most militant of Hindu fundamentalists want Pakistan to win in cricket (when they are not playing against India of course). When India were getting their arses handed to them across the world, Pakistan nearly bossed WI in WI. We just like to remind ourselves that we subcontinentals can play the game as well as anyone else. So what if it is that team across the border who are a little better than us.
With a Paki team this shit at everything, and the Indian team bossing every one else around, I suppose we don’t need to support a non-Indian, subcontinental team against all others. But old habits die hard, and I am genuinely angry and bitter that Pak are playing this badly against a less-than-strong Aussie team.
Realistically, Shahid should annoy me so much more than he does. But if you remember what he used to be like back when he seemed to be grooming himself to fill the position of the team’s resident cocky douchebag for when Shoaib Akhtar wasn’t around to do it, he seems almost cuddly now.
The Jesus pose when he takes a wicket still grates though. You look like an ass, Shahid-bhai, drop it.
.-= lareina´s last blog ..The thighs have it =-.
IPL3
The new-generation Pakis have gone soft… they’ve lost their killer instinct… this process began under Inzamam “Aloo” Al-Haq’s captaincy. Aamer and Umer Akmal can certainly bring it back, though.
Btw, this thing below isn’t updating… keeps showing an old post instead of the new one.
.-= Rishabh´s last blog ..IPL 3 – Transfers – You read it here! =-.
hehehe yeah right I even wrote a Film script on the current ODI series with leading actors, of course the Cunning Punter and the poor MoYo. It isn’t good even isn’t near good so for Bollywood so no chance to hit theaters soon :(
But It feels like whole series is about Punter telling MoYo how to do it and he ain’t giving it a shit.
.-= Reverse Swing´s last blog ..Punter and MoYo at Shooting of a Comedy Film for Bollywood =-.
He carries a beard pretty well, too. Much better than Mr Mo, who looks like an Amish preacher.
Don’t get me wrong, I think Mr Mo is probably the nicest man in cricket. That beard, tho’.
@lareina – he is *the* douchebag in the pak team.
Indians are shedding crocodile tears.
I second Alok. I had high hopes that Pakistan will win at least one test and run Aus very close in the ODIs. Alas !
hey Pakis are world T20 champs ok!!
so, wen is the real cricket starting…?
.-= Mock Wah´s last blog ..W.W.W.S. – AGAIN =-.
@alok,
im not a hindu extremist, thought quite close to being one , and i dont support pakistan.
never.
ever.
@yawn,
am i missing something?
wheres the coin box?
Cam White. Slipper extraordinaire. Cam White. The new Buckethands. But without the constantly opening gob and the kissing of the crucifix.
Cam White. Slipper extraordinaire.
Hes the Paki team’s resident Watto – just ask Gambhir.