Pakistan v Australia A, One-day matches, Adelaide

[Rachael]

Originally Posted by Maranello

We have one good line and length bowler, who can get movement in the air and uniquely for Pakistanis, off the wicket... we are playing in England... and we drop him after he has done very well in the first ODI. That's our selection for you...

This brought a smile: exasperated?

Originally Posted by Shaka 33322

It's not just our selectors Maranello. [...] Some fans are so dense I sometimes think they deserve the performances they get.

This just made me laugh: I really do wish you two were able to call the shots in Pakistan :-)

[Beny]

The Game was telivised in Aus. Only thing I saw wrong was the 'bat hanging outside off-stump' problem again. Did'nt really watch Aus A bat though.

[Shaka]

Originally Posted by Beny

The Game was telivised in Aus. Only thing I saw wrong was the 'bat hanging outside off-stump' problem again. Did'nt really watch Aus A bat though.

You are referring to the Pakistan batsmen I take it then? They can get away with it on Pakistani pitches, but it looks amateurish abroad. The only answer is get a core set of players together and try and coach better habits into them which is I think is the short to mid-term plan of Woolmer. I thought there were signs of improvement as the tests went on, and hopefully they will continue.

[Shaka]

Originally Posted by Rachael

This brought a smile: exasperated?


This just made me laugh: I really do wish you two were able to call the shots in Pakistan :-)

To be fair Rachael, I think the PCB has done a lot of work behind the scenes lately and in the face of a bunch of vipers raising their heads every time there is a set back, it takes broad shoulders to be able to steer a steady course. The PCB hasn't done a bad job so far in offering Woolmer full support, I just hope they can hold their nerve. You wouldn't believe the pressure they come under when things are not going 100% according to the script.

[Shaka]

Pakistan absolutely hammered in the Twent20 match against Australia limping to 70 odd for 7 wickets in reply to Aus A's 186. Strange team selection once again, with Taufeeq Umar, a test specialist being asked to play in a knockabout game. His game suffered through trying to up the tempo for ODI matches, I don't think this will have done him any good at all.

The result is not great but I'm not too concerned. I don't think too many of our players have played this format before and with an experimental team anything could have been expected.

[Maranello]

Pak scored 129/7 in 20 overs, so lost by 56 runs. Result irrelevant, but strange to select Taufiq as you say.

[Seamer]

It was only a 20/20 game so you can,t draw too many conclusions from that game. The 50 over game will be a different story. One concern i had was Inzy batting at 6. He is their best batsman and should be up the top. It indicates a lack of confidence and that must be a concern for Pakistan

[Shaka]

Taufeeq actually made 31 off 20 balls which was one of the better efforts. Younis Khan came in to bat at no 9 so definitely an experimental line up.

[Shaka]

Full Scorecard:

Pakistan in Australia, 2004-05
Australia A v Pakistanis
Adelaide Oval
13 January 2005 (20-over match)

Result: Australia A won by 56 runs

Toss: Australia A
Umpires: IH Lock and BNJ Oxenford
TV Umpire: SD Fry

Australia A innings (20 overs maximum) R M B 4 6

JR Hopes b Shoaib Akhtar 8 12 8 1 0

*+BJ Haddin b Shoaib Akhtar 2 5 5 0 0

BJ Hodge c Taufeeq Umar b Mohammad Khalil 13 14 8 3 0

MEK Hussey c Azhar Mahmood b Iftikhar Anjum 21 28 17 2 1

DJ Hussey c Shoaib Akhtar b Abdul Razzaq 50 52 43 4 1

CL White not out 58 42 38 6 1

MJ North not out 9 10 6 1 0

Extras (b 5, lb 2, w 1, nb 10, pen 6) 24

Total (5 wickets, 20 overs, 84 mins) 185



DNB: DJ Thornely, NW Bracken, DG Wright, SW Tait.



FoW: 1-9 (Haddin, 0.5 ov), 2-27 (Hopes, 2.1 ov),

3-39 (Hodge, 3.4 ov), 4-69 (MEK Hussey, 8.3 ov),

5-148 (DJ Hussey, 17.4 ov).



Bowling O M R W

Shoaib Akhtar 4 0 37 2 (2nb)

Mohammad Khalil 3 0 29 1 (2nb, 1w)

Iftikhar Anjum 4 0 23 1

Abdul Razzaq 3 0 22 1

Shahid Afridi 2 0 23 0

Azhar Mahmood 3 0 24 0 (1nb)

Mohammad Hafeez 1 0 14 0

Pakistanis innings (target: 186 runs from 20 overs) R M B 4 6

Yasir Hameed c White b Wright 5 5 6 1 0

Taufeeq Umar b Tait 31 53 20 4 0

Shahid Afridi c MEK Hussey b Wright 2 2 3 0 0

Mohammad Hafeez run out (Hodge/Haddin) 3 5 7 0 0

Abdul Razzaq b Bracken 1 8 9 0 0

*Inzamam-ul-Haq run out (Tait/Hopes) 21 25 22 2 0

Azhar Mahmood lbw b White 1 2 2 0 0

+Younis Khan not out 28 33 27 2 0

Iftikhar Anjum not out 21 27 24 0 0

Extras (lb 3, w 7, pen 6) 16

Total (7 wickets, 20 overs, 85 mins) 129



DNB: Mohammad Khalil, Shoaib Akhtar.



FoW: 1-9 (Yasir Hameed, 1.3 ov), 2-11 (Shahid Afridi, 1.6 ov),

3-15 (Mohammad Hafeez, 3.1 ov), 4-17 (Abdul Razzaq, 4.5 ov),

5-67 (Inzamam-ul-Haq, 10.4 ov), 6-69 (Azhar Mahmood, 11.1 ov),

7-71 (Taufeeq Umar, 12.1 ov).



Bowling O M R W

Bracken 4 0 15 1

Wright 4 0 27 2 (1w)

Hopes 4 0 29 0 (1w)

White 4 0 23 1 (3w)