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02-13-2012 , 05:10 AM

#3976

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02-13-2012 , 06:07 AM

#3977

Koshur

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The Legendary Sir Shahid Khan Afridi to destroy Engafrica today.

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02-13-2012 , 06:22 AM

#3978

Badminton

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The draft went pretty well overall imo, apart from the last couple rounds when a few got bored.

Eng v Pak starting in 30ish mins

Another Pak win coming

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02-13-2012 , 07:55 AM

#3979

Koshur

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LOL Afridi is too good.

On a hatrick

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02-13-2012 , 07:58 AM

#3980

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His first over:

12.4
Shahid Afridi to Pietersen, OUT, 98.3 kph, he's gone! Afridi skids one straight through Pietersen's defences and the England man's comeback as an opener is over.
KP Pietersen b Shahid Afridi 14 (36b 1x4 0x6) SR: 38.88

12.5
Shahid Afridi to Trott, OUT, 91.4 kph, two in two! This time, from wide on the crease, Afridi angles a quicker delivery past trott's lazy, attempted cover drive and the bails go flying once again!
IJL Trott b Shahid Afridi 0 (1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00

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02-13-2012 , 08:36 AM

#3981

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Oh I remember the draft, was good fun. Pretty sure I had the most versatile bowling options and the most ODI wickets in my team in the draft

Sanath Jayasuriya
Marcus Trescothick
Gautam Gambhir
Mahela Jayawardene*
Suresh Raina
AB de Villiers†
Ravi Shastri
Chaminda Vaas
Brett Lee
Harbhajan Singh
Anil Kumble

Plenty of runs all the way down the order too. Best team imo

We should do a Test draft soon imo, but give more time per pick (not five days tho

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02-13-2012 , 08:38 AM

#3982

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Test draft signup

TT - in

Add your name to the list if you want to do this, sign up by Feb 29^th, starts March 1^st

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02-13-2012 , 08:41 AM

#3983

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As for today's ODI, if Ravi Bopara is the answer then there's something wrong with the question.

SR 53 today (17 off 32, yawn)

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02-13-2012 , 08:41 AM

#3984

Badminton

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I'll be interested, not right now though.

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02-13-2012 , 08:57 AM

#3985

ashley12

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In for tests

also obv #1 should be banned imo

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02-13-2012 , 09:01 AM

#3986

DonkDonkDonkDonk

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I'd be interested, I don't have a comprehensive knowledge like a lot of you guys though

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02-13-2012 , 09:03 AM

#3987

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Originally Posted by ashley12

In for tests

also obv #1 should be banned imo

By obv #1 I presume you mean

Spoiler:

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02-13-2012 , 09:27 AM

#3988

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Gordon Ramsey (A-lister Cook) with a fluent, steady 100. Really is a complete player now.

Bopara supporting him well with a 50. England will be disappointed with anything less than 300 from here. Playing much better against the spinners. Will be interesting to see Pakistan chase.

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02-13-2012 , 10:12 AM

#3989

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Ajmal gets another 5-fer. England collapsing embarrassingly. Will be lucky to make 250 now.

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02-13-2012 , 10:13 AM

#3990

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I guess we're gonna be very disappointed then.

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02-13-2012 , 10:17 AM

#3991

Badminton

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Excellent knock from Cook.

Has at least made a game of it.
Woeful collapse.

Not a fan of the 1 review rule, although it greatly helped us because Bopara would have been given out on review before he started scoring.

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Oh and there's quite a lot of talk that some BPL games could be rigged.

Last edited by Badminton; 02-13-2012 at 10:42 AM. Reason: England currently favorites at the bookies

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02-13-2012 , 10:36 AM

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This is not going to be easy to chase. We have the likes of Farhat and Malik playing. Also Younis and Misbah are poor ODI players imo. I really think it depends on whether Akmal will play his A game and for that he needs to bat in the top 4.

I honestly think England still have a good chance here. Swann is key.

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02-13-2012 , 10:42 AM

#3993

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Pakistan should have picked Rehman. Also what's happened to Abdul/Abdur Razzaq ? He was handy at scoring quick fifties and bowled as well. It was funny to see Umar Akmal behind the stumps. That's three of them now. I think England can defend 260 but it should be a good game now.

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02-13-2012 , 11:01 AM

#3994

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Originally Posted by Cwocwoc

Pakistan have the #1 and #2 ranked bowlers in the world. Ajmal and Hafeez (opens the batting as well). Then Afridi who is probably the best of the lot even though he's ranked slightly lower. We have 30 overs of spin guaranteed right here. Also there is the useless Shoaib Malik who usually bowls a little. No place for Rehman.

Razzaq is finished. Can't bowl anything but pie's and lollypops. His batting isn't good enough to keep him in the team. His fielding is so bad that it wouldn't matter if Pakistan played with 10 on the field.

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02-13-2012 , 11:27 AM

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Finn looks to be the real deal.

Pakistan will lose this easily unless Umar Akmal plays amazingly well. No faith in YK or Misbah or Farhat or Malik.

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02-13-2012 , 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Koshur

Rehman is arguably Pakistan's best spinner. He should be in ahead of Shoaib Malik. I think Umar Akmal could be the long-term solution to the problem of Pakistan's long tail in their test side. I'm sorry to hear Razzak is out for good. he's played some great innings in ODIs.

On a different tack hard luck to Kenya who lost to Ireland by ten runs.