The Cricket Society II

Thank you for the explanation beta I've always had a pretty negative view of the Indian media- way too conspiratorial and overdramatic- a bit like those crappy little dramas on Star Plus.

Yeah definitely. You should see their coverage when it comes to Bollywood, milking any small argument or even if there isn't any argument, they'll make one.

But yeah, some discussion on the pitch being prepared that the Indians could set up a green, batting pitch to suit their batters and hence why Akhtar would have to play for us if that's the case. They have Harbhajan, Ashwin and Yurvraj as their spin options so compared to Pakistan's, they aren't as good so they'd be happy with a batting pitch as long as our spinners were neutralised.

Also, a cheap plug to my blog where I've jotted up a piece on why Pakistan need to avoid nationalistic passion to beat India.

Have you ever watched star news
With all the peeeeshoooooo, peeeeshooooo noises...and going on about the same point for about an hour

All tournament, I have been crying, hoping and praying that Pakistan will not have to play India. When we beat Australia, I was so, so happy that we wouldn't have to play them in the quarters. Most Pakistanis I know really, really wanted to play them, and I said no, again and again. We have a losing record against them in tournaments and they are a very strong outfit on home turf. After we've been drawn them, all you can do is be positive, and here it is;

-Our batsmen generally perform well against India. Kamran, Afridi, Misbah and Younus have all done well against them
-Hafeez and Kamran have shown signs of good form, the middle order is robust, and Akmal, Afridi and Razzaq are made to bat on Indian pitches against Indian bowlers
-We have the best bowling attack in the tournament. Every single angle is covered, from left arm spin to right arm swing and every type of bowler is represented; young, consistent, experienced, line and length, explosive
-Afridi has been the best player at the tournament by a distance, and will relish playing India
-Gul has played well against India and is the form fast bowler in the world
-Though they have beaten us four times before in World Cups, this run has to end some time
-We have been the best team in the tournament to date
-We have got further than most expected, and have already surpassed what our aim was at the start
-The captaincy is balanced and effective
-India's batting has collapsed massively 4 times in this tournament
-Only Sachin and Yuvraj are really in form. Viru is living off one big innings against
Bangladesh, Gambhir has done nothing, Dhoni has done nothing, Kohli has been average and Raina sub-par
-Their bowling attack is poor. Very poor. Harbhajan has been awful against us, and Zaheer's average and economy rate is poor against us
-We have a winning record against India in the last ten years, and all time
-This is a new Pakistan outfit, with new leaders, new seniors and new players. None of the laziness and prima donna attitudes that were associated with the old teams
remain
-The Pakistani fielding is as good as it has ever been, being fantastic against the Aussies

All tournament, I have been crying, hoping and praying that Pakistan will not have to play India. When we beat Australia, I was so, so happy that we wouldn't have to play them in the quarters. Most Pakistanis I know really, really wanted to play them, and I said no, again and again. We have a losing record against them in tournaments and they are a very strong outfit on home turf. After we've been drawn them, all you can do is be positive, and here it is;

-Our batsmen generally perform well against India. Kamran, Afridi, Misbah and Younus have all done well against them
-Hafeez and Kamran have shown signs of good form, the middle order is robust, and Akmal, Afridi and Razzaq are made to bat on Indian pitches against Indian bowlers
-We have the best bowling attack in the tournament. Every single angle is covered, from left arm spin to right arm swing and every type of bowler is represented; young, consistent, experienced, line and length, explosive
-Afridi has been the best player at the tournament by a distance, and will relish playing India
-Gul has played well against India and is the form fast bowler in the world
-Though they have beaten us four times before in World Cups, this run has to end some time
-We have been the best team in the tournament to date
-We have got further than most expected, and have already surpassed what our aim was at the start
-The captaincy is balanced and effective
-India's batting has collapsed massively 4 times in this tournament
-Only Sachin and Yuvraj are really in form. Viru is living off one big innings against Bangladesh, Gambhir has done nothing, Dhoni has done nothing, Kohli has been average and Raina sub-par
-Their bowling attack is poor. Very poor. Harbhajan has been awful against us, and Zaheer's average and economy rate is poor against us
-We have a winning record against India in the last ten years, and all time
-This is a new Pakistan outfit, with new leaders, new seniors and new players. None of the laziness and prima donna attitudes that were associated with the old teams remain
-The Pakistani fielding is as good as it has ever been, being fantastic against the Aussies

guess whos going to mohali

we better win lol

Ahmedabad was just amazing; the noise was ridiculous!

Atrocious Indian media at it again: http://team-afridi.blogspot.com/2011/03/pakistan-ki-kaala-pathar-practice-big.html

guess whos going to mohali

we better win lol

Ahmedabad was just amazing; the noise was ridiculous!

Oh my word yes and it's the same with the dramas as well. They go on about the same thing for about 50 episodes and whenever anything happens there's these peshoooo noises and they feel it necessary to zoom in on all the faces of the actors there. Pakistani dramas are actually (especially during the 1990's) so good and their our news channels are very good as well.

More like DADHAN DADHAN *X1000 ZOOM*

Oh, and I like ure sig btw

So true lol, Pakistani dramas are so much better. This one in particular I would day is better than even shows such as 24 that I have watched in the UK:

http://pakistanica.com/tv/tanhaiyan/

So true lol, Pakistani dramas are so much better. This one in particular I would day is better than even shows such as 24 that I have watched in the UK:

http://pakistanica.com/tv/tanhaiyan/

Paki dramas > Indian dramas

Indian films > Paki films

Agreed