Predator_05 Posted August 24, 2007 Posted August 24, 2007 The last over wasn't that bad as it's made to look like. Fair enough Broad hit couple of good hits but the fours came off edges. I think Munaf bowled pretty well today despite the number of runs he ended up giving away in the end. True. You cannot judge a bowler's performance in a match like this and claim that they deserve to be dropped or retained. Every single bowler who wasn't a spinner turned out to be cannon fodder today. It was a small ground, quick outfield, hard-hitting batsmen on both sides. The bowlers were always going to suffer. India should stick with the same bowling attack for the next match, IMO.
Sanjeev Posted August 25, 2007 Posted August 25, 2007 man i take back what i said of him after his awful last over. 49.5Patel to Broad, FOUR, Another lemon cut. Another boundary. England now need 10 to win from one ball. Will Munaf bowl a no ball? 49.4Patel to Broad, SIX, 20 from 3 and what does Broad do. Smokes a full toss on the off stump over long off. The crowd roar their approval 49.2Patel to Broad, FOUR, Ah! The lemon cut. It was full in length, outside off, Broad tries to drill it through cover, gets a inside-edge and it runs to fine leg boundary. 49.1Patel to Broad, SIX, Short of length, on the leg stump and Broad tonks it over deep midwicket. Powar runs back, catches it and tries to flick it back in but he has already gone beyond the ropes. The crowd love it. Yes, he gave up all these runs, but if you watched it, he wasn't really going after it. He was laughing and obviously just making sure he delivered properly. The two fours were very lucky shots for Broad IMO. Doesn't excuse the runs, but like others have said, all the pacers were drilled today. To state the obvious, Munaf's big contribution was taking the openers. I thought the 1st wicket partnership was going to get ugly.
Ram Posted August 25, 2007 Posted August 25, 2007 I dont know whats the fuss about how close England got. The match was over when England was 230/6 in 40 overs. Whatever happened after that was immaterial. The english would have known then itself that the match was beyond their grasp. Some lusty hitting by some newbie is not going to change the fact that we won the match in the 40th over itself.
Chandan Posted August 25, 2007 Posted August 25, 2007 I heard that Munaf was quite quick today. At what speed was he bowling??---anyone???
Ram Posted August 25, 2007 Posted August 25, 2007 I heard that Munaf was quite quick today. At what speed was he bowling??---anyone??? 81-84 Mph.. Def not quick..
Chandan Posted August 25, 2007 Posted August 25, 2007 Well then wonder what the star cricket commentators meant by saying "Munaf bahut tez bowling kar rahe hain" "Aur ye Munaf ke bahut hi tez gend" and all that stuff!!
Ram Posted August 25, 2007 Posted August 25, 2007 I guess for them, bowling at early 80's is very Tez...
Chandan Posted August 25, 2007 Posted August 25, 2007 I guess for them' date=' bowling at early 80's is very Tez...[/quote'] Certainly not for Zaheer Abbas--one of the hindi commentators of Star Cricket. He comes from the land of fast bowling. He was making all these comments!!
Ram Posted August 25, 2007 Posted August 25, 2007 He was making some bounce go through with good bounce and carry. Maybe that is what he is referring to as good pace.
Chandan Posted August 25, 2007 Posted August 25, 2007 Ok. Could be!! cFlintoff and others were bowling at scorching pace, yet Sachin and Saurav were charging down the track to hit them!! So I don't how much the speed shown by speed guns should be taken into account.
Ram Posted August 25, 2007 Posted August 25, 2007 If you were watching star cricket , then why were you not able to see the speeds ?
Chandan Posted August 25, 2007 Posted August 25, 2007 If you were watching star cricket ' date=' then why were you not able to see the speeds ?[/quote'] Watched the highlights this mornings--a very bad package where they jumbled up the wickets towards the end. It didn't show speed. I don't keep awake after 11 O'clock and hence missed the second inning in all the D/N encounters in England and SA!! The WC in WI was a nightmare!
Chandan Posted August 25, 2007 Posted August 25, 2007 Then start staying awake :D Can't do so. Not allowed by doctors!!!:regular_smile:
monkeyfood Posted August 25, 2007 Posted August 25, 2007 At least RPSingh took an important wicket mascarenhas that man was hitting big shots boy but rp take him out but i dont think he was all that today i tink munaf and and chawla made this match a victory for us
Shehezaada Posted August 25, 2007 Posted August 25, 2007 Agarkar was our best ODI Bowler for the last year...he in tandem with Zaheer were instruemental in winning that ODI series in Belfast. Let's not get ahead of ourselves
King Tendulkar Posted August 27, 2007 Posted August 27, 2007 Munaf has to be the most frustrating and dissapointing bowler we have had. Burst on to scene and bowled at just over 90 mph. Then went down to low 80s. Came back last odi and first spell bowled at 87mph and was quick. Then second spell bowled at 80. Now today bowling st 78 mph. Real shame as has the ability and weapons but has no heart whats so ever. Is going to be another 79 to 82 mph bowler. Very sad
Predator_05 Posted August 27, 2007 Posted August 27, 2007 I have a feeling that his career is slowly coming to a premature end. The selectors can't keep picking him on promise - he needs to deliver. After all the hype surrounding his comeback, he hasn't done anything - in fact, he is the Indian bowling attack's weakest link. He will probably have 'til the end of this series to show what he is capable of; after that, it's bye-bye.
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