i have always noted,that Geoffrey Boycott is too harsh commenting on big hitters.whether it is sehwag, afridi, jayasuriya etc. etc. he is no master.i believe in “ATTACK IS BEST FORM OF DEFENCE” ,which teams must do.

The fact that Kamran Akmal is still on the team speaks volumes about the way Pakistani cricket works. I don’t even understand why PCB continues to bow before its Indian counterpart and maintain the ban on the ICL players. We’re sorely lacking in talent and the Indian board has shown their colors as far as supporting Pakistan Cricket is concerned. PCB has little to lose. Bring back the “renegade” players already and give this team a decent chance again. God knows we need something to feel good about Pakistan these days, might as well be cricket.

simply one thing is the difference btw the two team the way younis batted and look the way clarke batted…T20 on the corner why cant we back fawad alam lets put our money on him..i would say this result is because of lack of cricket for pakistan or either we have that mental blockade against stronger opposition and we could also say that it was not our day…it was funny and real when Geoffry boycott once said “there is only one team pakistan who from a winning stage have lost a match”

If we need to beat best teams in the world like Australia,India,SA then we need good players.
I won’t be suprised if we lose this series 4-1 because we just don’t have match winners. Our middle order is not up to the mark. Misbah isn’t either. He should quit. We are depending to heavily on Younis khan.

Everybody was bragging of whitewashing Australia 5-0, Pakistan just lost the 4th match and is trailing 3-1 having lost the series.

I suggest that Pakistan cricket bosses should not speak the word that later become thelaughing stock. Let them keep quiet and let the team performance speak.

Please don’t mistake me. I am not against loosing, I am just against the hollow talking.

In the present team we don’t have a world class player and plus we don’t have even a qualified coach to groom our young players.Misbah & Younis should be given rest for the rest of matches in UAE, theybshould bring in Fawad Alam as he is useful allrounder. Shoib Akhtar is just wasting his & BCP’s time. Zafar Ahmed

i think pakistan can comeback,only they need self-belief!i m from india and really want to see india-pak matches;that too in good spirit.
as for current series,i think pakistan needs to pick an additional batsman.

The critically important issue here is the batting lineup, which has to be looked at microscopically, and needs an overhaul now because the traditional set-up never works in such games any more. Looking at the rest of the world vis-a-vis changes in the lineups, one can easily notice some sort of flexibility in practically every major team that one sees in modern times. Even the Australians themselves, not to mention India and South Africa, have rearranaged the batting order in an attempt to give the potential match-winners the chance to regain their stride and momentum as well as their confidence whenever the chips are down.

Come on guys even Kenya would have won this match with 95 for no loss.

cricket or no cricket i only know one thing when ever u expect your favorite team to win they fall like a castle of cards and the embarrassment doesnt even show they failed in the last world cup and Australia’s fear has deep rooted in our players

I dont think Australian did any kind of superb bowling to derail Pakistan.Pakistanis lost due to their own shot selections or may be their habit of getting under pressure quickly.Even if you are not engaged in lot of international criket,having a quite few experince players this low total should be achievable.Also now there is strong need to do all efforts to bring Muhammad Yousuf back because Misbah has shown he cannot be middle order strength.Also bringing Abdur Razzak will provide some strength in lower order…

As long as Pakistani team play with a defensive approach they cannot beat good teams.
And Misbah has caused some serious problems to the Pakistani team so he should now be dropped as soon as possible.

Lets don’t forget. Our men have this bad habbit of disappointing us by loosing a game that they have nearly won and wining a game that they have almost lost. So we should get used to be thinking against waht the circumstances look like

With so much laying off going on in professional institutions, why not firing a few batsmen whos primary job is to catch the ball behind wickets and they are not doing it forget about bating others who did not bat regularly for last ten years and still regularly been a part of the squad… i guess these players are professionals aren’t they? They get paid right? hmmm i think there must be some big bribe game going on just to stay in the team.. who they pay btw? does anyone have any idea?

Pakistan should ve won this match, players like Younis, Shoaib, Akmal,and Misbah should ve stayed at the wicket and scored some runs after such a perfect start. Pakistan batting line up was stroner then the previous match. I can not understand so young players are so average in fielding from Pakistan side, when you are young you are full of energy in the filed but look how our fielders were fielding. To be frank I think against this Australian side if we has Razak, Yousif and Imran Nazir we would ve won all matches. These players may also could have performed better if Pakistan team had played regular cricket. Look at Australia how long have it been playing cricket and againsgt top class teams, one must at least appreciate bowling which have not allowed the Aussies to score big targets, we need to improve batting and more cricket no matter where but cricket against good teams, we will be ok, do not expect miracles from this team. Look at our batting only half centuary have been scored so far, you need a big score 100+ from on of our top 5 batsmen and a good fifty if we have to win any of the matches otherwise no chance.

Well it is difficult to describe in words the huge disappointment over the Pakistani teams performance in the 3rd ODI against Australia. I cant understand why Fawad Alam is left out and Yasir Arfat is given preferance. You know the wicket is supporting the spinners and yet you select Yasir who is a medium pacer and a lot worse batsman than Fawad Alam. I think the selectors and the captain have been very harsh on Fawad and every time Fawad has been given a chance he has justified his selection. Misbah is just stupid he is a senior player and vice captain but instead of taking singles and rotating the strike he goes for the big one and as Waqar younis very truly commented that Misbah knows only 2 ways of batting one is blocking and the other is going for sixes he needs to review his technoque thoroughly otherwise it should be goodbye to him. I sincerly hope that som sense prevails in the team for the remaining 2 matches because I really think that the Pakistani team is better than the present Australian outfit in UAE.

I personally feel that besides not played much international cricket & besides the mental block of our nation dipping down in every aspect of life with every passing day, it was just lack of pure common sense.

Any common man can make out that after getting such a good start by the openers they just had to take singles, there was no need of playing unnecessary strokes.

Our batsmen fell to some very ordinary balling, there was nothing special that day with Aussie balling. It was just the mental block of our players.

I cant forget the griming face of our coach Intikhab Alam when our loosing captain was giving his foolish speech.

May Allah give strength to our nation, & give us enough confidence to thrash our opponents in every walk of life.

indeed not only us Pakistanis but cricket lovers all around wre shocked by the display of batting by the green shirt,Boycott has said that only stupid will lose a match after getting into a winning position.
we do not need like of razzak, yoususf etc for they are no better than afridi,misbah malik or akmal.
what we need is faith in new comers like alam ,shezad,anwar aamir, etc.
Plz PCB look into the future,don’t waste revenue on offical like salim altaf ,bari and all. bring new staff look toward like of miandad ,akram ,waqar and introduce new blood.
boycott just before the Abu Dhabhi game in response to a question from Waqar about so many newcomers in Aussi’s squad said: they are building a team to win the 2011 world cup and there is no better opputunity than matches like these,
alas only if Aijaz saheb wakes up before major disaster and save our cricket and spirit. Plz get rid of the gang of Salim Altaf beofre we reach the ponit of no return.

A lot of players in the playing eleven do not deserve a place even in a club eleven, yet they are playing becuaes there are no other quality material around.

I believe this is just the right time to bring back ICL players such as Imran Nzir, Razzak, Imran Farhat, Yousuf, Rana amd most crtainly Saqlain Mushtaq.

Otherwise I dont see any future of this team. I am certain they will be knocked off in the first round of T20 WC if they play there with the team that is playing against Australia in UAE.

These performance shows demolition of Pak cricket. They lost even a easy target to one of the weakest Aus team. Rather than looking for senoirs like (Md. yusuf, yunus khan,afridi, shoail khan) PCB should focus on young players. So that they can come with new energetic pak team for 2011.

When two teams are play certainly, one team wins while other thrashing, losing match is also part of the game. Players! Don

There is no way you can call this Australian team an A-team. What if Ponting and Hussey are not there. Their recent performance was not good anyway and Bret Lee is not their main striker anymore. Are we going to call Pak team an A team as well since there are no Yousuf, Asif, Abdul Razzaq? Pakitan batting was just bad it’s not about A or B team. Our reactions are always extreme and don’t even want to give space to the players. One can not ignore that these players are also from Pakistan and the way things are going in Pakistan they are also affected as anyone else.

Wow ! All this anger at a cricket match ?
Cool it folks, its just a game. Pakistan wins some and mostly loses, so why the surprise?

Now Pakistani need just one thing, try to play straight. Just follow the plan. “Australians are not aliens”, play them just as we do to Indians. keep the ball on ground, work it into the gap, not into the hand of a fielder. What Misbah had to do was just play for 30-40 runs, when he done that the score could have been 150+ that was the time to put more pressure on Australians, force a spinner for a six, push next one for a four. And then take a sharp single. All will be in order. Even if he got out at this stage then, Afridi can do finish off the job. Even when we were 9 wickets down, the target was still in sight, a few poor balls by Aussies could ave done the trick, we should have played till the end.

Pakistani players need mental preparedness.
We need a psychologist, who can prepare individual players and make them mentally ready for the match before every game.

Our team and the management….i have no good words for them…Batting Powerplay …i mean ..come on…how can you forget that…i do understand if the batsmen forget it due to pressure..but what was the team management doing…they had no focus on the game..
Also..i would want to include that we should stop using this phrase..called lack of playing international cricket caused this fiasco….because the way we are playing…i wonder what would happen if we get a target around 250-280…Pakistan is in a very poor stage when it comes to cricket at this moment..and team management…is also below par…

I was supporting Pakistan against the potty mouthed racists, the whole match (I am Indian) Was really glad to see Pak almost wrap it up at 95/0, but then the Ozzie chitter-chatter got to your players. This Pak team is good enough to beat the current Aus team – Come on players, you have it in you: go kill the loud ozzies in the next two games.

Lets not forget, this happened to Aus in first match when Shahid Afridi and Saeed Ajmal bowled. It happened to teams like India, West Indies, SA, when Murli of Sri Lanka completely confused top order batsmen of many big teams. Its really fun to watch excellent bowling and wickets falling. I want Pak to win every game, but some fantastic bowling destroys batting line. Remember folks what happened to India top order when Ajentah Mendis bowled them out in Asia Cup Final last year.

bring back Muhammad Yousaf ,Abdul Razzaq and Imran Nazir if Pakistan wants to be successful in upcoming events.

I should say with sarrow that Mr.Afridi has played alot of international cricket but he has not learnt how to handle the situation when at times his wicket is so important, he just throws it irresponsiblly.

Very vey irresponsible act.
Shame on players, coaches and management.
Where is the spine (PRIDE)of these Pakistanis.
These players should be put on on donkeys as welcome back for such poor performance.

Younus Khan is all talk and smiles and good for nothing. We need to start a crash talent hunt in the country, otherwise cricket is doomed here.

I think it is unfair to criticize the players based on couple of matches. The main problem for the Pakistan players is they are deprived of sufficient exposure of international cricket as well as domestic cricket for which you can not blame the players. The needle should be pointed towards PCB. No other country can afford to loose the player like Mohd. Yousuf. PCB should have guts to include him in the team no matter what may come. It is not just for winning but for not loosing the fabulous cricketer.

Take it easy, its just a another game. Two games still to go….!!

at this level of the game nerves play a pivotal role. pakistan team has never been short of talent. every individual is a match winner but what we lack is mental toughness which is an outcome of our weak domestic cricket structure. our guys come up with enormous talent and skill but lose whenever its about playing under pressure. we really need to make our local system more competitive where our players dont only get a chance to develop their skills but also build characters. Goodluck Pakistan.

Pakistani batsmen (mid tier) need to use their brains when chassing the target specially when playing against Aussies. It was a reckless performance by middle order. They give away their wickets playing blind in the air when the target can be accomplish if played sensibly!!!! Hope they will learn some day but not ONE day !!!

Pakistani team needs no coach. They need to switch on their mind before start of match. As far as our captain is concerned I will only comment that no war can be won with words. you should be careful in giving statements, because end of the day you would have to face the music. Keep trying one day, I don’t know when, Pakistanis will win a series against Aussiez.

one small comment about mr amit sharma of Pakistan going Zimbawe way,may be this is his wish,surely we dont need any patronising.If IPL want Pakistani players they should be invited in a dignified way.
Pakistanis are resilient people.

When Younus Khan and Co. won the first game, everybody in the land of the pure was happy and most of them thought that now beating Australia in the Emirates will be a ‘cake walk’

Nevertheless, those who really know ODI cricket at the highest level of the game especially ‘cricket in Australia’ were just giving everybody the ‘benefit of the doubt’ – a trait every cricketer must command and control since it is the essence of this noble game.

Now by winning the second and third ODI games in Dubai and Abu Dhabi consecutively and impressively, the Australians once again have proved beyond any reasonable doubt, their depth of professionalism in all departments of the game. For sure, they have battled, bowled and fielded better than their ‘Green Shirt Counterparts’ and earned well deserved victories in the two games.

As much as I want the Pakistani cricket team to win the next remaining matches in Abu Dhabi and Dubai including the first ever 20/20 match at the newly built and lush green cricket stadium in Dubai, I have a very strong feeling that they have to perform extra-ordinarily well and beyond the realistic estimation and imagination to win against one of the strongest cricket teams of the world under some very hot, tough, humid, dusty, salty and rough weather conditions.

There is not an iota of doubt in my mind that in order to beat the Aussies, someone in the green color caps has to perform exceptionally well, like Shahid Afridi taking six wickets in the first ODI in Dubai.

Realistically speaking, our batting line-up is still brittle, shaky and without any depth. We definitely need legendary Mohammad Yousuf, all rounder Abdul Razzaque as well as batsmen Imran Farhat and Imran Nazir in our ranks to beat great teams like Australia even at the so-called neutral venues like Abu Dhabi, Sharjah and Dubai.

However, the million dollar question, as they say in America is that who is going to ‘bell the cat’ and let them play for Pakistan?

Does the current ‘Hand-picked, Inept and Un-elected” PCB administration has the guts as well as the grit to challenge the monopoly of BCCI and let all of its cricketers; who signed-up for ICL league in India for a honest and honorable livelihood (which by the way is the birth right of every human being), play in domestic first-class and one day cricket tournaments and be eligible on merits only, for the national team too?

With all due respect to the movers and shakers of cricket in the land of the pure, the answer to the above straight forward, frank, candid but intriguing question is “NO”

Best of luck to all Pakistani cricketers currently playing against the Australians in the Emirates, including all die hard Pakistani cricket fans and supporters like my long time pal “Sufi” Abdul Jaleel; the so-called “Chachaey Cricket of Pakistan” as well as all global cricket lovers.

My message to all of them at this crucial juncture in time and history is to “Keep it up, try your best and hang on tough”

Austrailians are a great side no doubt about it.The problem with Pakistani team
at present is that they are short of real match practice.

lets play the game as a game,do not sweat or loose your good night sleep.With the continous cricket our boys will certainly improve and new faces will come.

Given the mess Pakistan is in right now, failure in cricket should be the least of her worries.

Misbah must be one of the most irresponsible or stupid players at his level. The required run rate was less than 4 an over; plenty of wickets were in hand; he had not seen Clark bowl on that wicket; and he tries to hit him for a six on the first ball! After his insane performance at the 20-20 final, and all the other ways he has found of getting out, I think he should be dropped. At his age, he is not going to learn anything new. Let’s bring in Farhan.

Lack of quality match practice showing in the Pak team. Govt’s decision not to send Pak players to IPL was in no one’s interest but politics. That unfortunate (more for Pak than anybody else) decision further isloated Pakistan from international cricket. If this continues further then no body will be surprised if Pakistan team goes down Zimbawe way.

The performance was indeed heart breaking. I wish Inzi was still here to play in his cool way. We should not be too hesitant to make some changes.

pakistan lost because they have started to believe that they will lose .. this belief got them just after younis khan got out and it got stronger and stronger as soon as afridi rushed back..
pitty on them.. they couldnt stand infront of the “weak” australian team.. what would happen to them if ponting , hyddin, lee were there to blow them up.. God knows

it iwas just simply PATHETIC batting from Pakistan. I was sitting in fron of the television, with Pakistan on 95-0 and I was thinking we’ve won this easily and only 100 or so runs to go. But then after that I was completely shocked, was a complete nightmare, who would’ve thought that Paksitan would end up lossing after being 95 for no loss. Pakistan, i think, have missed a great opportunity to beat australia in a 5-match series after a long time, but it doesn’t look like if pakistan will now.
Like Boycott said: Pakistan now and again always self destructs especially when they’re so near to victory!

Australia did not play well they played professionally, we were a disgrace.. our captain looks like a giggling school girl.

Pakistani cricketers (as well as PCB) should show more commitment & seriousness toward the revival of cricket in our part of the world.
No bowler can do magic if the batsmen are not supporting bowlers.
We are missing players like ‘Muhammad Yousuf, Abdul Razzaq, Imran Nazir’ in our side, he ’s the one who can release the pressure, rotate the strike & get things going.
PCB has failed to deliver since quite ome time now, it’s the right time for Executives of our country to think over the necessary CHANGE in board management & their attitude.

I think we should not jump to the conclusions at once. Let the series finish and we’ll do the postmortem excercise. Don’t forget that the world champions Australia capitulated in a worse fashion in the 1st ODI. They were 95/1 at one stage and went on to be 122/9 before getting all out for 168. The only difference that I can think about is that Pakistan has got a psychological barrier playing against the yellow shirts and even when they are in a winning position, they just can’t believe that they are winning against the mighty world champions.Its more in the minds rather than on the field. This psychological barrier has to be dealt a serious blow.

Middle Order should have Mohammad Yousaf – simple solution.

What a performance by Aussies. People rightly say Pakistan Team unpredictable. specially when they are chasing a total they can be bundeled out at an unexpected lowest score.

The team selection is not right. A lot of non performers b’ce the performers are in the rebel league….
And what about Fawad Alam – he seems like a finisher why isn’t he in the 11 ???

It is sad that Pakistan lost after almost winning it. Clearly Pakistan needs better seamers and couple of more all-rounders for 50/50. Top order failed as usual, besides openers, surprisingly. I am not sure if Pakistan could beat Australian regular team if they can not match their A-outfit. Pakistan should seriously consider including Asif and Mohammad Yousaf, Otherwise, winning ratio is not going to change in near future. I hope they will win the next two.

Pakistan cricket team has always disappointed in times like this- nothing unusal. Perhaps they were thinking about missing IPL instead of focusing on their game.

Why the heck did Younis have to make a fool of himself & the country by making a statement like “We’ll white-wash the Australians”. Next time, keep it in the locker room for your team, Younis, not for the media. Disgraceful!

one should not be too harsh on pakistan for once we need to understand that the pakistani players were a little under cooked for they are playing international match after a long time

It was a DISASTER!!! Misbah should be Sacked. I won’t consider him a good batsmen till he plays on bouncy pitches of South africa or Australia. That’s his real test.

We lost to bunch of part-time spinners.

Bottom line is that Pakistan is not a stable team. Stable team requires stable mind.

What a sheer disappointment and failure by Pakistani middle order batsmen not to have capitalized on a solid opening stand by Salaman Butt and Shezad. I often wonder as to why our batsmen panic and fart to the pavilion in the face of pressure? If Younis Khan can not find his batting form, then he should seriously consider dropping himself. Where is Imaran Nazir? Shahid Afridi must learn to bat with his brain. He can not hit every ball over the ropes.

I could not bear seeing Pakistan lose yesterday when the margin of runs was not a big one. Our boys will have to pick up their wrecked nerves and confidence to win the last two ODIs’ to win the series and make us all feel happy and proud.

lack of internatonal cricket will only produce mediocre performance.

Again, like everything else in Pakistan, lack of education is ruining cricket, previous renowned victims of this disease were Pakistani politics, hockey, Lollywood movies, and education itself

There was nothing great about Australia’s performance. I mean yeah with the exception of their great fielding, disciplined bowling and decent energy, which is nothing more than a norm in their squad.

We did this to ourselves… as usual. What was misbah thinking? and Shahid lala? Younis could play better if he didnt find everything so funny!