2nd Semi-Final: New Zealand v Pakistan at Johannesburg, Oct 3 2009

[TheParraboy]

pakistan 1/46 in the 10th over, Bond strikes

 

[TheParraboy]

nz 2/43 in the 10th over

chasing 234 to win

could be a close game

 

[TheParraboy]

3/79

kiwis still have broom to come

 

[TheParraboy]

3/89 - 21 overs

 

[ozbash]

this is reasonably sad to watch actually.

still, 7 overs left, 50 to get and we havnt lost any more stix..

 

[ozbash]

not quite so sad now 12 off 24, no lost wickets..

power play has destroyed Pakistan.

 

[African Monkey]

We have a devastating middle order and we will be extremely tough to beat not to mention the fact that Grant Elliott is a world-class ODI player.

 

[AusKnightRKO]

We have middy johnson

 

[ozbash]

good stuff

bring on aussie...

 

[AusKnightRKO]

we will come dont you worry... u may have a decent middle order but we got the best batsmen in the game today coming in at 3

 

[African Monkey]

We have middy johnson

He's far too erratic. We have a very consistent side with players who are prepared to fight for each other. Taylor put us under pressure by getting dismissed today but Elliott showed his class as a player by guiding us through to a very comfortable win in the end.

This is our final to lose imo. We will be going into this game as red-hot favourites.

 

[ozbash]

This is our final to lose imo. We will be going into this game as red-hot favourites.

Bond, Shane Bond.

 

[AusKnightRKO]

yes you will go in as favs against the current world and defending champions trophy .... please explain how.... not to mention aus coming off humiliating the england side again 2 nights back

 

[AusKnightRKO]

and hes not the bond of old is this was a few years ago id be a bit nervous but he just isn't the same nomore

 

[African Monkey]

Bond, Shane Bond.

Yeah he's a key player but I feel that we have a much more balanced batting lineup atm and it will win us the final in the end and our bowlers are killing it.

 

[African Monkey]

yes you will go in as favs against the current world and defending champions trophy .... please explain how.... not to mention aus coming off humiliating the england side again 2 nights back

We're not talking about the past and yeah you guys were alright against a very poor England side. But we have proven that as a team, we are easily the best ODI team in the world.

 

[TheParraboy]

Pakistan dont have a chance, NZ by 90 runs or 6 wickets

cheers

pretty close, ill need a day or so to think about who will win the final

but im heading towards the men from across the tasman

 

[ozbash]

pretty close, ill need a day or so to think about who will win the final

but im heading towards the men from across the tasman

you seem like an intelligent bloke, Parraboy.

I think I like you

 

[Ridders]

India and Pakistan knocked out. I'm excited.

Well played to NZ. Wont win the Final but making it is quite a significant achievement.

 

[ozbash]

Pakistan captain Younus Khan's dropped catch at a crucial point in yesterday's Champions Trophy cricket match against New Zealand has roused suspicions of corrupt play.
While strenuously denying deliberately dropping the ball, Younus conceded that the dropped catch cost his team the Champions Trophy semifinal tie in Johannesburg on Saturday.

But the International Cricket Council's (ICC) anti-corruption unit will be having a good look at the match, according to the Ahmedabad Mirror, though it noted "it would be jumping the gun at this stage to suggest a hanky panky semifinal".

The match was evenly poised when Younus dropped Grant Elliott in the covers off teenage fast bowler Mohammad Aamer in the 40th over, with the New Zealand batsman then on 42 in his team's total of 165 for four.

New Zealand needed 69 to win at that stage with six wickets in hand, but Elliott steered his team home with a crucial 104-run stand for the fifth wicket with skipper Daniel Vettori (41).

"The officials are guarded in their reactions at this stage, but indeed, the tapes of the Pakistan-New Zealand semifinal match are on their way to the anti-corruption unit," the newspaper reported.

Younus "shockingly" gave priority to the safety of an injured finger to making the catch, it said.

The Pakistan captain showed an after-match press conference the bandaged little finger of his right hand, and said the reason he missed the catch was because he was trying to protect a fractured finger.

"When I ran Gautam Gambhir out with the same hand, people clapped and said 'what a patriot, playing for the country with a broken finger'. Now, the same people will call me names, they will suggest I was up to something. I am not worried about anything".
http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/cricket/2932656/Crickets-anti-corruption-unit-studying-Black-Caps-win