That AB stat is apparently true, he's just a sporting freak.
ICC Cricket World Cup 2015
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
Yeah, absolutely. He's one of the best "sporting" talents, thats for sure.
The school system here kind of preps you well though. When you go to a "former model C" school (a tier below government but not 100% private), or private school (they recruit the best talents through sports/academic bursaries etc.) - it is compulsory to participate in at least "1 winter" and "1 summer" sport. Soccer/football is generally a "poor" man's game here in SA, as our national sports are rugby and cricket.
So any 2 of rugby, hockey (winter), cricket and tennis (summer) are generally most popular at these levels. And scouting are most prominent at the better schools as they participate at the highest levels/best tournaments in the country.
So there'd have been multiple sportsmen (and women) in SA who's probably been "good" enough to get, at least provincial colors (the tier below representing your country) in more than sport, if not multiple.
So yeah, it doesn't take anything away from AB's world class talents, but i thought i'd give you a quick bit of "history".
Partially agreed-but look at our team post 2006 onwards when we had arguably the best number 3, 4 and 5 batsman in the world (Younis Khan, Inzi, and Mo'hd Yousuf). These three have never been adequately replaced, they were our test and ODI lynchpins. Instead, we play players living off one or two 'big' innings hoping they can perform consistently, when in reality, it's just a one off innings. Umar Akmal, Kamran Akmal, Afridi (not including his bowling), Shehzad, Nazir, Razzaq-although these guys are exciting big hitters, they have never been able to do it consistently, but they're always included in the setup. Disappointment after disappointment. Compare this to Gayle who always performs when the pressures on in a tournament etc.
Our Mr Consistency is Misbah and this is why we need players like him in the team, he's a calm head and he's a thinker. It's better than giving your wicket away cheaply going for a 6 all the time. But this is not to say we don't need players that don't play big and play expansive either. I think the older and tried and tested players need to be moved on if they're not performing. We need to reintegrate Ajmal, Gul and J Khan back into the team as these guys are world class (especially the first two) and see if Mo'hd Amir is back to his old levels. The good thing about the Pakistan team is our bowlers are second to none so we can always compete in that respect (apart from this tournament). We also need to stop this mentality of all and sundry having an opinion on the team. I'm talking about Miandad, Akhtar, Akram-these guys need to be ignored (unless they're part of the coaching setup).
Anyway, I'm off on some long winded rant (again) so I'll stop it there, but if they end up losing their next game you'll probably get the rest of it!
This is the hardest one to believe I think, SA have some great swimmers, How any of them, including multiple World and Olympic gold medalists haven't been able to beat these I find impossible to believe.
Day 17: Ireland vs South Africa
J Mooney's current bowling stats: 5-2-9-1.
Is he on the same path as Holder was against SA?
Is he on the same path as Holder was against SA?
Amla is just crazy good.
27 runs of his sixth. Good call
Naveed : "People are taking about double centuries for individual players and in Pakistan we are praying for our openers to reach the double figures atleast...."
Amla and AB the best two batsmen in the world currently?
Forget not Kohli.
Ireland shouldn't have got any of Amla/Faf out.
To be completely honest a double century for any player is more likely than Fat Guy getting to double figures.
Freak show has started again. I felt really happy a couple of overs ago that I had chosen Faf as captain but at this rate AB is going to outscore him by a large margin.
I left faf out for de kock..and ab goes
Thanks a lot, man. Thanks a lot!
I've got Russouw as well, so typical that he'll fail.@The Man Himself hits bullseye with his team today.
Rossouw is the man to watch out for.
Another 400 score 
Lynk's gotta wave the Irish white flag or something here. No way they're going to chase this.
Ouch, this is destruction at the moment for Irish. This might just be what knocks them out.
Time to add bowling to the things AB can do?
Yup. Up to 2nd now. Got 971 points today.@The Man Himself hits bullseye with his team today.
two 400+ totals during this tournament from South Africa, i predicted a New Zealand world cup win before the start but i'm having doubts.
They also choked early and could well have learnt valuable lessons that may just help them go all the way.
Sky's WC channel is so fecking boring. Pretty much every 'classic' game is from the 1992 WC & they're showing about 7 replays from the latest game.
Would be better if they had some non-WC match highlights or showed their Masterclass series instead.
Would be better if they had some non-WC match highlights or showed their Masterclass series instead.
Yeah, it's pretty dull. Masterclass series would've been great. Also they could have done The Verdict every day, not only on those days England play.
Day 18: Pakistan vs UAE | Australia vs Afghanistan
Pakistan vs Pakistan light tonight. Early news is that Fat Guy retains his place. It boils my head.
UAE bowling first. Reckon we'll be 3 down for 20 runs.
Excellent contribution from Jamshed. By my reckoning, he'll reach double figures by the final game of the group stages. Good job fat cnut.
Fecking fat guy. Fecking selectors. Fecking captain.
Awful stuff so far. 14 runs off 6 overs against the UAE! The RR graphic for the first 10 overs of an innings is dismal viewing.
A bit of swing, but no aggression from the batsman at all. feck knows what they'll be doing when Steyn and co face them.
A bit of swing, but no aggression from the batsman at all. feck knows what they'll be doing when Steyn and co face them.
Why has Mr. Tuk Tuk sent himself in at this stage? Does he think he is AB?
This is a crazy game, Pakistan hitting sixes for fun followed by the worlds most bizarre catch.
I'm starting to lose patience with Umar Akmal.
Meh they were clearly batting for fun there tbf.
It's not just today. He throws away his wicket far too often.
Mate you are talking to the wrong person.....I'm an England fan.
Misbah scored at more than a run a ball.
Shehzad not only looks like Kohli, his mannerisms and the way he talks also seem to be modeled on him