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?
He'd need about 500 balls to score a ton.
Oh man, Ganguly on commentary again? What's his prediction today then? 99 % chance of Australia chasing the target within 10 overs?
Why don't these Pakistanis rotate the strike and take some singles.
Is today the day when Misbah is going to score a ton?
Misbah and Afridi! Pakistan's first 400 score
That bails that's didn't fall off... what were the Aussies appealing for again?!
Probably for LBW, if the ball hits the stumps, it must have been in line
It was missing leg stump. Misbah's pad dragged it back towards the stumps.Probably for LBW, if the ball hits the stumps, it must have been in line
Thankfully common sense prevailed! Good to see this lot giving far more of a fight than sri LankaProbably for LBW, if the ball hits the stumps, it must have been in line
Ok Captin Oblivious
Need to up the scoring rate in these middle overs.
Good partnership here. If they can take it to 150 without losing a wicket i'd say they have a great chance.
One step at a time though, they need a score of 290+ to at least put some pressure on Australia.
Why is Misbah so poor at strike rotation? It's not like he doesn't have the shots to do so
Next 10-15 overs and power play are crucial for Pakistan in which most they can score from, I dont see them scoring in last 10 overs.
270-280 would be decent score.
270-280 would be decent score.
Cheerio Misbah. Thanks for an entertaining ODI career.
No 'mauka', then?
Aaaand he gets out. Why do people neglect singles? West Indies also play the same way.
He probably took the 'block the good bowlers, slog the bad ones' thing a bit too seriously!
sohail gone now. The decent work after the initial stutter is undone and Pak needs to rebuild again.
Sohail out too. Anything below 250 and Australia should cruise
What are Indian fans hoping for here? Do they want Pakistan because they look the lesser opponent or is routing for a Pakistan win just not a thing that happens?
What a horrible shot, he could have hit that any fecking where
Sums up Umar Akmal's career really.
I want Pakistan to win the whole thing. Sadly, they're just a really poor team.
Feck this Pakistan team. A big, massive blot on the rich cricketing legacy of the country. Seriously feck them.
Bigger picture. Rooting for Pakistan
Yayy! Afridi gone. Get this lot all out under 200 now Australia!
Idiot Afridi. Should have waited till Power Play started before going all beserk.
The tail should be aiming for 200. Gives the bowlers something to bowl at. But the game is done and dusted, 280 would've been par.
I hate them when they play us, but if they're playing other nations I think I'd rather support them or Bangladesh. Until very recently we were all one nation so it's often very surprising to Indians how similar our cultures are. I myself only realised this when one of my friends went to Pakistan to meet her relatives.
Massive rebuilding jobs for Pakistan and Sri Lanka after this WC. If anything I think Bangladesh have a good nucleus of young players.
How come?
I know a lot of Pakistanis and all of them I met are really good people.
When you live in India, there's not much chance of that happening. Most people I know who've met Pakistanis have either done it abroad or because they have relatives. It's why both Indians and Pakistanis often have a rather limited or skewed view of each other.
Awesome, Maqsood and Wahab gone. Starcy Stracy clean them up!
Overall job well done by Australia bowlers. Hopefully batsmen will be sensible. There are no demons in the pitch from what I watched in first 13-14 overs.
The Aussie bowling wasn't even that menacing. Just bowled good line and hoped Pakistan would implode, which they did.
India would have strolled to 300 today.
India would have strolled to 300 today.