Adil Najam
Part of me thinks that I should wait until the current World Cup match against host and co-favorites Sri Lanka ends. But another part insists that no matter what the result of the game, the point is made: Pakistan is indeed a contender. Mercurial, unpredictable, sometimes spectacular, often its own worst enemy (and that could happen in this game too), but never shy of upsets and surprises (in its own favor and against!).
So, what do you think: Is Pakistan a contender? And now two two games done and every team already having played, how do you evaluate Pakistan’s chances in the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup? Is our readers’ assessment of the team’s chances the same it was two weeks ago, or has it changed. Have your say.
Of course, one game does not change the course of a tournament. And even this game is not done at the time of writing this post. But this is no ordinary game. Along with India, Sri Lanka is being talked about as the other favorites. But more importantly, this is the first serious test of Pakistan in quite a while and at least till this point in the game, Pakistan has made quite a game of this. Is this a flash in the pan or indicator of things to come? And that, before we even know how the flash will end!
I use the word ‘contender’ to mean a team that one should seriously consider as a possible winner. Not just because it can surprise, but because if it would pull off a win it would not necessarily be a surprise. Are we there yet? Can we get there?
Enough said. Now, you have your say.
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pak eil ein world cup 2011.inshahAllahh……………………………..
In their last match of the world cup 2011 Zimbabwe inflicted a heave defeat of 161 runs on Kenya.
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Obviously, Tim Ellis, you wrote this before the game against England….guess what?, WI collapsed again, and turned a victory into defeat……so that would rule them out of contention as well. Maybe NZ who did not get a mention, will lift the cup? Any thing is possible in this WC. Let’s hope though, that most of the QFs are actionpacked.
Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi said that victory against Australian team is important for Pakistani team to move forward.
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Indeed, Pakistan is the dark horse. I believe Pakistan will win.
I have followed them since child hood and when chips are down somehow this team performs.
Example is 1992 world cup
Also when they lifted the 202o world cup
gud luck…
Good job Pakistan, vs. Zimbabwe
Got worried when the rain came because that would have meant losing a point. We can’t afford that. Glad we got the full points for this.
This rain could mess up things big time for Pakistan against Zimbabwe. Hope it does not. We need this win.
I do not think Pakistan will win if they kept playing like the way they played against New Zealand . Our team is not at all a team , they are still changing the players like Kamran Akmal , Dont know who will be the wicket keeper now. I saw Yunus Khan on TV as a wicket keeper in training sessions . So its all messed up. My best wishes are with Pakistan Cricket Team but no hopes.