We’ll see.
We have, after all, surprised the world in T20 cricket before. And we could do it again.
Yesterday I read a small statement by a small leader in a small newspaper and it made me laugh out loud. But I kind of agreed with it. The statement went like this.
Pakistan has reached the Semi Finals because of prayers (dua) of the whole Nation but from here onwards the team will have to play cricket to win the title.
So far Pakistan and Australia have played four T-20 Internationals with each other and both teams have won 2 matches each. Overall Pakistan has 70% wins from 35 T20 Internationals and Australia has 62.12% wins from 34. While this set of statisitics favour a Pakistan victory, the cricket team will have to do more.
Following is the summary of road taken by both teams to the Semi Finals.
Pakistan’s Road to Semi Finals:
v Bangladesh: won by 21 runs
v Australia: lost by 34 runs
v England: lost by 6 wickets
v New Zealand: lost by 1 run
v South Africa: won by 11 runs
Australia’s Road to Semi Finals:
v Pakistan: won by 34 runs
v Bangladesh: won by 27 runs
v India: won by 49 runs
v Sri Lanka: won by 81 runs
v West Indies: won by 6 wickets
Before I key-off, enjoy this heading that the daily jang has put as a curtain-raiser to tomorrow’s big game. The ‘jaal’ they are mentioning here means Pakistan’s spin bowling capabilities which worked quite well in the last game against South Africa.
If green shirts wore green sole shoes….Austraila
If greens shirt wore white sole shoes…..Austraila
Whether it was dua or fluke, I am glad we are there… lets hoep for more dua or more fluke.
Inshallah pak will win tommrow! Aus is a really gud team but it all depends on who plays better tommrow, pak r alwayz slow starters and the end they cum bck better! Inshallah pak will win if not world cup nxt year! x
Khurram
You are right. The stats don’t ‘clearly’ favour Pakistan. The set which I’ve quoted does. I’ve corrected the wordings of my post.
Recent stats do indeed favor Australia.
BUT then cricket depends on how a team plays on a given day.
Based on the quoted statistics, I think it is hard to justify that statistics *clearly* favour Pakistan.. Based on the last year or so of games (of all forms) between Pakistan and Australia, I would argue that the odds favour Australia.
I am hoping for a Pakistani win. If not that, at least for an honourable defeat.