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! Even so, if you want to place your money on them, you can easily do so on platforms like Kcasino.
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.
Asalam O Alikum
mai Apna Pakistani Bhaiion, Behnoo,khas ker k Bachooo sai hameri Pyari Mulk Pakistan Ki Cricke Team Kai Lia Dua ki Darkhust karte hon “Ya ALLAH Pakistan cricke team Ko Fatah Dilaaa”ameen sum ameen
plz sab ko send karein,inshAllah pakistan ki duaon se pakistan jeet hi jae ga world cup,
inshallah pakistan won this world cup. we all nation pray for pakistan
“This msg for pakistan cricket team”
Jab medan mai jao itna soch k jana k tum akely nahi ho
“jawano”
tery sang pure pakistan ki duaein hain jo teri soch se bhi ziyada hain…
Allah bless u.
All the best paki
Well, I have closely watched the body language of Pakistan team. I can see a clear change in them. I have no doubt about Pakistan is well deserved Contender for 2011 Cricket Work Cup.
Afridi reached his 300 ODI wickets in Pak-SL world cup match. He is now World # 11 in terms of ODI career wickets.
1. Muralitharan: 522 wk at 23.19
2. Wasim Akram: 502 at 23.52
3. Waqar Younis: 416 at 23.84
4. W Vaas: 400 at 27.53
5. S Pollock: 393 at 24.5
6. G McGrath: 381 at 22.02
7. B Lee: 337 at 23.09
8. A Kumble: 337 at 30.89
9. S Jayasuria: 322 at 36.72
10. J Srinath: 315 at 28.08
11. Shahid Afridi: 301 at 34.52
India was given a much tougher time by England today than anyone expected. WIth that and Sri Lanka’s performance against Pakistan it seems that the co-hosts may not be favorites anymore. I would say its a Southern Hemisphere team that will win: South Africa or Australia.