ODIs System Needs To Be Reviewed - Afridi
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Pakistan one-day captain Shahid Afridi has called for the introduction of a system to review umpire decisions in one-day matches, saying that one wrong decision can decide the outcome.
The International Cricket Council introduced the Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS) on a trial basis in Tests in June 2008, allowing teams to challenge on-field umpire decisions and refer them to a television umpire.
Teams have two opportunities per innings to contest an on-field decision, but the most contentious issue with the system is that hosts have to pay for the technology costs – unacceptable to several countries.
But Afridi said UDRS should be implemented in one-day matches to eliminate umpiring errors.
“I think the referral system is a must in one-day matches,” Afridi told Geo television after his team’s 121-run loss against England in the fifth and final one-day at Southampton, England on Wednesday.
During that match, opener Kamran Akmal’s controversial leg-before decision from English umpire Ian Gould derailed Pakistan’s run-chase of 257.
The television replays showed Kamran edged the ball onto his pads.
England took the series 3-2.
“One decision can change the whole match, some leg-befores... and I am not talking of this match only, also in previous matches, and if such things (wrong umpiring decisions) happen then it changes the whole match,” said Afridi.
England captain Andrew Strauss was given not out by West Indian umpire Billy Doctrove, despite a strong appeal by bowler Umar Gul and wicketkeeper Kamran. Strauss, then 38, went on to make 126 as England, replying to Pakistan’s 294 for eight, finished on 295 for six.
Labels: Afridi, England Tour, Pakistan
posted @ 1:28 PM,
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Would Zulqarnain's Inning Help Pakistan to Win The Match?
Monday, August 9, 2010
Debutant Zulqarnain Haider kept England at bay with a superb 88 as Pakistan at last restored some pride in the second Test at Edgbaston on Sunday. Pakistan at the third day’s close, were 291 for nine, a lead of 112, and with an outside chance of pulling off what would be an astounding victory.
They would have been in an even better position, but England off-spinner Graeme Swann removed Zulqarnain shortly before stumps on his way to a Test-best haul of six wickets for 60 runs in 36 overs -- 20 of them maidens. Pakistan had been dismissed for just 72 -- their lowest total against England - in the first innings, a woeful performance which made Sunday’s fightback even more astonishing.
Zulqarnain and Saeed Ajmal put on 115 for the eighth wicket, with the recalled off-spinner making exactly 50 to give him Test-bests with both bat and ball this match after he took five for 82 in England’s first innings 251. Ajmal fell shortly before the close caught at slip by Paul Collingwood to end a gutsy 79-ball innings featuring seven fours Zulqarnain, who but for the Decision Review System (DRS) would have been out for a king pair, fell when he miscued a drive off Swann to England captain Andrew Strauss at mid-off.
The 24-year-old batted for four-and-a-half hours, facing 200 balls and struck 15 boundaries. At the close, Swann had surpassed his previous best of five for 54 against South Africa at Durban in 2009 and taken five or more wickets eight times in his 22 Tests. Umar Gul, batting with a runner after suffering a hamstring injury on Saturday, was nine not out, having smashed the last ball of the day from paceman Stuart Broad for four,and Mohammad Asif 13 not out.
Zulqarnain, in for the dropped Kamran Akmal, had come in at 82 for five. At that stage, Pakistan needing 97 more runs just to avoid an innings defeat that would have left them 2-0 down in this four-match series after their crushing 354-run reverse in the first Test at Trent Bridge last week.
Zulqarnain received sound support from fast bowler Mohammad Aamer (16), who again demonstrated an excellent defensive technique, in a seventh-wicket stand of 52 spanning more than two hours.
England saw off Aamer in the fourth over with the new ball when Broad had him caught at first slip by Strauss. Zulqarnain went to fifty when he clipped fast bowler Steven Finn through midwicket for a boundary that also meant England would have to bat again as Pakistan finally erased a first innings deficit of 179.
Labels: England Tour, Pakistan, Zulqarnain
posted @ 11:04 AM,
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Pakistan makes it two in a row against Australia
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Teenage quick Mohammad Aamer took three wickets as Pakistan beat Australia by 11 runs in the second Twenty20 international at Edgbaston here on Tuesday to complete a 2-0 series win.
Australia, chasing 163 to win, were dismissed for 151 with 18-year-old left-armer Aamer taking three wickets for 27 runs in his maximum four overs — the same figures as he returned during Pakistan’s 23-run win here on Monday. The man-of-the-match struck early to remove openers David Warner and Michael Clarke before having Mitchell Johnson lbw late on to the delight of a pro-Pakistan crowd.
With just one wicket standing, a target of 19 off the last over proved beyond Australia and Shaun Tait was run out with two balls left. Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi and fellow spinner Saeed Ajmal kept the pressure on with three middle-order wickets.
Labels: Australia, England Tour, Pakistan Cricket, T20
posted @ 11:30 AM,
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