Story Sharjah 2008,Pakistan battle goes in vain-lose by just 10 runs....

[SciD]

Captain and Vice Captain look relaxed. I'll watch this only for Sachin.

 

[icyman]

Captain and Vice Captain look relaxed. I'll watch this only for Sachin.

Yes,they are very much relaxed.
I hope Sachin can re-create some of his Sharjah Magic yet again.Come Sunday and India will be taking on Sri Lanka.

Press Conference for Tomorrow's first match in a few hours time.

 

[formula1man]

looking exciting

 

[gamerkid22]

Looks great and interesting. I hope we can see Sachin's fireworks at Sharjah again. All the best mate

 

[surendar]

For a moment, I thought this was for real until I scrolled up to the top and saw that this was posted in the "Cricket Games Stories & Strategies" section.. Whooooffff...... How gud would it be if it turns out to be true?

Yes.. Those Sharjah days were amazing! How can one forget these,

Straight down the ground........Wonderful shot!! Beautifully played! All the way for a six! What a player?....

If I remember right, it was Steve Waugh's bowling when Sachin smashed it! That qualifying match and finals still run in front of my eyes! :hpraise

Sahil, it's really wonderful to see you in the story forums that too this time, writing a story. A warm welcome to story forums. ( though you are a regular reader here )

Good luck again. Looking forward to the cracking contest!

 

[icyman]

Press Conference : Micheal Clarke warns Asian bloc to take them seriously

The new Aussie skipper,Micheal Clarke is following the footsteps of his predecessor. He has warned the other 3 Asian Teams to take them seriously and not underestimate the young side.Talking at the Trophy launch on the eve of the first one-dayer,Clarke mentioned his probable XI and sent down a stern warning,especially to the Indians.



Micheal Clarke :" We understand that this is a great opportunity for us to show the world that we are not demoralised after the defeat in the CB Series. The boys are up and raring to go and are hungry for a win. We are going to come hard at all teams and we seek revenge on India. Yeah and we will come at Harbhajan hard . Regd tomorrow's match,Pakistan have a young inexpierenced squad and we hope to make most of it. For us,its a great feeling to play in Sharjah.Sadly,we only have Ricky from the squad of 1998,so hopefully,he can support us when needed."



The Coca-Cola Cup

Shoaib Malik : " It is a wonderful feeling to come back to Sharjah.Inshallah. Also to play with teams like India,Australia and SL is great.It will be a supercontest. I'm sure that we will do well as we have always done so here. Add to that,we do have a few young talents that the world has not seen before in Anwar Ali and Jamshaid Ahmed. Experimenting with youth will be interesting as all teams are fielding young squads."

 

[SciD]

I like the use of colors. I'll bet on Pakistan to win against Aussies. They are unbeatable in Sharjah.

 

[icyman]

Telecast begins :











Exotic belly dancers,hookahs,desert safairs,this land has it all. And to top it all,we also have a Cricket Ground sitting prettily on the outskirts of Sharjah.This is where the Coca Cola Cup will be taking place and we start off our first match today between Australia and Pakistan.



Hello and welcome to ESPN-Star Sports,I'm Harsha Bhogle and we are proud to present you your commentary team for the rest of the Series.


Ian Chappell



Sunil Gavaskar


Ravi Shashtri


Wasim Akram


Micheal Slater

A new member-

Adam Gilchrist

& Your truly with Alan Wilkins.



With me,i have got Gilly and Chappelli.
Gentlemen,what do you thikn about today's match ?

Ian Chappell -Well it should be Aus all the way,but Pak have got a stupendous pace attack which could humble them.So,we will have to wait and watch.

Gilly- I'm hopin I could go out there and smash a few balls. Should have retired one series later

HB: Well,the telecast i about to start in a few minutes time,we will be back with the Pitch Doctor and the Toss soon.

 

[vaibhav mehta]

As usual Icy Best anyone can present...Great story..Sorry I was late I was just doing some Spasming...It'll be nice match tomorrow..Go ahead..

 

[punterpupnroy]

Nice story, cant wait for more updates. reps for you mate.

 

[icyman]

Weather,Pitch & Toss

Weather Update by


HB : Lets go to our weather man,Wilko.Wilko,hows the weatehr out there ?

AW : The temp here is just okay for playin. It is about 38 C and humidity of 50%.No rain in the sky whatsoever.It shud be a great outing today.
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Gilly- Great Weather,Can't wait for Dr Slats at the pitch now.

Pitch Report by


Micheal Slater- Well,Churchie,it is a Green Wicket and should do quite a lot.Swing bowlers will thrive,but i do see a chance for the spinners as the sun sets. I'd say win the toss bowl first and the outfield is also slow.

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Toss
We have Ravi Shashtri at the Toss.

RS: We hav the match referee Clive Lyod with us today who will be there for a few games of the tour. Gentlemen,Shoaib Malik to call-

Shoaib Malik- Heads !

RJ- Pakistan have won the Toss.

SM- We will bowl First.We have youngster in Anwar who should exploit the condition.And we hope we can restrict them to less than 200 on a green top.

Micheal Clarke- No problem with that,i'm sure the guys will play well.Lets hope we are able to post a nice total and make easy meat of it.

Rj- All the best Gentlemen ! Its to our commentators now.

 

[vaibhav mehta]

Well any way Aussis gonna bat first..Good to see Pakistan bowling first..Hope They will restrict Aussis under 250..

 

[icyman]

Teams

Pakistan

Afridi
Butt
Nasir Jamshaid
Fawad Alam
Misbah
Malik
Sarfraz
Tanvir
Anwar Ali
Umar Gul
Mohd.Asif

Australia

L Ronchi
B Haddin
R Ponting
M Clarke
C White
M Hussey
A Symond
D Cullen
B Lee
N Bracken
M Johson

 

[vaibhav mehta]

Well Pakistan bowling attack looks like great..whereas Aussis are with new openers..I think Pakistan will be Dangerous as they bowling first..

 

[icyman]

Hmm,i can tell you Pakistan is bowling well atm.Full update in a couple of hours time.