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Thursday, December 15, 2005

Boom Boom Afridi!

Back after his 3-match ban, he showed again why bowlers are scared of him. Here is the Cricinfo ball-by-ball commentary of his innings (cut short by a run-out).

Shahid Afridi run out (Collingwood) 31 (14b 3x4 2x6)

37.6 Plunkett to Mohammad Yousuf, no run, short ball, outside off, cuts it hard to point and runs in for a single, huge mix up between the batsmen, Collingwood dives full length, stops the ball, recovers it well, picks up and throw towards keeper, Jones whips off the bails, Afridi was well short

37.3 Plunkett to Shahid Afridi, one run, full ball, on leg stump, driven down the ground to long-on
37.2 Plunkett to Shahid Afridi, two runs, full ball, on leg stump, driven to deep midwicket and came back for the 2nd run, excellent running between the wicket
37.2 Plunkett to Shahid Afridi, wide: no run, again short and wide, well outside off this time for another wide
37.2 Plunkett to Shahid Afridi, wide: no run, short in length, well down the leg side, called a wide

36.6 Flintoff to Shahid Afridi, FOUR, Shot! full ball, on middle and leg stump, driven in the air just wide of Flintoff to long-off, Anderson dives at long-on in vain and ball crosses the rope
36.4 Flintoff to Shahid Afridi, one run, full ball, on middle and leg stump, defended to mid-on for a single
36.3 Flintoff to Shahid Afridi, FOUR, short and wide outside off, nicely nudged away to third man region for four
36.2 Flintoff to Shahid Afridi, SIX, What a hit! great shot, full ball, on off stump, he comes forward and just drives it on the up over long-off fence for a big six
36.1 Flintoff to Shahid Afridi, no run, full ball, on off stump, driven to short cover

35.5 Collingwood to Shahid Afridi, one run, short ball, outside off, cuts it away to deep point fielder for a single
35.5 Collingwood to Shahid Afridi, wide: no run, slower and wider well outside off, called a wide
35.4 Collingwood to Shahid Afridi, SIX, bang! that what we expecting, full ball, onm middle and leg stump, played a lovely shot way over midwicket fence for a big six
35.3 Collingwood to Shahid Afridi, FOUR, good lwngth ball, on middle and leg stump, swept away to fine leg fence for four

34.6 Anderson to Shahid Afridi, no run, short in length, outside off, tries to cut it, gets beaten 34.3 Anderson to Shahid Afridi, one run, full ball, on middle and leg stump, driven down the ground to long-on for a single
34.2 Anderson to Shahid Afridi, no run, short in length, outside off, pushed to point

33.5 Collingwood to Shahid Afridi, one run

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

shahid afridi is not a good batsman.
i thinh he beleves in speed so he is a good and fast driver.

11:41 PM  

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