I had mentioned yesterday that the team with the lesser tendency to self destruct will win and so it happened, West Indies looked the far superior side yesterday and they deserved the points. I was perticularly impressed by the celebrations which the West Indian players broke out in to every time a Pakistani wicket fell, they were ful of energy, team spirit and the will to win. This West Indian side can go far, if they stay together and enjoy their game as much as they did yesterday. I am just a little worried about the length of their tail. Bravo does not seem to be justifying the faith instilled in him as a batsman and Ramdin is too limited. Dwayne Smith was good yesterday but he is inconsistent and effectively, the West Indies start to run thin from Number Six onwards. I was also very surprised that neither Gayle nor Samuels were used as bowlers, its an option for later matches and speaks of the confidence that Lara has in his quickies.
For Pakistan, the batsmen forgot to turn up. Inzi and Yousuf were painfully slow and several others just threw their wickets away. Rana Naved is not fit to be in this world cup team. I am also not sure how useful Afrdi will be, given his temprament. Azahar Mahmood needs to play now, he offers them the bowling allrounder option that Razzaq offers.
I am quite certain that Pakistan will still go through to the Super Eights, but the confidence is dented and Inzi, I am afraid is no Imran.
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