11-24 September 2007
WORLD TWENTY20, Durban:
India v Pakistan LATEST ACTION AS IT HAPPENS (ALL TIMES BST)
India v Pakistan LATEST ACTION AS IT HAPPENS (ALL TIMES BST)
e-mail tms@bbc.co.uk (with 'For Mark Mitchener' in the subject) or use 606 or text 81111 Play starts 1700 BST
"Let's hope Pakistan can knock over a couple of Indian batsman early and give Scotland a chance"
Warwickshire and Scotland all-rounder Dougie Brown on TMS 1655: Here are the teams: India: V Sehwag, R Uthappa, G Gambhir, MS Dhoni (capt, wk), Yuvraj Singh, KD Karthik, I K Pathan, A B Agarkar, Harbhajan Singh, RP Singh, S Santh. Pakistan: Salman Butt, Shahid Afridi, Imran Nazir, Sohail Tanvir, Younus Khan, Shoaib Malik (capt), Misbah-ul-Haq, Kamran Akmal (wk), Yasir Arafat, Umar Gul, Mohammad Asif. Umpires: Billy Doctrove and Simon Taufel. "I'm sitting here in my office, with the match switched on, on the other side of the room. There's a great big pillar in between me and the TV. I can't move my chair because I have just recently joined and don't want my manager to think I'd rather watch the cricket then work on Hedge Funds! So its just me and bbc.co.uk/sport!"
SnzD, London, in the TMS inbox "I hope all fans realize this is Twenty20 and not Tests so the desire to enjoy the game should be much greater than all these tensions of winning against the 'old enemy' at all costs"
Medium-pacer on 606 "It's Friday! It's five to five! And this should be a Crackerjack!"
Phil Walker in the TMS inbox ["Crackerjack!" - MM] THE TOSS - Pakistan have won the toss and have elected to field first. They make one change - left-arm seamer Sohail Tanvir replaces all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez. India pick the same team they chose for last night's washout against Scotland. Pakistan have already qualified - simple as that - thanks to last night's India-Scotland washout. Because of the way the Super 8s are organised, not even finishing first in the group will make any difference to their second-phase schedule. India will qualify if they win (by any margin), or if there is a no-result. They could even lose and still go through - but as long as their net run-rate does not slip below Scotland's. Scotland have played both their group games. Their only hope of qualification is a heavy defeat for India that takes the Indians' net run-rate below their own. Otherwise it's bye-bye to the Tartan Army. Incidentally, last night at Waterloo Station, the place was nearly completely taken over by Scots of all ages - there were more kilts and sporrans on display than you could shake a claymore at. As they'd have needed a Tardis to make it back from the abandoned India-Scotland game in Durban that quickly, I can only assume they'd just got back on the Eurostar from Paris - having beaten France at football a mere 24 or so hours beforehand. And they were still singing - those Scots know how to party. 1630: It's eyes down for the crucial game between India and Pakistan. Good afternoon if you're in the UK or South Africa, good evening if you're in India or Pakistan, and good morning or good night if you're anywhere else in the world! If you're just joining us, here's what else has happened today. Sri Lanka took Kenya to the cleaners, and Australia comfortably beat England in a match which saw both sides through to the Super 8s on run-rate, and Zimbabwe eliminated. Also of interest to India fans will be the news that Rahul Dravid has resigned as India's Test captain.
Warwickshire and Scotland all-rounder Dougie Brown on TMS 1655: Here are the teams: India: V Sehwag, R Uthappa, G Gambhir, MS Dhoni (capt, wk), Yuvraj Singh, KD Karthik, I K Pathan, A B Agarkar, Harbhajan Singh, RP Singh, S Santh. Pakistan: Salman Butt, Shahid Afridi, Imran Nazir, Sohail Tanvir, Younus Khan, Shoaib Malik (capt), Misbah-ul-Haq, Kamran Akmal (wk), Yasir Arafat, Umar Gul, Mohammad Asif. Umpires: Billy Doctrove and Simon Taufel. "I'm sitting here in my office, with the match switched on, on the other side of the room. There's a great big pillar in between me and the TV. I can't move my chair because I have just recently joined and don't want my manager to think I'd rather watch the cricket then work on Hedge Funds! So its just me and bbc.co.uk/sport!"
SnzD, London, in the TMS inbox "I hope all fans realize this is Twenty20 and not Tests so the desire to enjoy the game should be much greater than all these tensions of winning against the 'old enemy' at all costs"
Medium-pacer on 606 "It's Friday! It's five to five! And this should be a Crackerjack!"
Phil Walker in the TMS inbox ["Crackerjack!" - MM] THE TOSS - Pakistan have won the toss and have elected to field first. They make one change - left-arm seamer Sohail Tanvir replaces all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez. India pick the same team they chose for last night's washout against Scotland. Pakistan have already qualified - simple as that - thanks to last night's India-Scotland washout. Because of the way the Super 8s are organised, not even finishing first in the group will make any difference to their second-phase schedule. India will qualify if they win (by any margin), or if there is a no-result. They could even lose and still go through - but as long as their net run-rate does not slip below Scotland's. Scotland have played both their group games. Their only hope of qualification is a heavy defeat for India that takes the Indians' net run-rate below their own. Otherwise it's bye-bye to the Tartan Army. Incidentally, last night at Waterloo Station, the place was nearly completely taken over by Scots of all ages - there were more kilts and sporrans on display than you could shake a claymore at. As they'd have needed a Tardis to make it back from the abandoned India-Scotland game in Durban that quickly, I can only assume they'd just got back on the Eurostar from Paris - having beaten France at football a mere 24 or so hours beforehand. And they were still singing - those Scots know how to party. 1630: It's eyes down for the crucial game between India and Pakistan. Good afternoon if you're in the UK or South Africa, good evening if you're in India or Pakistan, and good morning or good night if you're anywhere else in the world! If you're just joining us, here's what else has happened today. Sri Lanka took Kenya to the cleaners, and Australia comfortably beat England in a match which saw both sides through to the Super 8s on run-rate, and Zimbabwe eliminated. Also of interest to India fans will be the news that Rahul Dravid has resigned as India's Test captain.
Source: BBC Sport
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