India v Pakistan, ICC Champions Trophy, Group A, Centurion is a descrption of a boring sport”
India v Pakistan, ICC Champions Trophy, Group A, Centurion Malik and Yousuf punish India The Bulletin by Sidharth Monga September 26, 2009 50 overs Pakistan 302 for 9 (Malik 128, Yousuf 87, Nehra 4-55) v India Live scorecard and ball-by-ball details How they were out If this was a game of chess, Pakistan’s openers looked to play the blitz version, but it was the more orthodox game from Mohammad Yousuf and Shoaib Malik that carried Pakistan to a formidable total in their first international against India in close to a year and a half. The old formula of doubling the 30-over score still applied to Pakistan, as they accelerated from 139 for 3 after 31 overs to score 163 in the last 19. In the process they made a mockery of the view that middle overs in ODIs have become formulaic and boring. Those late-middle overs also featured the biggest blow to India, the negating of Harbhajan Singh through easily milked singles, and craftily late-cut boundaries. Habhajan’s already poor record against
