India v Pakistan ODI 2009
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. I'll take that as a "no" then. For what it's worth, I'm going for a Jenson Button-Rubens Barrichello-Lewis Hamilton 1-2-3. So don't put your money on that. Chris "Who, What" Whyatt is in the text commentary chair on Saturday, and I'll be back to bring you the race on Sunday - I look forward to seeing you then. In the meantime, check out Ben Dirs's England-Sri Lanka cricket commentary why don't you? We're actually not doing all that badly (no, seriously).
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