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The new Afridi
By Will 5 months ago, No Comments; be the first!
Maybe in 10 years, anyway. Great shot found on Flickr.
K a i r o s - Away in Pakland.
Video of Shahid Afridi’s 32 from 18
By Will last year, at the end of October, 1 Comment »
One in four people coming to this blog do so to find Shahid Afridi information. What makes this all the more unsettling is that I hardly ever mention the big winner but, to satisfy those of you who hunger for his news, here’s a video:
A champion winner if ever there was one.
1 Comment »Assalam Valekum
By Will 2 years ago, mid-October, 2 Comments »
The single most popular search term for people arriving here from Google is Shahid Afridi. It astounds me how one person can prove so popular to so many. I'm deluged with comments, usually starting with "Dear Afridi" but today's spam (and I'm sorry if I consider them spam) reads as follows:
dear afridi,
first of all “Assalam Valekum” “Adaab” to you.
i am a girl.i …. you a lot and i will continue to ….
you forever.you look so so so handsome that i am crazy about you.you are my king,my hero !!!do not mind for what i have said.but its true that i …….
Can anyone enlighten me as to the meaning of Assalam Valekum and Adaab?
2 Comments »Plunkett joins the list
By Will 2 years ago, at the end of July, 1 Comment »
So Liam Plunkett’s dead and buried. And Shahid Afridi isn’t looking too good for Pakistan either. What the hell’s going on? Is this a result of too much cricket? Is it that the games are too tightly-packed? Are the medics and physios undertrained and useless? Are today’s players too reliant on the medics unlike Fred Trueman who would just bowl and bowl and bowl? Something is going very wrong, at some level, for so many players to be falling over the whole time. And while England are leading the way, other countries are not far behind.
I don’t understand it.
1 Comment »England v Pakistan, 1st Test, Lord’s, 4th day
By Will 2 years ago, mid-July, 6 Comments »
So then. Pakistan trail by just 119 runs, with Mohammad Yousuf unbeaten on 185…and one Shahid Afridi is also there. Keep an eye on the scorecard, and chat away with any comments. This could go either way.
6 Comments »Sachin Tendulkar’s 50 at The Oval
By Will 2 years ago, mid-July, 1 Comment »
Tendulkar hit 50 against Pakistan tonight but Shahid Afridi and Inzamam-ul-Haq powered Pakistan to victory. It was a (wet) charity game at (a very gloomy) The Oval. They raised £250,000. Stuck a brief report up at Cricinfo including photos.
1 Comment »The Pakistan tour of England, 2006
By Will 2 years ago, at the start of July, 1 Comment »
Earlier this summer, as England were apparently unable to beat Sri Lanka as easily as they would’ve liked, I described their opponents as “cockroach-like”. It was intended as a compliment, for their ability to hang on by the skins of their teeth. In retrospect, it was a mistake and was altered immediately. The fact is, I - and England, and the public - underestimated the side who were considered nothing more than an hors d’oeuvres before the Pakistan pie (sorry, couldn’t resist).
And look at them now. The one-day team is in disarray; Fletcher’s blaming injuries (quite fairly so, I might add); our Ashes plans are in meltdown (burnout might be a more appropriate adjective to use come November, though); half the squad are missing injured (career-endingly so and “he’ll be back next week” in equal measure, if the ECB are to be trusted). And now Pakistan are in town.
Their apparent weak-spot at the top of the order showed little sign of fragility today, too. Imran Farhat and Salman Butt, the two openers, put on 145 for the first wicket on the second day of their three-day warm-up match against Leicestershire. When the first Test gets underway (July 13), behind those two sit a frightening array of batting talent: Inzamam-ul-Haq, Younis Khan, Shahid Afridi and Kamran Akmal.
So forget the Ashes. Forget anything else. Wistful longing for a repeat of Edgbaston 2005 will get you nowhere. This Pakistan side are a tremendous force, superbly coached and (dare I say it?) captained with enthusiastic vigour by the bearded mountain himself. I’m tempted to say England are in trouble - but that’d be stating the bleeding obvious.
1 Comment »Video of Shahid Afridi hitting 27 in one over
By Will 2 years ago, at the end of February, 7 Comments »
He is a freak. Grainy video but worth watching nevertheless.
7 Comments »Marks on Woolmer in Pakistan
By Scott 2 years ago, at the start of February, No Comments; be the first!
Morning everyone!
Not much in the UK papers, though Vic Marks writes a good profile of Bob Woolmer’s adventures in Pakistan. For me the really interesting thing is that he’s getting Shahid Afridi to start to deliver on a consistent basis. The guy is a lot like Andrew Symonds, a remarkable talent, but not properly focussed. Until now, anyway.
No Comments »Shahid Afridi Shahid Afridi Shahid Afridi
By Will 2 years ago, mid-January, 36 Comments »
The last few weeks have seen thousands of people arrive here looking for information on Shahid Afridi. Indeed, some of them have even asked me for his phone number. So let me just settle this once and for all; I have no cricketer’s phone numbers. And certainly not Mr Afridi’s. Nor do I have their addresses, or know if they’ll want to shag/marry you.
But please, carry on and read the blog.
36 Comments »Shahid Afridi’s hundred v India
By Will 2 years ago, mid-January, 18 Comments »
Just seen this on ceefax. Pakistan have declared on 679 for 7 with Afridi, 103, hitting 27 from one over. Freak!
18 Comments »Pakistan vs England, 3rd ODI
By Scott 3 years ago, mid-December, 7 Comments »
Kevin Pieterson is on his way home so he’ll miss the rest of the series. It seems as though he has a rib injury, although Corridor of Uncertainty staff haven’t been able to confirm a story that he had in fact been awarded the BBC “Chav of the Year” award. With Pakistan reinforced by the return of Shahid Afridi, I think they can go into this match as warm favourites.
Security is tight for the match…
With up to 3000 policemen drafted in to exercise crowd control, and the elite paramilitary Rangers on hand to protect the players as well, authorities on both sides are optimistic that the match will pass without a glitch.
Obviously the danger from Islamic terrorists the Barmy Army teenage cricket bloggers is being taken seriously so I’m sure the match will take place without a hitch.
Shahid Afridi’s breakdancing moves
By Will 3 years ago, mid-November, 14 Comments »
Fool. Pity the fool. You don’t do that. How did he expect to get away with it? Even when Pietersen challenged him, he seemed to shrug it off as a joke and a “I don’t care; what are you gonna do about it son?” He’s got off lightly with a one-Test and three-ODI ban. The arrogance of it…
And I felt sorry for Inzy - he was only trying to get out of the way. What a day. Sorry I didn’t have a post available for you lot, I overslept…
14 Comments »My First Bulletin
By Will 3 years ago, mid-November, 3 Comments »
I’m sounding like a commercial for a toy company or something with that headline. I’ve been awake and alive since 2.30am - much to the great amusement of my boss. Anyway, an interesting day’s play at Faisalabad which Pakistan ended well on top. I dread to think what Afridi could do tomorrow. I was doing the bulletin, which is a far harder task than anyone can give credit for, which was all going swimmingly until my close-of-play report…which was a rather limp effort. But, it’s all a learning curve and “things can only get better!” etc. Marvellous.
3 Comments »Video of Shahid Afridi’s 45 ball century
By Will 3 years ago, at the end of April, 79 Comments »
UPDATE November 20 2005 - He’s going beserk against England today.
Great video to download of Shahid Afridi’s
