Doing the 12th man duties all day!

Before the game started, I asked him why he wasn't playing and whether he had an injury or not.

His reponse was "nah just resting".

The way he ran around the field serving drinks definitely showed that he was not due to injury.

I have never witnessed Shoaib Akhtar do 12th man duties.

Never!

Today was a first and surely a pleasant first.

But I still feel that with a 3 day rest between today and the next ODI on Friday, maybe he should have played today.

Nevertheless. Witness here Shoaib Akhtar running across the field with a cool box.

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5-1-24-0

Another 5 overs on the trot.

That included a starting maiden. A few beauties those were.

That too after a quickfire 20 odd.

What smashing hitting.

His was an Afridi like innings, while the real Afridi played a sedate 41 odd 40.

All those claims about Shoaib Akhtar being fit and passing a fitness test have been proven.

He has failed to pick up a wicket in the series so far but he's managed to play 2 ODIs in 3 days, in which he's managed opening spells of 5 over each.

Thats an achievement for Shoaib Akhtar.

He's 40% through his target of playing all 5 games.

Lets see if that holds up or not.

If it does, it'll good to see him take a few wickets as well.

I wonder what Dean Jones and him were discussing before the start of play of the 1st ODI.

5-0-24-0

That was his first spell.

5 uninterrupted overs.

True Story!