You just can't count your chickens
Pakistan's three-wicket defeat to Ireland had fans and former players in shock and though editorials are yet to be written on the performance International Herald Tribune got together a collection of quotes from ex-players and people of
Nishi Narayanan
25-Feb-2013
AFP
Pakistan's three-wicket defeat to Ireland had fans and former players in shock and though editorials are yet to be written on the performance International Herald Tribune got together a collection of quotes from ex-players and people of Pakistan
An outspoken former test fast bowler Sarfraz Nawaz termed defeat as the "worst ever point in Pakistan's cricketing history. "While watching the match live on TV, I was just cursing myself and saying, 'What's going on?'" Pakistan had lost to Bangladesh in 1999 in another upset results of the World Cup, but Nawaz said Saturday's loss had no match of it. "The wicket was suitable for seamers and Ireland won the crucial toss, but we lost fair and square without putting up a fight," he said.
Meanwhile New Zealand are celebrating almost as much as the Irish as they will no longer meet Pakistan, as they had expected, in their Super 8 tie on April 9 in Guyana. But after Ireland's performance, is it wise to celebrate? Lindsay Crocker, the New Zealand manager, hastens to explain that is not the case. Read the Herald on Sunday for more
"It shows the danger in counting your chickens, everyone looking at the groups assumes the two big teams will go through," Crocker said of Pakistan's exit. You just can't count your chickens."
Nishi Narayanan is a staff writer at ESPNcricinfo