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ount as cricket?Otherwise the focus has been on Misbah as a lion tamer, a cool, calm head who has been
ount as cricket?Otherwise the focus has been on Misbah as a lion tamer, a cool, calm head who has been
in Team 09.09.2018 04:10von jcy123 •

ARLINGTON, Texas -- The United States advanced to the final of the CONCACAF Gold Cup with a 3-1 win over Honduras on Wednesday, with Landon Donovan scoring two goals and setting up another. Sundays final will pit the U.S. against Panama, which beat Mexico 2-1 to prevent the expected U.S.-Mexico final. The Americans struck first when Donovan found Eddie Johnson running through the middle. He dribbled the ball then powered a shot past the goalkeeper to put the hosts ahead in the 11th minute. In the 27th minute, Donovan controlled a short chip off his chest and poked a shot past the keeper. Nery Medina headed in a cross to pull a goal back for Honduras in the 52nd minute, but Donovan restored the two-goal lead a minute later. In the later game, Roman Torres glancing header from a Gabriel Torres corner proved the winner as Panama upset Mexico. Panama then resisted prolonged Mexico pressure which yielded four good scoring opportunities over the next 30 minutes but no goals. Blas Perez struck first, giving Panama a 1-0 lead in the 13th minute when he blasted a shot to the near post. In the 26th minute, Mexicos Marco Fabian got around a defender deep in the box and then lofted a cross to the far post where Luis Montes diving header sent the ball into the far upper corner for the equalizer. U.S. coach Jurgen Klinsmann said Donvans match-winning performance was "wonderful to watch" as the veteran plays himself back to the centre of national team calculations after an international hiatus. "I have told him in our conversations that I measure you. Your benchmark is the best Landon Donovan ever," Klinsmann said. "Im not taking anything less than that. And he is trying to catch up with that. Give him more games. Give him time." Entering the game, he was the only U.S. player to play every minute of the tournament. He finally was subbed out in the 72nd minute, having earned a rest. "Its the most relaxed Ive felt," Donovan said. "I feel good, and Im really enjoying it." Klinsmann may get a sideline ban for the final after being ejected in the 87th minute for slamming a ball into the ground. A CONCACAF official said the referee would file a report with CONCACAFs disciplinary committee, which will announce a decision in the next day or two. "It was a reaction out of frustration," he said. "It was not meant against the referee, against anybody. It was just frustration. I apologize for that." Mexico was seeking a fourth straight Gold Cup final against the U.S., and a third straight Central America title but lost to Panama for just the second time in 15 games. "Its frustrating. We fell short of one of our objectives," Mexico coach Jose Manuel de la Torre said. "We wanted to be in the final." Cheap Carson Wentz Jersey . "It doesnt get any better than that," Giambi said. "Im speechless." The Indians are roaring toward October. 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What we can gather, though, is that over two-thirds of Pakistans population is under the age of 35 - or to put it another way, has no memory of the last time Pakistan toured England without any real controversies.Thats not to say that Englands tours to Asia have been comradely sojourns. From Idrees Baig to Shakoor Rana, Pakistani umpires have rarely seen eye to eye with visiting English players, although neither party could ever claim to be mankinds angels. And from Moin Khans time-wasting tactics (in Karachi in 2000) to Misbah-ul-Haqs time-wasting tactics, the mythical spirit of cricket hasnt exactly been observed.Not that the Pakistanis are the lone culprits in this - names like Bill Athey, David Constant and Ian Botham are remembered differently in Pakistan (for those who care to remember them) than they are elsewhere. But 1987, with its incidents of crowd trouble and player confrontations, was the true beginning of the modern cricketing relationship between the two countries. In that year they played eight Tests against each other, and fulfilled the dictionary definition of familiarity breeding contempt.Javed Miandad maintained that the friction had to do with cultural differences, but in his time there usually were more than half a dozen Pakistani players playing county cricket. The lack of such interaction since has only exacerbated the problems. The 90s brought accusations of ball-tampering and a libel case that would be a far bigger deal if it happened elsewhere, but is a mere footnote in the larger Pakistan-England saga.In the 2000s, the era of the clash of civilisations properly took root. In 2006 the confused English were introduced to the concept of honour, and how much it means to Pakistani men of a certain ilk. And 2010 showed them that even honourable Pakistanis are quite capable of dishonourable acts.During the 2006 and 2010 tours there was a plethora of writing on, respectively, a) Pakistani thinking, and b) the financial situation and hierarchy in the Pakistani dressing room. And throughout, Pakistans cricketers felt like they were being conspired against, as is customary for them. Miandad was right all along, and his legacy lives on.But what Pakistan face in 2016 is far different to what theyve faced over the previous few decades. For one thing, the English establishment - the bête noire of players like Miandad, who are always looking for any perceived slight, particularly pertaining to race - is in a better place. SSince Miandads playing days, the MCC, the personification of that establishment, has even inducted actual human females into their ranks.ddddddddddddnd the team Pakistan will face is a far cry from the ones they used to dominate. England have lost only four out of their last 29 home series, compared to 13 out of the 29 before that, an era in which they lost more than they won at home - including three out of four series against Pakistan. The one constant that Pakistan have faced, one that some cricketers from the 90s have argued is their only real opponent on an England tour, still survives, though. It says much about past series, and the state of Pakistani fandom, that as important as the hope that the series be competitive is the hope that the Pakistani players return without ruining their reputations at the hands of the English tabloids. For their cricketers, every tour to England has the potential to be their Ides of March. The least one should expect is a phone-hacking scandal; anything less will be a let down.The coverage of the team so far on tour has been predictable. The focus has been on Mohammad Amir (the prodigal son, the crown prince of Pakistani fast bowling, and prime clickbait right now) and his return. Never mind that he has been playing international cricket for over six months now. As weve learnt over the decades, if its not happening in England or Australia, does it really count as cricket?Otherwise the focus has been on Misbah as a lion tamer, a cool, calm head who has been able to control the savages, only with political correctness thrown in. What seems to have escaped attention is that Misbah, and his team, are far more English than stereotypically Pakistani. Of course, Pakistan dont rely on pure numbers, but on estimates and calculations based on whatever little data they can gather; but their methodology, of playing the percentages, of competence over combustion, of substance over style, is much closer to Andy Flowers England than what would generally be considered Pakistani.And this tour is the difference between the world realising that and Pakistan falling by the wayside unable to shake off their rust, unable to acclimatise to alien conditions, forever to be known as mercurial and unpredictable. They come into this series with the longest unbeaten series streak in international cricket right now, and the second-best win-loss ratio since that 2010 tour, and yet all could come to nought in the popular imagination if they dont overcome an English team that has won 12 of its last 15 home series, and a tabloid press that loves Pakistan like no other. 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