Thoughts

CWC final on the same weekend as Piers Morgan's 50th. 30th March 2011 - The final before the final. The game which brought the sub continent to a halt.

India had to wait 28 years for their second. Pakistan will have to wait much longer one will imagine.

Misbah cleverly avoids the whitewash by sitting out.

Umar Amin at least matched his club average last night.

Originally there were talks of this tour possibly being held in Australia. Would have at least provided some benefit. Whitewashed here in seemingly home conditions.

Irfan - twice last man out in 1 run defeat and also left Misbah stranded on 96*. Three games where a not out from him would have made the difference. Number 11s have got 98, 95 and 81 in England since 2012 in Test Match Cricket before someone starts.

2007 WT20, 2011 WC, 2013 CT = Misbah Pak leading run scorer and tournament won by India.

Nothing can match Mohali. Never had they met so deep in the competition. They didn’t meet in 2007. They both had shambolic campaigns in 2007. They had both won the competition once before. They had both played two finals, losing the last one they played. They both failed to win it when it was held in the sub-continent in 1987 and 1996. The prize of joining Sri Lanka for the first all Asian final was up for grabs. It was a central location accessible to both sets of supporters in the Punjab of India. It was the longest wait for an India-Pakistan World Cup game there had been since first playing in 1992 and ever since Centurion of 2003. Sachin Tendulkar had the opportunity of scoring his hundred 100^th having already notched up two during the group stages. Politicians and bureaucrats attended. It was the type of game you will never see again. It was perfectly set up.