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2015 World Cup : Pakistan suffer humiliating 150 run defeat against West Indies

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Result : West Indies beat Pakistan by 150 runs ( West Indies 310/6 in 50 Ov), Pakistan (160 all out)

Teams: Pakistan : Ahmed Shehzad, Jamshed, Younis, Misbah, Sohaib, Haris Sohail, Umar Akmal, Afridi, Irfan, Wahab , Sohail Khan
West Indies : DR Smith, C Gayle, DM Bravo, MN Samuels, D Ramdin, LP Simmons, D Sammy, AD Russell, JO Holder, JE Taylor, SJ Benn

Toss:
Pakistan won the toss and elected to bowl first.

West Indies Innings:

Pakistan were off to a bright start with early wickets of Gayle the dangerman and Smith to leave West Indies reeling at 29-2. Samuels and Darren Bravo then rebuilt gradually with Samuels playing some counterattacking strokes. Just when the partnership looked threatening, Samules was dismissed and Ramdin came to the crease. Ramdin and Bravo played smart cricket, rotating strike and getting the odd boundary that was on offer. Smith suffered from hamstring strain and could not continue when the score was 152-3. But Lendl Simmons came and provided acceleration at the right time. The dismissal of Ramdin did not deter the West Indians, and any hope of Pakistan recovery was not to be. Later order hitting from Sammy and a blitzkrieg from Andre Russel lifted the West Indies to an imposing 310-6 Wickets in 5

Pakistan Innings:

If West Indies innings got off to a bad start, Pakistan got off to one of the worst starts in decade and worst start perhaps in history of the World Cup by finding themselves at 1 run for loss of 4 wickets. It was as tame as it gets. And the manner of dismissals didn't bode any confidence with lackadaisical approach of Shehzad and Haris Sohail contributing to their downfall than great deliveries. Misbah soon followed after making the score 25-5. The only bright part of the day was when Maqsood and Akmal threatened to build a match saving partnership and combined for a stand of 80 but when Maqsood was dismissed off a juicy full toss, it almost summed up Pakistan's day. Umar Akmal tried to hit some shots in the Power Play and perished soon after. Pakistan finally capitulated to a sorry 160 runs which summed their day.

Summary:

Pakistan just didn't have enough steam to beat a restructured West Indies team. They batted with purpose and after getting 310 runs they defended with a purpose. Pakistan lost 4 wickets for just 1 run and after that it was really just saving grace. Pakistan next move to Brisbane where they face the high-flying Zimbabwe who had good warm up games and also won against UAE. Pakistan must now win their remaining matches convincingly to have hope of qualifying for Quarter Finals. West Indies would be mightily pleased to turn around the Ireland blemish and find themselves closer to Quarter Finals then Pakistan.
 
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Sad to watch as a Pakistan supporter but expected it seems!
 
in reality the end of WC campaign barring a miracle .

Next Match should be


Sarfraz Ahmad
Nasir Jamshed
Haris Sohail
Misbah
Sohaib Maqsood
Umar Akmal
Shahid Afridi
Wahab Riaz
Sohail Khan
Irfan
Yasir Shah
 
It was expected, Controversial selections of YK and Nasir, Sohail Khan coming into scene and all. Younis Khan does not merit a spot in club team even. Jamshed is out of sorts, Haris Sohail was bound to have an off day with bat, Shehzad was all over the place, Musbah too had his off day whilist Akmal and Maqsood proved their selections, Now YK deserves to be dropped for every reason.
 
Next match:
Sarfraz
Shehzad
Haris
Misbah
Sohaib
Akmal
Afridi
Rahat
Wahab
Yasir
Irfan
 
I would blame the bowlers for this one 310 is wayy too much tht too everything in last 15.
 
Pakistan needs a man who will be responsible for the decision at the time winning as well loosing.
Misbah has never been brave captain. He might be the think tank of pakistan byt he is never upto par when comes to decision making. He dont have authority to throw out the younis khan and then defend that decision. We need an aggressive team leader who doesn't fear of backfire of the decision
 
2003 world cup disaster saw the premature end of the carrier of great Wasim,Waqar,Saeed Anwar,Saqlain,Ijaj etc.2015 world cup will see the end of expiry date out players like Younis,Afridi,Misbah,Irfan,Jamshed.2003 was a disaster but 2015 disaster will be a blessing unless pathetic players like Asad Shafiq,Umar Amin,Shoib Malik,Sohail Tanvir gong dont replace them
 
Well when Pak decides to field first after winning the toss then defeat is almost guaranteed. What another stupid decision, conditions were a bit overcast but had they checked the weather would have known that it was gonna clear up soon. Why chase knowing we are terrible at doing it?? They can't chase 230 never mind over 300, it was never going to happen. Misbah is to blame for another shocking decision. The drop catches again all five of them prove how terrible just terrible this team of safarshis are.
 
One of the worst performances I've seen in a while, against a team that lost to Ireland in the previous match. At least that loss galvanised the WI. I'm not sure what the India loss did to Pakistan.

Interesting looking at how WI accelerated throughout their innings. They played conservatively early on, made sure they had at least 6 wickets in hand then blew Pakistan away in the last 10. Perfect template on how to post a 300+ score.

Code: 
WEST INDIES

Overs	Score	Runs	Wkts	Phase RR	Overall RR

1-10	46/2	46	2	4.6		4.6
11-20	88/2	42	0	4.2		4.4
21-30	133/3	45	1	4.5		4.4
31-40	195/4	62	1	6.2		4.8
41-50	310/6	115	2	11.5		5.2
 
You guys still going to blame Misbah for tuk tuk after the 4 wickets lost before he came to the crease? Or maybe share the blame around this time eh.
 
Irfan might be economical, but watching him bowl and field is painful. So much negativity in his body language. Pakistan need more spirited players. Also, needed batting fire power in today's ODIs.
 
Sad end to Pakistan cricket. We had some legends in our cricketing history but its all over now. Depressing that it had to be this way

Misbah, YK imprending retirements will bring the curtains down on our test cricket as well.

The only format I expect Pakistan to compete in the future is T20s where you dont need to be talented, skilled or have brains.
 
OZGOD said:
You guys still going to blame Misbah for tuk tuk after the 4 wickets lost before he came to the crease? Or maybe share the blame around this time eh.
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Nah Misbah will be blamed.

On the WI, there is a definite pattern to batting in this WC, keep wickets in hand even if you score slowly at the start and then launch a blitz at the end.
 
Batting first, late blitz is easier compared to batting second. Chasing a big total is hard because you have to score fast as well keep wickets throughout the game. If Pakistan had followed WI run curve till the 40th over, it is nearly impossible to win from there even with six wickets in hand.

First batting allows you to aim for a range, for example anything between 270-320 would be acceptable to the WI after they reached 4/195 off 40. Batting second, there is no range to aim for, you have to get 310 whatever be the quality of bowling and this puts a lot of extra pressure, which usually leads to a batting collapse.

First batting teams are going to win 75% of the matches this time.
 
All is still not lost:
- this is the end of YK
- Sohaib and Junior showed some form
- as much nasir Jamshed was expected to be a disaster, remember he was picked because he scored in the pentangular. Anyhow, Sarfaraz will come in his place
- lament but move on
 
JaDed said:
CHECK OUT the first 4 wickets u wont believe ur eyes esp Jamshed the guy who thrashed our trundlers!
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I was awake till the 4 wickets fell. It was kinda sad seeing such a batting in a WC game.
Batsmen were clueless, undeserving players being played, hacks being glorified..

Did gave a thought for the genuine fans.
 
Ahmad Shahzad can only play in Asian conditions, not outside. He doesn't deserve to be in the team
 
IndianWillow said:
Batting first, late blitz is easier compared to batting second. Chasing a big total is hard because you have to score fast as well keep wickets throughout the game. If Pakistan had followed WI run curve till the 40th over, it is nearly impossible to win from there even with six wickets in hand.

First batting allows you to aim for a range, for example anything between 270-320 would be acceptable to the WI after they reached 4/195 off 40. Batting second, there is no range to aim for, you have to get 310 whatever be the quality of bowling and this puts a lot of extra pressure, which usually leads to a batting collapse.

First batting teams are going to win 75% of the matches this time.
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The point is that you need to have wicket takers in your side who can take wickets in that early period with the new ball, and in the middle period to keep the run rate down. If not you need to be damn good at chasing (which is why I feel India shouldn't be written off completely).
 
Recipe for success:

Play 5 Specialist Bowllers (Play Afridi n Yasir as spinners, Haris as 6th bowllers, rorate 3 pacers from the squad).
Play specialist keeper
Play Afridi as opener and let him play ruthless cricket
 
Just woke up. Not surprised. Soon as i saw smiths wicket i knew ee were done. Its champs trophy all over again. Not playing yasir was stupidity not selecting fawad was more stupidity. Sorry but we will have to bring azhar ali and fawad into the squad. Proven test batters. Our bowling is just pathetic. The new rules have destroyed our odi bowling. We were better off bringing inran khan and that other chap who swubg tge kookaburra.

Not having cricket at home is desyroying our one kast cuktural bastion. I could go on about why but it wont help.

So how to solve it? Give hafeez the cuptaany. Drop sgezad moata prathay wala, team man, find a new bowling attack with yssir in it. Groom sarfraz for future cuptaany..

A sad day today. Parosees are very happy today watching our demise. This is what hapoens when you ride your enemise coat tails.
 
Sad to see such negative mindset. Get Afridi to open the innings with Maqsood and Umar Akmal at 4/5. Get specialist keeper in place of Younis.
 
People keep listing starting XIs or are saying "bring in player X" - it won't make a difference as we are just not good enough.

If you accept that fact it becomes easier. The talent has dried up and these overhyped players will never meet your expectations - because they're just not good enough.

If we beat the minnow we could still qualify but can't even guarantee that. Pathetic, that was the worst Pakistan performance for years.
 
the Great Khan said:
Just woke up. Not surprised. Soon as i saw smiths wicket i knew ee were done. Its champs trophy all over again. Not playing yasir was stupidity not selecting fawad was more stupidity. Sorry but we will have to bring azhar ali and fawad into the squad. Proven test batters. Our bowling is just pathetic. The new rules have destroyed our odi bowling. We were better off bringing inran khan and that other chap who swubg tge kookaburra.

Not having cricket at home is desyroying our one kast cuktural bastion. I could go on about why but it wont help.

So how to solve it? Give hafeez the cuptaany. Drop sgezad moata prathay wala, team man, find a new bowling attack with yssir in it. Groom sarfraz for future cuptaany..

A sad day today. Parosees are very happy today watching our demise. This is what hapoens when you ride your enemise coat tails.
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Why generalize sirjee??

Aap honge aise ...par main to nahi unme se jo dusro k dukh par khushiyan manayein.
 
5 drop catches. Any international team will make you pay
 
Think we need to face the truth. We aren't good enough.

I will also never understand why we ever bowl first.
 
It's a nadir for Pakistan cricket and truth be told this day could have been foreseen a while back with a poor domestic structure and an ineffective administration, match fixing and resulting suspensions not to mention the terror attacks leading to no international cricket being played on Pakistani soil for almost a decade now all coming to a head. Windies are in utter disarray themselves but apart from Misbah I think every one of their batsmen could play for Pakistan right now. Infact I think Samuels would probably be a standout batsman in a best XI from these 2 entities which speaks volumes. Not even the bowling for Pakistan which was always of a world class level - as a unit, if not as as bunch of individuals - seems to be on a downward spiral.
 
The way the team played with such a lack of desire in the field means there is no guarantee they will beat Zimbabwe and Ireland let alone South Africa. It could be the only game they will win in this world cup will be against the mighty UAE.

Wow I didn't think the world cup would be great for us but it looks being a disaster.

Afridi looks really old now and has no place in International cricket. But the fielding with youngsters such as Maqsood was bad. The experiment of using Haris as a fifth bowler always looked so risky but the arrogance of this Pakistan think tank thought better. It quite obvious that we needed to compensate the 10 over fifth bower role with 2 or 3 decent part timers in the playing 11. People who could have done this would have been Fawad Alam, Shoiab Malik and Azhar Ali. But the selectors and coaches were blind to this fact. Their arrogance will have cost their jobs at the end of this world cup campaign.
 
I think the team is really struggling to adjust to the surfaces. It's not like Christchurch is the WACA but the extra bounce did for them. Hitting balls in the air, driving on the up, trying to cut balls that are full and angled in. Next match against Zim is at the Gabba and that's going to have heaps of bounce (and if the weather is rainy beforehand there's going to be plenty of swing as well). Going to be tough.
 
the Great Khan said:
A sad day today. Parosees are very happy today watching our demise. This is what hapoens when you ride your enemise coat tails.
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I think the Kiwis are happier than the Parosees to be honest mate :D

I think your neighbours are actually feeling sorry for you more so than taking delight at Pakistan's dismal performances. It's hard for true cricket fans to take pleasure in a team with a proud history being outclassed like this. Though the best way to make people stop feeling sorry/delighting in your demise is to have the team actually be competitive on the field.
 
OZGOD said:
I think the Kiwis are happier than the Parosees to be honest mate :D

I think your neighbours are actually feeling sorry for you more so than taking delight at Pakistan's dismal performances. It's hard for true cricket fans to take pleasure in a team with a proud history being outclassed like this. Though the best way to make people stop feeling sorry/delighting in your demise is to have the team actually be competitive on the field.
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True. As a parosee, I'm used to seeing strong Pakistan teams that were known to compete. This squad is exceptionally weak and the IND-PAK game was the most uninteresting game I've seen in 17 years of watching cricket.
 
OZGOD said:
I think the Kiwis are happier than the Parosees to be honest mate :D

I think your neighbours are actually feeling sorry for you more so than taking delight at Pakistan's dismal performances. It's hard for true cricket fans to take pleasure in a team with a proud history being outclassed like this. Though the best way to make people stop feeling sorry/delighting in your demise is to have the team actually be competitive on the field.
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That not so gt khan belongs to the blind hater's brigade himself. The moment things dont go for his country of birth, he starts seeing things and drama queen in him cant think or post straight. It is pretty ironical that he himself is a big source of bitterness between the two factions many a times.

I am hoping (and as is the trend) that a post from non sub continent wala will make him atleast shut up for a while.
 
Iv been watching and following Pakistan cricket since 1992 and I can honestly say I don't know where to begin. The demise of Pakistan cricket started ever since the terrorist attack on the lankans.
Ever since then Pakistan has been chocked from playing cricket at home, players prevented from playing in IPL, lack of funds for PCB is leading to no investment at grassroots and poor domestic structure where the youth are not attracted to playing cricket when they are being paid so poorly.

chairman and patron being appointed due to political affiliations and not merit, changing of coaches, reports of indiscipline etc are all beginning to show in the teams performance and this was inevitable,the question at the time was when ,well its all being to bear its ugly fruit.
 
Now this Pakistani team is cornered! ha ha... CORNERED fits them! If they make a strong comeback then TIGERS word can be added along side CORNERED ha ha....
 
The fielding and the lack decent bowling, along with the stone-age mental issues of our batsmen means we are along to lower nations in Cricket now. Deal with it.
 
why did Misbah bowl first? idiotic decision and if we had batted first we would have won surely
 
Todays Game vs West Indies

hadi123 said:
why did Misbah bowl first? idiotic decision and if we had batted first we would have won surely
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I do not think the above quote is revelant to todays game.

The fact is Pakistan Cricket is in decline, and we have not really got over Certain Players retiring from the Pakistan Team.

Lets be honest with each other, Pakistan have been struggling to produce any World Class opening batsman in all formats of the Game. Ever Since AAMIR SOHAIL AND SAEED aNWAR HAVE GONE, pAKISTAN HAS ALWAYS relied on the Middle order, Inzaman, Yousuf etc....

How long was this Strategy going to last for?

We have to look at our own domestic cricket structure, this is the only way we are going to produce quality with bat and bowl, we need to develop more competitive Cricket pitches, more pace and bounce, so that Batsman can test their skills and we can develop better seam Bowlers.

where is the Cricket talent one?

How can we play a left arm spinner in the World Cup when he does not even bowl in Domestic cricket?

I can see Pakistan coming home very quickly in this World Cup.
 
MaVeRiCk said:
Iv been watching and following Pakistan cricket since 1992 and I can honestly say I don't know where to begin. The demise of Pakistan cricket started ever since the terrorist attack on the lankans.
Ever since then Pakistan has been chocked from playing cricket at home, players prevented from playing in IPL, lack of funds for PCB is leading to no investment at grassroots and poor domestic structure where the youth are not attracted to playing cricket when they are being paid so poorly.

chairman and patron being appointed due to political affiliations and not merit, changing of coaches, reports of indiscipline etc are all beginning to show in the teams performance and this was inevitable,the question at the time was when ,well its all being to bear its ugly fruit.
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This sums it up.
Its the harsh truth and thats why we need to back the boys.
 
Pathetic.. cant say I am surprised, it's hilarious if people actually thought we would run through the WI
 
I have no idea how to react to this. More or less I am angered, absolutely furious about such a mismatch! I was the only one at home who watched the game till the last wicket fell, as all my family had gone to sleep once they lost the four early wickets.

I feel it to be degrading, insulting the way the opposite teams feel so comfortable against Pakistan once they reach over 260. The bowlers too aren´t helping much of course if they are bent on conceding over 300 in each match.

All in all, Pakistan need to be very, very careful even when they take on Ireland and even Zimbabwe. They would have to earn the quarter-final spot now the hard way.

I am still..... shocked! The West Indies would be the last team to come up with such an efficient, comprehensive and professional display and believe me, you won´t see them play like this even against a minnow - Zimbabwe and the UAE might well prove my point.
 
One of the most embarrassing performances ever from Pakistan. this could get of hand fast, ala 2007 WC style.
 
AND who was supporting PAKISTAN?

i've been against pakistan since the start of the world cup b/c they themselves have chosen a loosen team for themselves...
no pity on you
 
this is the end guys even if by miracle we beat ireland and zimb we will get thrashed QF I dislike younis khan to the core now and i was his fan going into this world cup, what a selfish and hypocritical guy he is .
 
What we, the FANS, have done is, created a MONUMENTAL MYTH about our Team. All the players were Super Stars, they can do no wrong, a little success was totally blown out of proportion. Like the 5 for 55 by Sohail Khan. Yes, his 4 out of 5 wickets were in the last THREE Overs, when the Indians slogging at everything . " But he got Kohli " .... he sure did, only after Kohli scored a Century !!!! That, of course, was over looked. Today, we have become a Joke of a Team in the Cricketing world .... so sad. We dropped 5 catches against WI. May be couple of more defeats will open the eyes of the fans and not actually worship these guys.
 
Our death bowling was good vs India but total rubbish last night. What's happened to it ? Riaz yet again was a spray gun. Sohail Khan was banging it in short for lord knows what reason.

Irfan is a pathetic fielder too, too slow to react to a chance and no composure when actually getting his hands under the ball. Our outfielding has barely improved in the last 10 years.
 
I think people generally are being too pessimistic here. There is a still a more than even chance that we make QFs. Agreed, that will be a tough game with either Aus or NZ. But I would still rate our chances if we get the team selection right. Go with a specialist keeper and a qualified fifth bowler. We can drop the out-of-for Younis Khan and one other batsman (maybe Nasir Jamshed?).
It is the nature of fans to over-react. We are not a great team, but definitely good enough to make SFs.
 
I am glad you lost, its temporarily taken the spotlight off England for a few days.
 
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