Afghanistan vs Pakistan | 1st ODI | Hambantota | 22 August, 2023 | Pakistan Innings

[Devadwal]

Shadab need to firm strike now , don't take single unless it's 5or 6th ball of the over

 

[RidiculousMan]

On a pitch like this where half your batters couldn't read off Afghan spinners properly. Imam really threw it away. Exposing the tail against spinners will hurt Pakistan.

 

[Markhor]

These kind of pitches were fairly common until 2013 . We have all just got used to flatter, faster pitches over the last decade.

We can't simultaneously criticise high scoring pitches and then say these kind of pitches are horrible.

Batting on slow pitches in Asia is a skill in itself

I'm all for bat-ball balance but this is like a tired Day 4 Test pitch. Makes for poor viewing.

Will need a 90s era bowling effort to defend this.

 

[Ahmed216]

Fakhar too is not able connect bat with ball at the moment. We are in for a horror show over next few months.
Who's going to be the new captain after WC ?

 

[Devadwal]

Another dropped

 

[Devadwal]

Had afganistan fielders take all the catched Pakistan would have all out under 150

 

[hoshiarpurexpress]

tbf all teams are these days.. the quality of batsmanship against spin has deteriorated.

 

[Jazx]

He was all at sea against spin. Not convincing at all. You view cricket differently than I do

Don't you think everyone was like this today against quality spin. You need to bring back younis khan then as a wicket keeper batsman as no other options there.

 

[Bewal Express]

tbf all teams are these days.. the quality of batsmanship against spin has deteriorated.

Defensive play against has deteriorated, attacking play is amazing.

 

[mominsaigol]

tbf all teams are these days.. the quality of batsmanship against spin has deteriorated.

Not really, England usually smash teams like Afghanistan.

 

[Ahmed216]

I would definitely have gambled with tayyab. On these slow wickets u need power to pump the spinners out of the ground. Most of our batsmen have got 'naazuk' wrists

 

[imshally81]

Naseem is better than shaheen as a batsman

 

[Firebat]

Solid batting by Naseem.

 

[IAJ]

Naseem Shah values his wicket more than some of our useless top order batsmen.

 

[Ahmed216]

Naseem is better than shaheen as a batsman

Miles better. He's already been involved in two match winning partnerships in test cricket with babar and Saud.

 

[Ahmed216]

Moving towards a defendable total

 

[IAJ]

220 would be competitive here?

 

[Ahmed216]

220 would be competive here?

Absolutely

 

[Nasty Naz]

Pitch seems awful and I reckon 200 may be enough for Pakistan to win.

 

[imshally81]

17th wide of the match...

 

[boomboomcheema]

Common 220. Great maturity shown by these two.

 

[imshally81]

Oh no

 

[boomboomcheema]

Needless.

 

[Bewal Express]

Naseem has no talent with the bat but he generally bats with intelligence and within his limitations

 

[Hextro]

The way these two have been running a runout was inevitable.

 

[boomboomcheema]

Fell short by 20 runs in the end. Sad end to the innings.

 

[Rana]

I recon Pakistan has got enough here

 

[ask_analyse_act]

Misbah returns and brings his old woes with it i guess ...

50 overs struggling to get 200 on the board , scratching with the tail to make it...25 over 100s losing 5 wickets inside 25 overs and so on....

 

[Rana]

Afghanistan need to be brave and take on the Pakistan seamers

 

[ask_analyse_act]

Pak spin department is a trash , Afghans will finish this off inside 40 overs...

 

[Ahmed216]

I think Naseem and Shaheen will trouble them

 

[shamaan]

Your so called top s

So stats are lying that tell he averages 80 against the spin?
Are you plain foolish?

In which format and what of spin bowling ?

 

[heddie19]

In which format and what of spin bowling ?

All types of spin bowling in all one day internationals.

 

[gazza619]

Pakistan clueless against high quality spin once again.

Plus we were playing one batter short. Don't know what are we going to do with 7 bowlers.

Batters win ODIs.

 

[Devadwal]

Afganistan fielders were sloppy,they gave 50 runs due to dropped catches