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Australia (177/5) defeat Pakistan (176/4) by five wickets to qualify for the ICC T20 World Cup Final

Hussey vs Ajmal in 2010

Wade vs Shaheen in 2021

Pakistan has a mental block against Aussies

:kp
 
Rajdeep said:
Thank you Australia for the experience. Now fans will come back to the ground after flying high for 2 weeks :))

You simply cant defend a total in Dubai...win toss...win match. I am saying this from 1st day that Pak was just lucky with the tosses so far.

Normal service resumes...bye Pakistan....well played but not good enough :P
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Yeah...toss made Hassan drop the catch...Pak lost due to that crucial drop

Anyways...Pak fought hard till the very end even after losing the toss unlike some other teams who limped to 110 or got thrashed by 10 wickets
 
Hussey vs Ajmal in 2010

Wade vs Shaheen in 2021

Pakistan has a mental block against Aussies

:kp
 
Felt like I've just watched a re run of the 2016 WT20 final at Mumbai two nights in a row. Great to have these two matches after a drab of a group stage.

That was just absolute alpha stuff from Australia at the end. They have a champion never give up mentality that you just have to stan, it's why Aus are my favourite team to watch in any non India match involving Australia.
 
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Dang lost the plot at the end. We had them on the mat.

Oh well real proud of our boys!
 
Well played both teams. Very impressed by Babar, Shadab and Fakhar.

Never easy to defeat Australia, they always have big hitters who fight to the very end.
 
Ashmal said:
Yeah...toss made Hassan drop the catch...Pak lost due to that crucial drop

Anyways...Pak fought hard till the very end even after losing the toss unlike some other teams who limped to 110 or got thrashed by 10 wickets
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Warner was not out as well...Pakistan would have lost much before actually had he stayed. Its very tough to bowl with a wet ball...how may proofs you want? I am saying this from Day 1 that all matches should be day games when there is no due.
 
Stoinas has plenty of Big Bash and IPL experience. Wade has plenty of Big Bash experience as well. That experience showed big time in the end
 
Congratulations to Australia! Well Played!
The commentators mentioned that there was hardly any dew. It was Pakistan’s game to lose and they lost it. They were the dominant team in the round robin and choked at the first knockout match.
 
Wade has shown before that he could hit big.

When Australia toured Bangladesh with their C team, Wade played some big shots.

Also, Wade scored a century against Pakistan in an ODI before (a match winning one too). This guy can bat.
 
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Match highlights:

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hard luck...but Pakistan had a very good tournament...feel sorry for India though...they couldn't even make it to the semi finals, despite the IPL and all the hype.
 
Matthew Wade

Player of the Match: Absolutely (preempted the scoops). I was talking to Stoinis at the other end and tried to work out what they're doing. I got a little more pace on than expected, I probably could have used it a little bit earlier, but yeah.. glad to get a couple at the end. There wasn't a lot of chat before I went in as we lost quick wickets. But when I got out there, Me and Marcus had batted together in the first game and got some momentum today as well. I was a bit unsure but Marcus showed me the way out. There was one short side and I was confident that if I had to target that then I could pull it off, but it got down to two-a-ball and you had to hit everything in your arc. I got a boundary away early on and then stalled for 5-6 balls, but Marcus got the boundary away and got us to a total where I was confident in the last two overs. It hasn't sunk in but probably when I sit down tonight it might sink in. I was out of the two team for 2-3 years, just came back 20 games ago and happy to have repaid the faith.
 
I understand that Hasan dropped a very crucial catch, but no review of how Shaheen fared in the next 3 balls? To give away 3 sixes in the next 3 balls? Match was still in the balance at the time.
 
The better team won, as simple as that. Quite a brilliant run chase that towards the end. Well played and well deserved for Australia.

Pakistan can still be happy with their tournament. Played really good cricket and need to take it forward from here.
 
Aaron Finch

Never thought it was in the bag. It was a great game of cricket. The way Wade held his nerve at the end was amazing. That partnership with Stoinis was crucial. I got my feet in a tangle and opening batsmen do get a few good balls now and then in T20 cricket. We were sloppy today in the field, a couple of tough ones. We need the support of all 17 players to get across the line. We have played some really good cricket in the back end. Teams chasing have been successful. There is no dew, the lights take effect. I was hoping I'd lose the toss, bat first and put up a good score on the board.
 
Rajdeep said:
Warner was not out as well...Pakistan would have lost much before actually had he stayed. Its very tough to bowl with a wet ball...how may proofs you want? I am saying this from Day 1 that all matches should be day games when there is no due.
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Was there dew?

Stop trying to use the toss as an excuse for every match just because India got owned by Pakistan.
 
Losers after spending millions on overhyped league couldn't even reach to semis.

Well played Pakistan, you have played outstanding cricket so far.

Atleast Pakistan cricketers families won't get rape threats.
 
Man I'm proud of our team. In the end we lost from winning position, but even that warner out was a blessing so things evened out.

Best way to win big games is get big game experience. Babar and this core will stay together and go on to achieve more.

Let's keep this momentum for next year's cup!

Go boys in green!
 
Hassan Ali
Rizwan
Fakhar
Malik

All culprits. It was a given and a known fact that both Malik and Rizwan can't play pace. Sure, Rizwan made a good total, but he played too slow for this pitch and game.

Same for Fakhar, wasted too many balls. And Malik is a proven dud for 20+ years. YET he continues to play, beyond me.

Hassan Ali is a proven "HIT ME PLEASE" bowler, but Babar's buddy.

You can't bring your A game in the knockout, you go home.

We should have played batters who know how to play vs. pace and hit them. Wasted last 3 overs, the total could have well been in 190s or 200s.
 
Well played, Pakistan. They played like superstars.

Very entertaining game. Both sides did well.
 
i still feel stoinis would have tonked rauf and chased it even if hasan ali held on to the catch
 
sl-fan-of-pak said:
hard luck...but Pakistan had a very good tournament...feel sorry for India though...they couldn't even make it to the semi finals, despite the IPL and all the hype.
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This is a good coping mechanism. Will definitely make the defeat sting less for you.
 
As an Indian fan, i must say Pakistan played very well till end. But unfortunately they are losing side.
Those Indian fans laughing at Pakistan must realise that in this wc Pakistan had played much better than us
This was a cracker of game
I wish good luck to both Aus and Nz for final
 
Matthew Wade and Marcus Stoinis produced a brilliant partnership to carry Australia to a stunning five-wicket victory over Pakistan and set up a date with New Zealand in the final of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021.

When David Warner and Glenn Maxwell fell in successive overs from Shadab Khan, the chase of 177 seemed doomed, but Stoinis and Wade had other ideas as they put on 81 in 7.4 overs.

Stoinis started the comeback as he went after Haris Rauf, but it was Wade who did the most damage with three consecutive sixes off Shaheen Shah Afridi after being dropped by Hasan Ali to seal an unlikely success.

Pakistan had made 176 for four batting first thanks to half-centuries from Mohammad Rizwan and Fakhar Zaman, while Shadab Khan’s four for 26 looked to have swung the game their way.

But this Australia team has already shown incredible resolve in this tournament and it was the case again here as they dug themselves out of a hole to reach a second ICC Men’s T20 World Cup final.

It was a remarkable game, with Pakistan batting consultant Matthew Hayden revealing that Rizwan had spent the previous night in hospital with a lung problem, but he was fit to take his place in Dubai as Pakistan were put in to bat.

And while he looked very nervous early on, Babar Azam was able to score quickly before Rizwan settled in.

He was almost dismissed off Maxwell, a surprise choice to bowl in the powerplay, with Warner racing back but not quite able to take a stunner over his shoulder.

The turning point for Rizwan seemed to be the first ball of the fifth over from Josh Hazlewood which he smashed for six over the legside, before being given a second life, Adam Zampa this time putting down a tough chance off the last ball of the powerplay when it was whipped flat down to him at long leg but slipped from his grasp inches from the ground.

With 47 for none, Pakistan had their best score of the powerplay in the tournament and Babar continued to press on. But Maxwell and Zampa then managed to stem the flow of runs and that pressure told as Babar tried to take on the latter, picking out Warner on the boundary.

Maxwell’s bowling was proving crucial, ensuring that Australia’s fifth bowler would not prove the weak link as he went for just 20 from three overs.

Rizwan’s charge was slowed by a vicious short delivery from Mitchell Starc which rattled into the grill on his helmet.

He responded by hitting Hazlewood for six before getting to his half-century the next delivery.

In this tournament, Pakistan have been exceptional in the final four overs, and it was no different here as Fakhar finally found his groove, smashing Hazlewood for six over long-on before Rizwan put a high full toss away for four and the resulting free hit into the stands for six. With 21 off that over and 49 off his four, Hazlewood proved expensive.

Eventually, Rizwan went for 67, scooping Starc to mid-off, but Fakhar, the only Pakistan batter who had not really fired in this tournament to date, had his eye in. The next ball he smashed Starc miles back over his head before almost taking out umpire Chris Gaffaney with a straight four.

Asif Ali had averaged a six every three balls in this tournament, but he could not contribute this time, picking out Steve Smith on the boundary on his first ball, from Pat Cummins.

It should have been two in two but Smith put down Fakhar next ball, running in from the boundary as he watched the ball bounce out of his hands.

While Cummins went for just three runs off the 19th over, and Starc removed Shoaib Malik at the start of the last, back-to-back sixes from Fakhar took him to an unbeaten 55 and Pakistan to an imposing 176 for four.

Australia’s chase got off to the worst possible start as Shaheen produced one of the overs of the tournament to kick things off. He trapped Aaron Finch leg before off the third delivery, then Mitchell Marsh almost suffered the same fate from a yorker next ball, surviving the review thanks to a pair of umpire’s calls.

In the fourth over, Warner started to take a liking to Imad Wasim, and as he and Marsh got going, suddenly Australia were motoring along.

By the end of the powerplay, they had 52 for one, the best of any team against Pakistan, but Shadab did for Marsh, a steepling catch well held by Asif as he fell for 28.

Mohammad Hafeez was brought into the attack and his first ball gripped in the hand and came out all wrong, bouncing twice before Warner lifted it into the stands, a no-ball rubbing salt into the wounds.

Steve Smith became Shadab’s second victim, again trying to attack and finding the fielder in the outfield, Fakhar the safe pair of hands on this occasion.

Warner was nearly run out after a misjudged single from Maxwell gave Fakhar a chance with a direct hit.

It felt like Warner had the win at his fingertips, while he was there, Australia were favourites. But the ball after the drinks break he went after one from Shadab that went away from him, nicking through to Rizwan. The elation from bowler and keeper as Warner fell for 49 told its own story.

Remarkably, a replay appeared to indicate that Warner had missed the ball, but like everyone else, he obviously thought he had hit it, choosing not to review.

Shadab was piling on the pressure and he got another, again with the help of some good fielding, as Haris Rauf caught Maxwell with a diving grab in the deep from a reverse sweep as Australia’s most destructive batter departed for seven.

It was down to Stoinis and Wade and after another fine over from Shaheen, the equation was 62 from five overs.

Stoinis was first to take on the bowlers as targeted Haris, with a huge six over midwicket followed by a four driven straight back past the bowler.

The next over it was Wade who stepped into Hasan, hitting him back over his head for six to bring up the fifty partnership as Australia took 15 off the over in all, leaving 22 to get off two.

Shaheen returned for the penultimate over and Hasan had the chance to remove Wade, dropping the keeper in the outfield after he did not connect with a heave over midwicket. A ball later, Wade jumped across his stumps and scooped Shaheen for six to take Australia to within touching distance.

The next ball suffered the same fate, picked up and smashed over the leg side before he finished the job in style with a third maximum.

Scores in Brief

Australia beat Pakistan at Dubai International Stadium, Dubai by five wickets
Pakistan 176/4 in 20 overs (Mohammad Rizwan 67, Fakhar Zaman 55 not out; Mitchell Starc 2/38, Adam Zampa 1/22)
Australia 177/5 in 19 overs (David Warner 49, Matthew Wade 41 not out; Shadab Khan 4/26, Shaheen Shah Afridi 1/35)
Player of the Match: Matthew Wade (Australia)
 
Rajdeep said:
Warner was not out as well...Pakistan would have lost much before actually had he stayed. Its very tough to bowl with a wet ball...how may proofs you want? I am saying this from Day 1 that all matches should be day games when there is no due.
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There was no wet ball. Neither yesterday nor today. Tell me was Stacr bowling with a wet ball.

The Left hander angle created by Fakhar against Starc and then Wade against Shaheen was the difference. I don't think Left arm bowlers practice bowling wide yourkers from round the stump to
southpaws.

Wade inning was crazy. Shaheen was not bowling trash but the angle was well exploited by Wade.
This is cricket batsmen or bowlers will out perform each other.

Please read espncricinfo match report of yesterday match as well and it clearly mention no dew. Nor was anything wet today. This was an insanely close contest. Australia played fearless brand of cricket even though they kept losing wicket. The biggest difference was 19th over bowled by cummins or Pakistan would have scored above 180.

I know it's difficult to digest the early knockout but you got to take it on the chin in cricket. Well played Aussies and well played Pakistan there is no disgrace in losing to a better opponent.
 
Pakistan had rub of the green
On Warner, if he would have stayed
Match was over by 18 overs not 19.

Pakistan played slowly and it is a fact 200 should have been on the cards, yet their focus was to keep wickets in hand for what ?

India did similar mistakes in Wankhede, they scored 190 but on that wicket they were 20 runs short and Andre Russell punished them.

Aussies dropped catches as well.

Pak’s bowling under pressure leaked runs
Against Afghanistan when they were 76/6
They ended up on 146.

I said it that time that our bowlers failed in Afghanistan match. Nzl would have beaten Pakistan had Williamson was not run out.

They were in well control at that time.

Losing this world cup at home brings memories of 1987 again. We are just not hard on Aussies ever. Warner attacked us despite Finch getting out. Our openers were mild. We did not hit many sixes.

Minimum 195-200 was on the cards but we failed to hit maxwell and zampa.
 
Babar played too slow he’s not one of the great batsmen more a solid accumulator where was his power game should’ve scored 15-20 more runs.

Also why bowl just fast bowlers in the last 5 Imad or Hafeez could’ve bowled an over Australia are weaker against spin.
 
I feel another main spinner like Raza Hasan would’ve helped us he would’ve done better than Hasan Ali in these conditions.
 
street cricketer said:
This is a good coping mechanism. Will definitely make the defeat sting less for you.
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No man. Nothing can help cope. This is as bad as it gets. They had everything in their favour, home pitches, Australia uncharacteristically messed up while fielding, Warner walks when not out, Maxwell out and the least likely guy destroys their best bowler.

:rabada2
 
Cric1234 said:
Babar played too slow he’s not one of the great batsmen more a solid accumulator where was his power game should’ve scored 15-20 more runs.

Also why bowl just fast bowlers in the last 5 Imad or Hafeez could’ve bowled an over Australia are weaker against spin.
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Babar played very slow
It reminds me Ajinkya Rahane at Wankhede Semi Final 2016
 
wonderful performance from Pakistan to reach semi finals of a WC after a very long time...well done.
 
Matthew Wade and Marcus Stoinis produced a brilliant partnership to carry Australia to a stunning five-wicket victory over Pakistan and set up a date with New Zealand in the final of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021.

When David Warner and Glenn Maxwell fell in successive overs from Shadab Khan, the chase of 177 seemed doomed, but Stoinis and Wade had other ideas as they put on 81 in 7.4 overs.

Stoinis started the comeback as he went after Haris Rauf, but it was Wade who did the most damage with three consecutive sixes off Shaheen Shah Afridi after being dropped by Hasan Ali to seal an unlikely success.

Pakistan had made 176 for four batting first thanks to half-centuries from Mohammad Rizwan and Fakhar Zaman, while Shadab Khan’s four for 26 looked to have swung the game their way.

But this Australia team has already shown incredible resolve in this tournament and it was the case again here as they dug themselves out of a hole to reach a second ICC Men’s T20 World Cup final.

It was a remarkable game, with Pakistan batting consultant Matthew Hayden revealing that Rizwan had spent the previous night in hospital with a lung problem, but he was fit to take his place in Dubai as Pakistan were put in to bat.

And while he looked very nervous early on, Babar Azam was able to score quickly before Rizwan settled in.

He was almost dismissed off Maxwell, a surprise choice to bowl in the powerplay, with Warner racing back but not quite able to take a stunner over his shoulder.

The turning point for Rizwan seemed to be the first ball of the fifth over from Josh Hazlewood which he smashed for six over the legside, before being given a second life, Adam Zampa this time putting down a tough chance off the last ball of the powerplay when it was whipped flat down to him at long leg but slipped from his grasp inches from the ground.

With 47 for none, Pakistan had their best score of the powerplay in the tournament and Babar continued to press on. But Maxwell and Zampa then managed to stem the flow of runs and that pressure told as Babar tried to take on the latter, picking out Warner on the boundary.

Maxwell’s bowling was proving crucial, ensuring that Australia’s fifth bowler would not prove the weak link as he went for just 20 from three overs.

Rizwan’s charge was slowed by a vicious short delivery from Mitchell Starc which rattled into the grill on his helmet.

He responded by hitting Hazlewood for six before getting to his half-century the next delivery.

In this tournament, Pakistan have been exceptional in the final four overs, and it was no different here as Fakhar finally found his groove, smashing Hazlewood for six over long-on before Rizwan put a high full toss away for four and the resulting free hit into the stands for six. With 21 off that over and 49 off his four, Hazlewood proved expensive.

Eventually, Rizwan went for 67, scooping Starc to mid-off, but Fakhar, the only Pakistan batter who had not really fired in this tournament to date, had his eye in. The next ball he smashed Starc miles back over his head before almost taking out umpire Chris Gaffaney with a straight four.

Asif Ali had averaged a six every three balls in this tournament, but he could not contribute this time, picking out Steve Smith on the boundary on his first ball, from Pat Cummins.

It should have been two in two but Smith put down Fakhar next ball, running in from the boundary as he watched the ball bounce out of his hands.

While Cummins went for just three runs off the 19th over, and Starc removed Shoaib Malik at the start of the last, back-to-back sixes from Fakhar took him to an unbeaten 55 and Pakistan to an imposing 176 for four.

Australia’s chase got off to the worst possible start as Shaheen produced one of the overs of the tournament to kick things off. He trapped Aaron Finch leg before off the third delivery, then Mitchell Marsh almost suffered the same fate from a yorker next ball, surviving the review thanks to a pair of umpire’s calls.

In the fourth over, Warner started to take a liking to Imad Wasim, and as he and Marsh got going, suddenly Australia were motoring along.

By the end of the powerplay, they had 52 for one, the best of any team against Pakistan, but Shadab did for Marsh, a steepling catch well held by Asif as he fell for 28.

Mohammad Hafeez was brought into the attack and his first ball gripped in the hand and came out all wrong, bouncing twice before Warner lifted it into the stands, a no-ball rubbing salt into the wounds.

Steve Smith became Shadab’s second victim, again trying to attack and finding the fielder in the outfield, Fakhar the safe pair of hands on this occasion.

Warner was nearly run out after a misjudged single from Maxwell gave Fakhar a chance with a direct hit.

It felt like Warner had the win at his fingertips, while he was there, Australia were favourites. But the ball after the drinks break he went after one from Shadab that went away from him, nicking through to Rizwan. The elation from bowler and keeper as Warner fell for 49 told its own story.

Remarkably, a replay appeared to indicate that Warner had missed the ball, but like everyone else, he obviously thought he had hit it, choosing not to review.

Shadab was piling on the pressure and he got another, again with the help of some good fielding, as Haris Rauf caught Maxwell with a diving grab in the deep from a reverse sweep as Australia’s most destructive batter departed for seven.

It was down to Stoinis and Wade and after another fine over from Shaheen, the equation was 62 from five overs.

Stoinis was first to take on the bowlers as targeted Haris, with a huge six over midwicket followed by a four driven straight back past the bowler.

The next over it was Wade who stepped into Hasan, hitting him back over his head for six to bring up the fifty partnership as Australia took 15 off the over in all, leaving 22 to get off two.

Shaheen returned for the penultimate over and Hasan had the chance to remove Wade, dropping the keeper in the outfield after he did not connect with a heave over midwicket. A ball later, Wade jumped across his stumps and scooped Shaheen for six to take Australia to within touching distance.

The next ball suffered the same fate, picked up and smashed over the leg side before he finished the job in style with a third maximum.

Scores in Brief

Australia beat Pakistan at Dubai International Stadium, Dubai by five wickets
Pakistan 176/4 in 20 overs (Mohammad Rizwan 67, Fakhar Zaman 55 not out; Mitchell Starc 2/38, Adam Zampa 1/22)
Australia 177/5 in 19 overs (David Warner 49, Matthew Wade 41 not out; Shadab Khan 4/26, Shaheen Shah Afridi 1/35)
Player of the Match: Matthew Wade (Australia)
 
In my opinion, had Pak lost the toss to Ind and NZ, would have lost those games too. So no point degrading such quality teams too. Too bad that toss became vital. People debate whether Pak or NZ should take credit in knocking out India. It was actually the toss. and now that has come back to bite Pak too... toss did it.
 
The usually calm full of energy Fakhar e Alam was livid with Hasan Ali, Waqar had been a staunch supporter of Hasan Ali for a while and was still defending him that dropped catches are part of the game but Fakhar was having none of it i.e. you have been backing him for the last 5 games now, today is the sixth time and he still let us down, admit that the dropped catch was vital otherwise admit this saying that catches win matches is rubbish, Wahab then jumped in saying even Smith, Warner, Zampa dropped catches, no one does it on purpose its part of the game.

Things got really tense when Fakhar raised his voice and was telling Waqar don't say that, that is not what i meant. Waqar handled the situation well patiently and maturely by saying look we are all very emotional right now, lets take it easy and discuss this calmly later.
 
Nikhil_cric said:
You play led your best cricket and still got beaten. Once, Pakistan regresses back to mean, worse thrashing will ensue.
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Didn't play our best today look at Hasan Ali poor bowling. We played our best vs you guys who we have a battering which still hurts you. That was our final we all know it. And don't worry about Pakistan regressing we are improving worry about your India who are regressing the overall gap 87-70 your India unfortunately with such regression will never come close too.
 
CricketCrush said:
In my opinion, had Pak lost the toss to Ind and NZ, would have lost those games too. So no point degrading such quality teams too. Too bad that toss became vital. People debate whether Pak or NZ should take credit in knocking out India. It was actually the toss. and now that has come back to bite Pak too... toss did it.
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Toss had nothing to do with this loss here. I didn't see much dew on the field. None of the bowlers and fielders were continously wiping the ball with the towel. The bowlers got exposed to the best hitters in the game i.e. Warner, Marsh, Maxwell, Stoinos, Wade.
 
Toss should never have such a big say in any tournament.

The worst T20 side in top 8 Aus will play the final and probably win that as well since they have a mental stranglehold over NZ. What a shame.

As such T20 is such a fluke format, and on top of that you have toss playing such a big role.

Cricket deserved a Pak vs Eng final, 2 best sides in the world, instead we will see the 3rd best T20I side take on 8th side in a final, hope NZ clinches this since at least they respect the format.
 
Shame.

I was rooting for Pakistan, thought it was in the bag for them at the three-quarter mark.
 
Swashbuckler said:
Toss should never have such a big say in any tournament.

The worst T20 side in top 8 Aus will play the final and probably win that as well since they have a mental stranglehold over NZ. What a shame.

As such T20 is such a fluke format, and on top of that you have toss playing such a big role.

Cricket deserved a Pak vs Eng final, 2 best sides in the world, instead we will see the 3rd best T20I side take on 8th side in a final, hope NZ clinches this since at least they respect the format.
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Well you can not dismiss everything on luck.
Belgium plays great football and is always number 1 in FIFA Rankings but in major tournaments something happens to them.

West indies killed Australia with 205 in 2012 semi finali. That is what you call kill. 176 was 30 runs short. Our openers were slow very slow. They were slow against Scotland as well.
 
Rajdeep said:
Warner was not out as well...Pakistan would have lost much before actually had he stayed. Its very tough to bowl with a wet ball...how may proofs you want? I am saying this from Day 1 that all matches should be day games when there is no due.
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It was out thier was a clear noise.
Thier was no dew .
 
I did say we should make 2 changes in the last 2 games.
Hafeez should have bowled an over more.
Shaheen should have bowled 3 in the powerplay.
Hassan Ali was unfit and was bowling at snails pace.

The score Pakistan got was just above par.
 
Aman said:
Wade is going to have to hit out, he's doing nothing for Aus.

If a chance comes, Pakistan have to tactically drop him. He's not going to hurt you like Starc or Cummins,.
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Someone was listening to Aman! You my friend do some cricket analysis - dropping a catch tactically!
 
Old demons haunted Pakistan today, we lost from a winning situation. Game should have been in the bag with 4 overs to go, but bowlers forgot their lengths and the dropped catch to top it all off

Nevertheless it was a good showing at the tournament, going forward we might want to think twice about playing hasan ali again
 
Matthew Wade presser:

Q. Two ends that Pakistani fans will never forget. How hard was it targeting one of the finest bowlers of T20 and current bowler of the tournament Shaheen Afridi? How hard was it targeting him?

MATTHEW WADE: We didn't really target him, to be honest. Marcus Stoinis played a terrific innings to be able to get it to a total we started to think could be chaseable toward the end there. I think the way he played freed me up to be able to do what I did at the end there. Obviously, I was hitting to a little bit of a longer boundary to him. But we felt like the left-arm, the slow balls would spin into me.

I thought of the old target, him a little bit more, I suppose, in that over. I thought if Marcus was there in the last over it would give us a good chance to win the game. If Rauf bowled the last over, he did very well off him -- the previous over, he had faced off him. That was kind of our thinking.

We certainly didn't go into the game targeting. He's a terrific bowler, and I just got lucky tonight, I suppose.

Q. Was that drop a turning point of this match? And my other question, the Australian team is the most experienced team of all teams with a lot of senior players. Do you think in a knockout round, pressure match, experience does matter?

MATTHEW WADE: It certainly helps. Just to be in that situation, I think, even the first game to be batting with Marcus in that South African game and us working really well together and getting some time in helps as well, but experience is key in these games even though we lost a few early wickets and things weren't going our way early.

There was no real panic in the dressing room. We've got experience the whole way down. And the same with the ball. At times it felt like we were going for 12 and 13 and over. With this crowd, it felt like we were behind the game the whole time, but you look at the ball it was seven, eight, nine and over. It wasn't like we were getting put all over the park.

But in those scenarios I think experience really helps to be able to slow the game down a little bit and be able to dictate what we want to do a little bit more. I think T20 we all thought it was going to be a young man's game when we came in. But certainly the more experienced players tend to have a little bit more success towards the back end of their careers.

So, yeah, it's hard to say. The dropped catch, I'm not sure. I think we needed 12 or something, 14 maybe at that stage. I felt like the game was starting to swing in our direction at that stage anyway. I get out there and we're not sure what's going to happen, obviously, but I would still be pretty confident with Pat coming in and Marcus still at the crease, that we could have got the job done anyway. I wouldn't say that was the reason why we won the game.

Q. Australia played very well and made a match. Was there any hope before that catch was dropped?

MATTHEW WADE: As I just said, I think by the time that the catch drop went down I was pretty confident we were in a really good position to get the runs. If that had happened three or four overs before hand, that would dictate the outcome of the game a little bit more.

I think we must have needed 14 because I came back and I think we needed 12 after that. So he takes that, we needed 14 or whatever it was, eight or nine balls. As I said, Patty Cummins was coming in next. Marcus was hitting the ball as well as anyone out there tonight.

You can focus in on the things that happen really late in the game, but there's plenty of things that go on without it -- throughout a whole game that can dictate a little bit. But I don't think -- I hope that wouldn't have too much of an effect, on the outcome of the game.

Q. What did you think -- what was the turning point of the match? Those three run-outs which were missed or that catch drop by Hasan Ali?

MATTHEW WADE: I don't think any of them were the turning points of the match. I think the way Marcus Stoinis batted at the end, to be honest, was probably the turning point of the match.

I think when I came out there, he might have hit the spinner for six, the first ball when I got out there. I think that kind of play, in my eyes, he's really gutsy in those decisions that you make out in the middle, win you games. He could have easily blocked that ball he went for, hit a six and then that total comes down a little bit more.

But I think the turning point of the game I thought was Marcus's over against Rauf. I thought that kind of swung the momentum our way and gave us an opportunity to win the game. It's just an easy thing to do to focus in on missed chances. Yes, maybe it would have gone down late in the last over, but I'm still confident we could have gone home.

Q. How much did the dew affect the teams in the game in general? Were you comfortable with the target?

MATTHEW WADE: There was a little bit of dew out there, I think. You might have to ask the Pakistani fielders, but I felt like the dew was coming in a little bit. The wicket played really, really well.

Yeah, we're confident that we kept the total to something that we could definitely chase. We were probably hoping under the 160 mark, but they got going towards the back end and stretched that total out a little bit. So, yeah, we're confident, and then we lose our captain first over, you start to chase your tail a little bit.

David Warner's innings was terrific as well, to guide us to somewhere where we could launch at the back end. But we were pretty confident we could get them.

Q. You spoke a bit on the winter tour about developing your lap shot, your wrap shots. Could you talk a little bit about how important those came into your game, how they came into the game, and if there was anyone who helped you with that, and how much you sort of rely on that at the end?

MATTHEW WADE: I've had those for a longish period of time. I've been playing them from early on in my career as well. But, yes, certainly something, when I spoke to you guys, was something I needed to tap back into a little bit more when I'm batting down the bottom.

It's easy to have the fine leg up a lot of the time at the end, but someone that laps, it kind of opens up the whole field for you. You've got to either have mid up or third man up or one of the fielders on the offside. It kind of opens the whole field up for you a little bit.

I probably didn't laugh as much as I would have liked early on that innings, but I didn't think they would go pace on as much as what they did. But I was thankful I got a few away at the end. And it's crucial for someone like me in the innings opens up the grounds for me.

Q. I guess yourself and Marcus have been able to work on your finishing ability, because both of you have opened in big fashion so long. And I know we touched on it earlier in the tournament, but your numbers traditionally have been a lot stronger the top of the order than you have when you're batting 6 or 7?

MATTHEW WADE: It's confidence, I think. Confidence in your ability to be able to finish the game. To be able to bat with Marcus has been awesome. Obviously played a lot of cricket with him at Victoria and early on in his career. Obviously saw him grow into the cricketer he is today.

To go out and bat with him certainly gives you a lot of confidence. I know if I can just hang with him for four or five overs, then he's going to find the boundary. He's too good and strong not to.

So the reason that me and him are working well towards the back end is we know each other's game so much. In the optional sessions, the day before the game, you'll find me and Steve Smith and Marcus Stoinis go down again in closed sessions because we haven't got a lot of match practice. It's been invaluable to see what those guys are doing in training, especially Stony, work out his strengths, when he's hitting the ball at his best. And he can see me do exactly the same thing.

There's only three or four batters that go to those sessions. I think they've been invaluable for us to be able to go in there hit a lot of balls be able to see each other work on our games.

And it's really communication has been really cool to be able to, it's been a lot of fun, and try to keep calm probably the biggest thing towards the back end.

It's quite easy for me because I look down at the other end I see he's ready to send it out of the park. Might not be as easy for him to look from the other end.

Q. You spoke a lot about, I guess, playing every game like it's your last with Australia. Was that heightened tonight? Did you feel like your international career might be on the line if the Aussies lost tonight?

MATTHEW WADE: I don't feel like it's on the line anymore so much because I'm not 23 anymore. And if this is it, this is it. It's not really on the line for me. It's going to be all over, I suppose.

A little bit, I think -- I was a little bit nervous coming into the game and knowing potentially it could be the last opportunity to represent Australia.

I just wanted to do well and really wanted us to win this game, give us an opportunity to win the whole thing. We have a great bunch of guys in that dressing room and guys that I have played with for a long, long period of time.

So, yeah, just really -- I feel like this game was probably hard on nerves than maybe what the final will be because now we're in it. We've got nothing to lose. We're going to go out there, do our absolute best.

It might be my last game too. As I've said to you before in the past, I'm comfortable with it. If it is it, then it's it. I'll play as long as they need me and hopefully we can win some games while I'm there.

Q. Before that 2018-19 Ashes series you were dropped from all three formats. Looked like your cards were marked. How do you reflect on what you've achieved since then? You've reinvented yourself as a specialist batsman in Test cricket. And you've captained Australia and what you've done tonight. How do you reflect on coming back from what seemed like the end?

MATTHEW WADE: Yeah, it's hard to reflect on tonight so quickly, to be honest. Hasn't sunk in yet. I'm sure when we get back to the hotel and tomorrow morning it will sink in more about how we went about it than what we just had.

But I'm happy that I got the opportunity to reinvent myself, go away and come back with more confidence and really feel like I belong at the international level now.

You're right, I reinvented myself into a batsman and all of a sudden now I'm playing as a keeper batsman now batting at 7.

I feel like the older I am, the more eyes wide open I am a little bit more about the opportunity I got. Didn't worry me to go down the order. Hasn't worried me at all whether I captained or not. I am just grasping every opportunity I get, like I spoke about before.

I don't know when my last game will be. I treat every one like it potentially could be. I'm sure when it's all over, when I get the tap on the shoulder, I'll look back on the last three or four years and be proud of the way I could come back.

It's not the first time I've come back. I've been probably been dropped four or five probably the most in Australian cricket.

I'm proud that I can come back and hopefully at the end of my career I can look back on what's left and I can be proud that I could contribute to what we've done.

Q. About David Warner's dismissal, what happened there? Turned out to be a huge turning point.

MATTHEW WADE: Haven't had too much time to chat about it. Just passing comments. I think there was a noise, he wasn't sure. Maybe his bat handle clicked or his hand on his bat.

He didn't think that he hit it. But I think Lane at the other end heard the noise. To be fair, the bat was out there. That was the only thing maybe it could have been. He was potentially thinking that he might have hit it.

It's tough in those situations, how many times you see a batter think they haven't hit it and they have. So you need a little bit of reassurance from the other end I suppose.

That's not having to go on Max. Maxy heard a noise. His bat is out there. Hopefully something that doesn't happen in the next match. But we've just got to work it out. The thing is you get two in these formats. We should have used it. That's the way it goes.

Q. At what time point when you were striking the ball that was your strike rate around 100, and the required rate was around more than 12. So, was there pressure on you that you have to hit the next ball very (indiscernible), to maintain your strike rate? Was there any kind of pressure? Or you got the message from Stoinis, just play your natural game and we'll cover that in (indiscernible)?

MATTHEW WADE: There's always pressure when you go out to batting in international cricket. That's what I was saying before about batting with Marcus at the moment, is that we try to slow the game down and work out the best way to tackle the total.

No doubt I would have liked to be striking it a little bit better early. But I think Marcus's innings was underestimated, to be honest. It was terrific innings. Took a lot of pressure off me early and gave me the ability to get in early and get them late. So there's no doubt I was feeling the pressure a little bit.

And Stoney was saying, we'll get these. We'll get these. And in the back of my mind I was thinking I hope you do because I don't think I'll strike one here at the moment. But while he's around I'm confident we can chase any total.
 
Aman said:
Was there dew?

Stop trying to use the toss as an excuse for every match just because India got owned by Pakistan.
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Rajdeep said:
Warner was not out as well...Pakistan would have lost much before actually had he stayed. Its very tough to bowl with a wet ball...how may proofs you want? I am saying this from Day 1 that all matches should be day games when there is no due.
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JaDed said:
Where did you see the dew [MENTION=152021]Rajdeep[/MENTION]
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The following is the record of the top 6 teams at this WC. These 6 teams have not lost a single game to the remaining teams. Teams listed in order they batted, winners listed in bold.

SA <b>AUS </b>
India <b>Pak </b>
NZ <b>Pak </b>
Aus <b>Eng </b>
India <b>NZ </b>
<b>SA </b>Eng
Eng<b> NZ</b>
Pak<b> Aus</b>

Team batting second has a 7-1 record. This would pass statistical tests that they had an advantage.
 
Aman said:
Wade is going to have to hit out, he's doing nothing for Aus.

If a chance comes, Pakistan have to tactically drop him. He's not going to hurt you like Starc or Cummins,.
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happydavy said:
Someone was listening to Aman! You my friend do some cricket analysis - dropping a catch tactically!
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Ya think Hasan hired Aman as his personal coach and did as instructed?
 
Bhaag Viru Bhaag said:
Pant can only dream of playing like that in any knock out match of World Cup. :inti
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He will, don't worry. He has already done it in Tests.

"Rishabh Pant changed course of 3 Tests, most don’t contribute that many in a career" - Ian Chappell
 
Hawkeye said:
Hassan Ali
Rizwan
Fakhar
Malik

All culprits. It was a given and a known fact that both Malik and Rizwan can't play pace. Sure, Rizwan made a good total, but he played too slow for this pitch and game.

Same for Fakhar, wasted too many balls. And Malik is a proven dud for 20+ years. YET he continues to play, beyond me.

Hassan Ali is a proven "HIT ME PLEASE" bowler, but Babar's buddy.

You can't bring your A game in the knockout, you go home.

We should have played batters who know how to play vs. pace and hit them. Wasted last 3 overs, the total could have well been in 190s or 200s.
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Fakhar? He scored 55 at a S/R of 172. Did you like Rizwan's and Babar's S/Rs of 129 and 115 more?
 
Congrats to Australia and hard luck Pakistan. Irony is we in Australia had worst time to watch cricket matches and waking up now it's a surprise result for all of us.

Pakistan has played brilliantly in this competition and had serious momentum until now. I guess they had to be brave enough in finals and changed their strategy a bit. In reality they needed 190 plus if batting first.

Australia got some serious momentum from later stage of group and they have right attitude of scoring runs here. Their top order is not conservative by any stretch just go for broke. And with their bowling attack now look favorites

Ultimately any team in semis and losing is still a failure but there are lot of positives for Pakistan
 
Indian bhaiyon I get that some of you are happy. Fair play given what some of our more lunatic fans do as well. I hold no Ill will towards Indians anymore in cricket or life....it was a process for me and lots of unlearning to do based on my upbringing.

But back on topic .. To those with the same copy paste "toss wins the match' related posts. Please understand no one is arguing that toss isn't a factor.

What we are trying to explain is that in your specific case of scoring 110 in one match and not taking wicket in the other .. shows no matter what pitch, what toss etc you would be losing. It was in ICT body language and approach. So unlike the fans hopefully team is not using this excuse and working on being better next year.

Till we meet next year.
 
Napa said:
He will, don't worry. He has already done it in Tests.

"Rishabh Pant changed course of 3 Tests, most don’t contribute that many in a career" - Ian Chappell
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I don't understand why still people don't believe in Pant. Even in this competition he showed what a player he could be in future. The openers had to just do their job and given a platform like how other teams have done
 
Disappointing for pakistan. It really was a choke as they had the game pretty much won after warner got out.
Their fielding which had been good all tournament started to crumble.
Not just the dropped catch-there was a lack of intensity in the field for the last 6-8 overs.
 
It was a captivating game which oscillated from one side to the other. Pakistan played extremely well throughout the tournament and were unfortunate to lose today. This should not dishearten the players, management and supporter. There is plenty of cricket on the horizon and there will be opportunities to win the T20 World Cup next year in Australia and ODI in India in 2023. The team will improve with such competitive cricket. They must focus on these opportunities in earnest.
 
The spinners were Pakistan's threat for wickets and containment. Shadab Khan was spectacular . Imad Wasim was effective. Pakistan bowled 8/19 overs by the spinners and 11/20 by the fast bowlers. Even though Hafeez bowled a howler as the first delivery, I think he could have been persisted with and Hasan Ali could have been limited. The Captain should have a mathematical and analytical disposition.
 
One must give credit to Wade and Stoinis. It was not poor bowling but spectacular batting. They were breathtakingly brilliant and played wonderfully contrived shots. I never expected such improvisation. It was upsetting that Pakistan lost but we were lucky to enjoy brilliant cricket from both sides. The batting from Rizwan was beautifully paced and powerful. Fakhar Zaman was amazing using the depth of the crease and hitting meteoric sixes. I was concerned that he would be out hit wicket but he used the bottom hand brutally. Amazing batting display from both sides. The bowling from Afridi and Shadab was special. The Australian bowling was not as good except for Zampa. In retrospect Pakistan should have played a specialist spinner!
 
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